Another PO Broken Promise: Medicaid Expansion Not A Job Creator

Caleb Taylor December 1, 2014 1 Comment Arkansas Legislature, Medicaid expansion, obamacare, private option

Another PO Broken Promise: Medicaid Expansion Not A Job Creator

One of the many dubious claims about the “private option” Medicaid expansion was that it would be a “job creator” for the health-care industry in Arkansas.

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Caleb Taylor November 26, 2014 2 Comments Affordable Care Act, David Sanders, jonathan gruber, obamacare, private option

The ‘Credibility Issues’ Of Jonathan Gruber and David Sanders

“Private Option” Medicaid expansion architects have been busy obfuscating news that broke last week about Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber. Gruber was caught telling the truth about various matters in a politically harmful way (also known as a Kinsley Gaffe) — for instance, he famously explained that it was “mathematically impossible” for the “private option” to be budget-neutral.

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Caleb Taylor November 21, 2014 0 Comments jonathan gruber, obamacare, private option

POLL: Majority Support For PO Exit Strategy

After a midterm election that brought a tidal wave of conservative Republicans into the Capitol, the conversation about Arkansas’s private option has shifted in a much more conservative direction. The conversation used to be about whether there would be changes to Arkansas’s Medicaid expansion; now it’s about what changes will be made.

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Caleb Taylor November 13, 2014 1 Comment Rep. John Burris, Rep. Tom Cotton, Roby Brock, Sen. Johnny Key

Pro-PO Legislator Becomes Non-Lobbyist Lobbyist

According to Roby Brock at Talk Business, another outgoing pro-”private option” legislator has lined up a “policy consulting” gig in

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Caleb Taylor November 11, 2014 1 Comment Arkansas Legislature, Arkansas Republicans, obamacare, private option, the daily beast

Liberals Freak Out Over GOP Victories In 2014

What was the most overwrought liberal reaction to the 2014 Republican midterm victories in Arkansas? An article yesterday by Monica Potts in The Daily Beast probably wins first prize.

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Caleb Taylor November 10, 2014 0 Comments Affordable Care Act, issue 3, jonathan gruber, obamacare, term limits

O’Care Architect: “Lack Of Transparency” Reason Law Passed

A new video of Jonathan Gruber, one of Obamacare’s architects, surfaced Sunday in which he said a “lack of transparency” and the “stupidity of the American voter” were big assets in getting Obamacare passed into law.

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Caleb Taylor November 6, 2014 1 Comment Arkansas Legislature, jonathan dismang, obamacare, private option

PO State Budgeting Will Meet Harsh Reality in 2017

We wrote yesterday about the decreasing likelihood of funding for Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion in Arkansas (the private option) making it through the legislature in 2015.

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Caleb Taylor October 23, 2014 2 Comments Affordable Care Act, James McLean, Linda Collins Smith, Medicaid expansion, obamacare, private option, white river medical center

McLean Desperately Attempting To Save O’Care In AR

As loyal readers of this humble blog know, state Rep. James McLean, inaugural member of the Davy Carter wing of the Democratic Party, has been having more attendance troubles at the legislature in 2014 than I had with my 8 a.m. Women’s History class my senior year of college.

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Caleb Taylor October 13, 2014 1 Comment Arkansas Politics, Foundation for Government Accountability, Mike Beebe, obamacaref, private option

GAO’s “Cost Concerns” on PO, Part II

We wrote last month about a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report: it raised some red flags about the costs to taxpayers created by Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion in Arkansas.

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Caleb Taylor October 8, 2014 1 Comment 2014 elections, Affordable Care Act, Foundation for Government Accountability, obamacare, private option

Poll: Low Support for O’Care in Arkansas

A new poll out today from the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) shows that despite some campaigns’ and officials’ ideas to the contrary, Obamacare is still a political loser in Arkansas for 2014.