Posted on 28 June 2012. Tags: Affordable Care, Barack Obama, Campaign Event, Capital Gains Taxes, Care Act, Committee On Taxation, Congressional Budget Office, Constitutional Purposes, Federation Of Independent Business, Health And Human Services, Income Taxes, Joint Committee On Taxation, Middle Class Families, National Federation Of Independent Business, Patient Protection, Payroll Taxes, Secretary Of Health And Human Services, Sen Obama, Shared Responsibility, Supreme Court Of The United States
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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Posted on 17 February 2012. Tags: Abortion Services, Catholic Groups, Catholic Schools, Eternally, Faith Groups, Harry Reid, Health And Human Services, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Requirements, Kathleen Sebelius, Religious Institutions, Religious Tenets, S Council, Secretary Of Health And Human Services, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Leader Harry, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Sterilization, Substantive Change, Uproar
The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up, carved eternally in the akhasic records of cyberspace. There was a great deal of attention this week from the Council on Th eObama Administration’s attack on the First Amendment via Secretary of Health and [...]
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Posted on 18 July 2010. Tags: Boston Globe, Convincing Evidence, Day Care Centers, Health And Human Services, Health Care Finance, Health Care Plan, Health Care Spending, Health Insurance, Heavenly Bodies, Insurance Brokers, Insurance Program, Judyann Bigby, Massachusetts Companies, Massachusetts Division, Massachusetts Employers, Retail Shops, Richard Powers, Secretary Of Health And Human Services, Solar Eclipse, Solar Eclipses, Three Quarters, Unemployed Residents
We learned last week that a solar eclipse is a rare but beautiful convergence of heavenly bodies. When we have here is a rare but ugly convergence of past and future that has deep implications for the 2012 election. The Boston Globe is reporting that: The relentlessly rising cost of health insurance is prompting some small [...]
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Posted on 24 March 2010. Tags: Affordable Care, Barack Obama, Care Act, Cbs News, Double Digits, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Care Bill, Health Care Coverage, Healthcare Law, Healthy Families, Kaiser Family, Medical Bills, Patient Protection, Payroll Tax, Roll Call Vote, Secretary Of Health And Human Services, Senate Dems, Times 3, Wealth Inequality, Work Health
57 Democrats Vote Against Keeping Premiums Affordable. Barrasso Amendment #3582: “The implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (and the amendments made by such Act) shall be conditioned on the Secretary of Health and Human Services certifying to Congress that the implementation of such Act (and amendments) would not increase premiums more than the premium increases projected prior to the date of enactment of such Act.” (Barrasso Amendment #3582, Roll Call Vote #68, Motion To Table Agreed To 57-41: R 0-40; D 55-1; I 2-0, 3/24/10)
Under Dem Healthcare Law “Premiums Will Continue To Rise,” “Healthy Families Will Be Picking Up Most Of The Bill”
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Posted on 10 September 2009. Tags: Congressional Leaders, Doublespeak, Employer Mandate, Health And Human Services, Health Care Legislation, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Plan, Insurance Exchange, Kathleen Sebelius, Last Two Months, Lawsuit Reform, Little Consideration, Medical Liability, Overwhelming Response, Public Government, Scare Tactics, Secretary Of Health And Human Services, Town Hall Meetings, Trial Lawyers
The president’s speech has changed nothing.
President Obama changed nothing about his plan. His speech did not move Congress any closer to reforms that would put patients first. Instead, he vowed to “call out” people he deems as “misrepresenting” his plan.
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