The Doctor Won't See You Now. He's Clocked Out
ObamaCare is pushing physicians into becoming hospital employees. The results aren't encouraging. The irony is that in the name of lowering costs, ObamaCare will almost certainly make the practice of...
View ArticleObamaCare premium increases by State.
Remember that repetitive presidential promise to cut the cost of a typical familys premium by up to $2,500 a year? As 2014 and full implementation of Obamacare get closer, it is crystal clear that...
View ArticleGroup Appointments With Doctors: When Three Isn't A Crowd (Oh yay!)
TUESDAY, March 19, 2013 (Kaiser Health News) When visiting the doctor, there may be strength in numbers. In recent years, a growing number of doctors have begun holding group appointments seeing up...
View ArticleWhy we need 'death panels' (She was right!)
Miyamoto Musashi was a serious man. The warrior-poet walked the medieval Japanese countryside seeking duels with the strongest warriors he could find. He lived a pure ascetic existence. He didn't care...
View ArticleCongressional Report: Obamacare Leads to Skyrocketing Premiums, 200 Percent...
An exhaustive study by three congressional committees delivers startling news about the dire effects of Obamacare: President Barack Obamas signature legislation could increase health insurance...
View ArticleFederal Government To Enforce 'Obamacare' Regulation In Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The federal government has informed Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak that it intends to take over swaths of insurance regulation in the state to ensure compliance with the...
View ArticleCan you get Obamacare? This insanely complicated chart will tell you.
Last week I posted a copy of the draft application for Obamacare benefits, which clocks in at a hefty 21 pages. Consumer advocates and Wonkblog commenters had similar questions: Why on earth would the...
View ArticleObamaCare Turns Three: 10 Disturbing Facts Americans Have Learned
Just over three years ago, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously quipped about ObamaCare that "we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it." But only now, as ObamaCare's third anniversary...
View ArticleSenate Republicans Willfully and Knowingly Lie to Their Constituents (vote to...
Last night, having noted the list of Republicans in the Senate who voted to fund Obamacare in yesterdays Morning Briefing, I went through a series of emails from readers.Readers from Texas, Kentucky,...
View ArticleObamacare May Cost Small Business 'Whiners' 65% of Annual Profits
Today the NY Times has a case study on the cost of Obamacare to one small business. The business in question is Baked in the Sun, a California baker with 95 employees. Baked in the Sun does about $8...
View ArticleStudy: Obamacare threatens 3.2 million small business jobs
Over one-third of the 9.1 million full-time jobs among America's diverse business franchises could be cut back or eliminated by Obamacare as small businesses struggle to maintain profitability while...
View ArticleObamacare Official: “Let’s Just Make Sure It’s Not A...
With time-running out before the major provisions of President Obamas health care law are set to be implemented, the official tasked with making sure the laws key insurance exchanges are up and...
View ArticleMore on the Obamacare IT nightmare
Wow, what can go wrong here? The federal government is going to build 50 exchanges the design hasnt been solidified, and must be accessible to a variety of data processing technologies Each of the...
View ArticleDem Slams Obamacare: Health Care Law “Wasn’t Fairly Vetted,”...
Rep. John Barrows (D-Ga.) said Friday that legislation was necessary to rein in the regulatory power of the Food and Drug Administration over food served from take-out outlets and convenience stores as...
View ArticleStudy: Health law to raise claims cost 32 percent (Now we get to read...
A new study finds that insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. What does that mean for you? It...
View ArticleLittle hope seen for millions priced out of health overhaul
(Reuters) - Millions of Americans will be priced out of health insurance under President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul because of a glitch in the law that adversely affects people with modest...
View ArticleMedicare/Medicaid Reconsidering Whether to Pay for Sex-Change Surgery
Medicare and Medicaid do not pay for sex-change surgery, but that may change. In response to a formal request from a transsexual woman, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
View ArticleHHS: Hey, never mind about Medicare/Medicaid covering sex-change operations
I've seen plenty of Friday night news dumps, but I've never actually seen a Friday night double-dump ... until now. Earlier in the day, the website of the Department of Health and Human Services...
View ArticleSmall Businesses Won't Have Plan Choices Under Obamacare
Citing the challenges in establishing a new health insurance marketplace, the Obama administration is delaying a key provision of the Affordable Care Act designed to provide employees of small...
View ArticleThe ObamaCare tax credit trap (Despite promise, Obama raised taxes on the...
Then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi encouraged us to pass ObamaCare to find out what was in it. Heres the latest grisly surprise, courtesy of the Associated Press: Millions of people who take advantage of...
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