Tag Archive | "Health Care Bill"
Posted on 06 August 2012. Tags: American Dream, Americans For Prosperity, Americans For Prosperity Foundation, Breakout Sessions, Concerned Citizens, Constitutional Government, Economic Freedom, Educational Efforts, Free Enterprise, Future Of Health Care, Gateway Pundit, George Washington, Government Takeover, Health Care Bill, Hoft, Last Word, Michelle Malkin, Political Activists, Republican Group, Scott Walker, Senate Office, Tim Phillips, Us Senate, Washington Hilton, Wisconsin Governor
This weekend, thousands of political activists traveled to Washington DC by car, bus and jet to take part in Defending and American Dream Summit. The primary sponsor of the event was the Americans for Prosperity, a group at the forefront in restoring both prosperity and the American Dream to our nation. And while many, [...]
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Posted on 23 May 2012. Tags: Affordable Care, Business Tax Credit, Care Act, Good Face, Google, Google Yahoo, Government Accountability Office, Government Web, Health And Human Services, Health Care Bill, Heritage Foundation, Internet Searches, Lachlan, Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Floor, Senate Republican Leader, Surrogates, Taxpayer Funds, Taxpayer Money, Washington Bureaucrats
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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Posted on 22 May 2012. Tags: Affordable Care, Care Act, Center For Medicare And Medicaid, Center For Medicare And Medicaid Services, Competitive Bidding Process, Foundation Points, Health Care Bill, Health Care Law, Heritage Foundation, Lachlan, Markey, Medicare And Medicaid, Medicare Benefits, Medicare Medicaid, Porter Novelli, Pr Week, Preventive Benefits, Private Health Insurance, Public Affairs Office, Taxpayer Money
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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Posted on 27 September 2011. Tags: Educational Trust, Employer Health, Family Coverage, Federal Health Care, Health Care Bill, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Law, Health Premiums, Health Research, Kaiser Family Foundation, Medical Services, Obama, Percentage Points, Promises, Provisions, Senate Democrats, Surprise Surprise, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
Despite President Obama’s Repeated Promises That His Health ‘Law Will Lower Premiums,’ Families And Employers Are Paying More ‘Increase In Family Premiums’ ‘Tied To Provisions Of The Federal Health Care Overhaul’ “The health-insurance premiums paid by employers rose sharply this year, with the average annual cost of family coverage passing the $15,000 mark [...]
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Posted on 16 September 2011. Tags: Compass, Constitutional Arguments, Exceptions, Federal Health Care, Federalist 51, Freedom Act, Health Care Bill, Health Care Freedom, Health Insurance, James Madison, Ken Cuccinelli, Last Thursday, Liberal Judges, Liberty University, Merits, Outliers, Radical Guy, State Sovereignty, Virginia Health Care, Virginians
Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli sent out his opinion and view on the ruling that the 3 liberal judges on the 4th Circuit Court sent down. In short, they said Virginia did not have standing to file the suit. Cuccinelli has offered his take on this in his “Cuccinelli Compass” email newsletter. (Hint – sign [...]
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Posted on 06 June 2011. Tags: 30 Minutes, Andrew Breitbart, Anthony Weiner, Blonde Woman, Campaign Worker, Casino Worker, Confession, Congressman Anthony Weiner, Democratic Campaign, Government Office, Government Resources, Government Telephone, Health Care Bill, House Of Representatives, Liar, Liberals, Lisa Weiss, Opie And Anthony, Opie And Anthony Show, Opie Anthony, Phone Sex, Radar Online, Vegas Blackjack Dealer
Update: This post has a link to the X-rated Weiner Photo taken on the Opie and Anthony show. Congressman Anthony Weiner is a serial liar. During his weepy press conference today, he denied using government resources to do his dirties. According to 40 year old Las Vegas Blackjack Dealer Lisa Weiss, Weiner used his government [...]
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Posted on 25 March 2011. Tags: Advocacy Group, Andy Griffith, Andy Of Mayberry, Billable Hours, Cnn, Cnn Poll, Deceptive Claims, Fellow Seniors, Freedom Of Information Act, Health Care Bill, Health Care Law, Journal Editors, Media Consulting, Medicare Benefits, New Health Care, Porter Novelli, Taxpayer Money, Tv Ads, Wall Street Journal, Wsj
The Wall Street Journal editors write today, “We don’t work for the government, but here’s our ‘save’ suggestion: How about not spending some $3.5 million to deceptively promote ObamaCare? It turns out it cost the Health and Human Services Department $2.78 million to buy airtime for three cable TV ads last year, [...]
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Posted on 24 March 2011. Tags: Anthony Weiner, Barack Obama, Budget Shortfall, Calling The Shots, Great Depression, Health Care Bill, Health Care Infrastructure, Health Law, Mandates, Massive Expansion, Mayor Of New York, Medicaid, Nod, Orrin Hatch, Political Parties, Salt Lake Tribune, Senate Finance Committee, Special Health Care, State Flexibility, Trillion
It’s been interesting that in the course of this week, the one year anniversary of Democrats’ unpopular and expensive health care bill becoming law, we’ve seen supporters of the bill acknowledge some of its serious flaws. According to Politico, “Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY] said Wednesday he was looking into how a health law waiver [...]
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Posted on 07 February 2011. Tags: Ardent Believer, Barack Obama, Business Agenda, Commerce One, Economic Agenda, Environmental Rules, Epa Regulation, Feuds, Greenhouse Gases, Health Care Bill, Health Care Reform, Job Creation, News Briefing, Olive Branch, Senate News, Tax Policies, United States Chamber, United States Chamber Of Commerce, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post
Senate News Briefing: President Obama spoke at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today where he urged cooperation and asked business leaders to support his economic agenda. The Wall Street Journal noted the Chamber includes “some of his toughest business critics” and points out, “Chamber and White House officials clashed during Mr. Obama’s first two years [...]
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Posted on 14 January 2011. Tags: Conflict, Congress, Critical Issue, Health Care Bill, Health Care Reform, Jim Webb, Job, Mistake, Obama, Political Courage, Radtke, Senate Candidate, Senator Jim Webb, Shamble, True Independence, U S Senate, Vote
“Independence is about Actions, not Words, Senator Webb” Webb’s comments on Health Care bill conflict with his votes U.S. Senate candidate Jamie Radtke today questioned Senator Jim Webb’s explanation of his support for Obama-care. “Senator Webb said this week the Obama administration ‘did a really terrible job handling health care reform’ – that it made [...]
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Posted on 06 January 2011. Tags: Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield Of California, Broken Promises, California Health, Dick Durbin, Health Care Bill, Health Care Law, Health Insurer, Health Reform, Healthcare Costs, Individual Market, Kathleen Sebelius, Los Angeles Times, News Briefing, Republican Majority, Senate Floor, Senate Majority Whip, Senate News, Unfortunate Consequences, Wall Street Journal
US SENATE NEWS BRIEFING: As the new House Republican majority moves to respond to the message of the American people to repeal and replace President Obama’s massive, unpopular health care law, Americans are once again being reminded of the many broken promises from Democrats about that law. According to the Los Angeles Times, “Another big [...]
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Posted on 18 December 2010. Tags: Bipartisan Agreement, Child Tax Credit, Christmas Eve, Class Warfare, Death Tax, Dollar Health, Double Dip Recession, Gop Senator, Health Care Bill, Income Tax Rates, John Cornyn, Marriage Penalty, Massive Job, Republican Message, Republican Senators, Senate Democrats, Senator Cornyn, Senator John Cornyn, Texas Senator John Cornyn, Victory Lap
A bit of a victory lap for the GOP. Senator Cornyn delivers the weekly Republican message concerning the week’s events in Washington. Best line from the video: Last year, on Christmas Eve, Senate Democrats passed a divisive 2.6 trillion dollar health care bill strictly along party lines. This year, God willing, Washington will give the [...]
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Posted on 15 December 2010. Tags: Barack Obama, Budget Bills, Christmas Eve, Current Fiscal Year, Democrat Leadership, Financial Oversight, Health Care Bill, John Thune, Lame Duck Session, Mitch Mcconnell, Omnibus Bill, Republican Leader, Reuters Reports, Senate Democrats, Senate Floor, Senate Republican Leadership, Senate Republicans, Term Measure, Tuition Bills, Wall Street Journal
Reuters reports, “Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled an earmark-laden spending bill that would fund the entire U.S. government, and Republicans who have renounced the pet spending projects quickly vowed to oppose it. The 2,000-page spending bill, months overdue, would enable President Barack Obama to tighten financial oversight, subsidize college tuition bills and move forward with [...]
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Posted on 27 October 2010. Tags: Antagonism, Chuck Schumer, Dollar Health, Economic Concerns, Gain Power, Georgia District, Health Care Bill, Health Care Law, House Democrats, Incumbents, Jim Marshall, Majorities, Meet The Press, Member Of Congress, Middle Georgia, Nancy Pelosi, New Health Care, Representative Jim, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Television Ads
Just after Democrats passed their unpopular health care bill, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) declared on Meet the Press, “As people learn about the bill, it’s going to be more and more popular. By November, those who voted for health care will find it an asset, those who voted against it will find it a liability.” [...]
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Posted on 18 October 2010. Tags: Centers For Medicare And Medicaid, Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services, Coming Down The Pike, Discovery Channel, Dramatic Increase, Health Care Bill, Health Care Costs, Health Care Plan, Health Insurance Policies, Health Insurers, Healthcare Law, Individual Health Insurance, Individual Health Insurance Policies, Los Angeles Times, Midterm Elections, Mythbusters, Obama, Playbook, Seattle Times, Wall Street Journal
According to Politico’s Playbook today, “President Obama has taped an appearance for Discovery Channel’s ‘MythBusters’.” Certainly, it’s nice for the President to show support for the science-focused education and entertainment that the show is known for, but it often feels like President Obama needs to be examined by a political version of such a show. [...]
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Posted on 06 October 2010. Tags: Abortions, Battleground, Chuck Schumer, Democrat Candidates, Election Time, Endangered Species, Government Funding, Health Care Bill, Health Care Law, Healthcare Law, Healthcare Reform, Horribles, Independents, Mark Penn, Middle Class, Monstrosity, Pollster, Reelection, Swing Districts, Undecided Voters
After Democrats rammed through their unpopular health care takeover through Congress over the objections of a majority of Americans in March, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) predicted, “By November, those who voted for health care will find it an asset, those who voted against it will find it a liability. . . . As people learn [...]
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Posted on 04 October 2010. Tags: 3m Co, Chuck Grassley, Conglomerate, Federal Health, Health Care Bill, Health Care Law, Health Coverage, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Plan, Health Plan, Medicare Program, Nyt, Obama, Principal Financial, Principal Financial Group, Retiree Benefits, S Corp, St Paul Minn, State Regulators, Wall Street Journal
It hasn’t even been a week since President Obama assured a group of Iowans in a backyard discussion that under Democrats’ unpopular health care bill, “[I]f you’ve got health care through your employer, that’s not going to change, except to make it a little bit safer and more secure.” But today, there’s yet another story [...]
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Posted on 01 October 2010. Tags: Federal Health Law, Federal Officials, Health Care Bill, Health Care Law, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Insurer, Little Bit, New York Times, Nyt, Obama, Principal Financial, Principal Financial Group, Ripples, Segments, State Regulators, Upheaval, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal, Workers Health
On Wednesday, President Obama was in Iowa to again attempt to sell his policies, particularly his unpopular health care law. In a backyard discussion, a woman expressed her concerns to the President about his health care bill. Obama assured her, “[T]here’s nothing in the bill that says you have to change the health insurance that [...]
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Posted on 30 September 2010. Tags: Afp, Americans For Prosperity, Barack Obama, Economy, Government Spending, Health Care Bill, Joke, Laughing Matter, Lower Taxes, Mathematician, Motorcade Route, Recreation Association, Republican Plans, Richmond, Richmond Virginia, Signs, Simple Message, Southampton, Stacks, stimulus, Trade Legislation, Virginia Chapter, Virginia State Director, Virginians
Honestly, you Democrats MUST be tired of defending this guy. The mathematician in chief was in Richmond yesterday and made (yet again) some remarks that try to demonize and belittle Republican plans. Just wondering how smaller government and lower taxes stacks up against a powerful message like hope and change. Americans for Prosperity – as [...]
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