Benjamin Domenech

Benjamin Domenech (bdomenech@heartland.org) is managing editor of Health Care News and a research... (read full bio)

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CBO: Six Million People Hit by Individual Mandate Tax

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September 24, 2012

At long last, in 2016 we will learn which is more: $4,316 or $2,085.
Ten Things Everyone Should Read About Obamacare

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September 18, 2012

Last week I shared Ten Things Everyone Should Read About Health Care, which fo
OCS: Sebelius Engaged in Illegal Political Activity

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September 17, 2012

According to a new government report, President Obama’s Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, engaged in illegal political activity in violation of the Hatch Act, which bars gover
Ten Things Everyone Should Read About Health Care

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September 10, 2012

There is so much to read these days about health care policy and entitlement reform.
Obamacare's Health Exchanges: Where Do Things Stand?

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September 05, 2012

Where do things stand today across the country when it comes to the implementation of Obamacare?
Paul Ryan's Modest Medicare Debate

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August 30, 2012

Thanks to Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform proposals, the 2012 election cycle may focus more on health care and entitlement policy than any presidential election in American history.
Cost Increases? Consolidation Makes it Happen

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August 28, 2012

In the Wall Street Journal yesterday morning, a report from the other end of the monopolization of health care services – what happens when a hospital buys out your specialist.
Doing Medicaid Reform Right

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August 20, 2012

The selection of Congressman Paul Ryan as the vice presidential nominee for the Republican ticket has brought the issue of Medicare reform to the forefront of people’s minds.
Baucus Considered Taxing Online Pornography to Fund Obamacare

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August 17, 2012

Over the past week, the dueling presidential campaigns have been arguing back and forth about President Obama's cuts to Medicare, which
The Silly Politics of Mediscare

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August 13, 2012

With the selection of House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) as Mitt Romney’s running mate in the coming election, the issue of Medicare reform is likely to be the subject of loud demagoguery from
Romneycare’s End, Obamacare’s Future

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August 06, 2012

In Massachusetts, Governor Deval Patrick shows us what the future looks like for life under Obamacare:
England’s Misplaced NHS Pride

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July 30, 2012

If you happened to watch the opening ceremonies of the Olympic games in London, you may have been surprised at the degree to which the bizarre performance turned into a defense of the National Heal
On Health Care Costs, Trust Consumers, Not Bureaucrats

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July 23, 2012

Last week the Washington Post had an extensive write-up about how an anemia drug cost taxpayers billions of dollars without making much of a difference for those receiving it.
The Media’s Myth About Replacing Obamacare

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July 16, 2012

Of all the absurd memes repeated by the policy-bereft media these days, the idea that Republicans have no plan to replace Obamacare is one of the most irritatingly false.
Why States Are Rejecting Obama’s Medicaid Expansion

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July 09, 2012

Over the past week, we’ve heard from a wide variety of liberal sources amazed at the idea that states would reject the billions in “free money” from the federal government to expand their Medicaid
To Implement Or Not to Implement

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July 02, 2012

Consumer Power Report: To Implement Or Not to Implement July 2, 2012 Welcome to the Consumer Power Report.
Obamacare's Day of Reckoning

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June 28, 2012

At long last, the day is here: we'll finally find out whether the power of Congress under the Commerce Clause has any restriction whatsoever, or whether it truly extends to all economic activity an
Supreme Court Shocker: Obamacare Mandate Upheld, But As a Tax

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June 28, 2012

In a result that surprised both the left and right, the Supreme Court ruled the individual mandate at the heart of President Obama’s health care law was constitutional, not on the basis of th
The Mandate’s Final Hours

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June 25, 2012

The White House is waiting on pins and needles for what the week will bring. The U.S.
Obamacare’s Uncertain Replacement

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June 19, 2012

This likely represents the final edition of the Consumer Power Report prior to the Supreme Court’s ruling on President Barack Obama’s health care law.

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