March 26, 2012 – Let The Supremes have their cake, and maybe eat it too David Rivkin, lead counsel who represented the 26 states alongside Florida challenging the constitutionality of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, explains what is ahead for the Justices in the ObamaCare Hearings and what the Justices are expected to say. (Fox News) More > …
Jan. 13, 2012 - Don’t expect a TKO! Obama Administration boxing in Scalia on ObamaCare David Rivkin, an outside counsel for the plaintiffs in the health reform case, told National Review he’s “very comfortable” that Scalia will seize upon this distinction to strike down the mandate. (Talking Points Memo) More > …
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May 3, 2011 – U.S. Senator from Arizona pens column on ObamaCare rationing From text: “the point is, we do not give 15 government bureaucrats the right to ration Americans’ health care.”(Miner) More > …
April 26, 2011 – Boehner Boldly Goes Where No GOP Rep Will Go According to Speaker John Boehner, the House Republican budget, which passed on April 15, “transforms Medicare into a plan that’s very similar to the President’s own healthcare bill.” (TPM) More > …
April 25, 2011 – Rexcuse Me? Kagan stays in for Virginia ruling “With Kagan apparently set to vote in the Supreme Court’s ultimate decision on the Affordable Care Act . . . the chances that the law, or part of it, will be ruled unconstitutional are diminished. Justice Anthony Kennedy likely remains the critical vote, though there has been speculation that a more conservative court member could end up voting to uphold the law.” (Huffington Post) More > …
April 22, 2011 – Obama likes comparing his plan to Social Security and Medicare Line of the week: ObamaCare does have something in common with these two entitlements: Both of them could have worked if they had been less ambitious. (Washington Examiner) More > …
April 21, 2011 – Craftiness of the Otter! Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter signed an executive order that prohibits Idaho’s government entities from taking federal dollars meant to pay for national healthcare reform in the state. (Fox12 Idaho.com) More > …
April 20, 2011 – Deadline FAIL The Georgia Legislature is trying to set up mandatory health exchanges before a not-yet-determined deadline. (GeorgiaHealthNews.com) More > …
April 18, 2011 – Peace out 1099 tax reporting This couldn’t had come at a better time, ObamaCare’s new small business tax reporting requirement—the so-called 1099 provision—is no more, making it the first part of the law to be repealed. (Reason.com) More > …
April 15, 2011 – Are you rrrrrready to rrrrrumble?! Now that the budget has passed the House, the real fight can begin. (Wall Street Journal) More > …
April 14, 2011 – Deep thoughts with Philip Klein Writing for the Washington Examiner, Philip Klein mused on the 12-year window the Obama Administration is using to calculate the levels of ObamaCare spending and how much money it will supposedly save taxpayers. According to Klein, this finagling of the numbers may be potent ammo for those disputing ObamaCare’s supposed benefits. More > …
April 12, 2011 – RyanCare and ObamaCare’s common double standard “It’s really peculiar to come along and say you want to repeal the Affordable Care Act exchanges but create exchanges for the elderly,” Brookings health care expert Hank Aaron tells Ezra Klein in this interview on Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan.” (The Atlantic) More > …
