Thursday, October 24, 2013

The flood of bad Obamacare news is overwhelming, so it's time to revamp this blog...

When I started this blog about a month ago, my intent was to chronicle as many tales of the Obamacare disaster as possible, but now, thankfully, the ongoing and increasing flood of bad news about Obamacare is overwhelming my ability to keep this blog updated and timely, and in that regard it's great news!

I don't plan on letting this blog fade away, but I'm going to step back and see where the Obamacare train wreck is heading over the next several weeks and adjust things accordingly. In the meantime, keep your eyes and ears open and watch your back.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit challenging Obamacare subsidies

This could be big...

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/10/22/breaking-judge-refuses-to-dismiss-case-blocking-irs-enforcement-of-obamacare-n1729818?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm

HHS Secretary: Obama did not know about Obamacare website glitches

So HealthCare.gov is the linchpin of Obama's signature legislative project, but he didn't care enough to stay apprised of its progress?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/10/22/sebelius_obama_did_not_know_about_obamacare_website_glitches.html

Obama calling in private-sector help to get HealthCare.gov up and running

And you trust the government to provide your health care?

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/21/1-800-panic/

Obamacare installs new scrutiny, fines for charitable hospitals that treat uninsured people

How is penalizing charitable hospitals going to help those who are needy obtain medical care?

This, my friends, is the true face of Obamacare. And it's evil.

White House press secretary ducks Obamacare questions, walks out of press briefing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMfr19EVkV8

Iowan finally enrolls in Obamacare after more than 100 tries

I'm sure he'll love the wait in doctors' offices...

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/361924/iowan-finally-buys-health-care-through-obamacare-site-after-100-tries-andrew-johnson

Man spends 4-1/2 hours on Obamacare hotline, still can't sign up for coverage

But don't worry, they'll have the website up and running soon...

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/man-spends-45-hours-obamacare-hotline-still-cant-sign_764505.html

Thousands get insurance cancellation notices due to health law changes

Is this what Obama promised?

http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2013/October/21/cancellation-notices-health-insurance.aspx

Obamacare website for Spanish speakers has problems, too

Anyone surprised, given the HealthCare.gov fiasco?

http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/obamacare-website-for-spanish-speakers-has-problems-too-20131021

HealthCare.gov adds "apply by phone" button to front page

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/21/healthcare-gov-adds-apply-by-phone-button-to-front-page/

From the article:

The Hill notes that in addition to the phone prompt the updated site offers users the ability to preview plans and calculate eligibility online.


So the website, which is telling people to apply by phone because of ongoing website problems, also gives people the option to calculate their benefits online? Um, sure. Let me know how that works for you...

Reminder: The real problem with ObamaCare isn’t glitchy websites

The real problem with Obamacare is Obamacare:

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/21/reminder-the-real-problem-with-obamacare-isnt-glitchy-websites/#ixzz2iXAcaVpj

White House touts incomplete Obamacare applications as sign of success

You can't make this stuff up...

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/18/white-house-touts-incomplete-obamacare-applications-sign-of-success/

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Commentary: Obamacare failing ahead of schedule

From The New York Times. Ouch.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/opinion/sunday/douthat-obamacare-failing-ahead-of-schedule.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&ref=rossdouthat&adxnnlx=1382433333-IfamvHVyWjlncGCYg8yYMw

Why Obama should be freaked out over Obamacare

http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/why-obama-should-be-freaked-out-over-obamacare-20131021

From the article:

Nobody expects the chief executive to be reviewing computer code or hosting East Room "hackathons." But this falls on him. The CEO of a corporation or country is uniquely responsible for making sure the team is on task, and he or she is ultimately responsible if it's not. In Obama's case, did he demand thorough updates on the progress of the site? If so, did he ask the right questions? Did he put the right people on the job in the first place?

Given the horrid first days of Obamacare, the answer to at least one of those questions must be "no."

Monday, October 21, 2013

Sean Hannity dials Obamacare call center; operator says nobody really likes it

With audio from today's radio broadcast:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/10/21/hannity_calls_obamacare_call_center_operator_says_no_one_likes_it_so_far.html

Commentary: Don't forget the doctors

Obamacare is driving out of business the very doctors that will be needed to provide medical services under Obamacare...

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/10/obamacare_dont_forget_the_doctors.html

Consumer Reports: ‘Stay away from HealthCare.gov’

And the longer you stay away from HealthCare.gov, the fewer problems you'll have. How many of us plan to not go there at all?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/21/consumer-reports-dont-even-bother-trying-obamacare/

Commentary: Why Obama has to get mad about his broken Obamacare websites

Given Obama's famous lack of emotional detachment, especially from things that put him in a bad light, this commentary is refreshing coming from Time Magazine, a publication not known for its conservative bent:

http://swampland.time.com/2013/10/20/no-more-apologies-why-obama-has-to-get-mad-about-his-broken-obamacare-websites/?iid=sl-main-lead

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Nancy Pelosi says Obamacare rollout glitches "unacceptable"

 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/10/nancy-pelosi-obamacare-rollout-glitches-unacceptable/

Cry me a river, Nancy, YOU are the one who said that we have to pass the Obamacare bill so we can see what's in it!

Obamacare tax on medical devices takes toll on company

Only a government bureaucrat or a self-absorbed politician would fail to see -- if they even care -- that taxing companies specifically because they create medical devices will do absolutely nothing to bring about medical advances. But Obamacare isn't about efficient and effective delivery of medical services -- it's about control over Americans lives under the penalty of law.

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20131020/ARTICLES/131019522/-1/news?Title=Tax-on-medical-devices-takes-toll-on-area-companies

Wall Street Journal editorial: Sebelius on the run--HHS secretary refuses to testify on Obamacare's rollout

Who could really blame her about trying to dodge the issue, given the magnitude of the Obamacare disaster?

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303680404579143343379804228

Sources: 476,000 Obamacare applications filed

Considering there have been some 19,000,000 visitors to HealthCare.gov, that's a pretty pathetic figure, the website's extreme dysfunction notwithstanding. But the bigger problem for the White House is that the number of applications is far bigger than the number of people ACTUALLY SIGNING UP for Obamacare. And unless they have at least 7 million people signed up for Obamacare within the first six months, the program won't be financially viable.

How's your signature program looking, Mr. President? What great ideas do you have next?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/19/sources-476000-obamacare-applications-filed/?intcmp=trending

For thousands, keeping your old health insurance policy isn't an option

But Obama PROMISED!!!!

Suckers.


http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/10/18/205847/for-thousands-keeping-your-old.html

Even Oprah isn't on board with Obamacare

Well, when you use your friends to accomplish your political goals and then discard them like yesterday's underwear, what do you expect?

http://nypost.com/2013/10/20/even-oprah-isnt-on-board-with-obamacare/

Friday, October 18, 2013

Docs worried sick over Obamacare

From the New York Post:

http://nypost.com/2013/10/18/doctors-worried-sick-over-obamacare/

Troubled Obamacare website wasn't tested until a week before launch

http://washingtonexaminer.com/troubled-obamacare-website-wasnt-tested-until-a-week-before-launch/article/2537381

According to the article, the federal government was acting as a control freak over the entire process of creating and testing the website, making major changes until four to six days before its Oct. 1 launch.

From the article:
“Normally a system this size would need 4-6 months of testing and performance tuning, not 4-6 days."
But the Obama administration was so determined to try to get its signature "accomplishment" up and running by Oct. 1 that it bet everything would go well because they were the ones in charge.

How's that working out for you guys?

Feds reviewed only one bid for Obamacare website design

So tell me again how many people have been able to successfully sign up for Obamacare on HealthCare.gov? How's that website working out for the rest of you?


http://washingtonexaminer.com/feds-reviewed-only-one-bid-for-obamacare-website-design/article/2537194

Obamacare woes widen as insurers get wrong data

This takes incompetence to a whole new level...

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304410204579142141827109638

From the article:

Insurers say the federal health-care marketplace is generating flawed data that is straining their ability to handle even the trickle of enrollees who have gotten through so far, in a sign that technological problems extend further than the website traffic and software issues already identified.

Emerging errors include duplicate enrollments, spouses reported as children, missing data fields and suspect eligibility determinations, say executives at more than a dozen health plans. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Nebraska said it had to hire temporary workers to contact new customers directly to resolve inaccuracies in submissions. Medical Mutual of Ohio said one customer had successfully signed up for three of its plans.

First Delaware resident signs up for Obamacare. Check out the first paragraph in this story...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/16/first-delaware-resident-obamacare/2993105/


I'm guessing very few people will put up with this much nonsense in trying to sign up for Obamacare. From the story:

She needed seven hours of waiting on the phone and sitting in front of her computer, but Janice Baker can claim something few people in the First State can at the moment: She has signed up for health coverage through Delaware's insurance marketplace.
"Seven hours of waiting on the phone and sitting in front of her computer." Anyone who is willing to waste that much time to comply with Obamacare probably won't see how badly they're going to be screwed until it's too late.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Obamacare flopping in Colorado, despite $21 million in marketing

And how many other states are flushing millions of dollars down the toilet because of Obamacare?

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/15/obamacare-flopping-in-colorado-despite-21-million-in-marketing/

Doctor choice in Obamacare? Not so much

Is this what Obama promised?

http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/14/news/economy/obamacare-doctors/

Obamacare is free -- for Americans with a spare $34,000

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/10/15/5822109/obamacare-is-free-for-americans.html

From the article:
"These numbers show us that the Affordable Care Act has done more to ensure Americans are covered by health insurance, not necessarily that they can afford it. The U.S economy still lacks a stable job market and a source of safe, consistent earnings on savings," said Casey Bond, GoBankingRates.com managing editor.

"If the Obama administration would like to see more Americans with the financial means to buy insurance and remain healthy, it first needs to address the root of the problem — not the cost of health care, but the absence of opportunity to build wealth in the first place," she added.
The problem is that the Obama administration has NEVER INTENDED to give Americans the opportunity to build wealth, only the opportunity to let an unconstitutional and unrestrained government equalize everyone's misery.

One of the lamest pro-Obamacare letters I've read so far...

And I've read a lot of them.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131016/OPINION/310160342/-1/NEWSMAP

How much is Obamacare going to affect staffing at schools?

I ask that question more or less rhetorically, because there are thousands of school districts around the U.S., and likely all of them will see staff reductions because of the financial toll resulting from Obamacare. This article is one of those thousands of stories:

http://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20131016/AIK0101/131019559/1004/school-board-likely-faces-new-health-care-costs

How is your empty promise of health care coverage going to help the millions of students whose schools will lose staff because of the "Affordable" Care Act, Mr. President?

I didn't think so.

Study: Obamacare results in premium increases in 45 states

Is this what Obama promised?

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/kevinglass/2013/10/17/study-obamacare-results-in-premium-increase-in-45-states-n1726211

Obamacare website deliberately designed to keep people from finding out new health care premiums

If people can discover how much they'd be paying without actually having to register first, they would never sign up for Obamacare plans. Those who have been gullible enough to complete the registration process so far now have their personal financial and medical information in a government datebase.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/10/14/obamacares-website-is-crashing-because-it-doesnt-want-you-to-know-health-plans-true-costs/

Former official: Administration refused to bring in outside help for Obamacare website for fear GOP would subpoena them

And the HealthCare.gov disaster that has been unfolding has been nothing less than disastrous. The upside is that this fiasco is making signing up for Obamacare less and less convenient and appealing.

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/10/17/former-official-admin-refused-to-bring-in-outside-help-for-obamacare-website-for-fear-gop-would-subpoena-them/

From the article:

Between this and the fact that HHS deliberately hid the price of insurance behind a reg wall on Healthcare.gov to reduce “rate shock,” the grand takeaway about the website’s failure is that O and his team made it much worse than it needed to be because they were terrified of transparency. And the reason they were terrified of transparency, both in the case of hiding the cost of the premiums from web users and hiding the site’s architectural problems from contractors who might be hauled before Congress, is because they know they’ve delivered a bad product. Put the premiums on the front page and the public, expecting “affordable care,” would recoil at the truth. Put the contractors at the witness table before Issa’s committee and the public, expecting that the government would “fix” health care, would recoil upon discovering that they can’t even build a website with three years’ lead time.

Washington Post columnist: The Obamacare implosion is worse than you think

A painful truth published in Obama's hometown paper, a publication which is deep in the pocket of the liberal establishment.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-the-obamacare-implosion-is-worse-than-you-think/2013/10/14/7efa4e74-34d7-11e3-be86-6aeaa439845b_story.html

Obamacare may be less than 20 percent toward its enrollment target for October

And if they don't have 7 million people enrolled in the first six months, the program won't be financially sustainable.

Is there treatment under Obamacare for derisive laughter?

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/10/17/obamacare-may-be-less-than-20-percent-towards-its-enrollment-target-for-october/

Healthcare.gov source code reveals "no reasonable expectation of privacy"

Can you trust the government with your personal financial and health information?

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/10/healthcaregov_source_code_reveals_no_reasonable_expectation_of_privacy.html

As the article notes, the following excerpt is embedded in the site's source code but not plainly visible on the site:

You have no reasonable expectation of privacy regarding any communication or data transiting or stored on this information system.  At any time, and for any lawful Government purpose, the government may monitor, intercept, and search and seize any communication or data transiting or stored on this information system.  Any communication or data transiting or stored on this information system may be disclosed or used for any lawful Government purpose.

Are you willing to sacrifice your privacy and security just for the sake of obeying an unjust and unconstitutional law?

Commentary: Obamacare nightmare just beginning

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/10/15/obamacare-rollout-disasster

Pregnant couple had to sell car, disconnect cable because of Obamacare

http://therightscoop.com/pregnant-couple-had-to-sell-car-disconnect-cable-because-of-obamacare/

And check out this YouTube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDHCJe6SACM

Commentary: Why is Obama hiding Obamacare enrollment figures?

Because he doesn't want Americans to know the pathetic state of the legislative "achievement" on which he has staked his entire presidency.

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-obama-care/101113-674906-obama-is-hiding-obamacare-enrollment-numbers.htm

Only 36,000 of 9.47 million HealthCare.gov visitors completed signup in first week

And in my opinion the pathetic enrollment figures aren't going to get much better anytime soon, if the ongoing problems with the website are any indication.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/10/16/one-half-one-percent-obamacare-enrollment

Traffic to Obamacare signup site plummets

http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/10/16/Interest-in-Obamacare-Drops-88-Percent-in-Two-Weeks

Whether the drop in traffic is because of a lack of interest or because people can't use the site is really irrelevant. If fewer than 7 million Americans sign up for Obamacare in the first six months, there will not be enough people paying into the program to keep it afloat. I'm sure that not even John Boehner would cry if that happened.

Meet the company behind the disastrous launch of HealthCare.gov

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/10/16/meet-cgi-federal-the-company-behind-the-botched-launch-of-healthcare-gov/

From the article:

Experience in similar types of projects is very important in getting federal contracts. CGI had done work in the healthcare arena, and not all of it good: Its performance on Ontario, Canada's health-care medical registry for diabetes sufferers was so poor that officials ditched the $46.2 million contract after three years of missed deadlines, the Washington Examiner reported. A spokeswoman for CGI says that both parties are bound by confidentiality agreements, but they're working on resolving the situation.


"Working on resolving the situation"? I'll believe it when I see it...

Ice cream factory blames company's closing on Obamacare

But thank you for free health care, Mr. President!

http://www.fox28.com/story/23688796/2013/10/14/bonnie-doon-ice-cream-plant-downtown-mishawaka-location-close

As Obamacare tech woes mounted, contractor payments soared

Pouring money into a dysfunctional system only makes it a more expensive dysfunctional system:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/insight-obamacare-tech-woes-mounted-contractor-payments-soared-050424822--sector.html

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Liberal blogger shocked at new health insurance quotes

A lot of you on the left have been salivating at the thought of government-run health care. Be careful what you ask for...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/30/1242660/-Obamacare-will-double-my-monthly-premium#

Commentary: The Affordable Care Act is making me sick

Amen.

http://thestatehousefile.com/affordable-care-act-making-sick/13469/

Affordable Care Act effect: Report reveals more doctors likely to retire early

Excuse me, Mr. President, how is this going to ensure better care for more people under your health care law?

Mr. President?

Mr. President??

http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/story/affordable-care-act-effect-report-reveals-more-doctors-likely-to-retire-early/d/story/gAXa4jE7u0SGnwd3AHDPtg

Three nonprofit religious groups suing over Obamacare contraception mandate

If Obamacare is such a compassionate law, as its supporters would have you believe, why is this administration shoving morally objectionable measures such as abortion and contraception down the throats of religious Americans and telling them, in essence, that these mandates trump their religious liberties guaranteed by the First Amendment?

Former Obama press secretary: Botched health care rollout "excruciatingly embarrassing"

But of course nothing embarrasses Obama, otherwise every economic indicator the past five years would have him hiding his face.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/10/14/gibbs-obamacare-rollout-embarrassing/2981693/

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Canadian likes his "free" health care but flies out of U.S. to escape Canadian taxes

So tonight I struck up a conversation with a man at a restaurant, and he said he was in town on business but that he was flying back to Canada tonight.

From Canada, eh?

So I asked him if he'd heard about the launch of Obamacare here, and he said yes, and that it was great being from Canada, since the government provided health care for all of the citizens.

I asked him where he was from and he said he lived about an hour away from Toronto, but that he was flying into Buffalo, N.Y., and then driving two hours to his hometown. I was intrigued and asked him why he didn't just fly into Toronto. Well, he said, he flew in and out of Buffalo because the taxes were really high on airfare out of Canadian cities.

What's Canadian slang for "hope and change"?

There's your "free" health care, sir. Your flight isn't the only thing that's soaring into the stratosphere.

Obamacare sticker shock hits Obama's hometown

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/10/15/obamacare-sticker-shock-hits-obamas-home-town-n1723885

Tell me again why the people of Illinois did this to themselves by electing him to office...

Obamacare website security called "outrageous": How safe is it?

As I've been saying, those of us who refuse to sign up for Obamacare won't have to worry about our personal data being stolen through the Obamacare website. Then again, it's not like anyone can actually get through on the website to sign up for Obamacare.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2013/1014/Obamacare-website-security-called-outrageous-How-safe-is-it-video

Another day, more Obamacare disasters

Keep the popcorn handy, the show is just getting started...

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2013/10/14/another-day-more-obamacare-disasters-n1723621

Obamacare might well be imploding

http://reason.com/archives/2013/10/14/obamacare-might-well-be-imploding

From the article:

The law requires every American to have coverage by sometime early next year, although the administration keeps changing its mind about the precise date. But failure to have coverage by whatever date it eventually decides would result in a $96 fine for individuals and $285 for families. But extracting fines without giving people viable purchase options will generate even more outrage against a law that a majority of Americans already dislike.


Given the technological problems alone since Obamacare's launch (if you can call it a launch), this program is heading for a monumental crash, in my opinion. I'd be willing to bet my Obamacare fine (since I'm not enrolling in the system and not going to pay the fine) that the tech problems, lack of actual enrollments and rising public sentiment against this will bring it down. And you better believe that the Obama regime will pull out every dirty trick in the book to keep this monstrosity alive.

Train wreck: Obamacare officials now resorting to paper applications as new flaws emerge

And if I'm not mistaken, the information of all of these paper apps will have to be entered into a computer database at some point. What delicious irony.

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/10/14/trainwreck-obamacare-officials-now-resorting-to-paper-applications-new-flaws-emerge-n1723509

11,588,500 words: Obamacare regs 30x as long as law

I'm seriously thinking about buying a copy of the entire printed law and regulations and then burning them in a huge bonfire. I can't think of a better way to pay homage to this leviathan and this administration.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/penny-starr/11588500-words-obamacare-regs-30x-long-law

Monday, October 14, 2013

Two weeks later, reporter still can't sign up on Obamacare site

Just wait until people start lining up in person for the medical care they think they'll get...

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/two-weeks-later-reporter-still-cant-sign-obamacare_762482.html

Does your Obamacare cost too much? Then make less money!

You can't make this nonsense up. Lowering one's income is actually being touted as a "solution" to lower taxes under the "Affordable" Care Act.

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/10/13/does-your-obamacare-cost-too-much-make-less-money/

Here's the original editorial referenced at the above link:

http://www.sfgate.com/business/networth/article/Lower-2014-income-can-net-huge-health-care-subsidy-4891087.php

An excerpt:

People whose 2014 income will be a little too high to get subsidized health insurance from Covered California next year should start thinking now about ways to lower it to increase their odds of getting the valuable tax subsidy.


We are living in a freaking cartoon...

Why divorce attorneys will love Obamacare

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2013/10/02/Why-Divorce-Attorneys-Will-Love-Obamacare

From the article:

Someone in the White House thinks marriage is a bad idea.

Earlier this year, The Fiscal Times showed that a high-earning couple, each with incomes of $400,000, would save about $27,000 annually if they divorced and filed their taxes separately.  Now we learn that the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, is dangling a similar fate in front of middle income earners. 

A typical 40-year old couple with two kids could save $7,230 a year by divorcing if one partner earns, say, $70,000 and the other $23,000. Sixty year-olds earning $62,041 each a year would save $11,028 annually if they broke up.


Do you love your spouse more than you're willing to comply with Obamacare?

Commentary: The "Baghdad Bobs" of Obamacare

For those of you who need a refresher on Baghdad Bob, he was the hapless Iraqi minister of information during the U.S. invasion in 2003, tasked with putting a positive spin on the disaster that was the Iraqi defense against the invasion. And given the painfully and increasingly obvious debacle that is Obamacare, the metaphor is fitting.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/10/baghdad-bobs-of-obamacare.php

Obamacare rates trigger more sticker shock

And the astonishment isn't because of lower rates that Obama promised us...

http://news.gnom.es/news/obamacare-rates-trigger-more-sticker-shock

Cabbies furious over Obamacare tax

How's that hope and change working for you, New York?

http://nypost.com/2013/10/13/cabbies-furious-over-obamacare-tax/

Video: IRS enforcement of Obamacare under fire

Not that I'd accuse this administration of competence, but you'd think they'd want to find a coherent way (not that there is one) to explain how putting the IRS in charge of our health care is going to help delivery of competent care services.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/2739642229001/irs-enforcement-of-obamacare-law-under-fire/?playlist_id=928378949001

Obamacare wipes out health care plans in Alabama, New Jersey

But don't worry, Obama promised that you can keep your doctor...

http://www.humanevents.com/2013/10/11/obamacare-wipes-out-health-care-plans-in-alabama-new-jersey/

Obamacare: But it's the law!

Great piece from a great site, The American Thinker:

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/10/obamacare_but_its_the_law.html

Obamacare effect? Nine companies exit Nebraska's health insurance market

I'm sure this will help people acquire coverage...oh wait, nobody has been able to actually sign up on the Obamacare website!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/11/obamacare-effect-companies-exit-nebraskas-health-insurance-market/

MAD Magazine spoofs Obamacare

This is awesome...

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/mad-spoofs-obamacare-98174.html

If Obamacare was a company, would you buy its products - or stock?

Obamacare is the Edsel of health care:

http://www.forextv.com/forex-news-story/if-obamacare-was-a-company-would-you-buy-its-products-or-stock

Obamacare enrollees become urban legend

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/10/13/3685595/obamacare-enrollees-become-urban.html

From the article:

Nearly two weeks after the federal government launched the online Health Insurance Marketplace at HealthCare.gov, individuals who have successfully used the choked-up website to enroll for a subsidized health insurance plan have reached a status akin to urban legend: Everyone has heard of them, but very few people have actually met one.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/10/13/3685595/obamacare-enrollees-become-urban.html#storylink=cpy

Sunday, October 13, 2013

CNN's Wolf Blitzer says individual mandate should be delayed for a year

Coming from someone who is pretty friendly toward the administration, this should concern Obamacare's supporters:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/10/09/cnn-hosts-obamacare-comments-are-so-surprising-that-this-left-leaning-website-calls-them-startling/

Pennsylvania mom forced to choose between food and Obamacare

And for every story like this in the news, how many thousands of others are being forced to make this same choice because of Obamacare's mandates and penalties?

http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2013/10/11/pennsylvania-mom-forced-to-choose-between-food-and-obamacare/

Commentary: Obamacare compromises privacy

This is an issue that should concern both liberals and conservatives:

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/10/11/18744711.php

Tech experts wary of more Obamacare glitches

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/obamacare-aca-tech-experts-glitches-issues-problems-98202.html?hp=t1_3

From the article:

Millions of people have already encountered error messages, delays, crashes and stuck accounts. Technology experts and Obamacare backers worry that each step ahead in the process — filling out applications, checking on subsidies and selecting a health insurance plan — creates a potential technology choke point. And that doesn’t even count any additional chaos when people try to use their new health insurance come January.

Prominent black doctor Ben Carson calls Obamacare the worst thing that has happened since slavery

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/11/dr-carson-obamacare-the-worst-thing-that-has-happened-since-slavery/

From the story:

“Obamacare is really, I think, the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery. It is slavery in a way because it is making all of us subservient to the government.”

Federal health exchange sending confusing enrollment information to insurers

The fact that this was published in the Washington Post -- arguably the biggest supporter and enabler of Barack Obama -- should raise a few eyebrows, in my opinion. This story doesn't do an PR favors for Obamacare.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/federal-health-exchange-sending-confusing-enrollment-information-to-insurers/2013/10/11/a2f3ce2e-31ec-11e3-9c68-1cf643210300_print.html

Thousands of Connecticut doctors fired by United HealthCare

And this is just one state. The story doesn't specifically attribute the job cuts to Obamacare, but the timing seems pretty coincidental, in my opinion.

http://www.wtnh.com/news/health/thousands-of-doctors-fired-by-united-healthcare

Saturday, October 12, 2013

GOP ally of HHS Secretary Sebelius calls on her to resign over Obamacare debacle

And I'd think Pat Roberts is one of very few friends Sebelius has among GOP lawmakers. Here's how the article begins:

Pat Roberts, R-Kan., says it's time for Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to resign for "gross incompetence" over the rocky start to a centerpiece of President Obama's health care law.

It's not unusual for a GOP senator to call on a member of a Democratic Cabinet to resign, or vice versa. But when the senator and the Cabinet secretary hail from the same state, their families have long been friends, and the senator supported the secretary's confirmation, that's noteworthy.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2013/10/11/pat-roberts-kathleen-sebelius-resign-obamacare/2967941/

Sebelius visit fails to reassure as healthcare website glitches persist

12 days into Obama's signature achievement and they're still not getting it up and running...

http://triblive.com/business/headlines/4855077-74/website-sebelius-health#ixzz2hXYklSGw

Friday, October 11, 2013

Commentary: One man's Obamawreck nightmare

And for every story like this in the news, there are thousands more...

http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/michelle-malkin/1-800-t-o-t-l-f-i-l-one-mans-obamawreck-nightmare

1-800-T-O-T-A-L-F-A-I-L: One Man's Obamawreck Nightmare

- See more at: http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/michelle-malkin/1-800-t-o-t-l-f-i-l-one-mans-obamawreck-nightmare#sthash.VXvL5r6o.dpuf

1-800-T-O-T-A-L-F-A-I-L: One Man's Obamawreck Nightmare

- See more at: http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/michelle-malkin/1-800-t-o-t-l-f-i-l-one-mans-obamawreck-nightmare#sthash.VXvL5r6o.dpuf

Congresswoman says reading the 10,535 pages of Obamacare regulations "not my responsibility"

But it's the responsibility of the rest of us schmucks to know what's in it or face the full force of the law...

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/james-beattie/rep-johnson-reading-10535-pages-obamacare-regs-not-my-responsibility


Obamacare program repealed in January still advertised on White House website

But nobody noticed it on the White House website because you have to visit the website so you can see what's in it.


http://www.cnsnews.com/mrctv-blog/dan-joseph/obamacare-program-repealed-january-still-advertised-white-house-website

Thursday, October 10, 2013

A pathetic start: Only 51,000 sign up on Obamacare site in first week

And since younger Americans are the ones who will be forced to finance the bulk of Obamacare (if it's to actually work) -- and since those younger people have little patience and a short attention span when it comes to clunky or otherwise nonfunctional websites (like the Obamacare site), I wouldn't be surprised to see an ongoing anemic rate of signups for Obamacare, followed by a frantic PR campaign by the Obama administration, followed by a growing chorus of Millennials asking not-so-rhetorically why they should get screwed out of their money for a system that doesn't work in general and won't really benefit them in particular.

Break out the popcorn and enjoy the show.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/10/report-a-mere-51000-people-signed-up-on-obamacare-site-in-first-week/

Contractor who built unworkable Obamacare website: No comment

Or at least we haven't been able to log on to HealthCare.gov to see what comments he has posted. **snicker**

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/10/contractor-that-helped-build-healthcare-gov-no-comment/

Left-leaning publication says Obamacare Armageddon hasn't hit yet, so hey, everything's peachy

First, the original story that this article refers to:

http://unaffordablecare.blogspot.com/2013/10/obamacare-has-raped-my-future-college.html

And now the followup fluff piece...

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/10/good-news-obamacare-raped-future-26-year-old/70397/

I had chicken pox when I was in middle school, contracted after a kid came back to school covered with scabs from the disease that apparently wasn't totally in remission. School ended a few days later, and my family proceeded to head out of state on vacation. Two days into our vacation, I came down with a low-grade fever, followed the next day by a widespread rash, followed a couple days later by the telltale sores that chicken pox is famous for. It took several days after I was exposed before I started showing symptoms of chicken pox, but once I was exposed to it, it soon took over my body.

We're just 10 days into the Obamacare mandate and its toll on businesses and individuals. Obamacare is already taking root across the country, but just because we can't see a lot of "symptoms," if you will, doesn't mean that the disease isn't spreading. We're barely into the first round of a long fight, and the extent of Obamacare's damage to our country won't be evident for some time, unless it can be mitigated. Only a fool would think we're in the clear at this point. And apparently, a few fools do. Stay tuned.

Commentary: Obamacare and the part-time economy

http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-351870/

Indiana sues over Obamacare as 60 local employers cut hours

I'd be willing to bet there will be other states to follow once the economic effects of Obamacare kick in.

http://news.investors.com/politics-obamacare/101013-674528-indiana-obamacare-constitutional-challenge-over-mandate-fine.htm

Obamacare technology problems could take years to fully fix

Gee, that makes me feel better about the medical care that won't be offered under Obamacare...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101100403

USA Today column: Obamacare data hub looms as privacy threat

This column was written by U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/10/10/obamacare-exchange-federal-data-hub-column/2958681/

Commentary: Millennials are opting out of Obamacare because it's not insurance

And if we're lucky, Millennials' well-documented self-centeredness and desire not to get screwed out of stuff will keep them from signing up for Obamacare, which can't survive without Millennials' money.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/10/10/millennials-are-opting-out-of-obamacare-because-its-not-insurance/

Article: How Obamacare's exchanges turned into a Third World experience

http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/10/09/now-we-know-obamacares-exchanges-are-a-third-world-experience/

Great paragraph from the article:

Remember that the exchanges sell a product that, thanks to Obamacare, nearly every American is now required to buy, on pain of a “tax penalty.” If the problems can get fixed within a month or two, it’s probably not a big deal. But if the delays go longer than that, we have a quandary: How do we force people to buy a product that Obamacare’s exchanges aren’t competent to sell?

Letter writer actually thinks Obamacare is creating new jobs

Maybe she didn't get the memo about businesses laying people off so they could afford to comply with Obamacare...


http://www.syracuse.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/10/affordable_care_act_adds_jobs_so_how_is_it_a_war_on_jobs_your_letters.html

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Editorial: Obamacare glitches are a sign of things to come

Hang on for a bumpy ride...or much worse if you actually drink the Kool-Aid and sign up for Obamacare:

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/100913-674490-obamacare-problems-are-not-traffic-related-.htm

Obamacare website looks "like nobody tested it," programmer says

If these "experts" can't even get a $634 million website up and running to administer Obamacare, can we believe them when they say that the actual "health care" program will work?

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505269_162-57606633/obamacare-website-looks-like-nobody-tested-it-programmer-says/

Obama’s "Affordable Care Act" causes Alabama family’s insurance to skyrocket 300 percent

And this is just one of thousands, perhaps millions of horror stories as a direct result of Obamacare:

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/10/09/obamas-affordable-care-act-causes-alabama-familys-insurance-to-skyrocket-300/

Want to read the 217-page instruction manual given to "Navigators" to assist with Obamacare signups?

Don't worry, the "Navigators" probably don't want to read it either...but it's official government policy. Knock yourself out:

http://www.healthreformgps.org/wp-content/uploads/navigator-SOP-manual-8-26.pdf

Obamacare has "raped my future," college grad says in now-viral letter

Article and screenshot of the letter at this link:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/10/09/obamacare-has-raped-my-future-college-grad-says-in-viral-letter/

Penalties for not signing up for Obamacare kick in right after Valentine's Day

You might want to scratch Barack, Joe, Nancy and Harry from your Valentine's Day card list...

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/US-Health-Overhaul-Penalties/2013/10/09/id/530156

Liberal commentators insist canceling Obamacare would be a blow to democracy

http://www.humanevents.com/2013/10/08/would-canceling-obamacare-be-a-blow-to-democracy/

Not that most liberals understand "democracy" since ideology trumps anything else.

The writer nailed it right here:

...(D)espite Friedman and the learned professors bringing up “democracy,” Obamacare, if implemented, actually will be beyond democracy — it will become another gargantuan bureaucracy implemented by faceless, undemocratic functionaries. The original implementing legislation in 2010 extended to 2,407 pages of unreadable governmentese. Here’s a screen shot of p. 2407. See if even this snippet makes any sense to you. And if a government act doesn’t make sense to regular voters — the demos – how can it be “democratic”?

Indiana plans to sue IRS to block Affordable Care Act employer mandate

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/indiana-plans-to-sue-irs-to-block-affordable-care-act-employer-mandate

The Affordable Care Act and a tale of two Constitutions

http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2013/10/the-affordable-care-act-and-a-tale-of-two-constitutions/

Snippet:

The “libertarian” Constitution endorses what can be called negative liberty. This notion embodies the view that limiting how governments can interfere with individuals will allow people to choose for themselves how to behave, and to pursue happiness in their own way.

The “progressive” Constitution, in contrast, focuses on what can be called positive liberty. Positive liberty views government as an enabler, not an obstacle, of freedom. Under this approach, the state is charged with ensuring that people have certain social securities. With these programs (don’t call them entitlements), the people can enjoy their pursuit of happiness. This reflects an inversion of the libertarian-Jeffersonian view of the Declaration of Independence.


Anyone else ready to get the government out of every corner of their lives?

Blog: Obamacare: "I was laughing at Boehner, until the mail came today"

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/10/obamacare_i_was_laughing_at_boehner_until_the_mail_came_today.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook

This paragraph from the link above sums things up nicely:

"I really don't like the Republican tactics, but at least now I can understand why they are so pissed about this. When you take $10,000 out of my family's pocket each year, that's otherwise disposable income or retirement savings that will not be going into our local economy."

Obamacare: A hill to die on

Stand strong, my conservative friends:

http://www.humanevents.com/2013/10/08/obamacare-a-hill-to-die-on/

25 unforgettable Obamacare quotes

I don't know whether to laugh or cry...

http://www.politico.com/gallery/2013/07/25-unforgettable-obamacare-quotes/001172-016561.html

Credit scores impacting new Affordable Care Act insurance plans

But don't worry, Obama promised that you'll be able to keep your doctor. No, really.

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/credit-scores-impacting-new-affordable-care-act-insurance-plans/-/1637132/22341034/-/l0jmq3z/-/index.html

From the article:

Anne Packham, one of many people licensed by the state to help people navigate the government's website, said on Tuesday that the credit check occurs so providers can make an educated decision about who to insure."If someone is defaulting on all of their bills they may not want to have them as part of their health plan..."

"No doctors are found" through Maryland's Obamacare signup site

Taxpayers will be forced to pay into the system, but good luck finding the care you're paying for...

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/maryland-obamacare-exchange-no-doctors-are-found_762222.html

Obamacare marketplace: Personal data can be used for "law enforcement and audit activities"

What does this have to do with health care??

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obamacare-marketplace-personal-data-can-be-used-law-enforcement-and-audit-activities_762237.html

Diocese of Erie files complaint against Affordable Care Act

The Obama administration doesn't care one iota about people's religious values or objections, as evidenced by the abortion/birth control coverage mandate under Obamacare.

From the article:

The diocese qualifies for the government's "religious employer exemption," under the act. However, entities of the diocese, like the St. Martin Center and Erie Catholic Preparatory Schools do not.  Those entities will be required to comply with the government mandate or face steep fines, which they say could cause those agencies to close.
 
 

Obamacare has veterinarians howling over medical device tax

And correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think our pets are covered under Obamacare...

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/dailydose/2013/10/08/obamacare-has-some-vets-howling/

Obamacare may cost businesses $200K or more in new taxes

This will tank the economy and lead to more layoffs, thus shifting people's health care coverage to a federal government with nearly $17 TRILLION in debt. Sounds like a workable plan, doesn't it?

http://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/2013/10/08/obamacare-may-cost-businesses-200k-in-taxes/

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Jon Stewart grills HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Obamacare

In Sebelius' defense...if that's possible...she's been hired to defend an indefensible law:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXQVlVJzWFw

Commentary: Problematic Obamacare unfair to young people, married couples

From The Crimson White, a student publication of the University of Alabama:

http://cw.ua.edu/2013/10/08/problematic-obamacare-unfair-to-young-people-married-couples/

Commentary: On Obamacare and much else, President Obama is now a lawbreaker

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-viewpoint/100713-674083-obama-has-seized-congress-powers-to-legislate.htm

The article above reminds me of this excerpt from Federalist 48:

The conclusion which I am warranted in drawing from these observations is, that a mere demarcation on parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments, is not a sufficient guard against those encroachments which lead to a tyrannical concentration of all the powers of government in the same hands. 


Obama is treading on very thin ice in disregarding the Constitution, but it's up to us to push back and demand accountability from him. If we don't start now, it may soon be too late.

Obamacare is turning us into a part-time nation

We're going to end up working less than Obama does. But we'll play fewer rounds of golf.

http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2013/10/08/obamacare-turning-us-part-time-nation

Obamacare killing 66,000 jobs in Obama's home state

Obama is flipping off the voters who first elected him to office:

http://freebeacon.com/study-obamacare-costing-66000-jobs-in-illinois/

Obamacare changes mean thousands to be dropped from TennCare in Tennessee

The opening paragraph:

The Affordable Care Act is supposed to provide health coverage for people who desperately need it, but in Tennessee it's going to cause the opposite to happen for more than 28,000 people.

http://www.wsmv.com/story/23632151/obamacare-changes-mean-thousands-to-be-dropped-from-tenncare

Affordable Care Act gets pricey as income goes up

So does that mean it's not "Affordable" after all? Thank you, Mr. President!

http://journaltimes.com/news/local/affordable-care-act-gets-pricey-as-income-goes-up/article_3df21d70-2f42-11e3-bd68-0019bb2963f4.html

Monday, October 7, 2013

Restaurant posts sign saying it was "closed by Obamacare"

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/10/04/youre-going-to-want-to-check-out-the-sign-we-found-posted-at-a-recently-shut-down-restaurant-in-texas/

Sign posted at Carl’s Jr. location in Carrollton, Texas. (Credit: Jason Howerton/TheBlaze)


Beyond Obamacare glitches, some consumers face dramatically higher rates

Didn't Obama say your premiums would go down under Obamacare?

Suckers.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2013/1007/Beyond-Obamacare-glitches-some-consumers-face-dramatically-higher-rates-video?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily&utm_campaign=20131007_Newsletter%3ADaily_Sailthru&cmpid=ema%3Anws%3ADaily%2520Newsletter%2520%2810-07-2013%29

Say what? Obamacare’s menu-labeling requirement forces Dairy Queen to end homemade sauces

If you think that dictating menu options for restaurants is micromanagement, just wait until Obamacare tells you what medical services you can't have...

http://www.unitedliberty.org/articles/15200-obamacares-menu-labeling-requirement-forces-dairy-queen-to-end-homemade-sauces

Commentary: Ignore the hype — Obamacare is an abysmal mess

From The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.:

http://www.theolympian.com/2013/10/07/2763220/ignore-the-hype-obamacare-is-an.html

Forbes article: Obamacare's onerous rules include a blacklist of America's doctors

Obama is making Richard Nixon's famous enemies list look like a hugfest...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ameshadalja/2013/10/07/obamacares-onerous-rules-include-a-blacklist-of-americas-doctors/print/

NY Post commentary: Obamacare sickening the workplace


http://nypost.com/2013/10/04/obamacare-sickening-the-workplace/

Obamacare’s low-cost premiums offer fewer health providers

Anyone with a basic knowledge of economics and history knows that artificially constrained prices will lead to a shortage of goods and services, because more people will demand those goods and services from producers who will only offer a certain number of things for sale at an artificially low price because they don't want to lose their shirts by selling too many items below cost. Anyone remember the photos of bread lines in the former Soviet Union?

Here's a good primer on the problem with price controls: http://wiki.mises.org/wiki/Price_controls

Obamacare program raises ID theft risk

As I've stated before, it's a lot harder to get your ID and other personal information stolen if you refuse to sign up for Obamacare in the first place. Oh well, it's not like the signup site is working anyway.

http://thesouthern.com/news/local/obamacare-program-raises-id-theft-risk/article_b96a244e-2f0a-11e3-89a5-001a4bcf887a.html

Obamacare seen straining clinics with Medicaid expansion

Decimate the incentives for doctors to stay in business, then flood the market with new patients. Brilliant.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-07/obamacare-seen-straining-clinics-with-medicaid-expansion.html

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Dr. Ben Carson: Obamacare hurts just as healthcare 'Golden Age' emerges

Article: http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/ben-carson-obamacare-hurts-healthcare/2013/10/06/id/529546

And for those of you who haven't seen Carson's speech while he was just a few feet away from Obama, this is worth watching:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTdtL-hirRg

Dead people can sign up for Obamacare in Kentucky

You can't make this stuff up. This is just screaming for fraud to occur:

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/04/dead-people-can-sign-up-for-health-care-in-kentucky/

From the article:

Question 39 on the kynect: Kentucky’s Healthcare Connection printable application form for a single person health seeking either coverage or help paying costs, states: “If you are filling out this application on behalf of a person who recently passed away, enter the deceased person’s date of death.”

Treasury secretary stonewalls when asked how many have signed up for Obamacare

Poor Jack Lew has had a rough week defending the indefensible:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/treasury-secretary-stonewalls-when-asked-how-many-have-signed-obamacare_759310.html

Saturday, October 5, 2013

CNBC article: 99 percent of Obamacare applications hit a wall

I'm surprised nobody is blaming George W. Bush for this yet...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101087965

Obamacare cutting hours at Goodwill, Salvation Army?

This is going to have SUCH a positive outcome among lower-income folks that they should call the White House to thank them. No, really.

http://news.investors.com/politics-obamacare/100413-673893-obamacare-employer-mandate-list-rises-to-319-cutting-jobs-hours.htm

If you want to thank the president...for what, I'm not sure...the White House switchboard number is (202) 224-3121.

Liberal activists say stopping Obamacare is a money-making scheme...wait, what??

More left-wing tripe. Of COURSE it's the Koch brothers who are behind the effort to stop Obamacare. It's not like us average schmucks want to keep more of our money, our privacy and our lives out of government control.

http://www.care2.com/causes/derailing-obamacare-is-a-money-making-scheme.html

Obamacare adds to hospital uncertainty

Tell me again how the hit that hospitals are taking BECAUSE of Obamacare is supposed to improve health care delivery UNDER Obamacare?

http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/article/20131005/NEWS01/310050004/Obamacare-adds-hospital-uncertainty?nclick_check=1

Priceless comments about prices on the Obamacare Facebook page

If you're not on Facebook, I'd almost suggest signing up for it just to read some of the comments on the official HealthCare.gov page:

https://www.facebook.com/Healthcare.gov

My favorite comment that I've seen so far:

Hey Nancy Pelosi,guess what? LOGIN : We have to get past it to see what's in it.

Happy birthday To Great Britain's increasingly scandalous National Health Service

Since Great Britain's National Health Service is held by some "progressives" as an example of what government-run health care does for (or to) people, this could give us a glimpse into the future under Obamacare:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottatlas/2013/07/05/happy-birthday-to-great-britains-increasingly-scandalous-national-health-service/

Here's a disturbing snippet from the article:

Access to medical care is so poor in the NHS that the government was compelled to issue England’s 2010 “NHS Constitution” in which it was declared that no patient should wait beyond 18 weeks for treatment – four months – after GP referral. Defined as acceptable by bureaucrats who set them, such targets propagate the illusion of meeting quality standards despite seriously endangering their citizens, all of whom share an equally poor access to health care. 

Even given this extraordinarily long leash, the number of patients not being treated within that time soared by 43% to almost 30,000 last January. BBC subsequently discovered that many patients initially assessed as needing surgery were later re-categorized by the hospital so that they could be removed from waiting lists to distort the already unconscionable delays.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Audio: Neurosurgeon calls radio host Mark Levin about Obamacare

Unbelievable...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wsnHGI5K-E

The Obamacare Monopoly

Link: http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/girl-center-right/2013/oct/3/obamacare-monopoly/

The last two paragraphs are spot-on:

Obamacare only benefits health insurance giants, specifically those which opt to be heavily involved with Obamacare. Government favoritism of companies which provide services through Obamacare exchanges equates to a government-sponsored monopoly. Only government has the resources to outcompete other companies in such an artificial free-market. 

By giving special benefits to companies involved in Obamacare exchanges, government picks winners and losers in the health insurance industry. As is often the result of monopolies, one can soon expect decreased health insurance selection and coverage, diminishing quality, and higher prices, when buying health care...


Another example of Obamacare's trampling on Americans' religious rights

Article: http://global.christianpost.com/news/obamacare-still-forcing-family-businesses-to-ignore-their-religious-beliefs-says-aclj-105972/

I could make a comment about Obama himself being the only god (lowercase "g") he considers worthy of people's unconditional obedience...

Every religious person and every civil libertarian in this country should be marching on the White House to protest not just the rules and restrictions of Obamacare, but what Obamacare is forcing people to do in violation of their consciences. It wouldn't surprise me to see a large gathering of this sort in D.C. in the near future. It also wouldn't surprise me if Obama misses such a gathering so he can play at least his 36th round of golf this year. Constitutional rights such as the right to assemble are for little people.

Fox News article: How Latinos are being hurt by Obamacare, and why they should combat it

Link: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/opinion/2013/10/02/aj-delgado-why-latinos-should-combat-obamacare/

According to the article, which I found quite interesting and informative because I'm not at all well-versed on Latino issues, Latinos are opening businesses at a faster rate than other demographic groups, Latinos generally have a higher unemployment rate than the average American, and Latinos as a whole are about a decade younger than the average American.

Who is getting hit the hardest by Obamacare's fees and fines?

Business owners and young people.

How will this help lower unemployment rates among said Latinos? Hello?

If some form of amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants gets passed by Congress and signed by Obama, there will be millions of Latinos getting fleeced in ways they never expected. I don't think this is an accident. I think Obama knows exactly what he's doing. And millions of Latinos should be furious.

Obamacare contraception mandate could shut down order of nuns who care for the elderly


Here's a snippet from http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-obama-care/092713-672999-obamacare-contraception-mandate-threatens-little-sisters.htm?ven=rss:

A group of nuns dedicated to caring for the elderly poor is suing to prevent an uncaring administration from shutting down their compassionate order over their refusal to obey the contraception mandate.

There is no clearer or sadder example of the Obama administration's war on the First Amendment's guarantee of religious liberty than the demand by the Department of Health and Human Services to violate their religious consciences or pay heavy fines.

HHS has ruled that if the Sisters don't offer insurance policies to their employees that include free coverage for sterilization procedures, artificial contraceptives and abortifacients, these vowed-to-poverty women will have to pay about $1 million in IRS fines, effectively making their work nearly impossible.


If there was any doubt about this "health care" law having nothing to do with health care and everything to do with wielding power over ordinary Americans, this article should erase that doubt. If this administration goes forward with a lawsuit against these nuns, the rights of every religious person in this country are threatened. Even if you aren't religious, what this president is doing to our Constitutional rights should make you furious. Your rights could be the next ones threatened.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

FEATURED POST: Younger generation's self-centeredness could doom Obamacare

I know the headline above sounds counterintuitive, but hear me out. Despite the alleged freebies being offered through Obamacare and Obama's constant pandering to everyone under 30, that generation's self-centeredness will not bode well for Obamacare's future.

Take a look at this link:

http://washingtonexaminer.com/how-obamacares-glitches-could-become-deeper-problems/article/2536782

From the article:

It’s important to keep in mind that experts believe that to be viable, an exchange needs to have 100,000 participants. If the glitches continue, it could discourage people from applying. The bigger question for the program’s sustainability is not just how many people apply, but who applies and how that could affect the risk pool.

Roughly 40 percent of enrollees in the exchanges will need to be young and healthy so that they can offset the cost of covering sicker patients and those with pre-existing conditions. Those with extremely high medical expenses are the most likely to endure whatever technical hurdles arise and keep trying until they’re able to successfully enroll. But those who are more ambivalent — the young and healthy with low medical expenses — could get discouraged. That would have disastrous consequences for the law.


Take a look at the second paragraph. A lot of us "old folks" (I'm in my early 40s) decry the selfishness of today's younger generation, but that same age group--the one that Obama has constantly pandered to since 2008--isn't going to deal well inconvenience, much less getting screwed out of their money, their jobs (oh wait, there aren't any jobs...) and their future.

You've probably seen news stories the past couple days about the utter disaster among various Obamacare signup websites that have been overwhelmed by the online traffic from people trying to sign up. As of this writing, I've had this image sitting dormant in another browser window for nearly three hours:


Today's under-30 crowd doesn't want to wait for commercials to end, much less sit around for three hours so they can give their health care dollars (remember, this age group as a whole has fewer health problems than anyone else) to the government with no obvious return on their money. I'd be willing to be a buck or two that this group will be the most likely to opt out because of the inconvenience and lack of return on their Obamacare dollars. And without them, the Obamacare train wreck will come to a much-deserved end.


Obamacare regulation on digital patient records is great news for identity thieves

Never mind the non-medical staff who will have access to your personal medical and financial information in the administering of Obamacare, forcing Americans' medical providers to put all patient information in digital form is just screaming for hackers and identity thieves to dig in:

http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/10/02/obamacare-reg-digital-patient-records-raises-security-concerns

Not that the number of Google results is an indication of the number of actual articles on the issue, but a Google search for both "Obamacare" and "identity theft" is bringing up 483,000 search hits at the moment:

https://www.google.com/#q=obamacare+%22identity+theft%22

Obamacare sign-up rules would reward people who lie about their income

Unless, of course, you refuse to sign up for Obamacare in the first place...

http://news.investors.com/politics-obamacare/092713-672853-obamacare-big-incentive-to-lie-about-income.htm?ref=SeeAlso

Concierge medicine as an alternative to Obamacare

I'd be interested in hearing from those of you who have already or intend to take this route. I currently have no health insurance and refuse to sign up for Obamacare.

https://www.google.com/#q=concierge+medicine

Rather appropriately, the national Obamacare signup number spells out an obscenity

You can't make this stuff up...

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/03/need-health-care-coverage-just-dial-1-800-fuckyo-to-reach-obamacares-national-hotline/

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Even CNN says Obamacare could be facing major problems

How bad could things get if even a left-leaning news organization such as CNN is sounding this alarm?

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/02/health/obamacare-doctor-shortage/

Article: 100 unintended consequences of Obamacare

I disagree with the article's headline, because I believe Barack Obama fully intended for all of these things and more to happen in his quest to "fundamentally transform America." Just as someone who loves their spouse has no desire to "fundamentally transform" them, I find it really hard to believe that someone who loves this country would want to alter it so radically as to render it unrecognizable nearly five years into Obama's presidency. So I believe that each of the items listed below, and so many more that we've seen already and that we will see between now and Jan. 20, 2017, when Obama will thankfully leave office, are intentional and meant to cause as much "change" as possible.

I'm not normally inclined to repost entire articles (and when I do, I attribute them to their original source), but I think that this article gives only 100 of countless other examples of the damage that this temporary but imperial occupant of the White House is doing to this country. So without further ado...

http://www.nationalreview.com/node/359861/print

100 Unintended Consequences of Obamacare: Companies, workers, retirees, students, and spouses all suffer from the law’s inflexible mandates.
By  Andrew Johnson