Fatal Blow For Obamacare?

A federal appeals court delivered a serious blow to President Barack Obama's health care law Tuesday, potentially denying billions of dollars in subsidies for many low and middle-income people who bought policies. Without these subsidies, it is unlikely these people can pay their Obamacare premiums each month.  Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a group of small business owners argued that the law authorizes subsidies only for people who buy insurance through markets established by the states and not by the federal government.  

Obamacare Follies - Part V

I was hesitant to call this story "Obamacare Follies" for the simple fact it makes it appear light-hearted and/or funny.  There is nothing funny about the following story.  Pastor Angran was diagnosed with stage three cancer of the esophagus. He had insurance, but because of a previous heart condition, it did not cover the treatments he needed for his cancer. He found this out just minutes before receiving life-saving chemo.  A worker came in to talk to the pastor.  He was informed that under Obamacare he is not covered for lifesaving chemo treatments.  As a result, the Angrans have emptied their savings account and now are $50K in debt thanks in no small part to Obamacare.  The Angrans can't even afford to pay the premiums which are over $800 a month and with less coverage than their former insurance plan.  Pastor Angran said there is, "no compassion in the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)."  No word from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on whether he thinks Pastor Angran is lying or not.

Obamacare Follies - Part IV

Once again, President Obama is amending and changing law.  At one time (and according to the U.S. Constitution) U.S. Congress made and amended laws.  No more.  President, or rather should I say, King Obama has decreed employers with 50 to 99 full-time workers won't have to comply with the law's requirement to provide insurance or pay a fee until 2016.  So, once again, Obama is delaying the health insurance mandate set forth as law by Congress and signed by the King himself.  This is, in effect, staying the insurance requirements due to the disastrous roll-out of Obamacare.  It's also in response to the Congressional Budget Office devastating news that nearly 2.5 million jobs could be lost due to Obamacare over the next ten years.  The Obama administration is still reeling from that report.

Obama vs the Schoolteacher

A Texas schoolteacher, Thomas J. Ritter, wrote a letter highly critical of President Obama's health care initiative, the Affordable Health Care Act aka Obamacare.  The fifth grade teacher in Texas told President Obama, "This bill has caused such a divisive, dirisive [sic], and toxic environment … The reality is that any citizen that disagrees with your ­administration is targeted and ridiculed. I hesitated to write for fear of some kind of retribution. I watched you make fun of tea baggers and your press secretary make fun of Ms. Palin which was especially beneath the dignity of the White House.”  Amazingly, President Obama not only responded, he replied in his own handwriting to Mr. Ritter.

Obamacare Follies - Part II

News Item:  Almost 80 million with employer healthcare plans could be canceled.

Heretofore, it had been individual health insurance plans that were susceptible to the tentacles of Obamacare.  As many as 5 million have lost their individual health insurance plans since Obamacare was rolled out.  But, now, employer and group health insurance plans are in the cross-hairs of Obamacare.   Stan Veuger of the American Enterprise Institute said that in addition to the individual cancellations, "at least half the people on employer plans would by 2014 start losing plans as well."

Obamacare Disaster

That's about the only way I can put it...Obamacare is a disaster.  Obamacare is a disaster of such epic proportions that not even the most severe critics were prepared for what has happened since the roll-out of President Obama's lovechild this month.  Premiums in California, the state that gives illegal aliens more rights than the native born citizens, have medical insurance rates that have skyrocketed by over 200%.  Remember Obama saying if you like your medical insurance, you can keep it?  Well, as we all know now, that was a damn lie.  Employers are either cutting back hours to avoid Obamacare or they are just outright laying people off. 

House Defunds Obamacare

As everyone must know by now, the House sent a bill to the Senate authorizing funding until December 15.  Of course, the Senate must decide if they will strip out the provisions in the bill that defund the Democrats pride and joy, Obamacare.  The House Republicans will then have to decide if they will accept the bill at that point.  As it stands now, all government funding will run out on September 30th.  Unless some kind of compromise is reached, the government supposedly will shutdown on October 1.  All in all, it points to another showdown between Democrats and Republicans over the most controversial legislation since Social Security payments were first made.