To many Liberals, the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) was a gift to insurance companies. In fact, many of those in the opposing Obamacare opposed it because it did not go far enough. It was not Medicare for all (single payer) nor did it have a public option. Corporate interest won the first round but they […]
Don’t Blame Obamacare For Job & Insurance Losses, It’s Corporate Greed
Every American should be tired of taking the brunt of an economic downturn they were not responsible for. Every American should be tired of seeing record corporate profits as wages stagnate or fall. UPS just announced that it will be dropping working spouses who can get insurance from their own employers. In defense of UPS […]
Rick Perry Begging For Obamacare Even As He Maligns It
Attribution: Gage Skidmore Big bad macho Texas Governor Rick Perry, the governor that says publicly he won’t take any Obamacare dollars is now begging for these dollars discretely. Politico reports that. Perry health aides are negotiating with the Obama administration on the terms of an optional Obamacare program that would allow Texas to claim stepped-up […]
Obamacare Working & Those Opposing Will Pay For Their Deception
The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is a big bill. I was one of the nerds that read the entire bill and posted the text at my website. I must admit it was not fun and took several days to read. To be clear, because of the manner in which bills are written where it must […]
Obama: ‘In The USA Health Insurance Isn’t A Privilege It’s Your Right’ (VIDEO)
Obamacare Will Be Successfully Implemented President Obama came out swinging in this weekend’s weekly address. He made the following necessary and truthful statement. Many Members of Congress, in both parties, are working hard to inform their constituents about these benefits, protections, and affordable plans. But there’s also a group of Republicans in Congress working hard […]
NBC Right Wing Attack On Obamacare Gives Business Immorality Cover (VIDEO)
NBC News did a disservice to every American in its news reporting on the supposed effects of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) on some small businesses. The story was reported by NBC senior investigative correspondent Lisa Myers. As opposed to doing real investigative reporting NBC chose to use a Right Wing narrative from businesses that […]
Obamacare Successful When States Care More For Citizens Than Ideology
States that thus far have decided to implement their own healthcare exchanges and the Obamacare expansion of Medicaid have shown better pricing and cost savings than expected. These states have acknowledged that there is a severe healthcare problem in the United States and that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is the only program since the […]
Stephen Colbert Not Mainstream News Best Dispel Obamacare Lies (VIDEO)
Have the American politics really come to this? This is reminiscent to third world strategies to mislead an ill-formed population. Republicans continue their unethical and immoral lies about the effects of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) on businesses and jobs. They have released a propaganda kit to instruct their members on how to lie and […]
Washington Fights For Its Own Healthcare–Who Fights For Ours?
A deal was struck. The Obama Administration will allow the federal government to continue paying a large share of the cost of healthcare for members of Congress and their aides. Absent this deal, politicians and their aides would find themselves in the same boat as Americans who work for themselves or have no insurance. They […]
Krugman: ‘Better-informed people on the Right seem, finally to be facing up to a horrible truth’
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has a great analysis in his piece “Republican Health Care Panic”. Before going into the most prescient statement in his piece it is essential to quote his interpretation of what the law does. Inasmuch as it has been explained in many forms, Krugman’s one paragraph puts it more succinctly […]