Nina Owcharenko Schaefer is the director of The Heritage Foundation's Center for Health and Welfare Policy. Read her research.
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Fifty years ago, on July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation creating the nation’s two largest federal health entitlements, Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Today the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the administration to allow Obamacare subsidies to flow through HealthCare.gov. This is a disappointment for the rule… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Every day there seems to be another article focused on how many individuals might lose their subsidies if the Supreme Court rules in favor of… Read More
Health CareCommentary
By the end of June, the Supreme Court is expected to issue its decision in King v. Burwell, the case that centers on whether the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
It’s official: Indiana has given in and adopted Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. Before jumping into the weeds of Indiana’s Medicaid expansion agreement with the Obama administration,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Helping the poor is not an issue that is exclusive to one side of the political spectrum. The question is not whether to help those… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Supreme Court’s decision to hear the King v. Burwell case exposes another potential weakness in the health care law. In the King case, the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Tuesday’s D.C. Circuit and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rulings raise new doubts over the future of Obamacare. At the heart of these conflicting decisions… Read More
Health CareCommentary
It is time to stop, take a breath and ask some basic questions about health care: Do we want to see greater government control over… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Today, Governor Mike Pence (R) outlined proposed changes to Indiana’s Medicaid program. Based on preliminary materials, it appears that while the state may be advancing… Read More
