Healthcare
NY Daily News:President Obama starts a revolution: He chose health care over the theater of politics (unblievable)
The Democrats had to do it alone. On a number of occasions, President Obama asked for reform ideas from the Republicans. But their idea of reform was no compromise, no fresh thoughts, no backing away from protecting the health care industry to which they had sold their souls during the presidency of George W. Bush.
As […]
Reality Check for Barry:Barack Obama struggles to capitalize in polls after health care passed
Democrats who held out hopes that President Barack Obama’s health reform win would mean a quick boost to the party’s political fortunes are getting a reality check — a reminder that it takes more than one good week to shake up a year of sliding polls.
Obama and his health reform plan did get a bump […]
ObamaCare Quick Facts
Here are some Quick Facts on ObamaCare for you to refer to, or print out at any time you’d like.
ObamaCare Quick Facts:
Causes 9 million people to lose the insurance they now have;
Increases the already bloated deficit by $260 billion over the next decade when all […]
Bart Stupak meets his match (Dr. Dan Benishek)
Meet the doctor who symbolizes the nationwide rebellion against Obamacare.
His name is Dan Benishek. He’s a 57-year-old surgeon from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and he’s never held political office at any level. He announced on March 15 that he was running as a Republican for Michigan’s First Congressional District - that’s Bart Stupak’s district, in case […]
Romney defends Mass. health care law (Romney defends bankrupting Massachusetts)
Mitt Romney offered an enthusiastic defense last night of the comprehensive health care law he helped create four years ago in Massachusetts, even as he pointed to crucial distinctions between it and a similar national program enacted last week by Democrats.
“Overall, ours is a model that works,’’ Romney said in response to a question after […]
Health care law too costly, most say (Nearly two-thirds of Americans say the health care overhaul signed into law last week costs too much)
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say the health care overhaul signed into law last week costs too much and expands the government’s role in health care too far, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, underscoring an uphill selling job ahead for President Obama and congressional Democrats.
Those surveyed are inclined to fear that the massive legislation will increase […]
INDIANA BECOMES 16th STATE TO JOING LAWSUITS AGAINST HEALTH CARE BILL
Indiana Joins Health Care Reform Lawsuit
InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report
Attorney General Greg Zoeller says Indiana is joining at least 13 other states in a legal challenge to the new federal health care law. He says it is in the best interests of all to raise constitutional questions about the reform package to the United State Supreme Court. Many […]
Aetna CEO warns: Expect price hikes, bankruptcies, and policy changes
“If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor … If you like your coverage, you can keep your coverage.” Barack Obama repeatedly offered these promises to audiences across the US in campaigning for ObamaCare, but Ron Williams, CEO of Aetna, begs to differ. Williams provides health insurance to over 36 million people, and […]
Andrew Napolitano: Supreme Court to Strike Down Obamacare
In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV’s Ashley Martella, judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano says the president’s healthcare reforms amount to “commandeering” the state legislatures for federal purposes, which the Supreme Court has forbidden as unconstitutional.
“That’s called commandeering the legislature,” he says. “That’s the Congress taking away the discretion of the legislature with respect to regulation, and […]
Hospitals Under the Knife : New York City System Aims to Cut 2,600 More Jobs as State Funding Drops
The nation’s largest public hospital system plans to slash its work force—including doctors and nurses—by about 10% over two years as government aid drops and …
No hospital system in the country is exempt from the crushing economics facing the health-care industry,” said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg…
Officials in New York City have told hospital employees’ […]
If this is true about the health care bill, then we are all doomed (Wake up from sleep America)
HB3200 highlighted pages most egregious
Please read this…….. especially the reference to pages 58 & 59
JUDGE KITHIL wrote:
“I have reviewed selected sections of the bill, and find
it unbelievable that our Congress, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, could come up with a bill loaded with so many wrong-headed elements.”
“Both Republicans and Democrats are equally responsible
for the financial […]
Shocking News:Schumer: Those who voted against healthcare will be hurt in November
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), the architect of the Democrats’ large Senate majority, predicted Sunday that healthcare reform would be an asset for Democratic candidates in November.
While Republicans have pledged to make healthcare the centerpiece of their 2010 political strategy, Schumer said the move would blow up in their faces.
“I predict that by November those who […]
Conservatism Without The Righteousness of Christ is Bankrupt.
In the past five years - before our very eyes - we have seen the nearly complete erosion and virtual extinction of conservative policies and programs in US politics. It seems that The United States is increasingly becoming more like a secular socialist State than the Representative Republic of “In God We Trust” that it […]
Dems Set to Bully Companies That Note ObamaCare’s Costs
This past week several big companies, including Caterpillar, Verizon, and AT&T, announced that ObamaCare would cost them millions of dollars this year. To pay for it they variously suggested layoffs and benefits reductions. Analysts suggest that the total first-quarter hit to S&P 500 firms will be $4.5 billion.
Well, Democrats can’t stand to have their precious […]
AP: Say, guess what we just found in ObamaCare! (retirees likely to drop prescription drug coverage)
Congress passed the bill without knowing what was in it. Barack Obama signed it without reading it. Now it looks as though the Associated Press reported on ObamaCare without comprehending its content. Readers will have to scroll far down to discover that the elimination of a key tax break that kept retirees on company prescription-medication […]
Napolitano: Supreme Court to Strike Down Obamacare
President Barack Obama is one of the worst presidents ever in terms of respecting constitutional limitations on government, and the states suing the federal government over healthcare reform “have a pretty strong case” and are likely to prevail, according to author and judicial analyst Andrew P. Napolitano.
In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV’s Ashley Martella, Napolitano […]
VIDEO: Dem Senator: Democrats “Overpromising” On Health Care Bill
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MissourI) “The side on which I’m on, that voted for the bill, probably is overpromising, not been clear enough about the fact that this is going to be an incremental approach over time and the benefits aren’t going to be felt by most Americans immediately.”
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com …
Let The Layoffs Begin:AT&T will take $1B non-cash charge for health care
AT&T Inc. will take a $1 billion non-cash accounting charge in the first quarter because of the health care overhaul and may cut benefits it offers to current and retired workers.The charge is the largest disclosed so far. Earlier this week, AK Steel Corp., Caterpillar Inc., Deere & Co. and Valero Energy announced similar accounting […]
Ron Paul: National Bankruptcy will Repeal Obamacare - Not Republicans (Video)
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Double Trouble Brewing for Anti-Abortion Democrats? [Healthcare Vote Leaves Them as Targets]
Just days after the historic health care bill became law, abortion activists on both sides of the political aisle are preparing the battleground for November’s mid-term election, which could see a revival of the hot-button issue.
Just days after the historic health care bill became law, abortion activists on both sides of the political aisle are […]