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Obamacare's Ten Year Anniversary Goes Unnoticed

It is hard to believe that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, was ten years old last month on March 23, 2010.

Elizabeth Wright April 3, 2020
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U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Agrees: Obamacare Individual Mandate is Unconstitutional

No one who purchases health insurance in an Obamacare exchange will lose their health insurance.

Elizabeth Wright December 19, 2019
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Congress can Prevent Taxpayers from Getting Hit with Health Insurance Tax

With only a couple weeks left on the 2019 legislative calendar and much of the air on Capitol Hill being consumed by impeachment, Congress is missing out on a painless bipartisan victory that could save taxpayers hundreds of dollars in health...

Peter Klensch December 9, 2019
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The American Medical Association’s Shaky Stance on Socialized Medicine

As the American Medical Association’s (AMA) shrinking membership tilts further and further to the left, real questions need to be asked about the organization’s influence over the Medicare for All debate. 

CAGW Staff July 8, 2019
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Ways & Means Hearing Highlights the Battle Over Medicare For All

On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing with the intent to give Republicans and Democrats the chance to discuss other proposals to expand universal health care.  Generally universal coverage means government-...

CAGW Staff June 20, 2019
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Congress Drives the "Megabus" Off the Tracks

Even with the national debt at more than $22 trillion and trillion-dollar annual deficits beginning in fiscal year (FY) 2022, Congress continues full-speed ahead towards another fiscal disaster.  This week’s poor spending decision comes from H.R....

CAGW Staff June 20, 2019
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More Good News on the Healthcare Front

Today, the Trump administration released a final rule on Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs). 

Elizabeth Wright June 14, 2019
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Fake News on Healthcare Legislation Coming Your Way Soon

Later this week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will have a floor vote on H.R.

Elizabeth Wright May 8, 2019
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Yes Virginia, (and Alabama, Alaska, Arizona … Wyoming) There is a Conservative Cure for Obamacare!

On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 President Trump threw a virtual grenade into the Washington debating room when he tweeted, “The Republican Party will become ‘The Party of Healthcare.’”  This announcement came the day after th

Elizabeth Wright April 5, 2019
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House Introduces Single-Payer Healthcare Plan: Medicare for All

On Wednesday, February 27, Rep. Pramila Jaypal (D-Wa) introduced H.R.

Elizabeth Wright March 8, 2019
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The Greatest Sabotage to Obamacare is 'Medicare for All'

Today the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled, “Strengthening Our Health Care System: Legislation to Reverse ACA S

Elizabeth Wright February 13, 2019
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Stay Calm and Carry On

On Friday, December 14, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor ruled in Texas, et al v. United States, et al, that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, was unconstitutional.

Elizabeth Wright December 20, 2018

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