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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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‘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 the Supreme Court upheld the ObamaTax mandate which will increase taxes mostly on those making less than $100,000, one other portion of the ruling disallows the Federal Government from defunding states that refuse to expand Medicaid. The way the ObamaTax law was written, if a state refuses to expand Medicaid to take in far [...]

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Businesses are afraid to invest, afraid to hire and afraid to expand. The ones that have survived have “downsized” to the point that they are profitable. Could they grow? Hire more people? Perhaps. In some cases, absolutely. But they don’t. Because they are afraid. Between the EPA attacks, union attacks, and threats to soak anyone [...]

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Appearing on Fox News Sunday this week, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell reiterated his pledge that if Republicans are in the majority next year, job one will be full repeal of Obamacare.   As Reuters put it yesterday, “Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republicans will insist that the Democrats who control the chamber hold a vote before [...]

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  U.S. Senator John Barrasso Delivers Weekly Republican Address ‘There should be no doubt: Republicans in Congress will fight to repeal the President’s failed health care law.’   WASHINGTON, DC – In the Weekly Republican Address, U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) calls for full repeal of Obamacare following the Supreme Court’s decision this week to uphold the [...]

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Physicians are supposed to be smart people. It takes a lot of time and study to reach the point that you can call yourself a Doctor. Not to mention the expense of Medical School. You would at least think someone with all that time and money invested in their education would be a bit self [...]

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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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Henrico, VA - George Allen today released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision on President Obama’s health care law:   “While disappointed in the Supreme Court’s decision on President Obama’s health care law, I believe it reinforces what is truly at stake during this pivotal election.  This November the American people have an opportunity [...]

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Court’s Ruling Underscores the Need to Repeal Obamacare ‘Today’s decision does nothing to diminish the fact that Obamacare’s mandates, tax hikes, and Medicare cuts should be repealed and replaced with common sense reforms that lower costs and that the American people actually want.’   Washington, D.C.– U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell released the following [...]

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Poll: Most want Supreme Court to overturn individual health care mandate By Leigh Ann Caldwell  CBS  June 7, 2012   CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.   A new CBS News/New York Times poll reveals that nearly seven in ten Americans [...]

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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 Bureau of Labor Statistics announced the employment numbers for March today, but news reports suggest they’re disappointing. The Wall Street Journal writes, “U.S. job growth slowed in March, and the labor force shrank, signaling that the economy could be losing momentum. Jobs outside of agriculture grew by 120,000 last month—half the number that the [...]

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Reuters wrote yesterday, “The White House was forced on the defensive on Wednesday as it sought to explain controversial remarks President Barack Obama made earlier in the week about the Supreme Court’s review of his signature healthcare reform law. . . . Obama expressed confidence on Monday that the Court would not take an ‘unprecedented, [...]

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President Obama continues to take criticism for his preemptive attack on the Supreme Court on Monday, when he claimed that if the justices found his health care law to be unconstitutional it “would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.”   [...]

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