Tag Archives: Affordable Care Act

CATO Institute: Ilya Shapiro: ‘ObamaCare’s Medicaid Expansion Violates Federalism’

Source:FreeState Now I would’ve gone farther to bring down healthcare costs with things like preventive care, taxing junk food and drink, getting junk food and drink out of public schools, encouraging people to eat healthy and exercise, mandatory physical education … Continue reading

Posted in CATO Video, FreeState Now | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Los Angeles Times: Report: David G. Savage & Noam N. Levey: Medicaid Could be in U.S. Supreme Court’s Sights

This post was originally posted at FRS FreeStateNow on WordPress, March, 2012 As part of trying to expand health insurance to uninsured Americans in 2010, when President Obama and Congressional Democrats created the Affordable Care Act in 2010, They put … Continue reading

Posted in Healthcare Reform | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

TruthOut: A.W. Gaffney: ‘The Problem With The Private Option’

Source:The New Democrat  You can get on right-wing governors for not expanding Medicaid in their state all you want. But the fact is if Medicaid wasn’t an unfunded mandate to begin with which is a Federal program that is forced … Continue reading

Posted in New Left, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Crooks & Liars: Joshua Holland: Outrage Over ObamaCare is Nothing Compared With FDR’s New Deal

Source:The New Democrat  In the 1920s and 30s, the U.S. economy was a pretty freewheeling affair. Taxes were low and regulation of the economy was minimal.  Libertarians were as close to utopia as they had ever been.  When the first … Continue reading

Posted in FDR Presidency, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Townhall: John C. Goodman: A Republican Vision For Health Care Reform

Source:The New Democrat  The thing about the Republican critique of the Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare, especially from the Tea Party, that has probably annoyed me the most, is the fact that they’ve never been able to present an alternative … Continue reading

Posted in New Right, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Liberty Pen: Megyn Kelly: ‘The Fuzzy Math of ObamaCare’

Source:The New Democrat  The FOX News specializes in fuzzy math. When they hear government reports that back up their argument, whatever it is at the time, they say, “Hey, see, we told you this is not working and we need … Continue reading

Posted in Liberty Pen, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sam Seder: Video: ObamaCare Equals Freedom?

. The New Democrat Freedom if that is really what this is about is the ability for people to run their own lives and be able to make the decisions about their own lives. And I’m talking about both from … Continue reading

Posted in Sam Seder, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

National Review: Lou Dobbs Tonight: John Fund, GOP Realizes Opposing ObamaCare Not Enough

. Source:The New Democrat  The whole problem with the Republican Party especially the Tea Party’s critique of the Affordable Care Act that they call ObamaCare is that they’ve never had a plan of their own at least as a party. … Continue reading

Posted in National Review, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

GOP Weekly Address: Video: U.S. Senate Thad Cochran With the GOP’s Weekly ObamaCare Statement

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger The GOP’s one horse race is ObamaCare even though that is not the only issue Americans are interested in. And if you look at the weak December jobs … Continue reading

Posted in GOP Weekly Address | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Foreign Affairs: Opinion: Lane Kenworthy: “America’s Social Democratic Future”: America’s Liberal Democratic Future

Foreign Affairs: Opinion: Lane Kenworthy: America’s Social Democratic Future This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger The Affordable Care Act even though health insurance won’t be expanded to all Americans even when fully implemented and that … Continue reading

Posted in Liberal Democracy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment