Category Archives: Healthcare

Congress is working to exempt Themselves from the Affordable Healthcare Law…Maybe

Dozens of lawmakers and aides are so afraid that their health insurance premiums will skyrocket next year thanks to Obamacare that they are thinking about retiring early or just quitting. [...]
“It’s a reality,” said Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas). “This is the law. … It’s going to hinder our ability with retention of members, it’s going to hinder our ability for members to take care of their families.” He said his fellow lawmakers are having “quiet conversations” about the threat.

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Rick Santorum complains about Romney 2012 and his party in Wash DC….

During his speech, Santorum also implicitly criticized the GOP for nominating Romney because it took Obamacare off the table as an issue in the general election. He said Republicans would have been able to attract more voters had they followed the 2010 playbook. Then he stressed that thorny implementation problems will give the party another chance in 2014.

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Daily Real Clear Politics Polling Numbers June 6 and 7th, 10th 2013

President Obama Job Approval, Healthcare Paln, Vir Gov, NJ Sen Spec, NJ Gov, Pa Gov, Dir of Country, Congress Job Approval……

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Is Rubio starting to run for 2016 by moving further to the right?

Now we have the guy introing a bill to overturn the Affordable Healthcare mandate. ( with a little IRS sprinkled on the side) …I know people have penned Rubio that Rubio IS a real rightwinger….But it seems that in the last day the guy has MADE SURE his party KNOWS he is….

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Surprise?….Social Security is good In Full for the next TWENTY YEARS…..

…..like the positive Medicare report, here’s one more report showing that Social Security on the whole is not in crisis. Any politician or pundit who says otherwise is not telling the truth. It does not need to be cut to be saved……

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Medicare Trurstee Report….Better Economy…Healther Fund….

Here’s the big takeaway from the new report: Slower health care cost growth has improved Medicare’s financial outlook, extending the program’s trust fund to last until 2026, two years later than forecast last year.

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Immigrant’s put Billions More into US Healthcare then they take out….

“Immigrants generate a surplus for Medicare primarily because so many of them are working-age adults,” said the researchers led by Leah Zallman, from Harvard Medical School in Bostonand the Cambridge Health Alliance. “That group has a high labor-force participation rate — a combination that generates large payroll tax payments.”

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The Archdiocese of New York has been paying for its employee’s birth control for years…

The archdiocese agreed to cover its own health workers long before Cardinal Dolan became archbishop of New York, and even today insists that it has no choice….

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This Summer the President will Finally be going out and selling The Affordable Healthcare Law

The White House is gearing up for a massive campaign this summer that will cover all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C. And the president’s legacy may hinge on whether it succeeds or fails.

The Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” has been through more life-and-death cliffhangers than a season finale of Homeland. After squeaker votes in Congress and a 5-4 ruling upholding the law at the Supreme Court, now there’s another big hurdle: getting uninsured people to buy health care when it becomes available Oct. 1.

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Republicans in Red States and the Affordabale Healthcare coverage for the poor…Not happening?

Red state residents are generally the unhealthiest and more likely than their blue state cousins to be uninsured. Nevertheless, the New York Times reminded readers on Friday, Republican governors and legislators are rejecting the ACA’s expansion of Medicaid that could bring health insurance to millions more of their residents.

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The GOP in their political fight with the President keeps Healthcare Law unchanged…

Republicans simply want to see the entire law go away and will not take part in adjusting it. Democrats are petrified of reopening a politically charged law that threatens to derail careers as the Republicans once again seize on it before an election year.

As a result, a landmark law that almost everyone agrees has flaws is likely to take effect unchanged.

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CBO Cuts Medicare and Medicaid projection spending by almost One Trillion Dollars…

The bottom line: Medicare and Medicaid are not in crisis. They don’t demand immediate fixes. No more than they have since at least 1990 when projections of Medicare’s looming insolvency have been wrong every single year.

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Senate Immigration Bill would encourage Hiring of Immigrants Over U.S. Citizens

The current draft of the Senate’s immigration overhaul appears to give some employers a $3,000-a-year incentive to hire a newly legalized immigrant rather than an American citizen in order to avoid the new employer mandates in the health care law.

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Democrats in Virginia go after Ken Cuccinelli on abortion

The move to target Cuccinelli’s views on abortion comes a few days before the state attorney general addresses the Virginia GOP convention this weekend, and as Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe works to peel away moderate-leaning voters from the Republican coalition.

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Harry Reid thinks the Republicans have ‘lost theur minds’ on trying a Healthcare Law repeal….

“For 37th time they’re voting to repeal a landmark, constitutional healthcare law, known as ObamaCare,” Reid said. “The House will waste yet another week on a dead end repeal vote. Perhaps they think the 37th time is the charm.”

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HHS Sec Sebelius goes out raising private money to finally sell the Affordable Healthcare Law

Federal regulations do not allow department officials to fundraise in their professional capacity. They do, however, allow Cabinet members to solicit donations as private citizens….

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