Category Archives: ObamaCare

Obamacare surprises begin…

Obamacare Layoffs, Hiring Freezes Begin The Obamacare employer mandate doesn’t go into effect until January 1, 2014, but the government requires businesses to track worker schedules for three to 12 months in advance. That means many employers plan to get … Continue reading

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Obamacare Taxes

Forget the fiscal cliff: $1 Trillion Obamacare Tax Hike Hitting on Jan. 1 Obamacare contains twenty new or higher taxes. Five of the taxes hit for the first time on January 1. In total, for the years 2013-2022, Americans face … Continue reading

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John Hinderaker:”No surprise there: under government medicine, you get the same “climate of care and compassion” in hospitals as you do in the post office”

Annals of Government Medicine A National Health Service (NHS) hospital in Great Britain has paid claims by 38 patients or their families, and has apologized to all of them for the grossly negligent care it provided. The Telegraph headlines:”Hospital apologises … Continue reading

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“Andre DiMino has been running medical device company ADM Tronics since his father, who founded the decades-old firm, died in 2001. He’s never laid off anybody. “

Medical companies brace for ‘devastating’ ObamaCare tax, prepare for layoffs Taxes have consequences. Once again, whatever projected increase Progressives believe they will see due to taxing the 1%, it ain’t going to happen.

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Obamacare exchanges

What a surprise: Only 15 States Opt to Run Obamacare Exchanges In written testimony, Cohen said that while 15 states have told the administration they will operate exchanges, 11 others have opted for versions that will require major involvement by … Continue reading

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“This kind of came out of the blue and was a surprisingly large amount…”

Obamacare amateur hour: New insurance fee in health overhaul law likely to hit consumers

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Politics and Obamacare

Obamacare Jumps the Shark in its Premiere Expect health mandate happy Colorado to have some of the highest Obamacare rates in the nation. Of course, who will Progessives turn to to fix the high rates? Well of course the same … Continue reading

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Health Insurance Exchanges

In general, health insurance exchange amateur hour is coming to a state near you. For Colorado residents, the State has been on a mission to create an exchange from before the word “go” so the actual exchange operation may turn … Continue reading

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Small business Obamacare penalties…

explained below. Download/view pdf here.

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With President Obama’s re-election, it is generally assumed that Obamacare is here to stay.

John Hinderaker: Annals of Government Medicine With President Obama’s re-election, it is generally assumed that Obamacare is here to stay. Which means that pretty soon, your health care will be run incompetently, like the postal service, and with an agenda, … Continue reading

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The Government is here to help….

Forgotten by FEMA: Staten Island’s Sandy victims vent over lack of aid “FEMA packed up everything yesterday and left the area,” said MaryLou Wong, whose home in the Midland Beach neighborhood was destroyed. “They haven’t come back.” Punch-drunk residents’ ire … Continue reading

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Affordable Care Act Score: Breast 44, Prostate 0

Ann Althouse: via Christine Hoff Summers…  “The Affordable Care Act mentions ‘breast’ 44 times, ‘prostate’ not once.” Ann speculates on 5 reasons this may be the case. Here is reason #4, follow the link for the others:  Women actually need … Continue reading

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Helen Smith: “Many of those on the left who are female would sell their soul for a package of free birth control pills and some morning after pills given out to teens on demand.”

Indeed they would, perhaps they already have. Great great rant from the Instawife (Helen Smith). Here’s an excerpt on the elevated priority of birth control but there’s a lot more where that came from… Many of those on the left … Continue reading

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ObamaCare Guts Medicare Advantage

Nothing to see here, at least not until after the election. For those of you not familiar with Medicare, to get compete coverage you need to either get “Med Supplements’ to plug the gaps in coverage or you get Medicare … Continue reading

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I predict unintended consequences: Medicare fines over hospitals’ readmitted patients

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Glenn Reynolds: “I’M GOING OUT ON A LIMB AND SAYING THAT OBAMACARE WON’T HELP”

Heh… U.S. Health Care Waste Larger Than Pentagon BudgetThat’s a pretty damn safe limb Glenn’s crawing out on IMHO.

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Good news! More than one way to “skin a cat”…

….or stop Obamacare. This is called the sinking under it’s own weight strategy.

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John Hinderaker: “But the administration is behaving with respect to Obamacare as it did with regard to Fast and Furious: when uncomfortable questions are asked, its first impulse is to lie.”

Of course we’re talking the “mandate is a tax” issue. Video at the above link where: Here, White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew ran in circles for five minutes, trying not to admit that Obamacare was upheld solely on … Continue reading

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20 new taxes thanks to Obamacare

Excise Tax on Charitable Hospitals – Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,961-1,971 Codification of the “economic substance doctrine” – Bill: Reconciliation Act; Page: 108-113 “Black liquor” tax hike – Bill: Reconciliation Act; Page: 105 Tax on Innovator Drug Companies – Bill: PPACA; … Continue reading

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“it’s constitutional. B****es.” “TAKE THAT MOTHER******S!!”

From the Democratic National Committee. Followup here. Wow.

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