GOP congress finally growing a set.
Senate Passes Reconciliation Bill 52-47, Parts Of Obamacare, Planned Parenthood Gutted - Matt Vespa
Senate Passes Reconciliation Bill 52-47, Parts Of Obamacare, Planned Parenthood Gutted - Matt Vespa
Smile! You’ve Got Socialized Healthcare!
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BHOcare costs 2,000,000 jobs lost.
CBO: Obamacare Will Cost US Economy Equivalent of Two Million Jobs - Guy Benson
CBO: Obamacare Will Cost US Economy Equivalent of Two Million Jobs - Guy Benson
Another GOP Governor Calls For Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
The wall of Republican opposition to helping poor people get health care keeps cracking.
Another GOP Governor Calls For Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
Add South Dakota's Dennis Daugaard to the list of Republican governors who have changed their minds about Obamacare's Medicaid expansion.
The second-term governor pitched a plan to expand the joint federal-state health insurance program to as many as 55,000 low-income South Dakotans without using state money during a speech to the overwhelmingly Republican legislature Tuesday. Daugaard rejected the expansion three years ago, objecting to allowing "able-bodied" people to get covered.
Since the Supreme Court ruled that states could choose whether to participate in the Medicaid expansion authorized by the Affordable Care Act in 2012, 30 states and the District of Columbia have opened the program to more poor residents, contributing to a significant decline in the uninsured rates in those locations.
Although many Republican governors in the remaining states are still against it, several -- including presidential candidates John Kasich of Ohio and Chris Christie of New Jersey, and conservatives like Indiana's Mike Pence -- have deviated from the party line. North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R) came out in favor of the expansion in 2012.
"I know some of you are not excited about expanding Medicaid, and I still share some of your thoughts. It bothers me that some people who can work will become more dependent on government. I hate that," Daugaard said to lawmakers in the state Capitol. "But we have to remember the single parent with three children. Between work and child care, a parent in that situation sometimes can't work enough hours to get insurance."
Why expand it? Because it works.
The wall of Republican opposition to helping poor people get health care keeps cracking.
Another GOP Governor Calls For Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
Add South Dakota's Dennis Daugaard to the list of Republican governors who have changed their minds about Obamacare's Medicaid expansion.
The second-term governor pitched a plan to expand the joint federal-state health insurance program to as many as 55,000 low-income South Dakotans without using state money during a speech to the overwhelmingly Republican legislature Tuesday. Daugaard rejected the expansion three years ago, objecting to allowing "able-bodied" people to get covered.
Since the Supreme Court ruled that states could choose whether to participate in the Medicaid expansion authorized by the Affordable Care Act in 2012, 30 states and the District of Columbia have opened the program to more poor residents, contributing to a significant decline in the uninsured rates in those locations.
Although many Republican governors in the remaining states are still against it, several -- including presidential candidates John Kasich of Ohio and Chris Christie of New Jersey, and conservatives like Indiana's Mike Pence -- have deviated from the party line. North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R) came out in favor of the expansion in 2012.
"I know some of you are not excited about expanding Medicaid, and I still share some of your thoughts. It bothers me that some people who can work will become more dependent on government. I hate that," Daugaard said to lawmakers in the state Capitol. "But we have to remember the single parent with three children. Between work and child care, a parent in that situation sometimes can't work enough hours to get insurance."
Why expand it? Because it works.
Obamacare deadline extended two days to meet huge demand
Obamacare deadline extended two days to meet huge demand
would have been even better if they had granted an extra month due to popular demand ............
Obamacare deadline extended two days to meet huge demand
would have been even better if they had granted an extra month due to popular demand ............
Obamacare's latest 'failure:' $1 trillion saved for Medicare
That horribly failed program, Obamacare, has done it again. In the next five years or so, it's going to save the federal government more than $1 trillion on Medicare over what the Congressional Budget Office projected when the law was enacted. The Commonwealth Fund highlights those savings, along with some other significant achievements of the law in one of its series of reports on Medicare at 50.
One trillion dollars is a lot of money, and while it can't all be attributed to Obamacare (the recession was a factor, too) the law is saving money and more importantly, saving lives. The reforms the law is making to Medicare, Commonwealth says, "have the potential to reshape not just the Medicare program but the entire U.S. health care system."
So, yeah, Obamacare has been a total disaster and has to be repealed. That's the message Republicans are going to run on—again!—in 2016, no matter what the facts say. Whether you agree with Hillary Clinton that Obamacare needs to be maintained and built upon, or prefer Bernie Sanders’ proposal to transition away from it to a single payer system, it’s clear that a Republican White House would be a disaster for American health care.
Socialized medicine, in the form of Romneycare and Obamacare, actually work!
That horribly failed program, Obamacare, has done it again. In the next five years or so, it's going to save the federal government more than $1 trillion on Medicare over what the Congressional Budget Office projected when the law was enacted. The Commonwealth Fund highlights those savings, along with some other significant achievements of the law in one of its series of reports on Medicare at 50.
The ACA addresses gaps in Medicare preventive and prescription drug benefits. It initiates ambitious testing of new payment methods to improve the value of care received by beneficiaries and, indirectly, all Americans. And it substantially extends the solvency of the Medicare Health Insurance Trust Fund by slowing the growth of future Medicare outlays.
Here's the sexy way of saying that: 37 million Medicare enrollees have gotten free preventive care since 2013, including flu shots and cancer and chronic disease screenings; and 8 million beneficiaries have saved more than $11.5 billion since 2010 on prescription drugs. That's $11.5 billion in seniors and disabled people's pockets. That's a big deal. And the savings to the federal government? Just look:
So, yeah, Obamacare has been a total disaster and has to be repealed. That's the message Republicans are going to run on—again!—in 2016, no matter what the facts say. Whether you agree with Hillary Clinton that Obamacare needs to be maintained and built upon, or prefer Bernie Sanders’ proposal to transition away from it to a single payer system, it’s clear that a Republican White House would be a disaster for American health care.
Socialized medicine, in the form of Romneycare and Obamacare, actually work!
Hey Wally - had you troubled yourself to see this reply you would have known that your post, like so many others, is full of shtt:
KeepItReal jackp_7788 • 3 hours ago j7788,
1) The PPACA didn't require a SINGLE policy in effect before the Law was signed to be cancelled. It has what is called a Grandfather clause that allowed ALL of them to remain as-is. The fact is that insurers cancelled policies every year for decades - and they didn't stop just because the PPACA was in effect. ALL cancellations were the CHOICE of the insurer. NONE was a requirement of the Law.
2) See #1
3) The PPACA was the most televised debate in C-SPAN history - including to now. It had the most open hearings of ANY bill ever in Congress. It took almost a full year for mark-up and debate to final version.
4) See #3.
5) The Law LOWERS the deficit by $137 billion through 2027. It has lowered the deficit in EVERY CBO score ever produced since 2010. The latest March 2016 score states that it lowers the deficit through 2027.
6) Stop with the Individual mandate. It ALWAYS came out of your tax refund so could easily be called a tax. The Congress and Administration considered that penalty as getting its bona fides from the Commerce clause while SCOTUS stated the 16th Amendment.
7) The lower amount was always a COMPARISON against anticipated higher costs. The Kaiser Foundation found that premiums rose 131% from 2000-2009 and predicted they would rise 166% between 2010-2019. They have, instead risen between 3-5% each year - the slowest on record. The savings was about $1,800, not $2,500 - but it was ALWAYS a comparison of increases anticipated.
Hope that helps you out.
Obamacare Latest: Insurers Flee Exchanges, Uninsured Rate Projected to Rise, Co-ops Failing - Guy Benson
And the people have found a way to avoid their fines AND avoid getting Obamacare. They are getting carry over insurance so they can put it down on the tax returns and then they just let the carry over insurance expire.
And the people have found a way to avoid their fines AND avoid getting Obamacare. They are getting carry over insurance so they can put it down on the tax returns and then they just let the carry over insurance expire.