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ObamaCare Exchanges Consumer Choice and State Sovereignty for Nationalized Healthcare

By Ashton Ellis
Thursday, March 15 2012

In its latest unveiling of ObamaCare mandates, the Department of Health and Human Services promises that the creation of government-run health insurance exchanges will give states more flexibility and consumers more choices. But an examination of the rhetoric versus the reality reveals that these claims are just a smokescreen while HHS effectively nationalizes the entire health insurance market. When the final rule was announced on March 12, 2012, the HHS press release claimed that “[t]he policies released today will help states in designing their Exchanges to best meet the needs…

	Based on the media’s reaction, you would think that Barack Obama has discovered his inner Theodore…
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George Will’s Curious Electoral Defeatism: More Suspect Than a Chicago Cubs Infield

	To employ a metaphor from his beloved pastime, George Will just swung and whiffed. Badly. …
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Holder’s Endless Affirmative (Discrimin)Action

	At National Review Online on Tuesday, columnist John Fund blasted Attorney General Eric Holder for…
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James Q. Wilson, Blue Collar Intellectual

	An important new book helps explain why the recent death of James Q. Wilson is a hard blow to America’s…
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Obama’s "Cold Fusion" Presidency

	In 1989, two scientists named Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons turned the world on its ear with the…
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The Critical ObamaCare Law the Supreme Court Won’t Decide This Term

	From March 26 to 28 the United States Supreme Court will hear an historic 5 ½ hours of oral argument…
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New Survey: 73% Favor Lower Corporate Taxes

	Barack Obama seems to assume that “The 99%” stand with him when he hypocritically campaigns…
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The Theme, Again, is Freedom

	The United States needs a leader with a freedom agenda, and with the ability to explain it and persuasively…
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February 23, 2009: Obama Promised to Cut the Deficit by Half

	The most damning indictments against Barack Obama as he furiously seeks reelection are his own false…
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What’s Really at Stake With ObamaCare Legal Battle

	The battle over ObamaCare is really a fight about freedom. Regarding the centrality of freedom to the…
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