Evolving Business Perspectives on the Affordable Care Act.

As owners and operators of a small business (emphasis on small), my wife and I have been anxiously waiting and watching as snippets of the Obama Care Law have been implemented, to see how these implementations would affect our residential remodeling business. I would like to discuss some of these changes from business perspectives.   [...]

By |2012-08-12T22:41:36-04:00August 12th, 2012|Featured Categories, Healthcare|0 Comments

Obamacare Costs Already Skyrocketing?

From The Blaze, an interesting graphic showing how "affordable" the Affordable Healthcare Act really is. Was there ever any doubt that the costs would head in ANY direction other than up? [sws_picture_frame1 src="http://www.richmondteaparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ObamacareCosts.jpg" title="" alt="ObamacareCosts" align="sws_frame_center" lightbox="1" album="" video=""] [/sws_picture_frame1] Be sure to read it all.

By |2012-07-12T01:31:02-04:00July 12th, 2012|Featured Categories, Healthcare|2 Comments

Supreme Court (Re)States The Obvious: Congress Can Make You Do Anything It Wants

...as long as either they, or SCOTUS, call non-compliance a "tax." According to uber-conservative Bush II appointee Roberts: The Affordable Care Act describes the “[s]hared responsibility payment” as a “penalty,” not a “tax.” That label is fatal to the application of the Anti-Injunction Act. It does not, however, control whether an exaction is within Congress’s [...]

By |2012-07-05T09:55:35-04:00July 5th, 2012|Featured Categories, Healthcare|0 Comments

Obamacare Supreme Court Decision Explained

Are you looking for an easy way to explain the recent Supreme Court decision on Obamacare? Do you want to share something with friends/neighbors in a way that won't have them snoring in 1 minute flat? Check out this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUoPlipOfn_kc1y1q7sXN5yQ&v=egXurxdD7kE&feature=player_detailpage

By |2012-07-04T00:17:51-04:00July 3rd, 2012|Featured Categories, Healthcare, Media, Video|1 Comment

VA Speaker Howell on Supreme Court Decision

Statement of Speaker William J. Howell Regarding Today's Ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act RICHMOND, VA - Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford) issued the following statement today following the release of the Supreme Court's decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: "I was very disappointed to [...]

Supreme Court Healthcare Hearing, Day 3 Summary

VA Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli provides a wrap-up of day 3 in the Supreme Court.   Copied over from his newsletter, the Cuccinelli Compass: Audio summary HERE. March 28th, 2012 ... Dear Fellow Virginians and Friends, Today was the third and final day of the three-day healthcare hearing in the U.S. Supreme Court, and as [...]

By |2012-03-29T00:59:09-04:00March 29th, 2012|Government, Healthcare|0 Comments

Supreme Court Healthcare Hearing, Day 2 Summary

VA Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli provides a wrap-up of day 2 in the Supreme Court.   Copied over from his newsletter, the Cuccinelli Compass: Audio summary HERE. March 27th, 2012 ... Dear My Fellow Virginians, Today was the second day of the three-day healthcare hearing in the U.S. Supreme Court, and as promised, I wanted [...]

By |2012-03-28T00:51:42-04:00March 28th, 2012|Government, Healthcare|0 Comments

Supreme Court Healthcare Hearing, Day 1 Summary

VA Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli provides a wrap-up of day 1 in the Supreme Court.   From his newsletter, the Cuccinelli Compass: Audio summary HERE. March 27, 2012 Dear Fellow Virginians, Today was the first day of the three-day healthcare hearing in the U.S. Supreme Court, and as promised, I wanted to offer you my [...]

By |2012-03-27T00:14:50-04:00March 27th, 2012|Government, Healthcare|0 Comments

Give Me Liberty, or Give Me ObamaCare!

Give Me Liberty, or Give Me ObamaCare! Supremes to Consider ObamaCare This Week  by Joe Guarino, chairman, Richmond TEA Party An obvious play on Patrick Henry’s famous quote—“Give me liberty, give me death!”—this is the essential crux of the battle over the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a., ObamaCare.  Do we Americans desire the liberty on which [...]

By |2012-03-26T19:28:27-04:00March 26th, 2012|Constitution, Government, Healthcare|1 Comment

AG Cuccinelli Discusses the Upcoming Healthcare Case

From C-Span, 3/15/2012: Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli talked about his opposition to the 2010 health care law. He also discussed contraception coverage and the 2012 elections. ... http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/KenCu    

By |2012-03-18T23:57:16-04:00March 18th, 2012|Healthcare|0 Comments

Taxpayer Alert: Cost to Implement Obamacare Actually DOUBLE?

New numbers from the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) seem to indicate that the implementation costs of Obamacare (PPACA) will be markedly higher than the number used to "sell" the plan to the public. Informed patriots like you knew that the costs would explode, but it's terrifying to see the costs continue to increase even before [...]

By |2012-03-14T23:07:45-04:00March 14th, 2012|Healthcare|0 Comments

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