Category Archives: Healthcare

New Poll Shows Continued Drop In Support For Obamacare

You’re shocked, I know (Fox News) A record high number of voters now oppose the 2010 Affordable Care Act and a record low number supports it, according to the latest Fox News poll. In addition, a majority thinks the new law will increase their health care costs, while few think it will improve their quality […]

Obama Admin Fears Failure To Fix Healthcare.gov Could Bankrupt Insurers

They’ve already wasted hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars building a barely functional website though a no-bid contract to CGI. Now they have to spend hundreds of millions more (Fox News) While the administration publicly expresses full confidence in its health care law, privately it fears one part of the system is so flawed it […]

Target Joins Growing Number Of Companies Dropping Health Insurance For Part-Timers

More victims of Obama’s signature legislation, aided and abetted by most Democrats (Bloomberg) Target Corp. (TGT) said it will end health insurance for part-time employees, joining Trader Joe’s Co., Home Depot Inc. and other retailers that have scaled back benefits in response to changes from Obamacare. About 10 percent of Target’s part-time employees, defined as […]

If You Thought Obtaining Obamacare Was Hard, Wait Till You Try And Cancel It

It is getting easier to actually enroll in Obamacare, as the website issues are being fixed…except for those pesky security features…and ability to pay online…and many State run exchanges…anyhow, we knew that the website wouldn’t stay a complete failure as time went on. But, what if you found a plan offered outside of Obamacare? Lesli […]

Tennessee Bill Would Block Obamacare Enforcement For State Agents

With all due respect, a tad bit too late, folks (The New American)  State legislators in Tennessee are stepping up to be the next in line to take the sting out of ObamaCare for citizens of the Volunteer State. On January 15, State Senator Mae Beavers and state Representative Mark Pody offered companion bills that […]

Surprise: Team Obama Delays Equal Coverage Provision

Another week, another part of Obamacare delayed by unilateral executive fiat (Fox News) The Obama administration is reportedly delaying enforcement of another aspect of ObamaCare, one that prohibits employers from providing better health benefits to top executives than those being offered to regular employees. According to The New York Times, tax officials said they would […]

Celebrities Who Certainly Won’t Sign Up For Obamacare Pimp Obamacare

The other day I had a brief Twitter discussion pointing out that Magic Johnson was able to get health care for his HIV without Obamacare, that he wasn’t dropped, and that the person who pimped Magic Johnson pushing Obamacare, Valerie Jarret, isn’t getting her health insurance through the Exchange. Nor is Magic (CNBC) Jennifer Hudson […]

House Votes To Require Weekly O-care Updates

Do you think the Democrat led Senate will even consider this legislation? (The Hill) The House voted Thursday to require weekly updates from the Obama administration about the implementation and operation of ObamaCare and its website, HealthCare.gov. Members passed the Exchange Information Disclosure Act in a 259-154 vote. And while many Democrats criticized the bill […]

White House Delays Yet Another Deadline Of “It’s The Law”

It’s good to be the king (The Hill) The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it was again extending the ObamaCare enrollment deadline for people with pre-existing conditions. The administration said it will extend the Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan (PCIP), slated to end January 31, until March 15. “As part of our continuing effort to help […]

Surprise: California Democrat Pushes For Obamacare to Cover Illegal Aliens

Well, hey, why should the illegals be spared the pain of O-care? (Fox Latino) A California state lawmaker plans to introduce legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants to have access to government health insurance plans. The lawmaker, state Sen. Ricardo Lara, a Democrat, said if the current focus of healthcare reform is make sure everyone […]

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