Sebelius to rewrite sections of Obamacare

Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, has now had a chance to look at certain sections of Obamacare, and has decided that there are serious problems with the provisions creating federal disability insurance.  This portion of the law, known as the Class Act, seems to have been included for two reasons,  First, it was the…

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Sebelius’s Medicaid solution

Regardless of the state you live in, state budgets are a mess. Governors and legislators are reviewing every line item to find out where cuts can be made. But, one of the biggest costs facing any state is Medicaid. And under Obamacare those costs will rise dramatically as millions will be added to the rolls.…

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Obama administration threatens insurers

Steve did a post earlier this week about the rise in insurance premiums that consumers are now seeing.  The insurance companies have said that anywhere from 1% to 9% of those increases are the direct result of Obamacare mandates, with the rest of any increases attributable to rising health care costs. Yesterday, the Obama administration struck…

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Obamacare “re-education”…game on

One would be hard pressed to prepare a “public service announcement”  any more deceitful than that recently released by the Department of Health and Human Services.  Apparently, it’s Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who hasn’t bothered to either read the bill or any of the myriad of analyses prepared by either the CBO, or the Office of the Actuary for…

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Virginia lawsuit against Obamacare will continue

Today, Federal District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson of the Eastern District of Virginia issued an Order that will allow the State of Virginia to proceed with its lawsuit against Obamacare.  In a 36 page opinion, the Court found that Virginia’s Complaint against the federal government had sufficient merit, as we lawyers’ say, to state a…

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Obamacare’s first step

At the “close of business” on Friday, we should get a better understanding of what the states think about the prospects of Obamacare.  This is because the states have until Friday to decide whether to be a part of the government’s high risk pools. This piece of Obamacare is scheduled to be implemented 90 days…

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