Administration Concedes: Obamacare Is Prohibitively Expensive

Spencer Cowan The Weekly Standard 12/23/2013

In a rare moment of candor, the Obama administration has acknowledged that the so-called Affordable Care Act is making insurance less affordable for millions of Americans.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services the other night issued a press release that outlines new options for the nearly 5 million […]

The Case That Could Topple Obamacare

Pema Levy Newsweek 12/17/2013

Obamacare may have its problems, including more bugs than you can find in the cornfields of Nebraska, but its legal worries were meant to end after the Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate, the heart of the Affordable Care Act.

Now, as the technologists charged with making healthcare.gov work report progress, […]

California Health Exchange Shares Consumer Data Without Consent

The Washington Free Beacon 12/9/2013

The California health exchange has been giving the names of tens of thousands of consumers to insurance agents without getting their permission.

In an attempt to hit deadlines for coverage, data from individuals who have gone on to the health exchange to research insurance options but didn’t ask to be […]

Obama: ‘We’re Not Repealing Obamacare as Long as I’m President’

Andrew Johnson National Review Online 12/3/2013

In his first remarks since the White House’s deadline for the improved HealthCare.gov, President Obama renewed his commitment to the law amid criticism for its initial launch. “My main message today is we’re not going back,” he said on Tuesday.

Citing a handful of anecdotal examples, the president highlighted […]

Obama senior adviser blames insurance company for cancerous woman’s plight

Patrick Howley The Daily Caller 11/4/2013

One of President Barack Obama’s senior advisers criticized a Wall Street Journal op-ed Monday from a cancer patient losing her health coverage because of Obamacare, and endorsed the idea that the woman’s insurance company is really to blame.

Daniel Pfeiffer, assistant to the president and senior adviser to the […]

Ten takeaways from Kathleen Sebelius' testimony

Susan Ferrechio The Washington Examiner 10/30/2013

…– Participation is a mystery. Enrollment numbers are still unavailable but will be provided by Sebelius in mid-November. “We do not have reliable enrollment data,” Sebelius said.

– Obamacare is not for Obama staff. Sebelius said she can’t enroll in the new health care exchanges because her health care […]

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