Category Archives: Healthcare

Betting Markets Predict Obamacare Mandate Is Toast

Here’s some good news for a Saturday afternoon (ABC News) From New York to London, traders on the political stock market Intrade are buying stock to predict how the court will rule. And if the market is any indication, the decision is not going to be pretty for the president. There is a 75 percent […]

High Court’s Decision On ObamaCare Could Seriously Bum Out Progressives

Awwwwwww, what a shame (The Hill) A Supreme Court decision striking down President Obama’s healthcare law would be a blow not just to Obama, but to the decades-long push for universal healthcare. As most realize, that is what ObamaCare is about: a step towards putting the federal government in charge of the health care decisions […]

Excitable Juan Williams: Killing The Mandate Will Harm Voter Trust Of Supreme Court

We last saw Juan Williams getting beaten like a rented mule by Michelle Malkin. He now has an article out proclaiming that if the Supreme Court rules against Obamacare they will damage the trust of the voters who, um, don’t vote for the Supreme Court in the first place (The Hill)Every political strategist working the […]

The More People Know About ObamaCare, The More People Will Love It

Yeah, remember that talking point from Obama? How’s that working out? Must have killed the NY Times to publish this More than two-thirds of Americans hope the Supreme Court will overturn some or all of the 2010 health care law, according to a new poll conducted by The New York Times and CBS News. Just […]

Catholic Organizations Sue Obama Admin. Over Contraceptive Mandate

Nancy Pelosi told us “we have to pass the bill to know what’s in it,” (NMP) Obama said “If you like your health insurance, you can keep it.” We were told that the more we know about Obamacare, the more we’d like it. How’s that working out? (CNS News) The Archdiocese of New York, headed […]

Contraceptive Mandate Forces Franciscan U. To Drop Health Insurance

Apparently, that “compromise” didn’t assuage the university, and we can probably expect many more to follow suit (depending on who wins the election) (Life News) Franciscan University appears to be the first casualty of the new Obama HHS mandate that requires Catholic colleges, groups and businesses to pay for drugs that may cause abortions and […]

GOP Study Shows Companies Would Save Money By Dropping Health Care Offerings, Paying Fine

Highlighting what we’ve known for quite some time (Washington Times) Trying to build their case that President Obama’s health care law will destroy traditional employer-sponsored insurance, House Republicans released a study Tuesday showing that the largest companies could save billions by kicking workers off their current health plans and pushing them into government-subsidized exchanges. In […]

Fearmongering Today: If Court Strikes Down Mandate, States Might Have To Pass Their Own

It’s time for another breathless look in the crystal ball to find out “OMG, if the mandate is struck down, Bad Things might possibly happen!!!!!!!” Remember when the news used to be about things that have happened, rather than seeing reporters do their best Madame Zelda impression? (Politico) If the Supreme Court strikes down the […]

Good News: Obama Admin. Diverts $500 Million To IRS For Obamacare

Remember, though, that Obamacare is somehow going to save the American people lots and lots of money (The Hill) The Obama administration is quietly diverting roughly $500 million to the IRS to help implement the president’s healthcare law. The money is only part of the IRS’s total implementation spending, and it is being provided outside […]

Here We Go: “Being Uninsured Is A Mandate, Too”

It seems that, in Democrat World, the fact that the majority of American citizens are dead set against the individual mandate, and Obamacare, matters little, because Democrats know what is best for you stupid citizens, and you should be thanking them for forcing you to either purchase health insurance or pay a fine. Dem supporters […]

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