Remember when Democrats mercilessly mocked Sarah Palin’s comments about ‘Death Panels’? Turns out she was right, at least according to Howard Dean and the more than 20 Democrats who have signed on to bills repealing the powers of the Independent Payment Advisory Board to effectively ration health care for seniors. While the IPAB isn’t a […]
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Video: Healthcare and Obamacare explained
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.
Big Government: Officials Have Already Drafted 13,000 Pages of Obamacare Rules & Regulations
And they’re just getting started… From Fox News: The Health and Human Services Department “was given a billion dollars implementation money,” Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg of Montana said. “That money is gone already on additional bureaucrats and IT programs, computerization for the implementation.” “Oh boy,” Stan Dorn of the Urban Institute said. “HHS has a […]
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 […]
Priceless: Pelosi Backs C-SPAN Call For Supreme Court to Televise Obamacare Arguments
Oh this is rich, Former House Speaker Nancy “We have to pass the health care bill so that you can find out what is in it” Pelosi, the woman who shut the American people out of the debate over health care reform is now calling for transparency? House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday […]
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 […]
Weekend News Dump: Obama Administration to End ObamaCare Waiver Program
Hey, remember those Obamacare waivers the Department of Health and Human Services was passing out like candy? Well they’ve decided to end the program in September: WASHINGTON — Removing a potential political distraction ahead of next year’s elections, the Obama administration Friday announced an early end to a health care waiver program that has come […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ObamaCare Would Compel IRS to Share Tax Records with Health Care Bureaucrats
If you’ve spent even a small amount of time reading through the massive House Health Care Reform bill (H.R. 3200) you know the devil is in the details. You also know the deeper you dig the more devilish the details become… Take, for example, Sections 245, 431 and 1801 which, as CBS’ Declan McCullagh, notes […]