Some cities and states are trying to fix the Affordable Care Act’s deficiencies all on their own. New York City, for example, has pledged to directly pay the medical bills of the city’s estimated 600,000 uninsured. Massachusetts is looking at some form of “Medicare-for-All,” at least in name, because that name polls very well (when...
The truth is that the ACA is broken and has been from the start. The federal judge in Fort Worth who recently entered final judgment finding the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional now paves the way for the case to move to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. And as the attorney who argued the case on behalf...
When a federal judge recently ruled that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, many in the media were caught off guard. Little attention had been paid to the case, which was brought by the attorneys general of 20 states and by the Texas Public Policy Foundation (representing individual clients who have been harmed by Obamacare)....
College athlete and YouTube star Donald De La Haye is an American success story. At the age of 7, Donald immigrated to the United States with his family from Costa Rica. As a teenager, he began posting online unique, creative videos of himself. He also was a skilled athlete, recruited by the University of Central...
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The most recent challenge to the Affordable Care Act, a Texas-led, 20-state lawsuit, made news when the U.S. Department of Justice conceded the unconstitutionality of the individual mandate. This action aroused passion, including concern even from groups opposed to the ACA. But, no one who dislikes the ACA as a policy should worry about the...
The Environmental Protection Agency has sent its replacement for the Clean Power Plan to the White House. We don’t know what’s in it (it won’t be released until the White House has a chance to review it), but we know what should be and what shouldn’t. The new plan should restore the rule of law...
The Trump administration’s decision to argue that part of the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional — the requirement that every American purchase health insurance, known as the individual mandate — raises real doubts about the law’s future. The Supreme Court initially upheld the mandate, ruling that the penalty for not purchasing health insurance would raise...
In 2012, the five conservative justices on the United States Supreme Court (including Chief justice John Roberts) held that key portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exceeded Congress’s constitutional authority under the Commerce Clause. But, Chief Justice Roberts then joined the four liberal justices on the Court in upholding the ACA as a tax...
New York City is the latest to square off against its own people over how people use their own homes and apartments. The New York City Council is drafting legislation that would require those who participate in the booming short-term rental industry to register their addresses, which is surely a harbinger of further regulations to...
The lawsuit brought by the Texas Public Policy Foundation against the city of Austin challenging its new paid sick leave ordinance isn’t just a local matter. It’s a principled fight with broad implications for Texas and other states, because it’s about freedom — and the rule of law. In January, the Austin City Council introduced...
In 2016, the city of Austin passed one of the most aggressive sets of regulations for short-term rentals — also known as vacation rentals or furnished rentals — in the country. A constitutional challenge to those regulations is currently pending before the Third Court of Appeals in Austin. In a recent article in the Texas...