Tag Archives: Health Care

Vested Interests Block Healthcare Deregulation and Choice

In today’s political environment, regulations are often used to strengthen powerful and well-connected special interest groups at the expense of everyone else. This means those looking to unburden business from the heavy hand of government regulation could be in for a big fight with those all-too happy with the status quo. Continue reading

Posted in Feature, Highlight1 | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Failing to Stand Up for Taxpayers

Do Wyoming legislators believe it is right to pass laws that permit one group of voters to force another group of voters to pay for services the first group wants? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Continue reading

Posted in Feature, Highlight1 | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Government and Your Life

Sometimes it is important to take a step back and review the “big picture” of big government. The battle currently unfolding in America between the statists who want more government and conservatives, libertarians and others who want less government, is … Continue reading

Posted in Feature, Highlight1 | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

HB 82 – Interstate Sales of Health Insurance

House Bill 82 may have an encouraging title, but it will not deliver the health insurance reforms necessary to reduce cost drivers that send insurance premiums through the roof. Please read on to find out why. Continue reading

Posted in Feature, Highlight1 | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Twenty-Three States Now Reject State-Established Exchanges

As the deadline for a federal health exchange default quickly approaches on Friday, two more governors have rejected the notion of a state-established exchange. This makes 23 states refusing to set up state-based Obamacare insurance exchanges. On Thursday, New Jersey … Continue reading

Posted in Feature, Highlight1 | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

The First, not Final, Word on Obamacare

Last March, during the three days of oral argument over the constitutionality of Obamacare in NFIB v. Sebelius, Paul Clement argued that if the individual mandate provision of Obamacare was unconstitutional, then the entire 1,000-plus page law should be overturned.  … Continue reading

Posted in Feature, Highlight1 | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Finally a Decision on Medicaid Expansion, But Not a Final Decision

After straddling the fence for the last five months on whether or not to expand Medicaid in Wyoming, Gov. Matt Mead has decided his answer is “no.” At least for now. Though the governor denied the Department of Health’s request … Continue reading

Posted in Feature, Highlight1 | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

How Do You Say “No” to Obamacare Exchanges?

Obamacare gives individual states the option of whether or not to create state-run health insurance exchanges. Thirteen states have refused to set up an exchange; another thirteen have committed to setting them up, and the rest are undecided.  Wyoming’s course … Continue reading

Posted in Feature, Highlight1 | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Amendment A: Wielding a Health Freedom Battle Axe

On Tuesday, Wyoming joined the growing number of states that recognize health care freedom in their state constitutions, with overwhelming passage of Amendment A.  A similar state constitutional amendment passed in Alabama, and in Montana a legislative referendum implements a … Continue reading

Posted in Feature, Highlight1 | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Got health insurance but can’t see a doctor?

Welcome to socialized medicine Obamacare fans wax utopian about how people would get the medical attention they need if only they have health insurance. Obamacare even tried to force people to buy health insurance, but the Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision … Continue reading

Posted in Feature, Highlight1 | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment