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Not so fast, Maine

By SoundOffSister / July 12, 2012 /

We posted yesterday about the state of Maine’s decision to cut back their Medicaid eligibility rules to the eligibility mandated by the federal government.  Maine is considering this cut back for two reasons. 

Florida opts out of Medicaid expansion

By SoundOffSister / July 2, 2012 /

Now that the Supreme Court has decided that the federal government, under Obamacare, can’t put a gun to the head of the states on Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion, the states are reacting.  Prior to that ruling, if a state did not agree to greatly expand its Medicaid coverage, the federal government could withhold all Medicaid funding,…

Obamacare: Congress passed it, now they are reading it

By SoundOffSister / May 29, 2012 /

A piece of Obamacare imposes a tax on medical device manufacturers.  Members of Congress now seem horrified.  It is almost as if “someone” hid this provision from them…except, they are the “someone” that wrote it and passed it.

Birth control, the President and Cardinal Dolan

By SoundOffSister / April 2, 2012 /

Every Saturday the Wall Street Journal runs a piece called The Weekend Interview.  Last Saturday, the interviewee was Cardinal Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Bishops. You can read the entire piece here.

Pre-argument developments in Obamacare

By SoundOffSister / March 23, 2012 /

As I assume everyone knows, beginning Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments concerning the constitutionality of Obamacare. But, there are are two developments that have already happened in the Supreme Court that you should know about.

The administration’s solution to the contraception and abortion conundrum

By SoundOffSister / March 19, 2012 /

Last week, the Obama administration offered solutions to two self-inflicted wounds.

And, what do I do given Obama’s contraceptive mandate?

By SoundOffSister / February 11, 2012 /

My name is John Williams.  I can trace my roots back to my great, great grandfather who came to this country because it offered religious freedom.  I am a devout Catholic. 

Isn’t ØBAMACARE supposed to fix our healthcare system?

By Dimsdale / November 3, 2011 /

While some will say that the complaints about ØBAMACARE (I am making this Øbama’s trademark, since there is a move to restrict the use of the term in political advertising) are “future hypotheticals”, there are aspects of ØBAMACARE that are occurring as we speak, and they do not bode well. The Wall St. Journal recently…

States challenging Obamacare file before the Supreme Court UPDATE

By SoundOffSister / September 28, 2011 /

Today, 26 states and the National Federation of Independent Business filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari before the United States Supreme Court.  A “petition for writ of cert” is simply a request by the parties that the Supreme Court hear the case.  This is an appeal from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion, filed…

Michigan, Ohio, and Obamacare

By SoundOffSister / August 13, 2011 /

This is something that may be overlooked in Friday’s decision, by the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, holding that the individual mandate of Obamacare is unconstitutional.