Posts Tagged ‘Obamacare’
One more black eye for Obamacare
One more piece of Obamacare that is scheduled to take effect on Thursday, has encountered a problem…major insurance companies will not provide the insurance. Aetna, Cigna, Wellpoint, Humana, United Health Group, and, at least in Florida, Blue Cross Blue Shield have stopped writing new children only insurance policies. Why, you ask? Well, beginning Thursday any…
Read MoreDemocrats to small business…we love you…we love you not…
On Tuesday, the Senate voted to advance a bill, pushed by President Obama, that ostensibly is designed to help small business. One key provision of the bill creates “Son of TARP”, a $30 billion fund to encourage small community banks to make loans to small business. Other provisions give small business $12 billion in tax breaks,…
Read MoreHeard on the campaign trail…
Recent newspaper articles point to something interesting in the positions taken by some politicians running for office in November. You might be interested in hearing those positions. “As a career prosecutor, I made decisions on facts, not politics,” and that’s why “I voted against . . . the health-care bill.” A Republican, you ask? No, Congressman…
Read MoreObama 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…
Read MoreAnother disenchanted Obamacare Democrat
A recent post here discussed what Democrats have been instructed to say about Obamacare on the campaign trail. The law is not perfect, but it does good things and helps many people. Now we’ll work to improve it. That’s hardly a resounding endorsement. On Friday, we learned of a Democrat who voted for the bill, but…
Read MoreObamacare “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…
Read MoreThe FDA strikes again
Obamacare called for calorie count information to be posted on menus of chain restaurants with more than 20 locations, and, on vending machines if the owner of the machine owned more than 20 machines. Now, the Food and Drug Administration which is in charge of writing regulations covering that section of Obamacare has drastically expanded…
Read MoreDemocrats running from Obamacare
With November’s election rapidly approaching, Families USA recently presented a “messaging” conference for Democrats. The message they delivered sounds much like what the American public and this blog said about Obamacare from the beginning…it’s a lousy bill. But first a bit of background on Families USA. It has been a major proponent of anything that…
Read MoreExcuse me, may we opt out of Obamacare?
It seems that every day we learn about more and more of Obamacare’s “unintended” consequences brought to light now that, paraphrasing Nancy Pelosi, we have passed the bill and can see what’s in it. This time, the outcry is coming from colleges and universities.
Read MoreFlorida’s Governor Crist: Thoroughly confused about Obamacare
We learned in a news interview yesterday that Florida’s Governor, Charlie Crist would have voted for Obamacare, that is, before he voted against Obamacare, which was, of course before he voted for Obamacare. Those of you unfamiliar with the Florida political landscape should know that our “Republican” governor really, really wants to be its next…
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