Compiled by The Market Institute.
The U.S. Supreme Court indicated this week it may allow corporations to mount religious objections to government mandate, potentially paving the way for companies to avoid covering employees’ birth control as required under Obamacare (Reuters).
Former U.S. Solicitor General Ken Starr wrote in an opinion piece that Obamacare is shackling religious freedom and violates the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” which requires the federal government to have very strong justifications for forcing regulations on Americans that go against their religious beliefs (USA Today).
Between the failures of the federal exchange website and lagging enrollment numbers, when is it time for the Obama Administration to say “enough is enough” with Obamacare (Forbes)?
eHealthInsurance released private insurance sign up data this week and it indicated young adults and uninsured Americans are signing up for plans away from Obamacare at a much higher rate than everyone else (Washington Post Blog).
The federal government’s estimates of Obamacare’s regulatory “benefits” — what they project in increased efficiency or productivity due to streamlined processes and standards — clock in at just $2.6 billion annually, as opposed to the cost of complying with all those regulations, which is almost $7 billion (Daily Caller).
MSNBC took a look at Obamacare by the numbers with the most telling statistic being of people that signed up for health insurance, almost 70% are in the 35-64 age bracket, which does not bode well for the economic longevity of the program (MSNBC).
