Senate approves bill repealing much of ObamaCare
• thehill.comThe Senate on Thursday passed legislation repealing the core pillars of ObamaCare, taking a major step toward sending such a bill to the president's desk for the first time.
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Obamacare
Obamacare "Observations" and the Elusive Search for Improvements;
• globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.comSeniors Beware!
Why The Obamacare Exchanges Are Failing
• Zero HedgeThe issue for many insurers is they were encouraged to participate in the exchange in return for a temporary risk sharing program called Risk Corridors. Under this program, all insurers paid into a pot of money and the firms suffering excessive losse
Obamacare's Fate May Rest on Patience of Insurers Aetna, Anthem
• bloomberg.comUnitedHealth's possible exit puts spotlight on biggest rivals Anthem, Aetna see no deterioration in individual market
UnitedHealth Wants Out of Obamacare: Single Payer Socialism Begins
• Prison Planet.comObamacare destroying medical care by design
UnitedHealth May Quit Obamacare Markets in Blow to Health Law
• http://www.bloomberg.comThe U.S.'s biggest health insurer is considering pulling out of Obamacare, a month after saying it would expand its presence in the program.
Obama and the TPP
• LewRockwellI don't talk a lot about Obama, since he is mostly a cipher. I did not talk much about Clinton, either, for the same reason.
How Many Bailouts Will Obamacare Receive Before It's Scrapped Entirely?
• http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/36562/ShaneAs state governments continue to buckle under the weight of skyrocketing insurance claims, one has to wonder just how long the Obamacare charade can continue.
Scott Walker's Obamacare Replacement Plan Is Popular With Republicans--
• bloomberg.comBut Can It Work? The GOP White House hopeful is seeking to fulfill a goal that has eluded Republicans for more than five years.
Jon Stewart's secret White House visits
• http://www.politico.comObama, aides took unusual steps to cultivate 'Daily Show' comic.
Probe: Bogus enrollees kept getting 'Obamacare'
• http://hosted.ap.orgWASHINGTON (AP) -- Phony applicants that investigators signed up last year under President Barack Obama's health care law got automatically re-enrolled for 2015. Some were rewarded with even bigger taxpayer subsidies for their insurance premiums, a c
The Failure of ObamaCare and How to Escape It
• Lewrockwell.comIn a recent New York Times column, "Hooray for ObamaCare," Paul Krugman tells us how successful the program has been.
Obamacare's Best Allies: The Courts and the Republicans
• Prison PlanetBy ruling for the government in the case of King v. Burwell, the Supreme Court once again tied itself into rhetorical and logical knots to defend Obamacare. In King, the court disregarded Obamacare's clear language regarding eligibility for federal
Why today's Supreme Court ruling was an even bigger win for Obamacare than everyone thought
• Business InsiderThe Supreme Court handed the Obama administration a significant victory on Thursday, when it upheld a key provision of the Affordable Care Act that allows the federal government to keep distributing subsidies to help low-income Americans buy health i
Supreme Court upholds nationwide health care law subsidies
• http://hosted.ap.orgWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the nationwide tax subsidies underpinning President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, rejecting a major challenge to the landmark law in a ruling that preserves health insurance for millions
More Obamacare Sticker Shock...
• http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.comIf you did not have insurance before Obamacare, but do now, or if you are heavily subsidized, you may consider Obamacare a blessing.
Experts see big price hikes for Obamacare
• politico.comPremiums could rise more sharply in 2016.
CPI Shows Sharply Rising Medical Costs; Huge Obamacare Hikes Planned
• globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.comThe CPI came in exactly in line with the Bloomberg Consensus option today.
Two-Thirds of ObamaCare Customers Had to Pay Back Subsidy Amount to IRS: Study
• popularliberty.comMost filers who received government subsidies to buy Obamacare plans had to pay money back to the IRS this year, according to an H&R Block analysis released Monday that looks at the health law's first full tax season.
Will The Supreme Court Chain Us Down To Obama-Care?
• Targetliberty.comThe Supreme Court will likely rule on the Obamacare case in June. Does the court believe that unlimited coercion of citizens is OK but that any pressuring of state governments is a cardinal sin? If the court saves Obamacare to avoid...
Saving Obamacare with supreme hypocrisy
Jim BovardJustices fret over coercing states while endlessly menacing individuals
The feud between Oracle and Oregon over Obamacare has gotten even uglier
• http://www.businessinsider.com,JULIE BORTAs if Oregon's politics couldn't get any crazier, what with with the strange resignation of its governor this month, add this to the mix: its attorney general has launched a second ugly lawsuit against huge Silicon Valley tech company, Oracle.
Thanks Obamacare: This Is What Americans Spent The Most Money On In Q4
• zerohedge.comIf readers need clarification on what was the primary source of spending-based "growth" for the US economy in the fourth quarter, the same source that bumped up final Q3 GDP from 3.9% to 5.0%, please ping us: we will gladly explain the chart below.
Obamacare costs $50,000 in taxpayer money for every American enrolled
• Daily MailThe numbers are daunting: It will take $1.993 trillion to provide insurance subsidies to poor and middle-class Americans, and to pay for a massive expansion of Medicaid and CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program) costs.
Dr. Death: Ezekiel Emanuel
• http://blog.heartland.org-David ApplegateDr. Ezekiel Emanuel is the brother of the current mayor of Chicago and, like MIT's Johnathan Gruber, an architect of Obamacare, which proponents prefer to call "the Affordable Care Act."
Harvard Professors in "Uproar" After Learning Obamacare Applies to Them!
• http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com-Mike S.In what has to be the funniest as well as most ironic post to date on Obamacare, the New York Times reports Harvard Ideas on Health Care Hit Home, Hard.
US and Canadian Expatriates Comment on US Healthcare
• globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.comI have a couple more emails from readers in response to Single-Payer "Medicare for All" Proposal; Live and Let Die; Why Does Single-Payer "Work" in Europe?
ObamaCare Is Funneling Billions To Defense Contractors
• Investors Business DailyTraditional defense contractors like General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Booz Allen are increasingly turning to HHS for business, thanks to cutbacks in defense and the explosion in ObamaCare spending.
Medical Appointment (sent by a reader of Freedom's Phoenix)...
Written By:"You know, doctor. You asked me irrelevant questions about my guns, and I answered them. Whether or not I own guns is really none of your business and has absolutely nothing to do with any treatment you might prescribe. On the other hand, I ask you questions quite relevant to my situation, and you refuse to answer them. Isn't that somewhat backwards?"
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"We Blew It," Chuck Schumer Says Democrat Focus On Obamacare Was Wrong
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenWith friends like this, who needs Republicans.
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