May 2, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from RAW STORY The South Carolina state House on Wednesday passed a so-called “nullification” bill that is declares President Barack Obama’s health care reform law to be “null and void,” and criminalizes it’s implementation. The South Carolina Freedom of Health Care Protection Act was passed by a state House vote of 65 to 39. The bill ...
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May 1, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE HILL Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says he shares colleagues’ concerns that the Affordable Care Act could become a “train wreck” if it’s not implemented properly. Reid warned that people will not be able to choose health insurance plans on government health exchanges if federal authorities lack the resources to set them up ...
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May 1, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
ObamaCare is a disaster. Americans will see record increases in their premiums and inferior care services.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 1, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from ABC NEWS A new poll finds that many Americans are confused about the health care overhaul legislation commonly called “Obamacare.” The Kaiser Family Foundation released results of a non-partisan study today finding more than 40 percent did not even know the law was in place. “Four in ten Americans (42%) are unaware that the ACA [Affordable ...
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Apr 30, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from FREE BEACON President Obama said Tuesday that Americans who already have health insurance are “already experiencing most of the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, even if they don’t know it,” responding to a question about what Sen. Max Baucus (D., Mt.) has dubbed the “train wreck” of implementing Obamacare: OBAMA: ...
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Apr 30, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE HILL The Obama administration will unveil a more simplified application for those seeking insurance under the president’s landmark healthcare reform law, after criticisms the initial forms were too complex. "Consumers will have a simple, easy-to-understand way to apply for health coverage later this year," said Marilyn Tavenner, the interim administrator of the Centers for ...
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Apr 25, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE HILL Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) quickly shot down speculation about a possible "exemption" for lawmakers and staff from the central part of ObamaCare. Reid spokesman Adam Jentleson said Reid has never considered exempting members and staff from the law's insurance exchanges, and will not consider it in the future. "There are not now, ...
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Apr 25, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from BIG GOVERNMENT Wednesday night, Politico reported that top lawmakers on Capitol Hill were in talks to exempt themselves and their staff from ObamaCare's health exchanges. According to the report, aides for Speaker Boehner, Majority Leader Reid and Obama Administration officials were negotiating a congressional carve out from the law. In an exclusive to ...
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Apr 25, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from POLITICO Congressional leaders in both parties are engaged in high-level, confidential talks about exempting lawmakers and Capitol Hill aides from the insurance exchanges they are mandated to join as part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, sources in both parties said. The talks — which involve Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), House ...
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Apr 24, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE HILL The office implementing most of President Obama's healthcare law is not furloughing its workers as a result of sequestration, its director said Wednesday. Gary Cohen, director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, said Wednesday that his office has not cut its workers' hours and pay as a result of the ...
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Apr 24, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE HILL House conservatives are clamoring for a floor vote on a full repeal of the 2010 healthcare overhaul, saying that freshman Republicans need an opportunity to tell their constituents they tried to scrap the law. Frustration is mounting in the conservative ranks over the party leadership’s decision to bring up legislation that modifies but ...
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Apr 17, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from FREE BEACON Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said Wednesday he fears a “train wreck” as the Obama administration implements its healthcare law. Baucus grilled on Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius over how the health department will explain and educate the public about the law.
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Apr 16, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from BIG GOVERNMENT Monday, Regal Entertainment Group, the largest movie theatre chain in the country, announced that thousands of employees will have their work hours cut -- as a direct result of the added cost of the new ObamaCare mandates that become effective later this year. In a memo to employees, management was ...
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Apr 9, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from WASHINGTON EXAMINER West Virginia Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller, one of the towering architects of Obamacare, on Tuesday openly criticized program managers for not moving quickly enough to build the system, warning that if it gets off to a bumpy start it will just get worse. Decrying the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as ...
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Apr 9, 2013 No Comments ›› Chuck Biscuits
Excerpted from Briefing Room: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday that she did not anticipate how complicated implementing the president's signature healthcare law would be. "The politics has been relentless and that continues," Sebelius said, according to Reuters. "There was some hope that once the Supreme Court ruled in July and then once ...
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Apr 7, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE HILL Delays in implementing popular pieces of ObamaCare are hurting it with Democrats. Ahead of an election year in which Republicans promise to make healthcare an issue again, Democrats are criticizing the White House for delaying policies that could help build support for the unpopular law. Democrats complained this week about a one-year delay in ...
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Apr 7, 2013 No Comments ›› Chuck Biscuits
Excerpted from The Hill: Arkansas Republicans may be about to undercut their strongest argument for defeating Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.).?? The GOP is promising to hang Pryor's support for ObamaCare around his neck, using it as their main line of attack in the 2014 campaign. But the Republican-controlled state legislature may soon pass a state law ...
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Apr 6, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from PEW STATES Newly freed prisoners traditionally walk away from the penitentiary with a bus ticket and a few dollars in their pockets. Starting in January, many of the 650,000 inmates released from prison each year will be eligible for something else: health care by way of Medicaid, thanks to the Affordable Care Act. A sizeable ...
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Apr 3, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from FOX NEWS: Parts of ObamaCare are starting to fray, even before full implementation. The Obama administration now says a special system of exchanges designed to make it easier for small businesses to provide insurance will be delayed an entire year -- to 2015. "Lots of small businesses struggle with providing insurance for their workers ...
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