Tag: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Updated on August 4, 2015 by South Carolina Policy Council
EVERY YEAR, LAWMAKERS TRY TO PASS POTENTIALLY CONTROVERSIAL CHANGES THROUGH THE STATE BUDGET. BUT NOT EVERY PROBLEM IS A FUNDING PROBLEM. Legislators returned to Columbia July 6 for a third week of extended session. The purpose, in part: to vote on the governor’s budget vetoes and thereby finalize the fiscal year (FY) 2016 budget. The …
Updated on August 4, 2015 by South Carolina Policy Council
● U.S. Supreme Court defines federal agency as “state” ● Millions will continue to be subject to individual, employer mandates ● Only one way remains to circumvent ObamaCare Last week the Supreme Court issued its second major ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which once again sided with the Obama administration. The new ACA …
THE BOTTOM LINE: WASHINGTON DOESN’T FORCE; IT BRIBES. Halbig v. Burwell, the legal case that’s now threatening to unravel ObamaCare, reaffirms this basic principle: that the federal government rarely usurps state authority by mere legal fiat; it does so, rather, by offering millions of federal dollars. Only then, after state policymakers have taken the money, does …
Updated on January 11, 2017 by South Carolina Policy Council
WHY THE ‘PRIVATE OPTION’ ISN’T PRIVATE AND SHOULDN’T BE AN OPTION ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion destroys states’ budgets, inflicts serious economic harm, and does little or nothing to help the uninsured. Many officials in “red” states apparently share that view, but the offer of “free” money from the federal government has proven to be extremely tantalizing. Some of these states …
Updated on March 13, 2014 by South Carolina Policy Council
WHAT THE BILL DOES, AND COULD, ACCOMPLISH Originally known as the “nullification” bill, H.3101 has gone through many changes since it was originally pre-filed for the 2013 legislative session. Here we compare the bill passed by the House in May 2013 to the latest strike-and-insert amendment filed in the Senate. The Original Bill The …
Updated on December 11, 2013 by South Carolina Policy Council
Airing this month on ETV (SCC – the South Carolina Channel), the Policy Council’s Ashley Landess discusses the real significance of ObamaCare with two other panelists on Carolina Business Review. Click below for the video streaming online!
Updated on January 6, 2016 by South Carolina Policy Council
HOW TO STOP FEDERAL COERCION – INCLUDING OBAMACARE – AND ENACT FREE MARKET REFORM [PDF of full report here; a briefer version of the report here.] For three years, policy experts, citizen groups, and politicians have argued for multiple approaches to either blunting the effects of ObamaCare or abolishing it altogether. The Affordable Care Act …
Updated on October 21, 2013 by South Carolina Policy Council
IT’S A QUESTION WORTH ASKING Earlier this month, the Policy Council issued our annual guide to the year’s legislative session, The Best & Worst of the General Assembly. In the introduction to this year’s booklet (which we comment to your attention), we reminded readers that, in our view, the proper goal of legislation “isn’t to …
WHEN THE ISSUE IS THE PRESERVATION OF POWER, REFORM HASN’T GOT A CHANCE In 2013, despite all the rhetoric with which the legislative year began, lawmakers failed to pass a single reform. The question is: Why? Putting aside any unbecoming motivations lawmakers might have had to resist reforms in ethics law, the state’s government structure, …
A PERNICIOUS BARRIER TO HEALTH CARE FREEDOM HAS COME DOWN. IT SHOULD STAY THAT WAY. Last Wednesday, South Carolina House lawmakers – possibly accidentally – enacted the most pro-liberty reform of the entire 2013 session by sustaining the governor’s veto of funding for the Department of Health and Environmental Control’s (DHEC) Certificate of Need (CON) …
Tag: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Why S.C. Lawmakers Can’t Pass a Budget on Time
Updated on August 4, 2015 by South Carolina Policy Council
EVERY YEAR, LAWMAKERS TRY TO PASS POTENTIALLY CONTROVERSIAL CHANGES THROUGH THE STATE BUDGET. BUT NOT EVERY PROBLEM IS A FUNDING PROBLEM. Legislators returned to Columbia July 6 for a third week of extended session. The purpose, in part: to vote on the governor’s budget vetoes and thereby finalize the fiscal year (FY) 2016 budget. The …
Category: Budget, Commentary Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, School Choice, South Carolina state budget
King v. Burwell: Reality Check for States
Updated on August 4, 2015 by South Carolina Policy Council
● U.S. Supreme Court defines federal agency as “state” ● Millions will continue to be subject to individual, employer mandates ● Only one way remains to circumvent ObamaCare Last week the Supreme Court issued its second major ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which once again sided with the Obama administration. The new ACA …
Category: Commentary, Health Care Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Burwell: What Does It Mean?
Updated on June 9, 2015 by South Carolina Policy Council
THE BOTTOM LINE: WASHINGTON DOESN’T FORCE; IT BRIBES. Halbig v. Burwell, the legal case that’s now threatening to unravel ObamaCare, reaffirms this basic principle: that the federal government rarely usurps state authority by mere legal fiat; it does so, rather, by offering millions of federal dollars. Only then, after state policymakers have taken the money, does …
Category: Health Care Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Medicaid Expansion by Any Other Name
Updated on January 11, 2017 by South Carolina Policy Council
WHY THE ‘PRIVATE OPTION’ ISN’T PRIVATE AND SHOULDN’T BE AN OPTION ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion destroys states’ budgets, inflicts serious economic harm, and does little or nothing to help the uninsured. Many officials in “red” states apparently share that view, but the offer of “free” money from the federal government has proven to be extremely tantalizing. Some of these states …
Category: Health Care Tags: Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The “Nullification” Bill, Then and Now
Updated on March 13, 2014 by South Carolina Policy Council
WHAT THE BILL DOES, AND COULD, ACCOMPLISH Originally known as the “nullification” bill, H.3101 has gone through many changes since it was originally pre-filed for the 2013 legislative session. Here we compare the bill passed by the House in May 2013 to the latest strike-and-insert amendment filed in the Senate. The Original Bill The …
Category: Health Care, Transparency Tags: Free Market Healthcare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Landess Discusses the Real Meaning of ObamaCare
Updated on December 11, 2013 by South Carolina Policy Council
Airing this month on ETV (SCC – the South Carolina Channel), the Policy Council’s Ashley Landess discusses the real significance of ObamaCare with two other panelists on Carolina Business Review. Click below for the video streaming online!
Category: Commentary Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Contract, Clarity, and a Return to Sovereignty
Updated on January 6, 2016 by South Carolina Policy Council
HOW TO STOP FEDERAL COERCION – INCLUDING OBAMACARE – AND ENACT FREE MARKET REFORM [PDF of full report here; a briefer version of the report here.] For three years, policy experts, citizen groups, and politicians have argued for multiple approaches to either blunting the effects of ObamaCare or abolishing it altogether. The Affordable Care Act …
Category: Budget, Health Care, Transparency Tags: Federal Spending, Obamacare Barriers, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Regulation, South Carolina state budget
What Would the Founders Do about Medicaid Expansion?
Updated on October 21, 2013 by South Carolina Policy Council
IT’S A QUESTION WORTH ASKING Earlier this month, the Policy Council issued our annual guide to the year’s legislative session, The Best & Worst of the General Assembly. In the introduction to this year’s booklet (which we comment to your attention), we reminded readers that, in our view, the proper goal of legislation “isn’t to …
Category: Commentary, Independence from DC Tags: Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Why Did Reform Die in 2013?
Updated on April 1, 2015 by South Carolina Policy Council
WHEN THE ISSUE IS THE PRESERVATION OF POWER, REFORM HASN’T GOT A CHANCE In 2013, despite all the rhetoric with which the legislative year began, lawmakers failed to pass a single reform. The question is: Why? Putting aside any unbecoming motivations lawmakers might have had to resist reforms in ethics law, the state’s government structure, …
Category: Commentary, Research Tags: Budget and Control Board, Department of Transportation, Health Exchanges, Legislative Reform, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
“Certificate of Need” Program: Not Needed
Updated on May 24, 2016 by South Carolina Policy Council
A PERNICIOUS BARRIER TO HEALTH CARE FREEDOM HAS COME DOWN. IT SHOULD STAY THAT WAY. Last Wednesday, South Carolina House lawmakers – possibly accidentally – enacted the most pro-liberty reform of the entire 2013 session by sustaining the governor’s veto of funding for the Department of Health and Environmental Control’s (DHEC) Certificate of Need (CON) …
Category: Commentary, Health Care, Taxes & Regulation Tags: Free Market Healthcare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Regulation