Healthcare

Democrats’ Shameless Pivot

From Illegal Alien Medicaid to a Costly Obamacare Boondoggle It’s Day Six of the government shutdown and the Democrats’ latest health care debacle is unfolding like a bad soap opera. After getting thoroughly thrashed in the court of public opinion over their botched attempt to funnel Medicaid funds to illegal aliens, these political hacks have scurried to a new, even more outrageous scheme: ramming through a permanent extension of pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies. Buried deep within their sham continuing resolution (S. 2882, hastily introduced by Sen. Patty Murray on September 18, 2025), this move takes a temporary COVID-19 lifeline-originally crafted by Democrats-and…

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Lying in Their Own Bed

Democrats Shut Down the Government Over Obamacare Subsidies They Created The Democrats' Own Creation As the clock ticked past midnight on October 1, 2025, marking the beginning of a government shutdown, the political theater in Washington, D.C., has reached a fever pitch. At the center of this drama are the Obamacare subsidies, a policy tool Democrats championed and expanded during their time in power. Yet, here we are in October 2025, with Democrats holding the government hostage over these very subsidies, which they set to expire at the end of the year. This situation is not just a case of political…

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Paul Ryan Was Right

Obamacare's True Costs Exposed In my July 20, 2025, column, "Joe Wilson Was Right," I argued that Rep. Joe Wilson’s infamous 2009 outburst-"You lie!"-during President Obama’s address to Congress captured a prophetic truth about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare. While Obama’s claim that the ACA wouldn’t cover undocumented immigrants held true in the law’s text, the reality of fungible federal funds enabled states to extend billions in coverage to non-citizens, a dynamic unmasked by the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). But Wilson’s raw cry was not alone in its foresight. Rep. Paul Ryan, then a rising star…

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Joe Wilson Was Right

OBBBA Cuts Expose Obamacare's Fungible Funds In 2009, Rep. Joe Wilson yelled “You lie” during Obama’s speech to Congress, disputing claims that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) wouldn’t cover illegal immigrants. The Left slammed his outburst as rude, insisting Obama was right—ACA’s text bars illegal immigrants from federal benefits. Yet, the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) proves Wilson foresaw the truth. The ACA’s fungible funds let states cover illegal immigrants, and the Left’s outcry over OBBBA cuts reveals their contradiction: they defend “what isn’t happening” while admitting it’s been happening. The ACA’s 2014 Medicaid expansion gave states a deal:…

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America’s Healthcare Finance Crisis

America’s Healthcare Finance Crisis: Challenges, Costs, and Solutions America’s healthcare finance system faces a critical crisis, with Medicaid spending projected to rise from $1 trillion in 2025 to $1.4 trillion by 2034, straining budgets and threatening hospital viability. Safety-net hospitals, particularly in Medicaid expansion states, grapple with 55-65% uncompensated or low-compensated care, driven by uninsured patients, low Medicaid reimbursements, and U.S.-born children of illegal aliens (4.4 million, costing $35 billion annually). These children, granted citizenship under the 14th Amendment, inflate Medicaid costs. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, 2025) introduces reforms-Medicaid cuts, noncitizen restrictions, work requirements, and immigration enforcement-but further…

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Medicaid Reality vs. Rhetoric

Medicaid "Cuts" Debate: Fiscal Reality vs. Political Rhetoric The 2025 budget reconciliation bill, H.R. 1, the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA), has sparked intense debate over Medicaid funding. A July 4, 2025, Wall Street Journal (WSJ) opinion piece, "No One Is ‘Gutting’ the Safety Net", argues that Republican proposals are pragmatic reforms to ensure Medicaid’s sustainability, not destructive cuts. In my columns, "Monday Misleading Math" (June 30, 2025) and "The Myth of Medicaid Cuts: Explaining Baseline Budgeting" (March 2, 2025), I reinforce this, framing the changes as reductions in growth, akin to the 1990s Medicare reforms. This column synthesizes these…

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