Brian Blase, Author at The Daily Signal

Message to the President: Expanding Medicaid Will Not Reduce Federal Spending

Brian Blase | January 26, 2011

Last night in the State of the Union address, President Obama stated that “the only way to tackle our deficit is to cut excessive spending… Read More

Health Care

States Cry to Washington: Remove Obamacare’s Medicaid Handcuffs

Brian Blase | January 11, 2011

The big news out of a majority of state capitols is that Obamacare’s Medicaid mandates will exacerbate state budget problems and drive many states to… Read More

Health Care

Obamacare Subsidies Are Not a Free Lunch

Brian Blase | October 28, 2010

Families USA is out with a new report, Lower Taxes, Lower Premiums: The New Health Insurance Tax Credit, which lauds the health insurance tax credits… Read More

Health Care

Even CBO Is Skeptical of Obamacare

Brian Blase | October 26, 2010

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf recently spoke at the University of Southern California about the economic impact of Obamacare. He predicts that Obamacare… Read More

Economy

CLASS Act Repeal Should Be Taken Seriously

Brian Blase | September 23, 2010

Should Americans be forced into mandatory participation in a government-run long-term care Ponzi scheme? Or is a taxpayer bailout of another congressional misadventure a better… Read More

Health Care

Medicaid May Bust State Budgets Next Year

Brian Blase | September 13, 2010

The Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) just updated national health spending projections as a result of the… Read More

Education

House Breaks Vacation Plans to Spend More Money

Brian Blase | August 10, 2010

One week ago, Members of the House of Representatives stopped spending taxpayer money and began a six-week vacation. Unfortunately, they came back five weeks early…. Read More

Economy

A CLASS Mandate Flunks the Test

Brian Blase | July 30, 2010

Brian Riedl argued in a Washington Times piece on Tuesday that the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act should be repealed. CLASS, a… Read More

Health Care

Obamacare’s Impact on the States

Brian Blase | July 02, 2010

State legislators and governors will face many challenges implementing the provisions of Obamacare. In a new Heritage Foundation study, Ed Haislmaier and I analyze the… Read More

Health Care

Congressional Gimmicks leave Doctors and Taxpayers in a Lurch

Brian Blase | June 17, 2010

The Senate voted 45-52 yesterday to oppose the $140 billion so-called “extenders bill” (HR 4213). The Hill is reporting that Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) is… Read More

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Articles by Brian Blase

Message to the President: Expanding Medicaid Will Not Reduce Federal Spending

States Cry to Washington: Remove Obamacare’s Medicaid Handcuffs

Obamacare Subsidies Are Not a Free Lunch

Even CBO Is Skeptical of Obamacare

CLASS Act Repeal Should Be Taken Seriously

Medicaid May Bust State Budgets Next Year

House Breaks Vacation Plans to Spend More Money

A CLASS Mandate Flunks the Test

Obamacare’s Impact on the States

Congressional Gimmicks leave Doctors and Taxpayers in a Lurch