This one just makes me laugh. Josh Marshall, Editor of the left-wing “Talking Points Memo,” writes, “A year ago, no one took seriously the idea that a federal health care mandate was unconstitutional.” Maybe on the left, but on the right it was a fundamental argument. In fact, just before Christmas one year ago, the Senate Republicans voted unanimously that the individual mandate was, in | Read More »
To stop all the fussing by major American corporations about the devastating effects of Obamacare, the Obama administration is going to give a bunch of waivers to major corporations so they don’t have to comply with the law. What’s the point of the law then? The reality here is that this will perpetuate Obama policies in furtherance of John Edwards’ two Americas — those with | Read More »
This was not an unforeseen consequence of Obamacare. This was not unknown. This was not unexpected. It was predicted. McDonald’s is planning to drop the healthcare coverage of 30,000 employees unless the Obama Administration waives certain rules related to coverage. Trade groups representing restaurants and retailers say low-wage employers might halt their coverage if the government doesn’t loosen a requirement for “mini-med” plans, which offer | Read More »
The Politico headline is actually New Dem message: ‘Improve’ health care, don’t talk cost , but that is not wholly what is going on. What is going on is a recognition from the Democrats that after a year of trying to sell Obamacare as a panacea of right thinking and improvement, the voters headed to the polls in November disagree and are angry. Consequently, the | Read More »
While Congress is on recess, Barack Obama will appoint Donald Berwick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or “CMS”. Presidents tend to appoint controversial nominees with recess appointments because they otherwise can’t get the votes. Barack Obama has appointed a number of extremely controversial people via recess appointment when he otherwise hasn’t had the opportunity to name them czars — positions that | Read More »
Eric Cantor and John Boehner are out today spinning furiously that their discharge petition is better than Steve King’s discharge petition. Except there is a fundamental flaw: they have a premature discharge problem. No, premature discharge is not a problem that can be cured with a pill. In order to have a discharge petition, the legislation to be discharged — that is forced to the | Read More »
Well, it is official. Eric Cantor and John Boehner — particularly Eric Cantor — have decided they don’t need or want conservatives and, more troubling, do not have any intention of trying to win at the polls by forcing Democrat hands on Obamacare. Our leadership is behaving badly. Last week and on Monday I mentioned Rep. Steve King’s effort to repeal Obamacare and start over. | Read More »
It is not enough for either us or our Republican congressmen to sit on the sidelines with Obamacare’s mandates ever approaching. It is time to take action. As I explained last week, Rep. Steve King has filed a discharge petition on legislation to repeal Obamacare. If he gets 218 signatures on his petition, Nancy Pelosi is forced to have a vote on the legislation whether | Read More »
Your federal tax dollars are being used to send out this fancy Medicare brochure (PDF) to tout the glories and benefits of our Dear Leader’s health care deform plan. If a Republican had done this, Henry Waxman would be demanding an investigation while drafting articles of impeachment. It is actually against the law for the government to propagandize to the American public, but that is | Read More »
$436,000,000,000 Total tax credits payable directly to insurance companies included in the Senate health care bill, according to the Congressional Budget Office score and language in Section 1412(c) of H.R. 3590 (page 291).
Go here. Enter your zipcode. Your Congressman’s name and phone number will appear. Call him and tell him to vote against the Senate’s health care plan. How hard can that be?
We, RedState readers, have defeated Harry Reid today and delivered a significant blow to the potential passage of Obamacare. We held every Republican Senator including Olympia Snowe and Richard Burr. Harry Reid just ran to the Senate floor and cried that he cannot get enough votes to pass the doctors’ bribe to support Obamacare. He blamed the AMA for misleading him. He might actually want | Read More »
This is rather inside the baseball, but it is also very important. The Senate is about to vote for cloture on S. 1776. This legislation is the first vote in the Obamacare battle on the floor of the Senate. Basically, the bill would bribe the doctors’ lobby into supporting Obamacare to the tune of three-quarters of a trillion dollars. Importantly, the Democrats are claiming Obamacare | Read More »
Connie Hair has the details: House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) held a hearing this morning to certify that H.R. 3200 — the main House Obamacare bill which was the subject of all the town hall rage in August — has met all requirements to pass as a “budget reconciliation” measure. Under reconciliation, the bill can be passed by a simple majority | Read More »
On August 26th, I spoke at a rally in Macon, GA opposing Obamacare. Hundreds of people were there. The hometown newspaper puts the level of passion in perspective with a contrasting rally held by those who support Obamacare. About 40 people showed up Tuesday to rally at Rosa Parks Square in support of President Obama’s health-care plan. It proved a stark contrast from a “tea | Read More »
They say they are not “endorsing” it, but they sure as heck are supporting it aggressively. You and I know they are endorsing H.R. 3200, the Democrats’ healthcare plan, but are just too chicken to come out and say it. Nonetheless, their actions speak volumes. The AARP Georgia, already catching flak from some members for its support of President Barack Obama’s health care initiative, will | Read More »
Tomorrow at noon in Macon,GA, I’ll be joining Chris Krok from AM 940 and hundreds of concerned citizens from Middle Georgia to protest Obamacare. We’ll gather across the street from Macon’s City Hall located at 700 Poplar Street. Did you know that under the Democrats’ plan, businesses will get a $4,000 per worker incentive to push people onto government healthcare. (SOURCE) Likewise, did you know | Read More »
No kidding. The feds want “all baby boys born in the United States” circumcised. Experts are also considering whether the surgery should be offered to adult heterosexual men whose sexual practices put them at high risk of infection. But they acknowledge that a circumcision drive in the United States would be unlikely to have a drastic impact: the procedure does not seem to protect those | Read More »
LIberals keep saying that insurance companies need competition. 3% profit margins — and yes, that is the profit margin for health insurance companies in America — are too much for the left. Competition, we all agree, will reduce prices, improve innovation, and give people more flexibility and choices. So what do liberals want to do to foster competition? A “public option.” A public option would | Read More »
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