Tag Archive | Affordable Care
Posted on September 21, 2013. Tags: Affordable Care, Alien And Sedition, Alien And Sedition Acts, Americans For Prosperity, Care Act, Compromise Of 1850, Federal Act, Felons, Fugitive Slave Act, Fugitive Slave Act Of 1850, House Speaker, Individual Liberty, Internment Of Japanese, Internment Of Japanese Americans, Northern States, O Brien, Slave Owners, Slave States, State Representative, Unicameral Legislature
I was glad to see (actually I was jealous [Lord forgive me!] that I did not blog on this first!) the NH state representative (NH has about a sixth of the population of Virginia but has 400 representatives in the lower chamber of the General Court! Even I could run for state representative in NH! […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on September 4, 2013. Tags: Affordable Care, Care Act, Comptroller, Eligible Individuals, Gop Members, Health Reform, Hornet, Hornet Nest, Hornet S Nest, Innovation Fund, Last Monday, Medicaid, Medicaid Assistance, Medicaid Expansion, Moneys, Omnibus Budget, Paragraph 6, Patient Protection, Social Security Act, Special Session, State Budget, State Treasury, Title Xix Of The Social Security Act, Virginia Health, Waivers
This blog started to try to help Del. Chris Peace. I am not sure it will do so. Might stir up a hornet’s nest like I did last Monday! But here it goes: There was a charge made (I prefer not to say where) that Delegate Peace voted for the Medicaid expansion. (That charge has […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on July 31, 2013. Tags: Affordable Care, Anonymity, Call Center Jobs, Care Act, Contra Costa County, Contra Costa Times, Disappointment, Fear, Friendly Fire, Full Time, George Clooney, Health Benefits, Health Care Call Center, Job, Law Jobs, Part Time, Political Tool, Politicians, Unions
Obamacare ‘Employees Feel Like They’ve Been Used As A Political Tool,’ Unions ‘Want No Part Of The Law’ Obamacare Call Center Jobs: ‘Part-Time, With No Health Benefits’ ‘Half the jobs are part-time, with no health benefits — a stinging disappointment to workers’ “Earlier this year, Contra Costa County won the right to run […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on March 28, 2013. Tags: Affordable Care, Budget Reconciliation Process, Byzantine, Care Act, Directness, Election Day, Filibuster, Finality, Frates, Good Reason, Health Care Law, Health Insurance, Landmark Decision, Majority Vote, Mandate, Mitch Mcconnell, Obama, Republican Plan, Senate Chamber, Senate Republican Leader, Top Aides
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 […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on March 20, 2013. Tags: Abortion History, Abortion Movement, Abortion Rights, Aden, Affordable Care, Ap Article, Cabinet Position, Care Act, Carpetbagger, Conservative Forum, Conservative Values, Cuccinelli, Democratic Party Of Virginia, Director Terry, Family Foundation, Gaff, Governor Of Virginia, Gubernatorial Candidate, Insensitive Remarks, Ken Cuccinelli, Race Creed, Republican Nominee, Research Director, Right Position, Slavery Today, Social Agenda, State Doesn, Terry Mcauliffe, Virginian Pilot
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 […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on March 20, 2013. Tags: 3rd Anniversary, Aetna, Affordable Care, Barack Obama, Blue Shield, California Department Of Managed Health Care, Care Act, Department Of Managed Health Care, Federal Health Care, Health Care Law, Health Insurers, Healthcare Law, Insurance Bills, La Times, Medical Costs, Policyholders, Price Increases, Rate Increases, Sticker Shock, Times 3
‘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 […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on February 21, 2013. Tags: Affordable Care, Care Act, Coverage Plans, Darden Restaurants, Giant Theme, Health Care Law, Health Care Legislation, Health Insurance, Insurance Plan, Jeffers, Medical Insurance, Mini Med, Negative Consequences, Obama, Orlando Sentinel, Part Timers, Time Employees, Time Workers, Types Of Insurance, Universal Orlando
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 […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on August 14, 2012. Tags: Affordable Care, Buying Health Insurance, Care Act, Child Advocacy Group, Class Families, Family Coverage, Glitch, Health Care Law, Health Insurance, Henry A Waxman, Insurance Coverage, Internal Revenue Service, Lesley, New Health Care, New York Times, Nyt, Page Health, Pits, Private Insurance, Sander M Levin
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 […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on August 9, 2012. Tags: Affordable Care, Care Act, Health Care Industry, Health Care Law, Health Law, Health Plans, Hospitality Industries, International Pizza, John Schnatter, Mercer Consulting, Negative Consequences, New Health, New Insurance, Papa John, Pizza Chain, Restaurant Franchisees, Street Journal Article, Time Workers, Wall Street Journal, Workers Health
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 […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on July 9, 2012. Tags: Affordable Care, Appendage, Founding Principles, Gop Governors, Health Care Law, Health Insurance, Insurance Exchange, Massive Expansion, Medicaid Expansion, Medicaid Programs, Medicaid Texas, Patient Protection, Poverty Level, Power Grab, Republican Governors, Rick Perry, State Exchange, Texas Gov, Unfunded Mandate, Virginians
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 […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on June 29, 2012. Tags: Affordable Care, Base Tax, Care Act, Citizens, Falsehood, Legislation, Mandate, Obama, Patient Protection, Pockets, Provision, Rage, taxes
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 […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on June 28, 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 […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on June 28, 2012. Tags: Accessible Health Care, Affordable Care, Businessmen, Cantor, Care Act, Congressman, Crushing Blow, Doctors, Economic Growth, Economy, Federal Government, Focus, Government Intrusions, Health Care Decisions, Jobs, Massive Government, Quality Care, Republicans, Supreme Court Decision, Uncertainty
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 […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on June 28, 2012. Tags: Affordable Care, Based Solutions, Bob McDonnell, Care Act, Citizen, Economic Times, Freedom America, Governor Bob, Healthcare Leaders, Healthcare Solutions, Liberties, Necessary Resources, New President, Patient Protection, Planners, Richmond, Small Businesses, Supreme Court Decision, Supreme Court Ruling, Unfunded Mandates
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 […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on June 28, 2012. Tags: Affordable Care, American Businesses, American Citizens, Bill Bolling, Care Act, Constitutional Authority, Constitutionality, Doctor Patient Relationship, George Allen, Governor Bill, Health Care Choices, Health Care Reforms, Health Insurance, Lieutenant Governor, Mitt Romney, Patient Protection, President Of The United States, Republican Congress, Republican Majority, United States Senate
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 […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on June 28, 2012. Tags: Affordable Care, Alexandria Va, American History, American Taxpayers, Care Act, Congress, Dissemination Of Information, Economy, Freedom Bus Tour, Health Care Law, Healthcare Reform, Medicare, Medicare Cuts, Partisan Organization, President David, Seniors, Supreme Court, Tax Increases, Tpa, Trillion
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 […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on May 23, 2012. Tags: Affordable Care, Barack Obama, Budget Deficit, Centers For Medicare And Medicaid, Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services, Dave Camp, Deficit Problem, Economic Downturn, Education Campaign, Floor Remarks, Foia Request, Gap, Gas Prices, Glossy Brochure, Hard Earned Money, Health Care Issue, Housing Market, Issue 32, Million Medicare Beneficiaries, Mitch Mcconnell, Multimedia Education, Nbc, Nbc Wsj Poll, Partisanship, Politics, Porter Novelli, Pr Campaigns, Pr Week, Publicity Campaigns, Sales Job, Table Id, Wally Herger, Wsj
Tough Sales Job Despite President Obama’s Taxpayer Financed PR Campaigns, Americans Think He ‘Made Things Worse’ SEN. MITCH McCONNELL: “The President needs to face facts. Americans don’t want him spending their hard-earned money trying to spin policies they don’t like.” (Sen. Mitch McConnell, Floor Remarks, 5/23/12) NBC/WSJ Survey: President Has ‘Made Things Worse’ Q: “For each […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on May 23, 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 […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on May 22, 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 […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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