by Mikhail Timonin In 2010, Barack Obama’s administration passed the controversial Affordable Care Act, or ‘Obamacare’, which aimed to provide coverage for the uninsured and to control premiums. Although, it did provide the coverage, it was done with the government forcing many to get insurance or face a penalty. Artificially forcing people to pay for…
Many a decade has been spent in the wake of the executive changes of the second Roosevelt presidency, watching executive office hopefuls sell off the rights of their fellow Americans in the name of power in public office. This year is no different. As we see two powerhouses of state control exercise their arguments, a…
Kevin Daley – A coalition of insurance companies told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the government must pay out $12 billion to help defray losses incurred on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges. – The ACA included a risk-sharing mechanism, which provides the government “shall pay” insurers to help cover any losses. – Congress…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: ROBERT DONACHIE Capitol Hill and Health Care Reporter Republicans, not Democrats, are on the verge of being the party that is forever responsible for making Obamacare the law of the land. A small coalition of Republicans in the Senate — Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Bill Cassidy of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The plays to emotion know no bounds and the number one human motivator is fear. No wonder they often find their way into today’s political grandstanding. On Wednesday, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) gave an impassioned speech on MSNBC decrying a “cruel” and “craven” Republican health care bill….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By John Griffing House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows said he’s more concerned with fighting to get an Obamacare repeal bill he believes will bring down premiums than retaining his House seat. Meadows, who has repeatedly blasted a number of provisions in the leadership-backed legislation, was singled out by President…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Stephen Gregory, Epoch Times President Donald Trump and the Republican congressional leadership have been in a rush since Inauguration Day to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare)—but that sprint may be hitting a few roadblocks. There are good reasons for setting an early April…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie President Donald Trump insisted that tax reform is not an option until the White House and Congress can push through a plan to “repeal and replace” Obamacare. Obamacare reform has to come first because it has such drastic effects on the tax code, the president said at…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By LikeALibertarian On Thursday former Republican House Speaker John Boehner said repeal and replace of Obamacare was “happy talk.” He explained that it’s too difficult to get lawmakers to agree on anything: “In the 25 years that I served in the United States Congress, Republicans never, ever, one time agreed on…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Sarah Hurtubise The IRS will not reject tax returns that don’t address whether a person has health insurance coverage or has paid the penalty for going uninsured, in light of President Trump’s January executive order on Obamacare. It has not yet begun to reject tax forms which failed to indicate…