1) Taking half a day off work to attend a mandated meeting (required to stay insured) to inform me of new forms, new rules, new paperwork, new requirements; 2) Higher premiums; 3) Same or even less coverage than before. All … Continue reading
Category: Health Care Reform
Young People Defy Obamacare
Sometimes dictators miscalculate. Consider the following: More than half of those 18 to 29 years old say they disapprove of Obamacare and half expect it will increase their health-care costs, a survey by Harvard University’s Institute of Politics shows. Four … Continue reading
Busted
The president on Thursday announced that administrative changes would be implemented in the Affordable Care Act to allow consumers to retain the health insurance policies they currently possess even if they don’t meet the minimum standards established under the nation’s … Continue reading
Yay! “Brosurance” is Here!
If you’re like me, at first you honestly believed the ads coming out to promote ObamaCare were a joke. Yet they’re not. These people are actually serious. In a Colorado ad: A group of young “bros” are shown doing a … Continue reading
Single-Payer Health Care is Next
Imagine if the government passed a law that ‘owning an automobile is a right, not a privilege.’ As a result of this law, and this assumption, everyone would be guaranteed a car; in fact, everyone would be legally obliged to … Continue reading
ObamaCare Phase Two: Point the Gun at Your Doctor
The New York Post reports that New York doctors are ‘treating ObamaCare like the plague,’ according to a new survey. See? I told you so. A poll conducted by the New York State Medical Society finds that 44 percent of … Continue reading
The Obamacare Debacle: Day 25 (and Counting)
The Obamacare debacle disproves one truism, and upholds another. Truism # 1: ‘Ignorance is bliss.’ So we’re told. Supporters of Obamacare benefited from the ignorance of millions who either went along with it, or tolerated it. ‘Well, that Obama guy … Continue reading
Obamacare “Glitches”: It’s Socialism 101
Bloomberg News: The Obama administration promised a ‘tech surge’ to fix its online health-insurance market, in a blog post that said the website ‘has not lived up to the expectations of the American people.’ ‘Our team is bringing in some … Continue reading
Government Meltdown
The ‘government shutdown’ is really a crisis for career politicians and their dependents, more than anyone else. However, the issue runs deeper than that. At stake in the ongoing government fiscal crisis is the future of the entitlement mentality. The … Continue reading
Obamacare Catastrophe: Take 1
The centerpiece of President Obama’s new health law is a collection of government-sponsored insurance exchanges, in which people who shop for coverage on their own can purchase health insurance, and gain a taxpayer-funded subsidy if their income is low enough. … Continue reading
Defunding Obamacare is Not Unconstitutional
Supporters of Obamacare speak as if refusing to fund or implement it will create a Constitutional crisis. Actually, it’s Obamacare and other laws like it that create the growing crisis with our government. Obamacare is a law that attempts to … Continue reading
IBM Leads the Way in Post-Obamacare America
IBM plans to give about 110,000 retirees payments to buy coverage on a government-run health insurance exchange rather than continuing to provide benefits through its own company-sponsored health plan. The company says the growing cost of healthcare is making its … Continue reading