You wonder why the liberal media isn’t all over these vv since they come from another version of “Wall Street Bankers” – don’t they? ========== Feb. 13, 2015 6:50 p.m. One goal of ObamaCare was to compel the private companies of the U.S. health industry to become adjuncts of the federal government. In that respect the law is succeeding beautifully, judging... Read more
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Fannie Med Implodes
December 29 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCareDec. 28, 2014 7:19 p.m. Liberals claim ObamaCare is “working,” whatever that means, but the reality is that the law is seeding the insurance markets with land mines that will explode over time. The sudden detonation of a taxpayer-backed insurer in Iowa and Nebraska is an early warning. Last week the Iowa Attorney General and insurance commissioner forced a nonprofit insurance start-up... Read more
Vermont’s Single Payer Washout
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, ObamaCareI did not see this covered in the NYT. ================= Dec. 22, 2014 7:10 p.m. ET Believe it or not, there really are liberals disappointed that ObamaCare does not involve more taxation and central planning of medicine. So be grateful for the state laboratories of federalism and in particular Vermont, where the purest progressive version of ObamaCare has imploded. Last week, in a reversal... Read more
We Passed the Law Thanks to the ‘Stupidity of the American Voter’
November 10 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCareOne of the writers of Obamacare… talk about a smoking gun. Of course, H.L. Menken had it right many years ago: “No one yet has ever gone broke overestimating the stupidity of the American people.” ===== One of the architects of Obamacare said the law was written in a deliberately “tortured” way and relied on the “stupidity of the American voter” to ensure... Read more
Territories Free of ObamaCare
July 21 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, ObamaCare, The Left, US ConstitutionI thought we held to the principle of “Lex Rex”? Apparently, not all ‘elected officials’ do, or care. =========== Last week’s burst of world disorder was ideal for a news dump, and the White House didn’t disappoint: On no legal basis, all 4.5 million residents of the five U.S. territories were quietly released from ObamaCare. Where does everybody else apply? The original House... Read more
ER Visits Rise Despite Health Law
May 21 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCareMight be too early to draw hard conclusions, but interesting…. ======= Early evidence suggests that emergency rooms have become busier since the Affordable Care Act expanded insurance coverage this year, despite the law’s goal of reducing unnecessary care in ERs. Almost half of ER doctors say they are seeing more patients since key provisions of the health law took effect Jan. 1, while... Read more
