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
CNSNews.com reports: President Barack Obama said in his weekly address on Saturday that in the United States of America health insurance is now ‘your right.’ ‘So I’m going to keep doing everything in my power to make sure this law … Continue reading
At times, you have to feel sorry for Hollywood advocates of Big Government socialist programs. They become so confused, when their own ideological premises turn against them. Consider the following dilemma of celebrity and actor Matt Damon. Matt Damon recently … Continue reading
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz-R of Texas is calling for Republicans in Congress to defund Obamacare. MSNBC critic Chris Matthews has replied by calling Senator Cruz a ‘political terrorist.’ Actually, Congressional funding of the government is part of the Constitution. There’s … Continue reading
We keep reading that Obama is suspending, delaying or possibly even eliminating Obamacare requirements, at least for favored parties and until after the 2014 Congressional elections. For the latest on this see, “It’s not just the employer mandate: Three Obamacare … Continue reading
The federal government has told a judge it will reverse course and take steps to comply with his order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without prescriptions. The Department of Justice, in the latest development in … Continue reading
Associated Press reports: Thousands of people with serious medical problems are in danger of losing coverage under President Obama’s healthcare overhaul because of cost overruns, state officials say. At risk is the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, a transition program that’s … Continue reading
The new health care law, the ‘Affordable Care Act,’ is actually making it less affordable for employers to provide coverage to employees. Under the Affordable Care Act, large employers must provide health coverage to all full-time workers and their dependents … Continue reading
Associated Press reports: Some families could get priced out of health insurance due to what’s being called a glitch in President Barack Obama’s overhaul law. IRS regulations issued Wednesday failed to fix the problem as liberal backers of the president’s … Continue reading
Whole Foods co-CEO John Mackey recently backed off his description of Obamacare as ‘fascism.’ Mackey stated, ‘I made a poor word choice to describe our health care system, which I definitely regret. The term fascism today stirs up too much … Continue reading
A Wall Street Journal commentary on 8/27/12 states the following: Meanwhile, another ObamaCare godfather, the surgeon and influential New Yorker magazine writer Atul Gawande, has further instructions for the medical masses, this time from — believe it or not — … Continue reading
A reader in Great Britain defends national health care as follows: ‘The free market [under Obamacare] will still exist. We have private healthcare here as well as the National Health Service ‘ The National Health Service does have its flaws … Continue reading