October 21, 2013 – 2:12 pm
As Obamacare ramps up with huge numbers moved to Medicaid and Medicare, along with those who will obtain insurance through the Exchanges (eventually), consumers should be prepared for lots and lots of failed expectations. Unless your expectation is poor service, poor care, byzantine dealings in order to use your insurance, lots of out of pocket […]
October 21, 2013 – 7:40 am
So, not just some random (and typical) liberal wackjob (Daily Caller) Troy Gilmore, Jr., who identifies himself as having served in the U.S. Navy, is under FBI investigationfor possible violent threats on Twitter against Republican senator Cruz. The FBI has communicated with Gilmore as part of the investigation and is monitoring for possible violence inspired […]
October 17, 2013 – 7:52 am
When we’re talking about Obamacare, the “Affordable” Care Act, the massive failure of the websites are simply a result of how bad this law is. How unwieldy. And the perfect symbol of failure. Here’s the Chicago Times Editorial Board (Chicago Tribune) If you’ve tried to sign up online for health coverage under the problem-plagued Obamacare […]
October 17, 2013 – 7:04 am
And well he should have (The Blaze) During a U.S. House hearing concerning the closure of national parks and monuments during the partial government shutdown, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) scolded the director of the National Park Service for treating “pot-smoking†demonstrators in the Occupy movement with more respect than the nation’s war veterans. Gowdy relentlessly […]
October 15, 2013 – 8:24 am
Essentially, those running healthcare.gov mandated planned incompetence (Forbes) A growing consensus of IT experts, outside and inside the government, have figured out a principal reason why the website for Obamacare’s federally-sponsored insurance exchange is crashing. Healthcare.gov forces you to create an account and enter detailed personal information before you can start shopping. This, in turn, […]
October 13, 2013 – 9:46 am
The question is, is Mr. “I won’t negotiate” Obama using the notion of increased revenue as a way of blunting the demands from Republicans (and the American People who hate Obamacare), or is he simply demanding new revenue, ie, taxation, like he’s done before? I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the latter. We’ve seen […]
October 12, 2013 – 10:12 am
I’m waiting for the opinion piece “Obamacare killed my family when my employer dropped my hours to part time and dropped our coverage” Obamacare saved my family from financial ruin House Speaker John Boehner and his tea party friends shut down the U.S. government because of people like me. I am the mother of an […]
October 12, 2013 – 9:34 am
I’ll admit, I had some concerns with the whole shutdown plan. First, because there was no way the Democrat controlled Senate would defund the “Affordable” Care Act, and on the .001% chance that happened, Obama wouldn’t sign it. Nor would they delay the individual mandate. Nor make substantive changes that fix the issues that are […]
October 11, 2013 – 9:15 am
Not that they’ve been completely transparent on those to start with (Daily Caller) The White House has taken down online White House visitor logs and blamed Congress. The logs, which were posted beginning in December 2009 “as part of President Obama’s commitment to government transparency,†are the latest victims of a partial government shutdown that […]
October 10, 2013 – 7:52 am
Sarah Hall Ingram has been slammed by Republicans for months because she once headed the IRS division that targeted conservative political groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status. She’s since gone on to head the IRS health care office (those last words should give people pause and scare the heck out of […]