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Under Obamacare, Government Power Will Continue to Grow
The trouble with Obamacare is not limited to the unconstitutionality of the mandate to purchase federally approved insurance. It goes mu...
Obama Administration Agrees: Florida Medicaid Reform Pilot Good for...
In original research published by The Heritage Foundation (“Florida’s Medicaid Reform Shows the Way to Improve Health, Increase Satisfa...
Oregon’s Verdict on Medicaid
Americans may be surprised to learn that little solid evidence exists to support the claim that expanding health insurance will improve ...
Projecting Medicaid Growth Under Obamacare
Even before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the health care bill commonly known as Obamacare, was signed into la...
Coburn Opposes Using Federal Grant Money to Build Exchange
[The following statement from Sen. Tom Coburn’s office outlines the “official position of Dr. Coburn on the plan to implement a state he...
Accepting Federal Exchange Funding for Obamacare: A Dangerous Propo...
Right now, states across the country are trying to figure out what to do in response to Obamacare and its health insurance exchange arch...
Oklahoma Considering Health-Care Compact
Early in my tenure at Oklahoma’s largest newspaper I heard a wonderful story about E. L. Gaylord. Mr. Gaylord was the publisher for whom...
State Government Spending Continues to Climb
Contrary to what you may hear from our friends on the left, government spending in Oklahoma continues to rise, and it continues to outpa...
Restoring Federalism with an Interstate Compact for Health Care Reform
Pushing back against the current overreach of the federal government—and protecting against future expansions of its power—are urgent an...
Why a Health Insurance Provider Tax Is a Bad Idea
Facing a massive budget shortfall in the waning days of the 2010 legislative session, Oklahoma lawmakers passed House Bill 2437 to asses...
Medicaid Fails Taxpayers and Patients
Imagine a government-run health care program in which medical access is severely limited, that is racked by uncontrollably rising costs,...
How Oklahoma Can Respond to Obamacare
Since the passage of President Obama’s unpopular Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), many states have pushed back agains...
Fighting ObamaCare, One Patient at a Time
Embarrassed. Ashamed. Failure. These words don’t typically describe an accomplished doctor, but Martha Boone doesn’t fit the mold. The ...
Responding to ObamaCare
The recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the federal government’s sweeping health care legislation, will impose ...
Oklahoma City Hospital One of Obamacare’s First Victims
Physicians at McBride Orthopedic Hospital had ambitious plans for their Oklahoma City hospital before Obamacare. Two new operating rooms...
Opting Out of ObamaCare
It's been several weeks since Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid floated the idea that states could "opt out" of the government-run healt...
The Medicaid Nuclear Option
The legislative process inevitably fathers unintended consequences. The more complex and ambitious the legislative endeavor, the more nu...
Give Tax Breaks to Buy Health Insurance, OCPA Author Urges Lawmakers
Tom Daxon, author of a 2008 OCPA study on health care reform, spoke December 3 at an interim study at the state capitol on the feasibili...
Oklahoma Doctor Treats Health-Care Refugees...from Canada
Dr. Keith Smith is a proud capitalist. The anesthesiologist often helps poor patients obtain surgeries at no cost while managing to keep...
Two Keys to Health Care Reform
The national health care debate has inflamed public passions. However, participants on all sides consistently ignore two key realities t...
