Posts Tagged ‘ Obamacare ’

Most Americans did not support the passage of the Obamacare style healthcare reform bill.  As time goes by, Americans, including members of Congress who voted for the healthcare reform bill without knowing what was in the bill, are becoming increasing alarmed by the impacts to health insurance.  As the government begins to implement the...
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Senate majority leader Harry Reid has indicated that Congressional Democrats will use reconciliation to pass health care reform.  With the Democrat’s version of health care reform supported by less than 40% of Americans, it is no wonder that barely 20% of Americans approve of the job that congress is doing. Reconciliation is a process that...
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Many political pundits are talking about how the Scott Brown win in Massachusetts was at least partially due to independent voters in Massachusetts showing their displeasure with how Obama and the Democrats are pursuing their agenda.  However, it appears that the White House is clueless about what the Scott Brown win in Massachusetts means....
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With the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts, Obama and House and Senate Democrats are wondering how they can pass any version of Obamacare.  Lacking the 60 votes (bought or otherwise) in the Senate leaves Democrats a few very unpopular options such as pretending that Obamacare is a budget bill or having the unpopular...
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After the Senate passed their version of Obamacare health care reform, the labor unions began to object to the tax on the so called Cadillac insurance plans.  Today, the administration is announcing that they have reached a deal with labor leaders to gain the support of the nations unions. The terms of the deal will...
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Now that both the Senate and House have passed two different health care reform bills in support of Obamacare, the two houses of congress must come together to craft one bill.  This is proving to be more difficult than the Democrats had thought with various special interest groups opposing different components of the two bills....
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After several weeks of wrangling , kickbacks, and out and out bribes, the Senate passed their version of Obamacare by a 60 to 39 vote along party lines. However, this doesn’t mean the bill is headed directly to the President’s desk. The Senate health care bill has to be reconciled with the House health...
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Both the House Obamacare bill and the Senate Obamacare bill rely on massive tax increases on the American people.  Most of the major Obamacare details are known.  However, as more and more Obamacare details come to light, the impacts of the Obamacare bill on the American people become clear. One such impact is the...
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A new poll shows that as voters understand the detail of Obama health care plan the support for the Obamacare bill begins to erode.  This would help explain why the Democrat leadership is pushing for votes on the Obamacare bill before the Obamacare details are fully understood by the people. According to a Rasmussen...
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The Pelosi version of Obamacare will cost $1.8 trillion over 10 years according to the CBO.  This is in contrast to the claims of Nancy Pelosi that it will only cost $900 million and be deficit neutral. How can Pelosi be so far off from the $1.8 trillion estimate?  Here is a hint, she...
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