Category Archives: healthcare reform

Obamacare: Perverse incentives to income fudge

The graph below shows the subsidy available to a 60 year old couple in the Boulder/Denver area and the Resort areas. The difference in subsidies between the resort area and the Boulder/Denver area is directly related to the increased cost … Continue reading

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President Obama lied to us — he told America some real whoppers about ObamaCare

President Obama lied to us — he told America some real whoppers about ObamaCare | Fox News. President Obama lied to us. It wasn’t a white lie. It wasn’t a fib. It wasn’t a half truth. It was a bold-faced … Continue reading

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AFL-CIO President Trumka Admits Obamacare Making Employers Cut Hours

Why can’t the Obama administration admit this? AFL-CIO President Trumka Admits Obamacare Making Employers Cut Hours.

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If you want to persuade people to buy something, tell them how much it will cost and what they will get

End the obamacare guessing game – chicagotribune.com. Ahem. More than 4 in 10 Americans still don’t have a clue that Obamacare is coming and that coverage is mandatory, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll released in August. Illinois is … Continue reading

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‘Free’ benefits in ObamaCare come with hidden costs

‘Free’ benefits in ObamaCare come with hidden costs | Fox News. The administration points to a host of free services as one of the early benefits of the new law. “That means free check-ups, free mammograms, immunizations and other basic … Continue reading

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Trumka: ‘Mistakes’ Were Made in the Writing of ObamaCare, Not Thought Through

Ya don’t say… Trumka: ‘Mistakes’ Were Made in the Writing of ObamaCare, Not Thought Through.   Updated: Video at link. I had it embedded but the autostart “feature” is not acceptable.

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Obama’s Affordable Care Act Looking a Bit Unaffordable

Obama’s Affordable Care Act Looking a Bit Unaffordable – NationalJournal.com. Republicans have long blamed President Obama’s signature health care initiative for increasing insurance costs, dubbing it the “Unaffordable Care Act.” Turns out, they might be right. For the vast majority … Continue reading

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Trainwreck: Obamacare Roll-Out Hits Rocky Mountain Snags

Trainwreck: Obamacare Roll-Out Hits Rocky Mountain Snags – Guy Benson. Colorado’s Democratic Insurance Commissioner is “bracing” for “bumps in the road” as Obamacare comes on line in her state. Residents shouldn’t expect a seamless process, she warns, even though the … Continue reading

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Obamacare: I thought you could keep your plan

Low-premium, high-deductible health plans are endangered by Affordable Care Act : Stltoday. “I’m only really interested in catastrophic coverage,” says Coons, 58, who retired last year after selling an electronics manufacturing business in Indianapolis. Beyond their premium, the couple typically … Continue reading

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What happens when an Obamacare exchange is run by the State?

 Idaho on Obamacare: We’ll take it from here. Of the 16 states gearing up to operate online marketplaces — a central feature of the effort to expand coverage to millions of people starting in January — Idaho is the only … Continue reading

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“Now, as Obamacare founders, they are paying the price.”

concludes Michael Barone. Democrats Own Obamacare, and Its Political Cost Keeps Rising | RealClearPolitics. A second point is that Obamacare — unlike Social Security, Medicare and Part D — wasn’t consistently supported in public opinion polls. Quite the contrary. Please … Continue reading

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Obamacare inside the castle walls

Obama Promises to Help Congressional Staffers Avoid Obamacare. Some lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been threatening to push through a legislative “fix” to the problem thereby exempting Congress and its employees from Obama’s healthcare law. But such … Continue reading

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Obamacare Irony: You are actually ‘part-time intermittent.’”

Many more surprises sure to come… Obamacare Call Center Will Not Offer Health-Care Benefits to Employees | National Review Online. One branch of that call center will be located in California’s Contra Costa County, where, reportedly, 7,000 people applied for … Continue reading

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Dems Offer Free ‘I HEART ObamaCare’ Stickers

Dems Offer Free ‘I HEART ObamaCare’ Stickers. Don’t disappoint Boulderites. I expect to see these bumper stickers right next to your Boulder municipalization stickers.

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Obamacare repeal

Poll: Most Americans Don’t Want Congress to Repeal Obamacare – NationalJournal.com. But they will but then it will be too late.

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Obamacare Navigators Unsafe at any Speed?

Obamacare’s Branch of the NSA | National Review Online. Because 34 states have declined to set up their own insurance “exchanges,” the job of guiding exchange enrollees in those states has been left to Washington. The identity of the groups … Continue reading

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Move over NSA, here comes the Obamacare Big Brother database | Rare

Move over NSA, here comes the Obamacare Big Brother database | Rare. Would you trust thousands of low-level Federal bureaucrats and contractors with one-touch access to your private financial and medical information? Under Obamacare you won’t have any choice. Actually … Continue reading

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Judge grants exemption for Hobby Lobby in ObamaCare challenge

Judge grants exemption for Hobby Lobby in ObamaCare challenge | Fox News. Hobby Lobby Inc. was given a temporary exemption Friday from a requirement in the new federal health care law to offer insurance coverage for the morning-after pill and … Continue reading

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Scary lessons for Americans and ObamaCare from UK’s National Health Service

Scary lessons for Americans and ObamaCare from UK’s National Health Service | Fox News. At Stafford Hospital, police are investigating the deaths of 300 patients over a four-year period. They suspect neglect, even criminality, may have contributed to their deaths. … Continue reading

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Maybe next time they’ll want to read the law before they support it…

Union leaders: ObamaCare will “destroy the very health and wellbeing” of America’s working class « Hot Air.

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