Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The 11.7 million enrollments cheered by Obamacare’s supporters will drop as people fail to pay their premiums, switch insurance, and drop their coverage, warns NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The Independent Institute: Obamacare’s risk corridors which comprised an unlimited taxpayer bailout of insurers’ profits have been capped by Congress, says Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary at The Independent Institute.
In March 2013, the Budget Control Act of 2011 went into effect, automatically cutting spending in certain federal outlay categories. These cuts were initially set to begin in January 2013, but were delayed by the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
The Diane Rehm Show: Allen West, the NCPA’s president and CEO, added his personal experience and expertise to the national conversation sparked by the Freddie Gray case in an interview with NPR’s The Diane Rehm Show.
Townhall: Restricting competition in the health care market may help “mom & pop” shops, but it hurts consumers and taxpayers, warns NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a Townhall commentary.
Examiner.com: Hackers are stealing Social Security numbers to file false tax refunds, scamming citizens out of their real returns, warns an article at Examiner.com citing NCPA research.