October 21, 2013 – 2:12 pm
As Obamacare ramps up with huge numbers moved to Medicaid and Medicare, along with those who will obtain insurance through the Exchanges (eventually), consumers should be prepared for lots and lots of failed expectations. Unless your expectation is poor service, poor care, byzantine dealings in order to use your insurance, lots of out of pocket […]
October 17, 2013 – 7:52 am
When we’re talking about Obamacare, the “Affordable” Care Act, the massive failure of the websites are simply a result of how bad this law is. How unwieldy. And the perfect symbol of failure. Here’s the Chicago Times Editorial Board (Chicago Tribune) If you’ve tried to sign up online for health coverage under the problem-plagued Obamacare […]
October 17, 2013 – 7:04 am
And well he should have (The Blaze) During a U.S. House hearing concerning the closure of national parks and monuments during the partial government shutdown, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) scolded the director of the National Park Service for treating “pot-smoking†demonstrators in the Occupy movement with more respect than the nation’s war veterans. Gowdy relentlessly […]
October 15, 2013 – 8:24 am
Essentially, those running healthcare.gov mandated planned incompetence (Forbes) A growing consensus of IT experts, outside and inside the government, have figured out a principal reason why the website for Obamacare’s federally-sponsored insurance exchange is crashing. Healthcare.gov forces you to create an account and enter detailed personal information before you can start shopping. This, in turn, […]
October 13, 2013 – 9:46 am
The question is, is Mr. “I won’t negotiate” Obama using the notion of increased revenue as a way of blunting the demands from Republicans (and the American People who hate Obamacare), or is he simply demanding new revenue, ie, taxation, like he’s done before? I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the latter. We’ve seen […]
October 12, 2013 – 9:34 am
I’ll admit, I had some concerns with the whole shutdown plan. First, because there was no way the Democrat controlled Senate would defund the “Affordable” Care Act, and on the .001% chance that happened, Obama wouldn’t sign it. Nor would they delay the individual mandate. Nor make substantive changes that fix the issues that are […]
October 11, 2013 – 9:15 am
Not that they’ve been completely transparent on those to start with (Daily Caller) The White House has taken down online White House visitor logs and blamed Congress. The logs, which were posted beginning in December 2009 “as part of President Obama’s commitment to government transparency,†are the latest victims of a partial government shutdown that […]
October 10, 2013 – 7:22 am
They fought the Spite House, and the Spite House did not win. Unfortunately, most of the other businesses along the Blue Ridge Highway are still closed, because (NMP) “make them feel the pain” Obama continues his hissy fit (Blue Ridge Now) Despite the government’s official stance that they remain closed, the Pisgah Inn’s concessionaire has […]
October 9, 2013 – 12:14 pm
Check out @ScarletRoseRed’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/ScarletRoseRed/status/387726374556819456 Hopefully this comes out properly using WordPress for Android. Promised I’d post it, love the graphic. Guess not
October 8, 2013 – 6:41 pm
Buried in the technology section of the Washington Post writer Andrea Peterson finds something interesting While the National Security Agency (NSA) has largely escaped the government shutdown, the panel investigating NSA spying practices has effectively been frozen. Politico reports that as of Friday, the five-member Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies lost its staff […]
