Category Archives: healthcare reform

Amateur hour – Healthcare.gov security

Amateur hour – No security ever built into Obamacare site: Hacker. “When you develop a website, you develop it with security in mind. And it doesn’t appear to have happened this time,” said David Kennedy, a so-called “white hat” hacker … Continue reading

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Baby not covered by the Affordable Care Act

Administrative nightmare, but the jewel of information is at the end of the video – Baby not covered by the Affordable Care Act | Fox News Video. That jewell is restricted networks and it’s partner in crime, no out of … Continue reading

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“”Healthcare.gov will not be fully functional at any time in the foreseeable future, if ever. “

Obamacare: 500M Lines of Code, $500M, 60% Complete, No Surprise. And yet, the 500 million figure is apparently true. I’ve heard it dozens of times in the last month, and no one is denying it. Healthcare.gov apparently really does have … Continue reading

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“It’s a bad situation that is likely to be made worse,”

Medicaid/ACA – Lack of Doctors May Worsen as Millions Join Medicaid Rolls – NYTimes.com. Dr. Ted Mazer is one of the few ear, nose and throat specialists in this region who treat low-income people on Medicaid, so many of his … Continue reading

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Democrats Should Be Afraid, Very Afraid

Democrats Should Be Afraid, Very Afraid | Via Meadia. This is big news. In 2010 the GOP trailed by six on the generic ballot question and picked up 60 seats, but now it holds a lead on the generic ballot. … Continue reading

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Boy with cancer loses coverage after Obamacare launch

Boy with cancer loses coverage after Obamacare launch. I had seen this story in an abbreviated form before and I was fairly confident there was missing information. This version fills in lots of the blanks. I certainly hope the family … Continue reading

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Cancelled insurance coming to a household near you

CBS News: White House Knows Millions More Insurance Cancellations Coming. (video at link) This is the first time I am aware of that anyone in the mainstream media has reported on the fact that the employer-market is about to get … Continue reading

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Obamacare: Fewer options for many

Obamacare: Fewer options for many – CNN.com. The initial point of the article is reduced provider networks but then we get to my favorite subject, junk plans… “Right now, in this insurance market, not only is it discriminatory, but the … Continue reading

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PFoL’s Ads Are Better: #NoThanksObamacare

PFoL’s Ads Are Better: #NoThanksObamacare | Pocket Full Of Liberty. There’s more where this one came from…

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Colorado Exchange Enrollment lagging far behind worse case projections

Board strife as Colorado exchange far behind projected enrollment – The Denver Post. Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act through Colorado’s health insurance exchange is barely half the state’s worst-case projection, prompting demands from exchange board members for better stewardship … Continue reading

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Obamacare Rap

 “Sellin’ hope’s like sellin’ soap, son I’ll tell you why — you can’t make either one without a little bit of lye.”  

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Obamacare Tax Hikes

Full List of Obamacare Tax Hikes | Congressman Jeff Duncan. If it’s not enough I’m sure Obama can enact more taxes with the help of his lapdog media friends.

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Another Obamcare Falsehood: Lowering medical costs

No Grounds for Claim that Obamacare Lowers Healthcare Costs | e21 – Economic Policies for the 21st Century. The CEA report acknowledges that the ACA will cause health care spending “to grow at an elevated rate for a few years” … Continue reading

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Colorado Obamacare: Katherine Marshall did the easy part

Not total baloney but close to it. She did NOT purchase – Colorado health exchange website: easy as pie. I recently created an account on Colorado’s health care exchange and checked the available offerings for medical insurance. I did it because my … Continue reading

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Progressive Oregon blows its’ Obamacare launch

Amateur hour isn’t reserved just for healthcare.gov: Oregon health exchange represents biggest woe – New York News. With all the problems facing the rollout of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, nowhere is the situation worse or more surprising than … Continue reading

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ABC News Poll: Youth Abandon Obama and ObamaCare

ABC News Poll: Youth Abandon Obama and ObamaCare. One explanation for the 16 point drop could be that many of those in this age group were caught off guard by the truth about ObamaCare, namely the fact that their government-mandated … Continue reading

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Received Obama shout out but can’t afford the plan

Rude Awakening for Federal Way Woman Who Got Shout-Out From President – Can’t Afford Obamacare Policy After All | Washington State Wire – News of Capitol Importance. Jessica Sanford, the Federal Way woman who got a shout-out from President Obama … Continue reading

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Obamacare: A 50/50 shot at best

What happens if Obamacare fails. What would it take to get Obamacare semi-operational? The Web site would have to be working very well, so well that the frustration factor is eliminated entirely. The insurance companies would have had to figure … Continue reading

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Dem Senator: We All Knew Obama Was Lying

Dem Senator: We All Knew Obama Was Lying. That sure would explain a lot. Constituents, take not.

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Obamacare’s Creative, Or Illegal, Rule-Making

Obamacare’s Creative, Or Illegal, Rule-Making – Bloomberg. The administration is already too reliant on creative rule-making to make the law work, such as their decision to delay the employer mandate even though it’s pretty firmly set into law. But now … Continue reading

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