Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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This is a topic, with start date July 15, 2009 and end date March 30, 2010.

Its theme(s) are United States domestic politics.

Summary of positions for this topic

• Act should be passed (190 items)
• Act is unconstitutional (21 items)
• Act is raising or will raise insurance premiums (1 items)
• Act should not have been passed (412 items)

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The Doctor Won't See You Now by Mark Steyn (National Review, December 16, 2012) (view)

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Obamacare at 5: Sick and getting worse by Mark Landsbaum (The Orange County Register, November 14, 2015) (view)

Obamacare Is Dead by Kevin Williamson (National Review, November 4, 2015) (view)

ObamaCare’s death spiral, stage one: Denial by Rich Lowry (New York Post, November 2, 2015) (view)

The Slow-Motion Implosion of ObamaCare by Andy Puzder (The Wall Street Journal, November 1, 2015) (view)

Why doctors quit by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, May 28, 2015) (view)

ObamaCare’s new tax-time nightmare by Michelle Malkin (New York Post, March 10, 2015) (view)

ObamaCare stinks even with subsidies by Marc Siegel (New York Post, March 9, 2015) (view)

We all win if Supremes gut ObamaCare by Betsy McCaughey (New York Post, March 2, 2015) (view)

An Off-Ramp From ObamaCare by John Kline, Paul Ryan, Fred Upton (The Wall Street Journal, March 2, 2015) (view)

ObamaCare Hits Small Business Hard in Gloomy '15 by Investor's Business Daily editorial board (Investor's Business Daily, December 29, 2014) (view)

ObamaCare’s Threat to Private Practice by Scott Gottlieb (The Wall Street Journal, December 7, 2014) (view)

The real lesson from 'Grubergate' by Luke Hilgemann (USA Today, December 1, 2014) (view)

The lies that are central to Obama’s agenda by Kyle Smith (New York Post, November 16, 2014) (view)

Another ObamaCare Deception by Tevi Troy (The Wall Street Journal, November 16, 2014) (view)

Obamacare’s State of Crisis by Adam J. White (The Weekly Standard, November 16, 2014) (view)

Lies, damned lies…Obamacare by New York Post editorial board (New York Post, November 13, 2014) (view)

This Democrat Is Giving Up on ObamaCare by Burke Beu (The Wall Street Journal, November 13, 2014) (view)

The Gruber Confession by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, November 13, 2014) (view)

Health-Care Hell by Kevin Williamson (National Review, October 30, 2014) (view)

ObamaCare’s Failing Cost Control by The Wall Street Journal editorial board (The Wall Street Journal, October 20, 2014) (view)

Affordable Care Act on the ballot by Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial board (Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 19, 2014) (view)

Health care law winds up discouraging work, upward mobility by The Oklahoman editorial board (The Oklahoman, October 16, 2014) (view)

Affordable Care Act lies by Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (The Baltimore Sun, September 21, 2014) (view)

ObamaCare and American Decline by Holman Jenkins (The Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2014) (view)

The ObamaCare Escalator by The Wall Street Journal editorial board (The Wall Street Journal, September 7, 2014) (view)

How ObamaCare will kill job-based plans by Sally Pipes (New York Post, July 3, 2014) (view)

The next ObamaCare disasters by Betsy McCaughey (New York Post, April 13, 2014) (view)

A Catastrophe Like No Other by Peggy Noonan (The Wall Street Journal, April 4, 2014) (view)

The ACA: Still Falling Short by James Capretta (National Review, April 1, 2014) (view)

Obamacare misses the target by John Sununu (The Boston Globe, March 31, 2014) (view)

Making up good news about Obamacare by Marc Thiessen (The Washington Post, March 31, 2014) (view)

Monday is the Obamacare deadline. Sort of. by Chicago Tribune editorial board (Chicago Tribune, March 31, 2014) (view)

Federal health care law proving to be affordable in name only by The Oklahoman editorial board (The Oklahoman, March 23, 2014) (view)

Obamacare still stinks by Reince Priebus (USA Today, March 21, 2014) (view)

The high costs of Obamacare by Jack Kelly (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 16, 2014) (view)

ObamaCare and My Mother's Cancer Medicine by Stephen Blackwood (The Wall Street Journal, February 23, 2014) (view)

Obamacare’s war on jobs by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, February 13, 2014) (view)

‘ObamaCare both sucks and blows’ by John Podhoretz (New York Post, February 11, 2014) (view)

Obamacare’s $70 billion pay cut by Marc Thiessen (The Washington Post, February 10, 2014) (view)

Obama Rewrites ObamaCare by The Wall Street Journal editorial board (The Wall Street Journal, February 10, 2014) (view)

Bailing out Obamacare by The Washington Times editorial board (The Washington Times, February 9, 2014) (view)

Obamacare and the incentive to work by Chicago Tribune editorial board (Chicago Tribune, February 6, 2014) (view)

Obamacare attacks American Dream by Tim Phillips (USA Today, February 6, 2014) (view)

Betrayed by the President and ObamaCare by Emilie Lamb (New York Post, February 3, 2014) (view)

After Obamacare, what? by The Orange County Register editorial board (The Orange County Register, January 31, 2014) (view)

The Young and the ObamaCare-less by The Wall Street Journal editorial board (The Wall Street Journal, January 20, 2014) (view)

How Obamacare will hurt doctors by Marc Siegel (New York Daily News, January 16, 2014) (view)

This Is What Government-Run Health Care Looks Like by Investor's Business Daily editorial board (Investor's Business Daily, January 13, 2014) (view)

ObamaCare's Rude Awakening for the Young by Karl Rove (The Wall Street Journal, January 8, 2014) (view)

ObamaCare's Phony Medicaid Promise Exposed by Investor's Business Daily editorial board (Investor's Business Daily, January 6, 2014) (view)

ObamaCare’s four biggest lies by Michael Gartland (New York Post, January 5, 2014) (view)

A Large New Tax on Small Business by The Wall Street Journal editorial board (The Wall Street Journal, December 29, 2013) (view)

Why Obamacare surprise? by Don Campbell (USA Today, December 25, 2013) (view)

Obamacare teeters by Chicago Tribune editorial board (Chicago Tribune, December 24, 2013) (view)

Obama Repeals ObamaCare by The Wall Street Journal editorial board (The Wall Street Journal, December 22, 2013) (view)

Ask a veteran about government health insurance by Pete Hegseth (USA Today, December 21, 2013) (view)

Story of the year by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, December 19, 2013) (view)

The Obamacare 10 Percent Club by Chicago Tribune editorial board (Chicago Tribune, December 19, 2013) (view)

ObamaCare fibs make President the year’s biggest liar by Michael Goodwin (New York Post, December 18, 2013) (view)

ObamaCare's Troubles Are Only Beginning by Michael J. Boskin (The Wall Street Journal, December 15, 2013) (view)

Here come the Obamacare taxes by Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial board (Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 12, 2013) (view)

Obamacare is a disaster by Ted Cruz (USA Today, December 11, 2013) (view)

Obamacare prescription: Fair share of less care by Debra Saunders (San Francisco Chronicle, December 9, 2013) (view)

Working website or not, ObamaCare’s still a disaster by New York Post editorial board (New York Post, December 3, 2013) (view)

ObamaCare's Plans Are Worse by The Wall Street Journal editorial board (The Wall Street Journal, November 29, 2013) (view)

The Great Destroyer by Pete du Pont (The Wall Street Journal, November 26, 2013) (view)

The Next ObamaCare Mirage by Thomas Miller, Abby McCloskey (The Wall Street Journal, November 26, 2013) (view)

Obamacare will kill middle class by Nolan Finley (The Detroit News, November 24, 2013) (view)

Campaign to save Obamacare full of fibs by Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial board (Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 20, 2013) (view)

The orphan child by The Washington Times editorial board (The Washington Times, November 19, 2013) (view)

Obamacare vs. the Dutiful by Charles C. W. Cooke (National Review, November 18, 2013) (view)

ObamaCare overreach by Deroy Murdock (New York Post, November 18, 2013) (view)

Obamacare woes beg for repeal by Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial board (Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 15, 2013) (view)

Thus Spake Obama by Mark Steyn (National Review, November 15, 2013) (view)

Stop digging. Start over. by Chicago Tribune editorial board (Chicago Tribune, November 15, 2013) (view)

Obamacare: Unaffordable and incomprehensible by Debra Saunders (San Francisco Chronicle, November 15, 2013) (view)

Truth, consequences and Obamacare by Chicago Tribune editorial board (Chicago Tribune, November 11, 2013) (view)

All These Lies And Incompetence, Too by Investor's Business Daily editorial board (Investor's Business Daily, November 11, 2013) (view)

Obamacare is a turkey ready for slaughter by Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (The Baltimore Sun, November 10, 2013) (view)

Obamacare options grim for young people by Katrina Trinko (USA Today, November 10, 2013) (view)

Daring to Complain About Obamacare by Lori Gottlieb (The New York Times, November 10, 2013) (view)

Obama’s Massive Fraud by Andrew McCarthy (National Review, November 9, 2013) (view)

Rhetoric vs. reality by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, November 7, 2013) (view)

It’s ObamaCare insurance that’s ‘substandard’ by Betsy McCaughey (New York Post, November 7, 2013) (view)

Obamacare's broken promises, cancellations only beginning by Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial board (Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 6, 2013) (view)

Obama's healthy dose of misinformation by Dennis Byrne (Chicago Tribune, November 5, 2013) (view)

Health Care Fukushima: 129 Million To Lose Their Plan by Investor's Business Daily editorial board (Investor's Business Daily, November 5, 2013) (view)

You Also Can't Keep Your Doctor by Edie Littlefield Sundby (The Wall Street Journal, November 4, 2013) (view)

Obama got carried away with health care reform by Glenn Reynolds (USA Today, November 3, 2013) (view)

A Phalanx of Lies by Mark Steyn (National Review, November 1, 2013) (view)

A dose of reality for Obamacare by The Orange County Register editorial board (The Orange County Register, November 1, 2013) (view)

President Obama’s obnoxious bait-and-switch by The San Diego Union-Tribune editorial board (The San Diego Union-Tribune, October 31, 2013) (view)

The Biggest Lie? 'Keep Your Plan' by Investor's Business Daily editorial board (Investor's Business Daily, October 30, 2013) (view)

Obamacare Is the Worst-Case Scenario by Kevin Williamson (National Review, October 29, 2013) (view)

The Obamacare omelet by The Washington Times editorial board (The Washington Times, October 29, 2013) (view)

The Outrage Arrives by Holman Jenkins (The Wall Street Journal, October 29, 2013) (view)

ObamaCare's Serious Complications by L. Gordon Crovitz (The Wall Street Journal, October 14, 2013) (view)

From 'young invincibles' to mature vulnerables by Debra Saunders (San Francisco Chronicle, October 10, 2013) (view)

Obamacare Snake Oil by Charles C. W. Cooke (National Review, October 8, 2013) (view)

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All items that address this topic (612 total)

Title	Author	Source	Date
A Strong Health Reform Bill	The New York Times editorial board	The New York Times	July 15, 2009
It's Not An Option	Investor's Business Daily editorial board	Investor's Business Daily	July 15, 2009
The Deep-Pockets Mirage	The Washington Post editorial board	The Washington Post	July 15, 2009
Universal Health Care Isn't Worth Our Freedom	Thomas Szasz	The Wall Street Journal	July 15, 2009
Socialized Medicine? Bring It On	Richard Cohen	The Washington Post	July 15, 2009
The Small Business Surtax	The Wall Street Journal editorial board	The Wall Street Journal	July 15, 2009
The 'public option' health-care scam	Steve Chapman	Chicago Tribune	July 16, 2009
We need to reform the reform	Judd Gregg	The Washington Times	July 16, 2009
Spread the pain of paying for healthcare reform	Los Angeles Times editorial board	Los Angeles Times	July 16, 2009
Opening bids on health care contain good ideas, big costs	USA Today editorial board	USA Today	July 16, 2009
'Go back to drawing board'	Thomas J. Donohue	USA Today	July 16, 2009
Tax the wealthy to keep everyone healthy	Robert Reich	Salon.com	July 16, 2009
A Reckless Congress	The Wall Street Journal editorial board	The Wall Street Journal	July 17, 2009
O's Broken Promises	Betsy McCaughey	New York Post	July 17, 2009
Sick 'Reform'	New York Post editorial board	New York Post	July 17, 2009
Pay up! Utopia ain't free, ya know	David Harsanyi	The Denver Post	July 17, 2009
Runaway Train To Less Freedom, Higher Taxes And Rationed Care	Michael Leavitt	Investor's Business Daily	July 17, 2009
Reformers' Claims Just Don't Add Up	Investor's Business Daily editorial board	Investor's Business Daily	July 17, 2009
‘The Cause of My Life’	Ted Kennedy	Newsweek	July 18, 2009
Gov't Care Costs More	Jeffrey Anderson	New York Post	July 18, 2009
Death of a medical specialist	J. C. Watts	Las Vegas Review-Journal	July 19, 2009
Healthcare 'fix' hurts small business	The Miami Herald editorial board	The Miami Herald	July 19, 2009
Destroying private health insurance	The Washington Times editorial board	The Washington Times	July 20, 2009
Perils of Obamacare: the Three Big Lies	Michael Tanner	New York Post	July 20, 2009
'Reform' Will Cost Us More For Less	Sally Pipes	New York Post	July 20, 2009
Dependence Day	Mark Steyn	National Review	July 20, 2009
Got an aspirin?	Chicago Tribune editorial board	Chicago Tribune	July 21, 2009
Tax the Rich!	John Judis	The New Republic	July 21, 2009
No Excuses -- Health Care Really Can't Wait	Richard Kirsch	The Huffington Post	July 21, 2009
Still Not An Option	Investor's Business Daily editorial board	Investor's Business Daily	July 21, 2009
Rx For Disaster	Robert Book • Robert Moffit	New York Post	July 22, 2009
AMA Takes Harmful Pill	Marc Siegal	New York Post	July 22, 2009
How health reform helps Americans	John Dingell • Sander Levin	The Detroit News	July 22, 2009
Health Reform Mustn't Hinge On Deadlines	Marie Cocco	Investor's Business Daily	July 22, 2009
Ensuring Insurance for Illegal Aliens	Michelle Malkin	New York Post	July 22, 2009
Paying a Premium for Insurance	Jacob Sullum	Reason	July 22, 2009
On Reforming Health Care	San Francisco Chronicle editorial board	San Francisco Chronicle	July 23, 2009
The Arrogance of Health Care Reform	John Stossel	Reason	July 23, 2009
A Solution to Our Health Care Crisis	Gavin Newsom	The Huffington Post	July 23, 2009
Why Obamacare Is Sinking	Charles Krauthammer	The Washington Post	July 24, 2009
Costs and Compassion	Paul Krugman	The New York Times	July 24, 2009
Common Sense May Sink ObamaCare	Peggy Noonan	The Wall Street Journal	July 24, 2009
The cost of good intentions	New York Daily News editorial board	New York Daily News	July 24, 2009
Obama playing defense	The Orange County Register editorial board	The Orange County Register	July 24, 2009
Rationing 'Rights'	Jonah Goldberg	New York Post	July 25, 2009
Strong Medicine: Moms Know Best	Maggie Gallagher	New York Post	July 25, 2009
Health Care Reform and You	The New York Times editorial board	The New York Times	July 25, 2009
The Health-Care Sacrifice	The Washington Post editorial board	The Washington Post	July 26, 2009
No profit motive	The Washington Times editorial board	The Washington Times	July 26, 2009
Obamacare: It's Even Worse Than You Think	James Capretta • Yuval Levin	The Weekly Standard	July 27, 2009
Obama's Misleading Medicine	Robert J. Samuelson	Newsweek	July 27, 2009
Unreality-Based	Rich Lowry	New York Post	July 28, 2009
Obama's Plan Isn't the Answer	Martin Feldstein	The Washington Post	July 28, 2009
Health Care for the Blue Dogs	Jacob Hacker	The Washington Post	July 28, 2009
A Market for Health Reform	Ezra Klein	The Washington Post	July 29, 2009
Don't rush health-care reform	Orlando Sentinel editorial board	Orlando Sentinel	July 30, 2009
The Myth of Free-Market Health Care in America	Shikha Dalmia	Reason	July 30, 2009
Health Reform and Cancer	Myrna Ulfik	The Wall Street Journal	July 30, 2009
Health Care Realities	Paul Krugman	The New York Times	July 31, 2009
ObamaCare's Error	Sally Pipes	New York Post	July 31, 2009
The second myth	The San Diego Union-Tribune editorial board	The San Diego Union-Tribune	July 31, 2009
They Opposed Medicare Too	Rush Holt	The Huffington Post	July 31, 2009
It’s all about the Benjamin, baby	Bill O'Reilly	Boston Herald	August 2, 2009
Reforming health care the responsible way	Judd Gregg	New Hampshire Union Leader	August 2, 2009
Confounding America's ideals	John Campbell	The Washington Times	August 2, 2009
To Fix Health Care, Follow the States	Tim Pawlenty	The Washington Post	August 3, 2009
What's so great about private health insurance?	Michael Hiltzik	Los Angeles Times	August 3, 2009
Lifting A Burden Of Worry	Kathleen Sebelius	The Washington Post	August 4, 2009
O's Health Myth	David Gratzer	New York Post	August 4, 2009
Will Obamacare Make the U.S. More Like Europe?	Dean Baker	The Huffington Post	August 4, 2009
Impossible Promises	John Stossel	Reason	August 6, 2009
America is ripe for health-care reform	Lance Dickie	The Seattle Times	August 7, 2009
Health Care Reform: A Better Plan	Charles Krauthammer	The Washington Post	August 7, 2009
Start over on health care bill	Nolan Finley	The Detroit News	August 9, 2009
Will Obama fight for his health plan?	Joan Vennochi	The Boston Globe	August 9, 2009
The Wrong Diagnosis	Andrew Weil	The Huffington Post	August 9, 2009
Hidden 'Reform' Costs: the Health Cops	Adam Brodsky	New York Post	August 10, 2009
'Un-American' attacks can't derail health care debate	Nancy Pelosi • Steny Hoyer	USA Today	August 10, 2009
Championing the Status Quo	Robert J. Samuelson	The Washington Post	August 10, 2009
Fear failure, not health care reform	Jesse Jackson	Chicago Sun-Times	August 11, 2009
The Truth About Health Insurance	The Wall Street Journal editorial board	The Wall Street Journal	August 12, 2009
Real debate might fix what ails health care	Chicago Sun-Times editorial board	Chicago Sun-Times	August 12, 2009
The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare	John Mackey	The Wall Street Journal	August 12, 2009
The Great 'Prevention' Myth	Charles Krauthammer	The Washington Post	August 14, 2009
Why We Need Health Care Reform	Barack Obama	The New York Times	August 15, 2009
Call Me 'Paranoid'	Jonah Goldberg	New York Post	August 15, 2009
Healthcare rationing: Real scary	Newt Gingrich	Los Angeles Times	August 16, 2009
GOP's Best Medicine	Randall Hoven	New York Post	August 16, 2009
Health Care Goes Postal	Kyle Smith	New York Post	August 16, 2009
ObamaCare Is All About Rationing	Martin Feldstein	The Wall Street Journal	August 18, 2009
Obama health care plan helps seniors	Mark Gaffney	The Detroit News	August 19, 2009
'Death panels' exist already	Robert Painter	The Washington Times	August 19, 2009
Imagine a 'Right' to Car Insurance	John David Lewis	The Huffington Post	August 20, 2009
The Heart of the Matter	Mike Lux	The Huffington Post	August 20, 2009
The 'Stupid' Strategy	Rich Lowry	New York Post	August 21, 2009
Public option is critical to reform	The Denver Post editorial board	The Denver Post	August 23, 2009
He's spending your future	Mark Steyn	The Washington Times	August 24, 2009
Fight for the 'public option'	The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board	The Philadelphia Inquirer	August 24, 2009
Like your health plan? Read this	Michael Tanner	The Orange County Register	August 26, 2009
Kennedy's dream is our inspiration	Mary Mitchell	Chicago Sun-Times	August 27, 2009

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