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OBAMACARE: When You Put Out a Fire, What Do You Replace It With?

Originally published March 29, 2014, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

OBAMACARE: When You Put Out a Fire, What Do You Replace It With?

No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: “But what would you replace it with?” When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with? — Thomas Sowell I agree wholeheartedly with Thomas Sowell, so you may be surprised to learn that the purpose […]

Filed Under: Featured, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid Tagged With: aca, affordable care act, free market, free market solutions, government spending, Health Care, health care law, health care reform, health insurance, health insurance reform, healthcare reform, limited government, medicaid, nebraska legislature, nebraska unicameral, obamacare, progressivism, thomas sowell

Ruling: State Lawsuit Against Illegal ObamaCare IRS Rule Can Proceed

Originally published September 12, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

Ruling: State Lawsuit Against Illegal ObamaCare IRS Rule Can Proceed

On August 11, 2013, a federal judge ruled that the State of Oklahoma has standing to proceed with a lawsuit challenging an Internal Revenue Service rule issued in May 2012 regarding premium subsidies in the form of tax credits and penalties delivered through the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchange provisions. Oklahoma’s Attorney General Scott Pruitt […]

Filed Under: Featured, Federal Legislation, Health Care, Legal Limit, State Sovereignty Tagged With: aca, attorney general, attorneys general, congress, defund, governor, governors, health care law, insurance exchanges, irs, jon bruning, jonathan adler, lawsuit, legislators, litigation, michael cannon, nfib v sebelius, obamacare, oklahoma, ppaca, state senators

Senator Bob Krist Withdraws As Co-Introducer of Medicaid Expansion Bill (LB577)

Originally published April 20, 2013, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Senator Bob Krist Withdraws As Co-Introducer of Medicaid Expansion Bill (LB577)

District 10 GOP Senator Bob Krist withdrew as co-introducer of the bill aimed at an extensive expansion of Nebraska’s largest welfare program. So, now what? Read full articleSenator Bob Krist Withdraws As Co-Introducer of Medicaid Expansion Bill (LB577)

Filed Under: Health Care, Medicaid, Senators, State Legislation Tagged With: aca, bob krist, cedars youth services, douglas county republican party, greg adams, Health Care, health care law, heath mello, jeremy nordquist, kathy campbell, lb577, legislative debate, legislative journal, medicaid, medicaid expansion, nebraska, nebraska medicaid, negop, obamacare, one world clinic, patient protection and affordable care act, ppaca, sara howard

Nebraska Medicaid Expansion: LB577 in Limbo

Originally published April 18, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Nebraska Medicaid Expansion: LB577 in Limbo

Just how much of the health care law will be implemented in Nebraska now depends in large measure1 The extent to which implementation of the health care law in the state will occur doesn’t rest solely upon the question of whether or not …continue on what the events in the Unicameral Tuesday and Wednesday actually […]

Filed Under: Featured, Medicaid, State Legislation Tagged With: aca, filibuster, greg adams, health care law, jeremy nordquist, kathy campbell, ken schilz, lb577, lincoln journal star, medicaid, medicaid expansion, nebraska medicaid, patient protection and affordable care act, ppaca, Unicameral

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