Have you ever wonder why healthcare costs are soaring in America and how Obamacare is going to impact things going forward? Here’s short video explaining the problems: H/T: Carpe Diem/AEIdeas.
Health Care Reform
It’s Up To Us Now
Like many of you I’ve spent the last few days reading, re-reading and digesting the Supreme Court’s Obamacare ruling… If there’s a silver lining in it I can’t find it, the thing is a turd. John Roberts logic is so twisted it’s nearly incomprehensible, in short the only way the court — the only way […]
20 Million Could Lose Employer Insurance Under Obamacare
Remember when President Obama said if you liked your current health care plan you could keep it, and that it wouldn’t cost you any more? Well, he was either lying his ass off or doesn’t understand basic economics… A new report released by the non-partisan Congressional Budget office on Thursday offers four possible scenarios on […]
Yet Another ObamaCare Glitch
Rember when then Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said “We Have to Pass the Bill So That You Can Find Out What Is In It”? Well they passed Obamacare and we’re quickly discovering that it is deeply flawed piece of legislation. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has already suspended indefinitely implementation of the […]
Unconstitutional: 11th Circuit strikes down Obamacare mandate
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, ruled today that Congress exceeded its Constitutional authority by requiring Americans to buy health insurance coverage. The 2-1 ruling also found that the rest of the law could stand. I’m still reviewing the 200 plus page majority opinion from Judges Joel Dubina and […]
Waiver Mania Continues; This Time For An Entire State
On March 7th we learned the number Obamacare waivers issued by the Department of Health and Human Services had topped 1,000. Today we learn that the Obama Administration has granted a waiver to an entire state: The federal government Tuesday granted Maine a waiver of a key provision in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, […]
Breaking: Obama Administration to Appeal Health Care Ruling
Just heard this on Mark Levin’s show… From Bloomberg: The U.S. Justice Department told a federal judge in Florida it will appeal his Jan. 31 decision striking down President Barack Obama’s health-care reform legislation. Federal lawyers today filed a notice of appeal with U.S. District Judge C. Roger Vinson in Pensacola. Their submission comes two […]
Obamacare Waivers Now Top 1000
When the story first broke last November the Obama Administration has issued just over 100 waivers, that number has grown steadily and reached what can best be called a grim milestone: The number of temporary healthcare reform waivers granted by the Obama administration to organizations climbed to more than 1,000, according to new numbers disclosed […]
Judge Vinson to Obama Administration: Quit Stalling, Either File the Appeal or Stop Implementing Obamacare
Federal District Court Judge Roger Vinson, the judge who a month ago ruled Obamacare unconstitutional, today clarified his ruling at the government’s request: The Obama administration got a well-deserved rebuke today from Judge Roger Vinson in the Florida lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare (aka the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as big government […]
Breaking: Florida District Court Rules Obamacare Unconstitutional
Federal District Court Judge Roger Vinson has ruled that a key provision of President Obama’s health care reform law passed last year violates the Constitution. Judge Vinson’s decision is the second judicial blow to the President’s signature legislative achievement in a little over a month. Today’s ruling in a lawsuit filed the attorneys general and […]
Breaking: Federal Judge Rules ObamaCare Individual Mandate Unconstitutional
U.S. District Court judge Henry Hudson has ruled key provision of the Democrats health care reform law unconstitutional. from The Wall Street Journal: A federal district judge sided with the state of Virginia in its challenge to the health law passed in March, saying Congress exceeded its “constitutional boundaries” when it required most Americans to […]
Obama Administration Grants 111 Obamacare Waivers; Buries Info on HHS Web Site
When it come to the health care reform the devil is in the details… or is this case the details you won’t see in the news. As of November 1, 2010 the Department of Health and Human Services has handed out 111 waivers exempting dozens of businesses and unions from provisions of the so call […]
Priceless: AARP Hikes Employees Insurance Costs; Cites Health Care Reform as Cause
Remember when the AARP jumped on the Obamacare bandwagon? Well it’s time for them to pay the piper… The seniors’ lobby has sent an e-mail to its employees explaining their insurance costs will rise partly as a result of the law they endorsed: WASHINGTON – AARP’s endorsement helped secure passage of President Barack Obama’s health […]
Health Care Reform Bending the Cost Curve Upward in Connecticut
I suppose this is one of times were I could say I told you so, but I won’t. Throughout the debate on health care reform President Obama and Congressional Democrats lectured us about how passing their health care reforms would bend the cost curve downward… It was bullshit and we’re starting to see the effects […]
Pete Stark: The Federal Government can do most anything in this country
This video of Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA) has been making the rounds… it’s extraordinary, the woman questioning Rep. Stark lays out one the clearest examples of the Constitutional issues surrounding health care reform I’ve seen and Rep. Stark simply has no answer for them saying: I think that there are very few constitutional limits that […]