A Health Reform Framework: Breaking Out Of The Medicaid Model

James C. Capretta

It is possible to provide better health care for poor and lower-income households without reliance on the flawed Medicaid model of insurance coverage.

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Health Affairs / July 11, 2014

GOP Should Stop Avoiding Payroll Tax Reform

James C. Capretta

The largest tax most families face is the payroll tax, not the income tax. If the GOP is serious about lowering tax burdens for the middle class, the payroll tax cannot be ignored.

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e21 / July 9, 2014

The HHS Mandate Fight Will Continue

James C. Capretta

The Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision is an important one for religious liberty. But the fight is far from over.

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National Review Online / July 1, 2014

Here Are Good Ways to Replace Obamacare, Not Simply Repeal It

James C. Capretta

It is time for the GOP to begin coalescing around a credible, workable alternative to Obamacare.

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Washington Examiner / June 24, 2014

Reform Conservatism Should Tackle Public Sector

James C. Capretta

Americans understand that their national government is badly in need of reform. The presidential candidate who pledges to tackle the problem might attract the attention of a grateful electorate.

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e21 / June 11, 2014

Hitting the Political Sweet Spot on an Obamacare Alternative

James C. Capretta

In an Obamacare replacement plan, there is no reason to create needless anxiety among those with good job-based insurance today.

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The Weekly Standard Blog / June 6, 2014

Obamacare’s Ongoing Dysfunction

James C. Capretta

Obamacare’s first year has been an epic implementation failure that is still ongoing, masked in part by on-the-fly workarounds that will eventually cost taxpayers billions of dollars.

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National Review Online / May 23, 2014

Better Healthcare for the Poor

James C. Capretta

A well-constructed reform plan can provide far better health care for the poor than Obamacare.

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The Hill / May 21, 2014

The Reform Backlog

James C. Capretta

Due to neglect during the Obama years, the next president will have the opportunity to pursue consequential domestic policy reforms.

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National Review Online / May 21, 2014

How Many People Will Pay the Individual Mandate Tax for 2014?

James C. Capretta

There could be 8 million Americans who must pay the individual mandate tax when they file their income taxes next spring. That’s a lot of taxpayers, and voters.

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e21 / May 7, 2014

The Obamacare Opportunity

James C. Capretta

Conservatives have an opportunity to offer a health care reform plan that increases enrollment in insurance just as much as Obamacare, with far less expense and without the disruption, burdensome regulations, and high taxes of Obamacare.

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The Weekly Standard / May 5, 2014

The Other Stealthy Obamacare Menace

James C. Capretta

Obamacare’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation will bring more bureaucratic micromanagement to health care, not progress.

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Wall Street Journal / April 24, 2014