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Study: RomneyCare Cost Massachusetts More Than 18,000 Jobs
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s signature health care reform initiative, which later became a model for ObamaCare, cost the Bay State more than 18,000 jobs, according to a new study. The Bay State’s controversial 2006 universal health-care plan — also known as “Romneycare” — has cost Massachusetts more than 18,000 jobs, according to an exclusive [...]
ObamaCare: Democrats Ignored Expert Warnings on Long-Term Plans
15. September 2011
Democrats ignored warnings from government experts on the feasibility of a new a new long-term care insurance plan that was included in ObamaCare, the Associated Press reports. WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as leading Democrats offered assurances to the contrary, government experts repeatedly warned that a new long-term care insurance plan could go belly up, saddling [...]
Another Federal Judge Rules ObamaCare Mandate Unconstitutional
13. September 2011
Not the first, just the latest. HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that the requirement in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul that individuals buy health insurance is unconstitutional. Judge Christopher Conner in Harrisburg issued the ruling Tuesday in one of more than 30 lawsuits nationwide that have been filed over [...]
Major Legal Flaw Discovered in ObamaCare Legislation
8. September 2011
Note to the left: This is why you don’t rush through legislation that hasn’t been read. Government-created exchanges are places for individuals to shop and purchase health insurance. ObamaCare will require individuals and families to buy insurance, starting in 2014. Those with incomes at 100% to 400% of the federal poverty level will be eligible [...]
ObamaCare: Nearly 10% of Employers to Drop Insurance
24. August 2011
If you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance. You know, until ObamaCare actually takes effect. Then you’ve got a good chance of losing your insurance. It turns out President Downgrade lied about the whole “choice in health care” thing. It’s more like “you’ll do what we want”. Go figure. Nearly one in 10 [...]
Breaking: 11th Circuit Rules ObamaCare Mandate Unconstitutional
12. August 2011
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has just ruled that the individual mandate element of ObamaCare is unconstitutional, exceeding the powers granted to Congress under the Constitution. Update: More from the decision: we conclude that the individual mandate contained in the Act exceeds Congress’s enumerated commerce power.” Boom. The court ruled that the rest of [...]
ObamaCare Will Force Insurance Companies to Provide Free Birth Control
1. August 2011
At first you think, “Hey, from a financial standpoint this doesn’t make sense.” But then you have to remember that the purpose of ObamaCare isn’t to make financial sense. It’s to force private insurance out of business, creating an empty void only government will be able to fill. ObamaCare is now, and always has been, [...]
Job Creation Ended After ObamaCare Passed
20. July 2011
Don’t hate the facts, hate the government-run health care. All Heritage did was chart job creation from 2009 to today. The result? Job creation dropped off just as soon as ObamaCare passed. Coincidence? No. Business doesn’t like crushing mandates — which is exactly what ObamaCare is. The American market doesn’t like the government forcing private [...]
More Than 1,000 ObamaCare Waivers Have Been Issued
7. March 2011
It’s so wonderful that companies and organizations — including unions that typically support Democrats — are scrambling for exemptions from the law. And indeed, more than 1,000 waivers — 1,040 to be precise — have been issued as of Friday. And I like this: “We don’t want to take away people’s health insurance before they [...]
Sebelius Admits to ObamaCare Accounting Gimmick
4. March 2011
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has admitted that ObamaCare’s supposed lower costs are based upon counting the same $500 billion twice. She did so after Medicare’s actuary exposed the gimmick last August. In her first appearance before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee since the health-care law passed, Kathleen Sebelius responded to [...]
15. September 2011
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