Jan 13, 2014 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By: Ron Johnson The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is neither protecting patients nor making health care more affordable. It is doing real harm to real people and driving the cost of health care up, not down.Basic fairness dictates that...
Jan 13, 2014 | Press Releases, Wisconsin Events
Oshkosh, WI – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson will host a town hall meetings in Buffalo and Rusk counties. Sen. Johnson will give his State of the Nation presentation, which highlights the fiscal challenges our country faces today. Following each presentation,...
Jan 12, 2014 | Op-Eds and Blogs
College enrollment is down, report Richard Vedder and Christopher Denhart in the Wall Street Journal, and it shouldn’t be a surprise. The pay premium that bachelor’s degree holders earn over those without a four-year college degree is shrinking, too, while...
Jan 12, 2014 | Op-Eds and Blogs
The Los Angeles Times reports that people who bought insurance on the “Affordable” Care Act’s exchanges are now running into trouble with insurers handling the policies. Often, insurers can’t confirm coverage, they’re behind on answering...
Jan 8, 2014 | Op-Eds and Blogs
About four million people have been added to Medicaid, the government-run single-payer health plan for the poor, since Obamacare rolled out in October. Putting people on Medicaid was a big part of how the Affordable Care Act was supposed to extend affordable health...