affordable care act

ELDER: Obamacare was, is and will always be a problem

January 9, 2026 Larry Elder

President Barack Obama signed The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, in 2010 without a single Republican vote in the House or the Senate. When Obama announced it to the nation, Vice President Joe Biden could […]

ELDER: Flashback to 2009: Obamacare creates a mess for others to clean up

December 19, 2025 Larry Elder

The Affordable Care Act passed upon a mountain of lies about “bending the cost curve” and phony cost estimates. Not a single Republican in the House or Senate voted for it. The subsidies Obamacare shoveled […]

MURDOCK: Democrats blame Republicans for multiple Democrat failures

November 22, 2025 Deroy Murdock

A key reason Democrats make so many Republicans grind our molars is that they will not take responsibility for their own gargantuan failures. Instead, Democrats blame the GOP for the damage that they inflict on […]

Sen. Chuck Schumer, 2025 Government Shutdown

Deal to end government shutdown on track but faces hurdles

November 10, 2025 Lisa Mascaro

WASHINGTON — A legislative package to end the government shutdown appears on track Monday after a handful of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to break the impasse in what has become a deepening disruption of federal programs […]

MOORE: Stop the health insurers’ raid on the Treasury

October 12, 2025 Stephen Moore

No one likes insurance companies — trying to get them to pay a claim is like wrenching a bone out of a dog’s clenched teeth — and now we have another reason to hold them […]

HARSANYI: Obamacare is a massive failure; the GOP shouldn’t bail it out

October 11, 2025 David Harsanyi

Since Democrats have shut down the federal government because they want another $1.5 trillion bailout of Obamacare, it’s a good time to remind everyone that the law has been a wide-ranging and expensive fiasco. Virtually […]

Brokers, experts foresee health insurance prices rising next year

August 30, 2025 Tom Murphy

Pricey prescriptions and nagging medical costs are swamping some insurers and employers now. Patients may start paying for it next year. Health insurance will grow more expensive in many corners of the market in 2026, […]

ACA tax credit expiring this year could impact over 900K North Carolinians

March 27, 2025 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Unless renewed by Congress, an Affordable Healthcare Act tax credit set to expire at the end of 2025 could impact hundreds of thousands in North Carolina. Enhanced Premium Tax Credits (EHPC) help subsidize […]

US survey finds smaller decline in medical bill worries

February 12, 2020 Tom Murphy, The Associated Press

The proportion of people in families struggling to pay medical bills is down, but the number isn’t dropping like it used to, according to a big government study. In a 2018 national survey, just over […]

Blue Cross wants to lower rates for Obamacare policies

August 2, 2019 The Associated Press

DURHAM — North Carolina’s largest health insurer says it’s figured out how to make money after six years of selling subsidized policies under the Affordable Care Act and wants to cut average premiums by more […]