Knoxville, Tenn., could be the first city in the U.S. where Obamacare completely collapses, leaving tens of thousands of people without the option to buy a subsidized insurance policy. Humana, the cityâs only remaining insurance provider on its Obamacare exchange, announced it is exiting the market in 2018. If that happens, Knoxville citizens will be […]
Trump Doubles Down On House Freedom Caucus For Opposing Obamacare Repeal
March 30, 2017 by
President Donald Trump spoke out for the second time against members of the House Freedom Caucus (HFC) Thursday for not supporting the American Health Care Act (AHCA). HFC Chairman Mark Meadow proved to be a formidable roadblock for the president and Republican leadership. Meadows was able to whip conservatives into standing against the AHCA, which, […]
Major Health Insurance Company: Obamacare in “Death Spiral”
February 17, 2017 by
Aetna Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Bertolini gave a grim prognosis for the future of Obamacare on Wednesday, saying that markets established under Barack Obama’s policy are nearing failure as premiums skyrocket and healthy individuals drop out. âIt is in a death spiral,â Bertolini said to the Wall Street Journal. Aetna, was one of the hardest hit insurers under […]
Poll: Only 27 Percent of Americans Want to Keep Obamacare Intact
February 10, 2017 by
I’m only highlighting this new poll as pushback against the lazy media narrative that Obamacare is suddenly popular now that Republicans are finally in a position to dismantle it. It’s true that status quo bias and the public’s general aversion to even more healthcare policy turmoil has swelled the ranks of the “don’t repeal” crowd […]
Tom Price Clears Senate, Ready to Dismantle Obamacare as HHS Chief.
February 10, 2017 by
The Senate voted 52-47 early Friday morning to confirm Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., a surgeon who has fought to repeal Obamacare, as the 23rd secretary of health and human services. Not a single Democrat voted for Price, an outspoken critic of Obamacare who is expected to oversee the dismantling and replacement of the health care law […]
The Perpetual Failure of ObamaCare and Single Payer Healthcare
February 1, 2017 by
ObamaCare and single payer care have repeatedly proven incapable of controlling healthcare costs (Huffington Post). The American Left is fond of presenting the state of American healthcare in the most dire and precarious terms. We are told that before the wondrous implementation of the Affordable Care Act (commonly referred to as ObamaCare) that the greatest […]
GOP Senators to Introduce Obamacare Alternative
January 23, 2017 by
Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Bill Cassidy will introduce legislation Monday to replace the Affordable Care Act. The legislation, described as an âObamacare replacement plan,â will hand more power over to states to determine health care policy, increase access to affordable insurance and help cover the millions of Americans who are uninsured, the senators said in a […]
Trump signs executive order signalling the beginning of the end for Obamacare
January 21, 2017 by
In one of his first official acts as president, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing all relevant departments and agencies to “ease the burden” of Obamacare regulations on individuals and businesses. The order effectively guts the Affordable Care Act, making it easier for Congress to repeal it. The Hill: Â It pushes agencies to target […]
BREAKING: House Votes for Budget Resolution That Could Lead to Obamacare Repeal
January 13, 2017 by
The House of Representatives has voted for a budget resolution to begin the repeal process of Obamacare. The Senate approved the resolution earlier this week. Republicans donât have to worry about a Democratic filibuster since they are using the reconciliation process. That doesnât mean that Republicans are unified in the effort, however. Nine House Republicans […]
BREAKING: Senate passes first stage of Obamacare repeal
January 12, 2017 by
The Republican-controlled Senate overcame doubts in its own caucus to approve a budget resolution that will start the process of repealing Obamacare. The Senate early Thursday morning passed a budget resolution, with 51 yays and 48 nays, that calls for legislation to repeal the controversial healthcare law. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., was not present. Sen. […]
Trump Pushing Republicans to Repeal Obamacare Next Week
January 11, 2017 by
Trump Wants Obamacare Gone Immediately In 10 days Donald Trump will be named President of the United States. By the time he is sworn in as President he wants Republicans to have repealed Obamacare. From the New York Times: President-elect Donald J. Trump pressed Republicans on Tuesday to move forward with the immediate repeal of the […]
Trump: âObamacare Was A Lie From The Beginningâ
January 5, 2017 by
President-elect Donald Trump said Obamacare âwas a lie from the beginningâ in a series of tweets railing against the health care plan Thursday morning. âThe fact is ObamaCare was a lie from the beginning,â he said in the typo-ridden tweets, calling Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer the âhead clownâ of Democrats he accuses of blaming other people […]
Hereâs How Trumpâs HHS Pick Will Change Obamacare
December 6, 2016 by
Conservatives who viewed the insurgent candidacy of New York businessman Donald Trump with suspicion have been relieved at the speed and quality of his selections to fill his cabinet. Perhaps most comforting was the recent choice of Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). A pillar of Trumpâs […]
Report: Obamacare Critic Tom Price To Be Trumpâs Selection for Health Secretary
November 29, 2016 by
President-Elect Donald Trump is preparing to unveil his pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services, and a report says he will pick major Obamacare critic Tom Price, a six-term Congressman from Georgia. The announcement of Priceâs appointment may come as soon as Tuesday, according to a Monday evening report by The New York Times. Price […]
Obamacare Victims Revolt: âWe Donât have that Kind of Moneyâ
November 6, 2016 by
Some users of Obamacare are finding the medical care they need to be too expensive to use due to high deductibles and high out-of-pocket costs. Michelle Harris is one of those people. Harris, a 61-year-old retired waitress in northwest Montana, has arthritis in both shoulders but is doing everything she can to avoid seeing a […]
Obama Lies: Republican Predictions About Obamacare Haven’t Happened. Here Are 5 Predictions That Came True.
November 3, 2016 by
On Thursday, a desperate President Obama, trying to spin his legacy to the good, told a massive audience, âNone of what they say has happenedâ regarding Republican criticisms of Obamacare. That is an outright lie. Everything we said would happen has now happened. Obamacare is currently imploding. 1. Premiums Are Skyrocketing. In September 2010, policy […]
PASS IT ON => Average 2017 Obamacare Premium Increases in Battleground States
October 26, 2016 by
Barack Obama and Democrats lied for years about how Obamacare would save you money and not affect your health care choices. Obama famously told Americans, âYou can keep your plan if you like your plan.â That was probably the most memorable line of his presidency â and it was a bald faced lie. Obamacare was forced […]
Trump Campaign Blasts Obamacare Hikes: âEntire Program Must be Repealed and Replacedâ
October 25, 2016 by
Donald Trumpâs campaign is slamming the White House, after the announcement that Obamacare premiums will increase next year by more than 20 percent. âTodayâs news that Obamacare premiums are set to increase by an average of 22 percent in 2017 is staggering and 1 in 5 will only have one insurer to pick from,â Trumpâs senior communications […]
Obamacare Premiums to Rise Almost 25 Percent
October 25, 2016 by
Some lovely news on a Monday afternoon. The damage done by Obamacare is about to get 25 percent worse. New government data released on Monday shows that customers under the silver plan, the most popular plan under the Affordable Care Act, are going to suffer financially. The benchmark silver plan — upon which federal subsidies are […]
More Obama Lies=> Average Obamacare Premiums Will Increase By Double Digits in 2017
October 24, 2016 by
Barack Obama promised Americans Obamacare would reduce insurance premiums by $2,500 per family per year Obama made this claim at least 22 times: Barack Obama promised repeatedly that Obamacare would reduce your premiums by $2,500 per year. It was a lie. The exact opposite happened. Average premiums have skyrocketed, for some groups as much as […]
Obamacare Premiums Skyrocket
October 20, 2016 by
Despite Obama Administration protestations that consumers wonât be hit hard by hikes in health insurance premiums, in states where regulators have approved higher rates, the rates will soar in 2017. Although over 9 million Americans received subsidies to help pay premiums, according to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, and 2.5 […]
Obamacare Is the Ultimate Death Panel
October 19, 2016 by
Remember when Sarah Palin was excoriated for suggesting that ObamaCare contained death panels? Then we learned that the nonexistent death panels were actually deleted from the law and then, oops, economist Paul Krugman let slip that “…we’re also going to have to make decisions about health care, doc pay for health care that has no […]
Trump: Hillary and Obama Should Apologize for ObamaCare
October 6, 2016 by
Wednesday in Henderson, NV at a campaign rally while discussing former President Bill Clinton criticizing ObamaCare while campaigning for his wife Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said both Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama should apologize for passing and promoting the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare. Trump said, âYou know, […]
Bill Clinton Trashes Obamacare At Event, Calls It âCrazy Systemâ [VIDEO]
October 4, 2016 by
Former President Bill Clinton attacked President Barack Obamaâs signature health care legislation Monday, calling it a âcrazy systemâ that âdoesnât make any senseâ during a Michigan campaign event for Hillary. âIt doesnât many any sense. The insurance model doesnât work here,â Clinton said about the government-run marketplaces Obamacare set up. Clinton said that Obamacare âworks […]
Obamacare Illegally Used Cash to Pay Off Insurers
October 3, 2016 by
A new report reveals that under Obamacare, funds were illegally used by the Obama administration to pay off insurance companies. Politico reports that the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) found the following: In 2014, the industry-funded reinsurance program was supposed to provide $10 billion to insurers and $2 billion to the federal Treasury. But when […]
8 Million Americans Paid $1.7 Billion For Not Having Obamacare
September 27, 2016 by
Nearly 8.1 million Americans paid $1.7 billion in penalties in 2014 for not having health insurance â more than the IRS initially predicted. The individual mandate, or what the IRS calls âindividual shared responsibility payments,â requires everyone either have insurance or pay a fine, and was one of the last pieces of Obamacare to go into […]
ObamaCare Becomes the Cruelest Tax on Working Americans
September 14, 2016 by
When it comes to how we are insured for our health, there are basically three markets: government (Medicaid, Medicare), the employer market, and the individual market. Most Americans are insured either through the government or through their employer. The individual market is where everyone else purchases health insurance, and does so on their own. And […]
Epic Fail: Obamacare Enrollment Less than Half of What was Expected
August 28, 2016 by
Enrollment in Obamacare insurance programs on the state exchanges is less than half of what was predicted by the Congressional Budget Office in 2013. The CBO projected 24 million people would sign up on the exchanges in 2016. The actual number is 11.1 million. In addition to the lax enrollment numbers, it is estimated that […]
Fed: 19% of NY Firms Cutting Jobs Due to Obamacare
August 23, 2016 by
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that 17 percent of service sector firms and 21 percent of manufacturers are reducing the number of workers they employ due to Obamacare. The New York Federal Reserve produces the highly informative monthly âEmpire State Manufacturing Survey/Business Leaders Survey.â But due to employer concerns about exploding health […]
Big 3 Insurance Flip Obamacare the Bird
August 22, 2016 by
UnitedHealthcare, Humanaâand now Aetnaâare abandoning Obamacare exchanges because theyâre unprofitable. Meanwhile, for the first time in 10 years, the U.S. death rate has increased. CDC researcher Andrew Fenelon told the Associated Press: ââŚit is quite rare to see it [a death rate increase] for the whole population. ⌠Many countries in Europe are witnessing declines […]