Why States Should Keep Rejecting Obamacare Exchanges
The Cato Institute has released an excellent new web video that outlines three reasons why states should refuse to implement Obamacare insurance exchanges. Fending off the implementation of these...
View ArticleObamacare’s Super-Legislature
Did you know there’s a more unconstitutional provision of Obamacare than healthcare exchanges? It’s called the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Don’t take my word for it, read it yourself...
View ArticleObamacare Gets Worse!
Obamacare really is the bureaucratic monstrosity that keeps on giving! This week the Cato Institute has released a new video that outlines a new, two-fold problem with Obamacare. Jonathan Adler...
View ArticleArkansas Legislative Council Fails to Block Obamacare Grant
By a vote of 28-17, the Arkansas Legislative Council — a committee that acts as the legislature when the legislature is not in session– rejected a motion for further discussion on a $18.4 million grant...
View ArticleThe Best of the Bad Obamacare Options for Arkansas
This morning, the Arkansas Legislative Council voted to reject a motion for separate examination of an $18.4 million grant to set up an Obamacare “partnership” or “hybrid” exchange. 17 Republicans...
View ArticleDo I Hear Cannon in the Distance?
What’re you doing tomorrow? If you said anything other than “Going to hear Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon speak about health care policy at the capitol cafeteria,” you’re doing it wrong. Cannon (yeah,...
View ArticleThe State of Health Care “Reform” in Arkansas
Today I went down to the luxurious Capitol cafeteria to hear the Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon speak on the current state of Obamacare implementation in Arkansas. What I learned is that we are...
View ArticleFive Arguments Against State Obamacare Exchanges
Yesterday, the state Senate completed a deal to fund Medicaid expansion in Arkansas. Today, they’re considering a bill, HB1508, to setup state-run health insurance exchanges. Under Obamacare, states...
View ArticleDay of Reckoning in Saline County: Who Said It?
Thursday night, the Saline County TEA Party hosted a town meeting so that their members could question the Saline County legislators who had supported the “private option.” About five state legislators...
View ArticleThe Warring Messages of the Private Option
At the Saline County TEA Party meeting last week, Rep. Andy Mayberry told his constituents that the struggle over the private option made him feel like he was being forced to jump out of the third...
View ArticleSenator King: Beebe Should Call Special Session For Medicaid Expansion Repeal
State Senator Bryan King has just put out the following statement regarding Obamacare implementation and Medicaid expansion in the state. It’s so good, we have decided to publish it in full: Last...
View ArticleWhy Did Arkansas Implement a State Obamacare Exchange?
In my opinion, Arkansas Republicans’ greatest legislative achievement in 2011 (the last legislative session in which they were still a minority) was blocking the implementation of the state Obamacare...
View ArticleDavy Carter’s Epic Twitter Meltdown
Although national Democrats are frantically trying to pare down Obamacare — The Hill is reporting that several Democrats (including our very own Mark Pryor) are adding their names to a bill to repeal...
View ArticleWesterman: My Plan Was “Cover Taxpayers’ Pocketbooks”
This morning in Hot Springs, Arkansas House Majority Leader Bruce Westerman announced he will seek the Republican nomination for the 4th Congressional District. Westerman spoke to supporters at the...
View ArticleU of A, Liberal Group Get $1 Million For Obamacare Implementation In Arkansas
In order for Obamacare to work, the federal government must enroll as many people as possible into it. Part of their enrollment strategy includes the use of “navigators” who will inform Americans about...
View ArticleObamacare Exchange Leaks Personal Information Of 2,400 Minnesotans
Remember when I warned you about the Obamacare navigators? The ones who are only required to have 20-30 hours of training before gaining access to unprecedented amounts of personal information? I know...
View ArticleObamacare Exchanges, Day 1: Add Arkansas To The List Of States Without Access
Much to the surprise of, well, no one, the Obamacare exchanges that were set to go live today are failing miserably all over the country. States with state-based exchanges like Oregon and California...
View ArticleFailure To Launch: Obamacare’s No Good, Very Bad First Day
In the field of health care/Medicaid policy, there are few people as learned — or as witty — as Jonathan Ingram. (You might recognize his name: he’s that troublemaker that lost a lot of credibility by...
View ArticleShutdown Survival Tips & Obamacare Implosion (Podcast)
Welcome to a special “government shutdown” edition of The Arkansas Project Podcast! This week, we discuss: Obamacare exchange failures plague the country Insurance official says “single digits” have...
View ArticleObamacare Death Spiral & Pryor’s Pitiful Polling (Podcast)
Thanks for joining us for another edition of The Arkansas Project Podcast! This week, Dan and I discuss: Obama didn’t know about Obamacare website problems Obamacare death spiral begins Arkansas Poll...
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