https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/16/why-conservatives-are-loving-obamacare/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 02:31:07 -0400<![CDATA[After suing ObamaCare for forcing them to cram more people into financially-challenged Medicaid programs, six fiscally-conservative Republican governors recently voluntarily agreed to extend these programs. Reason Foundation Senior Analyst Shikha Dalmia notes in her morning Washington Examiner column that this is because ObamaCare’s perverse incentives has states in a vise: “Noncompliant states face a double whammy &#8212; lose federal money and expose their businesses to additional taxes.”]]>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 11:20:10 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/16/why-conservatives-are-loving-obamacare-n280999