Earlier this week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released an analysis of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA/Obamacare) impact on the long-term deficits in America – “long-term” being defined as the 75-year window of budget analysis. According to National Review’s Andrew Stiles, “Senate Budget Committee staff has calculated, and GAO has confirmed, that it would amount…

With the passage of the Affordable Care Act, many Americans simply gave up – the battle to prevent a government takeover of the American health care system was lost. Many did not give up, including Tea Party Patriots, and brought the law to the Supreme Court. After the Court found the individual mandate and Act…

Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie brought New Jersey on board with the Medicaid expansion aspect of Obamacare. According to Huffington Post, Christie did so because his state’s poor citizens would receive a great deal of help: Christie, a potential 2016 presidential contender who is up for reelection this year, defied conservative opponents of Obamacare…

On Wednesday, Florida governor Rick Scott became the seventh Republican governor to back Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. From Bloomberg: Florida Governor Rick Scott supports expanding Medicaid in his state under President Barack Obama’s health-care law, at least while the federal government pays for it, a reversal of the Republican’s previous position. Scott said yesterday…

Last week, Tea Party Patriots reported on the surrender by the governors of Ohio and Arizona to President Obama on Medicaid expansion. In more recent days, the Ohio Liberty Coalition (OLC) has published an impressively thorough examination of how and why Ohio’s Governor John Kasich has failed his state when it comes to the Medicaid…

When it comes to regulating the American economy and the American people into oblivion, only the federal government can be this thorough. Consider what The Hill reported last week: The Obama administration took new steps Wednesday toward implementing the individual mandate in its signature healthcare law, downplaying the scope of the unpopular provision by stressing…

Last month, Tea Party Patriots reported on how the Oklahoma Medicaid system is using funding from Obamacare to pay for infrastructure upgrades and electronic medical records. We asked readers what you thought of the state’s decision: What do you think, Patriots? Should Oklahoma and its fellow opponents of the implementation of Obamacare use federal funds…

In 2009, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey wrote a now-famous op-ed in The Wall Street Journal talking about free-market alternatives to what would become the Affordable Care Act. Supporters of the coming law reacted immediately, calling for boycotts of Whole Foods. In response, opponents decided to make up the slack, calling for those who support…

When the Affordable Care Act became law, we were told the benefits to America would be numerous. Costs would go down, insurance coverage would go up, and our nation would join the enlightened nations of Europe in having a larger government presence in our health care system. Now the real effects of the Act are…

Students across the country are cringing as the new medical insurance law’s mandates eliminate the affordable policies they previously enjoyed, imposing a new financial burden. “If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free. ” –P.J. O’Rourke, 1993 1903. Is that a year? No, that’s 1,903%,…