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National Journal has must-read story today titled, “The Secret Republican Plan to Repeal ‘Obamacare’ And why the fight is far from over.”   National Journal’s Chris Frates writes, “A few minutes after the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision upholding President Obama’s health care law last summer, a senior adviser to Mitch McConnell walked into [...]

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UPDATE: The Virginia Black Conservative Forum has asked that McAuliffe repudiate this bogus attack: Members of the Virginia Black Conservative Forum are calling on Terry McAuliffe to repudiate the release of a video in which, according to the Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA), gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli “[equates] the nation’s bloody reckoning over slavery with [...]

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‘The Price Increases Are A Downside Of President Barack Obama’s Health Care Law’   ‘Americans Could See Their Insurance Bills Double Next Year’   “Some Americans could see their insurance bills double next year as the health care overhaul law expands coverage to millions of people. The nation’s big health insurers say they expect premiums [...]

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Hardly a week passes without new reports on more negative consequences of President Obama’s expensive, unpopular health care law.   On Tuesday, the Orlando Sentinel reported, “Universal Orlando plans to stop offering medical insurance to part-time employees beginning next year, a move the resort says has been forced by the federal government’s health-care overhaul. The [...]

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Yesterday, The New York Times reported, “The new health care law is known as the Affordable Care Act. But Democrats in Congress and advocates for low-income people say coverage may be unaffordable for millions of Americans because of a cramped reading of the law by the administration and by the Internal Revenue Service in particular. Under rules proposed [...]

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Since President Obama and Democrats in Congress jammed through their unpopular health care law two years ago, barely a week has gone by without new news stories of the negative consequences of this legislation, which Republicans warned about before the bill was passed.   The Wall Street Journal reports today, “Employers in the retail and restaurant [...]

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While we were all debating the cost to our liberty due to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), we were ignoring the cost to our pockets.  If there ever was a reason for bipartisan rage about this law, it should be on the twenty – yes, twenty – hidden new taxes of this [...]

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CBO: At Least 75% Of Obama’s Mandate Tax Will Fall On Families Making Less Than $250K   Individual Mandate ‘Considered A Tax,’ Hits Middle Class Families   CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE: At least 75% of individual mandate penalties fall on those making less than $250,000. (“Estimated Distribution Of Individual Mandate Penalties Under The Patient Protection And Affordable Care [...]

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is constitutional and stands. Congressman Cantor issued the following statement: “The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Obamacare is a crushing blow to patients throughout the country. Obamacare has failed to keep the President’s basic promise of allowing those who like their health care to [...]

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RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell issued the following statement today following the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). “Today’s Supreme Court ruling is extremely disappointing for Virginia and for America. The PPACA will create a costly and cumbersome system that will impair our country’s ability to recover from [...]

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RICHMOND – Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling issued the following statement today following the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA):   “I am very disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the constitutionality of Obamacare.  It was my belief that the President and Congress overstepped their constitutional authority [...]

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Alexandria, Va. - Taxpayers Protection Alliance president David Williams today released the below statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act. “Obamacare today became the largest tax increase in American history. The health care law has nearly doubled in cost from $940 billion to $1.76  trillion and taxpayers deserve nothing less than full repeal [...]

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Discussing reports yesterday that “[t]he Health and Human Services Department has signed a $20 million contract with a public-relations firm to highlight part of the Affordable Care Act,” Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor this morning to blast the Obama administration for spending taxpayer money to promote legislation most Americans disapprove of.   “While [...]

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  The Hill reports today, “The Health and Human Services Department has signed a $20 million contract with a public-relations firm to highlight part of the Affordable Care Act.” According to PR Week, which first reported on the contract, “‘The campaign will inform the American people about the many preventive benefits now available to those [...]

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President Obama’s preemptive criticism last week of the Supreme Court as it considers the constitutionality of his health care continues to face scrutiny.   Speaking in Lexington, Kentucky, on Thursday, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell took a dim view of the president’s complaints about the Court. “[A]pparently,” he said, “President Obama didn’t like the tenor [...]

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The King William Tea Party is hosting Dr. Sam Graham to speak on the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare for us) on Thursday, July 28 at 7 pm at the King William Administration Building, 180 Horse Landing Road, King William, VA. Dr. Graham will speak on WHAT WILL THE HEALTH CARE LAW MEAN TO ME? Here‘s [...]

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Mount Vernon, VA – George Allen issued the following statement on today’s one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: “A year ago today President Obama ignored the objections of the American people and signed into law a $2.5 trillion health care monstrosity – one year later We the [...]

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Attorney General Cuccinelli announces he will seek expedited review of Virginia health care lawsuit in the Supreme Court RICHMOND (February 3, 2011) – Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced today that Virginia will file a petition to ask the United States Supreme Court to take Virginia’s health care lawsuit now, as opposed to waiting for [...]

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This article was written by Michelle Stanley and cross posted at Richmond Patriots. That reality, costs are going up and the blame game is starting. Today, Sept 23, 2010, some of the first reforms will become effective such as, insurance companies can no longer put a dollar limit on essentials benefits (hospital and lab services), [...]

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