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The economics don’t work

The economics don’t work

As many as six out of seven adults under age 35 would be better off skipping out of Obamacare's health insurance mandate, according to research from the American Action Forum, a non-partisan think...

The economics don’t work

The individual get-hacked mandate

Some things about Obamacare's website seem to move quickly - such as how long it takes to access someone else's information. Report in Gizmodo:"David Kennedy, a white hat hacker and TrustedSec CEO,...

The economics don’t work

Why Target is dumping its employees

Target, the discount store, is ending health coverage for its part-time workforce, citing the Orwellian-named "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act", or Obamacare. The company will offer...

The economics don’t work

The website is bad, the economics are terrible

The Wall Street Journal points out the problem with the "Affordable" Care Act that's far worse than malfunctioning websites: The plan's economics are totally dysfunctional."For the first time HHS...

The economics don’t work

Improper payments, fraud and carelessness

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's "PolitiFact" operation claimed the other day that I made misleading statements about fraud in government benefits programs, spending 1,200 words parsing an...

The economics don’t work

A just lawsuit over Obamacare

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...

The economics don’t work

The end of the college bubble, maybe

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...

The economics don’t work

Obamacare tech problems move down the pipeline

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...

The economics don’t work

So much for ‘affordable’

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...

The economics don’t work

Innovations and the governments that squash them

Innovation is now the norm in industries, writes Gordon Crovitz in the Wall Street Journal - innovation so fast that it disrupts industries. He mentions how the free maps app on his phone has made...