Category Archives: Healthcare

Vulnerable Democrats Suddenly Open To Replacing Ocare

The hell you say! (Politico) Senate Democrats will never vote to repeal Obamacare. But once the deed is done, a surprising number of them say they’re open to helping Republicans replace it. “If it makes sense, I think there’ll be a lot of Democrats who would be for it,” said Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.). As […]

NY Times Wonders If It’s OK To Lie To Get Faith Based Insurance, Because Ocare Is Really Expensive And Failing

As usual, there are lots of fun opinion pieces at the highly leftist NY Times. The Editorial Board is whining about Trump using social media to reach directly to We The People. Frank Bruni is losing it over Trump taking a hard look at people to serve in his administration. Liberals in the comments are […]

Obama Begs Republicans Not To Repeal His Failing Healthcare Law

If it was working so well, would it need to be repealed and replaced? (The Hill) President Barack Obama on Saturday lauded the Affordable Care Act as a Republican-controlled Congress looks forward to its repeal. During his weekly White House address, Obama encouraged Americans who don’t currently have healthcare to enroll in the program, and […]

GOP Plans Obamacare Repeal And Delay

You can’t just rip the bandaid off (NY Times) Republicans in Congress plan to move almost immediately next month to repeal the Affordable Care Act, as President-elect Donald J. Trump promised. But they also are likely to delay the effective date so that they have several years to phase out President Obama’s signature achievement. This […]

Trump Picks Obamacare Foe Congressman Tom Price For HHS Head

You may or may not like some of Trump’s other picks and potential picks (such as Romney for State, which I think would be a great pick), but this one is outstanding (Washington Post) President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), a fierce critic of the Affordable Care Act and a proponent of […]

Obama Pimps Dying Affordable Care Act In Weekly Address

Some enterprising reporter should ask Barack if he plans on signing up for Ocare once he leaves the White House, or if he’ll sign up for a plan elsewhere WEEKLY ADDRESS: The Progress We’ve Made Because of the Affordable Care Act Hi, everybody. Americans have been fighting for the idea that health care is a […]

Here We Go Again: NY Times Op-Ed Calls For Public Option

Another day, another call from a liberal for a public option to try and save the utterly failing Obamacare. Elsewhere in the NY Times, Excitable Paul Krugman, who certainly does not purchase his own health insurance via the Obamacare exchanges, says that the recently releases premium hikes and insurers bolting the exchanges is just a […]

Good News: The Worst Is Yet To Come With Obamacare

Obamacare is going downhill, just as predicted. Democrats know it, which is why they’re trying to get Republicans to fix it https://twitter.com/CounterMoonbat/status/790686313485770753 Because the worst is yet to come (NY Post) Still ahead: Budget crises in the states that accepted temporary federal bribes to massively expand their Medicaid rolls. More premium hikes on the exchanges, […]

Team Obama Confirms Big Ocare Hikes, Reduced Choice

If only someone had told us that this would happen due to the way the law was written and implemented. Seriously, this is coming out of the blue (AP) Premiums will go up sharply next year under President Barack Obama’s health care law, and many consumers will be down to just one insurer, the administration […]

“Taking It In The Shorts”: Obama Steps Up Marketing Campaign As Ocare Continues Its Slow Death Spiral

Nothing like getting a mailer or seeing an add for a product that is going to cost you more each year while seeing the available usage decrease (Forbes) The Obama administration is rolling out a new and broader marketing strategy to get more Americans to sign up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, […]

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