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On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could conceivably rid the nation of ObamaCare.
Published: Saturday, March 7th, 2020 @ 12:59 am
By: Daily Wire
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Since President Trump has taken office, economic growth rates have soared, 4.2 percent in the last quarter, and unemployment rates are the lowest in decades, at present 3.7 percent
Published: Saturday, December 29th, 2018 @ 12:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The following is an interview with Vice President Mike Pence by Dana Loesch
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 @ 8:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Donald J. Trump listens to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, during a dinner with legislative leadership following meetings, Friday, January 5, 2018, at Camp David's Laurel Lodge, near Thurmont, Md.
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 @ 3:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Heritage Foundation senior fellow Robert Moffit writes about why the recent Senate vote to eliminate the Obamacare mandate requiring people to have health insurance or face a penalty was a “wise call.”
Published: Sunday, January 7th, 2018 @ 12:04 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Health policy experts disagree whether significant free-market reforms can supplant Obamacare despite the program's rocky decline
Published: Thursday, August 31st, 2017 @ 12:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an op-ed column, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-11th District, and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., took aim at the process behind and the substance of the replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act introduced by House Republican leaders.
Published: Thursday, March 9th, 2017 @ 7:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Obamacare has failed. Almost all of its original promises have been broken
Published: Sunday, January 15th, 2017 @ 4:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Western Carolina University senior Tyann Stubbs juggles two on-campus jobs to help pay her own way through school. And she loves her work
Published: Thursday, August 25th, 2016 @ 1:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Already socked with rising premium costs due to Obamacare, Southern Elevator has delayed planned growth and job creation as it contemplates up to $800,000 in added annual health insurance costs a year from now, when employer mandates for medium-size businesses kick in.
Published: Saturday, November 29th, 2014 @ 8:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Unfortunately, we're not voting for the winner of a game show here. We're choosing someone to vote on our behalf amid the DC nonsense.
Published: Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 @ 11:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The U. S. Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 in the Hobby Lobby religious freedom case to support this retail company's first amendment right to hold certain religious and ethical beliefs over the will of the federal government's police power directed by a poorly written, and inconsistently enforced law.
Published: Sunday, August 3rd, 2014 @ 12:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) released the following statement applauding the Supreme Court's decision to uphold religious freedom in a case in which Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp.
Published: Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 @ 7:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Asked about the bipartisan absence of House members, putting Republicans in the same camp as Democrats against a conservative cause, Collins said, "Yes, to me it's an embarrassment to conservatives whenever we are mandating things on the private market."
Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2014 @ 5:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted in favor of a bill that would repeal Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, which requires disastrous cuts to Medicare provider compensation.
Published: Monday, March 17th, 2014 @ 1:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The mainstream media has been dutifully regurgitating the lefty press releases demanding that the minimum wage be doubled immediately.
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2013 @ 11:02 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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With a few notable exceptions, government agencies in North Carolina do not expect a major hit from Obamacare mandates in the coming year. But that could change in 2015, when large employer requirements kick in for organizations such as the UNC system, where as many as 10,000 temporary employees...
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 8:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rush calls her a "genuine idiot." We've previously characterized Kay Hagan as a nitwit because of her stand on ObamaCare.
Published: Sunday, November 17th, 2013 @ 11:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The General Fund cost of operating the State Health Plan is expected to rise about $90 million from fiscal years 2013-14 to 2015-16, but that is a slower growth trend than in past years, and Obamacare will have little effect on it, officials say.
Published: Tuesday, October 29th, 2013 @ 11:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Concern is rising among community health centers that serve nearly a half million patients in North Carolina yearly - most of them uninsured - that Obamacare may drain away their patients and doctors. Meantime, officials say, patients are antsy about how the law will affect them.
Published: Thursday, September 26th, 2013 @ 5:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina consumers could be the biggest losers after one of three insurance carriers that applied to participate in the Obamacare federal exchange announced its decision on Thursday to withdraw from the government-approved marketplace, health experts say. They cite the lack of competition...
Published: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013 @ 10:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Scared" of the impact Obamacare may have on their businesses, some North Carolina employers are considering private health insurance exchanges as a way to continue providing medical coverage to employees at a lower cost than the mandated insurance under Obamacare. IBM recently used a private...
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 @ 2:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Individual health insurance premiums in North Carolina would spike as much as 80 percent on average due to the effects of Obamacare mandates if plans submitted by Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina receive federal approval as expected.
Published: Saturday, September 7th, 2013 @ 12:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the state's largest business organizations is keeping a close eye on two federal lawsuits challenging the authority of the IRS to collect Obamacare taxes in states, including North Carolina, that did not set up state-run health insurance exchanges.
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 @ 1:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The next Pope will have to be vigorous and healthy because the church is at war. It has always been at war against the forces of evil and totalitarianism and has been instrumental in the failures of socialism.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2013 @ 8:17 pm
By: Alicia Colon
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Published reports that North Carolina must pay $181 million to the federal government annually as a consequence of failing to set up a state-run health exchange under Obamacare are false, leaving a spokesman...
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2013 @ 10:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sometimes irony is like getting smacked by a two-by-four: It hurts like heck when you get hit, but, oh, the lesson you'll learn.
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2013 @ 12:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The US republic is unique. Government can pass no law or take no action unless the authority for such law or action is specifically granted in the Constitution.
Published: Sunday, October 14th, 2012 @ 12:51 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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