Category Archives: Healthcare

Jonathan Gruber Totally Regrets Saying Americans Are Stupid …. In First Video

That’s right, there are two videos (Mediaite) Jonathan Gruber, MIT professor and so-called architect of Obamacare, is walking back year-old remarks that the health care system overhaul passed only because of a “lack of transparency” and the “stupidity of the American voter.” On MSNBC Tuesday, Gruber told Ronan Farrowthat he “spoke inappropriately” when he made the comments, […]

Team O Has Elaborate Backup Plan For When Healthcare.gov Crashes

A year after the disastrous roll-out of healthcare.gov, there’s quite a bit of confidence in all the work they’ve done to fix it, so much that they have a major backup plan (Washington Post) With the next time to buy health plans under the Affordable Care Act starting in less than a week, the Obama […]

NY Times Very Concerned Over SCOTUS Taking On Ocare Subsidies Case

They really are Very Concerned. SCOTUS Blog reported Friday The Supreme Court, moving back into the abiding controversy over the Affordable Care Act, agreed early Friday afternoon to decide how far the federal government can extend its program of subsidies to buyers of health insurance.  At issue is whether the program of tax credits applies only in […]

Shocking News: People With Ocare Are Having A Tough Time Finding A Doctor

USA Today has a history of recycling news from the past when it comes to “climate change”, rarely ever with any new information. In this case, they are telling us something we knew almost a year ago, but have added what has been going on for almost a year Some doctors wary of taking insurance […]

Surprise: Ocare Premiums to Rise At Least 13% For 2015

Say, @KayHagan, what happened to that “affordable care” stuff? (WRAL) North Carolina’s largest health insurer says rates will rise by more than 13 percent on average next year for buyers of individual Affordable Care Act policies. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina discussed the prices Wednesday. As an example, the insurer cited a […]

Obamacare Is Expensive And Doctors Are Scarce, Says….NY Times

Many, including myself, have noted that the NY Times seems to publish articles that often do not conform to the Official Democrat Line on Saturdays. Here’s another, which made the front page Unable to Meet the Deductible or the Doctor Patricia Wanderlich got insurance through the Affordable Care Act this year, and with good reason: […]

Surprise! More Say Obamacare Has Hurt Than Helped

If this is what Obama and his minions mean when they say Ocare “is working“, I’d hate to see the results if it was failing! (Gallup) Although more provisions of the Affordable Care Act have taken effect over the past year, more Americans still say the law has hurt rather than helped them. Compared with […]

Federal Judge Rules Against Subsidies For Federally Run Ocare Exchanges

This has, of course, driven liberals bat guano insane (Think Progress) Much of the Affordable Care Act must be defunded and millions of Americans must lose their health insurance, according to an opinion issued Tuesday by Judge Ronald A. White, an Oklahoma federal judge appointed to the bench by George W. Bush. White’s opinion reaches […]

Totally Predictable: Many New Medicaid Enrollees Finding It Hard To Find Care

Absolutely no one saw this coming, and how dare Fox News expose it….wait, this is the NY Times? Enrollment in Medicaid is surging as a result of the Affordable Care Act, but the Obama administration and state officials have done little to ensure that new beneficiaries have access to doctors after they get their Medicaid […]

Some Obamacare Recipients To See Tax Refunds Cut

Just another unanticipated consequence (USA Today) A significant benefit of the Affordable Care Act is the opportunity to receive money-saving tax credits up front to cut the overall cost of health insurance, but now hundreds of thousands of consumers could owe back some of that money next April. Those affected took advance payments of the […]

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