Question: If you’re the incoming Speaker of the House and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid vows to block the repeal of ObamaCare, do you (A) Ignore him? (B) Retreat from your commitment to repeal ObamaCare? (C) Send him the following letter: Thank you for reminding us – and the American people – of the backroom [...]
According to reports from Capitol Hill newspapers, the US House plans to take a vote on repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a.k.a., ObamaCare, next Wednesday, January 12. Because the Republicans are in the majority, they will be keeping their campaign promise to make repeal of the law a top-tier issue. They [...]
Congressman-elect Robert Hurt recently called ObamaCare a “government takeover of health care,” a claim that PolitiFact.com deemed FALSE: In summary, yes, government regulation of the existing system increases under the new legislation. More people will be insured. The government will create exchanges to provide coverage for Americans who have trouble getting it now. Medicaid, the government-run [...]
Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech conducted the interview with our Attorney General responsbile for delivering the blow to ObamaCare yesterday. Click here for the audio on BigGovernment.com.
In a decision that was expected, US Fourth District Court Judge Henry Hudson ruled in a 42-page opinion that the federal government overstepped its powers enumerated in the US Constitution when it passed a law requiring that all Americans must purchase health insurance. Also known as the "individual mandate," the judge ruled that the federal [...]
On August 7, 2009, during the debate over the health care bill, Sarah Palin, then the Republican’s vice-presidential candidate, used the phrase “death panel” for the first time to describe Obamacare’s health-care rationing boards. She wrote the words in this paragraph on her Facebook page: The Democrats promise that a government health care system will [...]
Remember when I told you about the health care waivers the Obama Administration was granting selected corporations? At the time, the number was 30. It’s now well past 100. Michelle Malkin tells us: Now comes word that Torquemada HHS Secretay Kathleen Sebelius has approved a whopping 111 waivers for businesses of all sizes, along with [...]
According to Ilya Somin of the Richmond Times-Dispatch: When 21 states and several private groups initiated lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Obama health care law earlier this year, critics denounced the suits as frivolous political grandstanding. But it is increasingly clear that the plaintiffs have a serious case with a real chance of victory. [...]
Gregg: Repeal not best tactic on healthcare law A top Senate Republican suggested Monday night that the party's prevailing strategies to curtail the new healthcare law might not be good ideas. Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.), the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, said that repealing the new healthcare reform law — or looking to [...]
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli sent the following letter about the ObamaCare court challenge: Dear Fellow Virginians, As most of you know, today was Virginia's day in court to defend liberty against the individual mandate contained in the healthcare bill. Virginia's is the first state case to be heard on the merits of its arguments regarding constitutionality [...]
And so begins the inevitable playing of favorites that comes with all government regulation: Nearly a million workers won't get a consumer protection in the U.S. health reform law meant to cap insurance costs because the government exempted their employers. Thirty companies and organizations, including McDonald's (MCD) and Jack in the Box (JACK), won't be [...]
I’m not surprised that support for ObamaCare continues to plunge and that it’s a major problem for Democrats who voted for it – I’ve posted about this several times already – but even I underestimated just how much Americans despise this bill and tie their votes to where candidates stand on this single issue. The [...]