Category Archives: healthcare reform

LA Dem Party Chair: Those Who Oppose Obamacare Are Racist

LA Dem Party Chair: Those Who Oppose Obamacare Are Racist – YouTube#at=15#!. I’ve grown really tired of the overuse of term racism. Is there racism? Absolutely. But let’s not turn our back on the great amount of progress that has been … Continue reading

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Colorado drops PCIP program

GettingUScovered Due to changes made by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), we regret to announce that, effective midnight on June 30, 2013, Colorado’s federal high risk pool insurance program known as GettingUSCovered will terminate. HHS has indicated … Continue reading

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18 states to drop PCIP programs

HHS: 18 states to drop PCIP programs | LifeHealthPro. PCIP is the pre-existing condition insurance plan that is running out of money. The goal of the PCIP was to provide coverage to individuals who were not eligible due to pre-existing conditions until … Continue reading

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IRS commish: 118 visits to White House

IRS official: I discussed Obamacare during White House visits | WashingtonExaminer.com. Perhaps.

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Why are Obamacare supporters attacking job creators?

Bernie Marus, former CEO of Home Depot writes: Why are Obamacare supporters attacking job creators? – CSMonitor.com. On a Monday morning in March, small business owner Mike Ruffer told a group at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C, how his … Continue reading

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IRS Exec: From Tea Party Targeting to IRS Obamacare office

Wow… Sarah Hall Ingraham is her name and ABC news reports.   How long will this state of affairs last? Depends on the tone deafness of the Obama administration.

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Trust Issues: IRS Will Only Get Worse Under Obamacare

IRS Will Only Get Worse Under Obamacare.   And while we sit here and shudder at what has happened, it’s important to know that the IRS – the organization that just spent four years targeting the political opposition of the … Continue reading

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IRS Improperly Seized 60 Million Personal Medical Records

Suit Alleges IRS Improperly Seized 60 Million Personal Medical Records – Forbes. “This is an action involving the corruption and abuse of power by several Internal Revenue Service agents,” the complaint reads. “No search warrant authorized the seizure of these … Continue reading

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The IRS Is Accessing Your Health Records. You Trust Them?

The IRS Is Accessing Your Health Records. You Trust Them? – Forbes. 6. Under Obamacare, the government has also expanded who the IRS can share your information with, although prior laws don’t seem to have constrained the agency. Yep, they … Continue reading

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Obamacare: This is going to hurt

Say it ain’t so: Obamacare: This is going to hurt Page 1 of 2 | UTSanDiego.com. Flash-forward to spring 2013: As we prepare for Obamacare’s primary elements to kick in on Jan. 1, the vast chasm between the president’s claims … Continue reading

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Britain’s NHS-like involvement in heatlhcare…

coming to a country near you: Annals of Government Medicine | Power Line. A BATTERED mum last night told of her outrage after the NHS refused to rebuild her shattered nose — as wannabe model Josie Cunningham flaunted her taxpayer-funded … Continue reading

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Medicaid: Denver Post finally receives wake up call on Medicaid expenses

Wow, the editors at the Denve Post finally get the message: Sticker shock on Medicaid costs Interesting how the psuedo intellectual liberals at the Post ignored this issue until there were reports from “Foundations” such as: Kaiser Family Foundation Robert … Continue reading

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It’s not just the mandate

What Else Is Wrong with Obamacare? It’s 2700 pages long It would cause millions of Americans to lose their employer-sponsored health insurance and be dumped into Obamacare “exchanges.” It would loot Medicare. It would cost twice as much as the … Continue reading

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“The problem of escalating costs comes in large part from consumers being shielded from price signals.”

From Jonathan Gruber who advised both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama on health care reform. I say YOU BETCHA. Here’s the complete paragraph. Gruber also tells Capital NY that ObamaCare represents the last, best hope for a free-market solution to … Continue reading

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Seniors and Democrats

Apparently the Democrats lost support of the Seniors in this last election. Interesting. All that said, senior expenses are part of the problem. As I discussed with one of my liberal friends, the two biggest contributions to medical expenses are … Continue reading

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The Wheels on the Obamacare bus go round and round…

except it appears the wheels aren’t round! Not one of its major programs has gotten started, and already the wheels are starting to come off of Obamacare. The administration’s own actuary reported on Thursday that millions of people could lose … Continue reading

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Redefining “normal”

Doesn’t sound like such a grand idea. As chairman of the task force that created the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), which came out in 1994, I learned from painful experience how small changes in the … Continue reading

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When healthcare is “free”

The High Cost of No Price Wow, way back in the 60’s individuals out of pocket for medical expenses was about 40% of the charges. It 2008 it was just below 12%. What the article fails to note is the … Continue reading

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Insulting but not surprising

Reid Compares Opponents of Health Care Reform to Supporters of Slavery “Instead of joining us on the right side of history, all the Republicans can come up with is, ‘slow down, stop everything, let’s start over.’ If you think you’ve … Continue reading

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