Another PPACA Ooops
Actually, I don’t think this is an accident: President Barack Obama’s health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor, a twist government...
View ArticlePills Is On Us
Hmmm. It is looking very likely that, under Obamacare, the government will mandate that birth control pills be covered at 100% by insurance companies. This seems like a good idea on paper — it might...
View ArticleMontana Goes Canadian
Really, Montana? Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Wednesday he will ask the U.S. government to let Montana set up its own universal health care program, taking his rhetorical fight over health care to...
View ArticleOne Day, Two Bombshells
OK, kids. Discuss: President Obama said Friday that he had ordered the deployment of 100 armed military advisers to central Africa to help regional forces combat the Lord’s Resistance Army, a notorious...
View ArticlePill Fight!
I believe I’ve made it clear where I stand on the whole “forcing religious charities to cover birth control in their insurance policies” issue: 1) I am pro-choice (mostly), pro-birth control,...
View ArticleNO WAY!
That big healthcare reform, a.k.a government takeover of healthcare so they can control another 1/6th of the economy thing, Nancy Pelosi told us we absolutely had to get passed, to figure out what...
View ArticleWishful Thinking
So the consensus, even among liberals, is that Obamacare did not have a good week at the Supreme Court. It was so bad, in fact, that I heard people speculating that the Solictor General deliberately...
View ArticleThe Founding Fathers Said What?
I must hand it to Harvard: only at Harvard could someone be educated enough to make such a weak argument: In making the legal case against Obamacare’s individual mandate, challengers have argued that...
View ArticleThe SCOTUS Prequel
I have to agree with the commentators that the Supreme Court is clearly screwing with the media. Usually, the Court is more forthcoming about which decisions are going to be handed down each day. But I...
View ArticleAxlerod’s Dollars
You know, instead of trying to delegitimize the Court’s decision before they make it (assuming they overturn Obamacare, which at least SCOTUSblog thinks won’t happen), the media could be, I dunno,...
View ArticleThe Day After
“It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.” – Chief Justice Roberts Yesterday was one of the most important days in American political history. Over a...
View ArticleThe Spending Caps Cometh
Remember when all those crazy Right Wing bloggers were complaining that Obamacare would lead to price caps and healthcare rationing? Ha ha ha. We were all so … oh. Turns out a bunch of the Obamacare...
View ArticleThe Newest Obama Tax Hike
Volokh: The Congressional Budget Office has just released new estimates of the number of people who will be subject to the individual mandate penalty tax for failing to obtain qualifying health...
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The Obamacare Stumble
I am Hal’s complete lack of surprise: By the end of this week, states must decide whether they will build a health-insurance exchange or leave the task to the federal government. The question is, with...
View ArticleThe Healthcare Market
Reason has a great video about a free market healthcare system in Oklahoma. It is definitely worth six minutes of your time. By going outside the traditional insurance model, they have cut healthcare...
View ArticlePelosi Watch: College Students
Doh! College students will soon wake up to the fact that they have been had. While they were overwhelmingly supportive of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or “ObamaCare”) when...
View ArticleObamacare Application
Ugh. Busy day. Maybe I’ll take a break to apply for Obamacare. After all, the application is only 21 pages (PDF).… Read more Related posts: Politically connected won’t have to pay for Obamacare The...
View ArticleSebelius Doesn’t Know What Insurance Is
One of the problems that I encounter in the debate over healthcare reform is that a lot of people simply do not understand what insurance is. Insurance is not a magical money tree that gives you free...
View ArticleThe Continued Implosion of Obamacare
Great Scott: A labor union representing roofers is reversing course and calling for repeal of the federal health law, citing concerns the law will raise its cost for insuring members. Organized labor...
View ArticleThe Exemption
I think all of us — liberal, conservative and otherwise — can unite in saying “No Fucking Way“: Congressional leaders in both parties are engaged in high-level, confidential talks about exempting...
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