Category Archives: Healthcare

MHP: Democrats Should Tell Those Who Lost Their Plans To “Deal With It”

I think this is an excellent campaign slogan for Democrats (video available at the DC and Hot Air) (Daily Caller) Republicans, she argued, “go into a fallen-down, blighted house, slap some granite countertops while ignoring real problems, and declare their work the best thing ever! They have swagger.” “And then you have the people who […]

During Ocare “Victory Lap”, Obama Recommends Dems Run On Other Things

Obama did his passive/aggressive schtick Thursday, yammering on about the “Affordable” Care Act, alternately insulting and denigrating Republicans/Conservatives then lamenting the loss of civility. What he wouldn’t do is recommend Democrats run on Ocare for the mid-terms (The Hill) A defiant President Obama on Thursday announced that 8 million people have enrolled in ObamaCare plans […]

Premiums Rising Faster Under Ocare

Um, surprise? (Fox News) A recent survey of 148 insurance brokers shows that ObamaCare is sending premiums rising at the fastest clip in decades. “For the last, about, five years they’ve been doing this survey, so this was the largest percentage increase in any quarter since they’ve been doing (it),” said Scott Gottlieb of the […]

Sebelius: Thanks To Ocare, People Have Competitive Choices For First Time Ever!

Like seemingly most who work for Team Obama, Kathleen Sebelius is rather divorced from reality (Fox News) Outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the timeline for the ObamaCare rollout was “flat-out wrong” and that the federal exchange could have used “more time and testing” before going online. Sebelius, who led the agency […]

Pew Poll Highlights How Important Obamacare Is For Midterms

And the news continues to be bad for Democrats (USA Today) The Affordable Care Act looms as a powerful issue in this year’s congressional elections, a USA TODAY/Pew Research Center Poll finds, and one that is reverberating in ways likely to boost the GOP. In the survey, taken after President Obama announced a surprising 7.1 […]

Surprise: Premiums Spiked In Recent Years

A good chunk of this is directly related to the “Affordable” Care Act (Forbes) Health insurance premiums are showing the sharpest increases perhaps ever according to a survey of brokers who sell coverage in the individual and small group market. Morgan Stanley’s healthcare analysts conducted the proprietary survey of 148 brokers. The April survey shows […]

Maryland Ocare Exchange Has A Net Loss

Remember how Maryland was supposed to be a model for how the new “Affordable” Care Act exchanges would work? Well, that was before their website turned out to be a complete failure. They’re now looking to use the Connecticut exchange software, after pissing away $125 million, which could cost another $30 million or more. Know […]

Affordable: Ocare Could Cost Large Employers Up To $5,900 Extra Per Employee

Hooray, affordable reform! (Washington Free Beacon) Obamacare will cost large companies between $4,800 and $5,900 more per employee and add hundreds of millions to their overhead, according to a new survey. The American Health Policy Institute conducted a confidential survey of 100 large employers—those with 10,000 or more employees—asking what costs they expect to incur […]

Pelosi: Obamacare Not About Insuring The Uninsured

No, seriously (CNS News) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says Democrats passed their health insurance law, not to insure the uninsured, but to give people “quality” health care and “affordable” health care. “Madam Leader, isn’t the real measure of success, not the raw number who signed up, but how many of those who signed […]

Sargent: Why Does Mitch McConnel Want To Take Insurance Away From Kentuckians?

This is all in the form of telling us that Obamacare is a disaster, but KeNect is super awesome The office of Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear just announced that more than 370,000 people have now signed up for Obamacare on KyNect, the state exchange. More than one out of every dozen Kentuckians — 8.6 percent […]

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