Judge Issues Encouraging ObamaCare Ruling

Back in March, right after President Obama signed the the 2,700 page beast affectionately known as ObamaCare into law, a group of State Attorney’s General, led by Florida AG Bill McCollum filed a law suit in Federal C0urt seeking to have the act declared Unconstitutional.  The Obama Administration responded by filing a motion with the [...]

Grim Reality of the ObamaCare Tax Credit

Newly released IRS Regulations show the actual value of the ObamaCare Small Business Tax Credit does not measure up to the hype. Throughout the run-up to passage of ObamaCare in Congress, and in the re-selling campaign since passage, the President has continuously touted its “small business tax credit.”  Here’s a typical Obama quote from a [...]

“Insurance Death Spiral” in ObamaCare

Who brought the term “Insurance Death Spiral” into the ObamaCare debate? Was it Sarah Palin?  Rush Limbaugh? Nope.  The term comes from professional actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) a government agency, run by an Obama appointee.  Their publication “Estimated Financial Impacts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” discloses [...]

The ObamaCare Disclosures Part 1

This is the first of a series of reports.  Recently the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) a government agency headed by an Obama Appointee published a review disclosing some of the discrepancies between ObamaCare hype and grim reality. Here’s a quote, directly from the CMS review, dealing with just one of the numerous [...]

Arrogant, Audacious and Authoritarian Government

Politicians try to intimidate real world companies that can’t support the ObamaCare fantasy. The campaign for Congressional enactment of ObamaCare was a classic exercise in deception and manipulation of public perception. President Obama learned from polling and focus group data that most of us were concerned about his enormous deficits. So, his public communication, always [...]

ObamaCare Hype Vs Legislative Fine Print

During his health care hype speech at George Mason University this week President Obama bellowed: If you like your doctor, you’re going to be able to keep your doctor. If you like your plan, keep your plan. I don’t believe we should give government or the insurance companies more control over health care in America. [...]

The Constitution Will Prevail Over ObamaCare

Update March 21:  Obviously, we were wrong.  The House has passed the Senate version, and ObamaCare and it is now the law of the land. March 13, 2010: The conflicts and lack of trust within the their own Party make it impossible for President Obama and the Democrats to enact their sweeping government take-over of [...]

Ground Hog Day Deceptions

It seems that we, like Phil Connors, leading character in the movie Ground Hog Day, are stuck in a insipid time warp.  We awaken every morning to yet another rerun of the political pitch for Extreme Makeover, Health Care Edition. Saturday morning it was the President’s “weekly address,” posted in video form on the White [...]

ObamaCare Meets ObamaNomics

Perhaps the one leftist/big-government idea that has been a more obvious failure than any other is the idea of government decreed price controls. Price controls have been tried many times, all over the world, and are usually the last phase of failed experiments in government central planning and regulation.  The most recent experience in America [...]

The Great Health Care Melodrama: Act III

Previously: Prelude Act I Act II During Act II, the Health Care Summit, Representative Joe Barton articulated the principles that have guided Republicans’ response to the Democrats’ massive health insurance and health care regulation bills: I do think, though, that there is a fundamental difference in the vision that you and your friends on the [...]

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