Tag Archive | Health Care Reform
Posted on June 30, 2012. Tags: Allies, Amp, Cost Of Health Care, Courtroom, Doctor Who, Dr John, Full Transcript, GOP, Health Care Law, Health Care Reform, Health Law, No Doubt, Obama, Presiden, Republicans, Saturday June, Seal Of Approval, Senator John Barrasso, Supreme Court, United States Senator
6/30/12 – Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) Delivers Weekly GOP Address On The Need To Repeal Obamacare 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 President’s health law. A doctor who has practiced medicine for 25 years, […]
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 September 28, 2011. Tags: Benefit Consultants, Chief Executive Officer, Democrat Senators, Dick Durbin, Educational Trust, Employer Costs, Family Coverage, Health Care Law, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Law, Health Premiums, Health Research, Kaiser Family Foundation, Litany, Medical Costs, Obama, Senate Majority Whip, Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, “The health-insurance premiums paid by employers rose sharply this year, with the average annual cost of family coverage passing the $15,000 mark for the first time, according to a major survey. The 9% average increase in family premiums for 2011, reported in an annual poll of employers performed by […]
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 September 8, 2011. Tags: Appeals Decision, Blind Justices, Broccoli, Care Case, Court Of Appeals, Disappointment, Fourth Circuit Court Of Appeals, Gm Cars, Health Care Reform, Health Safety, Judge Panel, Ken Cuccinelli, Predicament, Reform Act, Supremes, Technicality, Unexpected Result, Virginia Attorney General, Virginia General Assembly, Welfare Issues
This was not an unexpected result from the 3 judge panel. They were all liberals and I have already written about the predicament they find themselves in. A ruling in favor of ObamaCare and Cuccinelli gets to decide the next venue for appeal: The full court, or the Supremes. The justices were smart and avoided […]
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, 2011. Tags: Appropriations Bills, Budget Blueprint, Budget Committee, Budget Plan, Compromise Plan, Controversial Decisions, Debt Crisis, Economic Stimulus Package, Fiscal Crisis, Harry Reid, Health Care Reform, Jeff Sessions, Kelly Ayotte, Los Angeles Times, National Health Care, Republican Senators, Senate Democrats, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Leader Harry, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
With our nation facing a serious debt crisis, it seems that Democrats in Congress have come together on a strategy to address it: do nothing. The Washington Post wrote Saturday, “Senate Democrats have adopted a minimalist agenda. They have blocked bills from the GOP-led House but proposed few broad ideas of their own — hoping […]
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 April 4, 2011. Tags: Amazon, Barack Obama, Behind Enemy Lines, Bookworm, Chapter 3, Chapter 7, Council Member, Defenders Of Freedom, E Book, Health Care Reform, Ironies, Left Wing, Liberal Land, Perils, Pestilence, Scourge, Socialism, Sustenance, Weasels, Welfare Offices
The Bookworm Turns: A Secret Conservative in Liberal Land The Bookworm Room, a fellow Council Member at Watcher of Weasels is one of those unfortunate Conservative souls who must live and work behind enemy lines. The Perils are great, the danger is everywhere and the sacrifices required are immeasurable. But the rewards are many, if […]
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 23, 2011. Tags: Economic Recovery, Excise Taxes, Federation Of Independent Business, Flexible Spending Accounts, Government Programs, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Law, Howard Schultz Starbucks, Insurance Tax, Mandates, Medicare Hospital Insurance, Members Of Congress, National Association Of Manufacturers, National Federation Of Independent Business, New Laws, Nfib, Seattle Times, Small Business Owners, Tax Increases, Times 3
Starbucks CEO Says ‘Pressure On Small Businesses’ ‘Is Too Great,’ Other Job Creators Say ‘The Healthcare Law Costs Too Much And Further Jeopardizes The Economic Recovery’ HOWARD SCHULTZ, Starbucks CEO: “I Think As The Bill Is Currently Written And If It Was Going To Land In 2014 Under The Current Guidelines, The Pressure On Small […]
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 11, 2011. Tags: Abc Stores, Assembly Session, Bank Bailout, Bogeymen, Brunswick Stew, Commodity Prices, Corn Wheat, Down In Flames, Global Commodity, Global Price, Health Care Reform, Midterm Elections, Overspending, Party People, Price Hikes, Radtke, Sugar And Gasoline, Tea Parties, Tea Party, U S Senate
There was an interesting article in Washington Posts blog by Peter Guluszka, “Virginia Tea Parties need to grow up”. His article brings up some interesting points and some things I have pondered myself. Like this: The well-organized party movement was riding a wave in the run-up to the midterm elections in November. It was taking […]
A concern citizen, Co-Founder of Richmond Patriots, grass root activist interested in putting government back in its proper role.
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Posted on February 7, 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 […]
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 3, 2011. Tags: American Health Care, Democrat, GOP, Gop Campaigns, Health Care Reform, Health Care Spending, Health Reform, Legislative Achievement, Medical Malpractice, Mitch Mcconnell, Monstrosity, Orrin Hatch, Pledge, Political Victory, Reelection, Roll Call, Selling Insurance, Senate Republican Leader, Senate Republicans, Sensible Reforms
Yesterday, Senate Republicans made good on their promise to force a vote on repealing President Obama’s massive, unpopular health care spending law. Unfortunately, every Senate Democrat present for the vote, 51 in total, voted against repeal. All 47 Republicans voted to scrap the 2,700-page monstrosity and start over. Following the vote, Senate Republican Leader […]
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 January 14, 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 […]
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 October 25, 2010. Tags: Blogger, Blue Dog, Blue Dogs, Campaign Manager, Conservative Democrats, Democrat, E Mail, Follower, Health Care Reform, Heath Shuler, Latest Poll, Nancy Pelosi, Party Executive, Redskins, Republican Opponent, Southern Baptist, stimulus, Supermajority, Tarheel State, Term Congressman
Readers of this blog know well that Sandy’s favorite Democrat (at least among office holders) is Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina (blogger’s note and disclaimer – I am a native of the Tarheel State but I am from eastern NC); Shuler’s the former quarterback of the Redskins and Saints (another disclaimer – geaux Saints!) […]
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 24, 2010. Tags: Affordable Care, Ahip, Blame Game, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Illinois, Blue Shield Of Illinois, Care Act, Cbs Evening News, Consumer Protections, Dollar Limit, Health Care Costs, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Plans, Health Insurer, Health Insurers, Hhs Secretary, Patient Protections, Rate Hikes, Scare Tactics, Sebelius
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), […]
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 in Health, News
Posted on September 22, 2010. Tags: Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield Of California, Brisk Pace, California Insurance Department, Check President, Commercial Insurance Market, Commercial Premiums, Connecticut Health, Essential Health, Federal Health Care, Hartford Courant, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Policies, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Insurers, Health Premiums, Individual Health Insurance, Individual Health Insurance Policies, Lifetime Limits, State Regulators
President Obama Repeats Rhetoric On Health Insurance Premiums, Even As New Reports On Rate Hikes Emerge PRESIDENT OBAMA: “All This Is Going To Lower Premiums. It’s Going To Make Healthcare More Affordable” (President Obama, Remarks, 9/22/10) REALITY: “WHOPPING RATE INCREASES ARE COMING SOON” CONNECTICUT: “Health Insurers Are Asking For Immediate Rate Hikes Of More Than […]
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 27, 2010. Tags: Attractive Market, Better Health Care, Border Fence, Defensive Medicine, Ending The War On Drugs, Flow Of Illegal Immigrants, Health Care Bill, Health Care Package, Health Care Reform, Incumbent Senator, Libertarian Candidate, Libertarian Party, Libertarians, Lloyd Bentsen, Medical Malpractice, Senator Murkowski, Trade Legislation, Video Cameras, Voiced Support, War On Drugs
It must be awfully tempting: get an incumbent Senator for the first time on your ballot. But the Alaska Libertarian Party should do a paraphrase of Lloyd Bentsen and proclaim: “I know libertarianism, some libertarians are friends of mine, and you are no libertarian, Senator Murkowski.” Here’s a story on the situation. Here’s a precis […]
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 August 21, 2010. Tags: Affordable Care, Care Act, Congressional Record, Economic Gains, Federal Health Care, Government President, Health Bill, Health Care Costs, Health Care Legislation, Health Care Reform, Health Care Sales, Health Care System, Health Law, Insurance Market, Joint Session Of Congress, Michael Bennet, Patient Protection, Patty Murray, Sales Pitch, Sen Harry Reid
DEM TALKING POINTS MEET REALITY Dems Now Acknowledge Their Health Care Sales Pitch Was False “Key White House Allies Are Dramatically Shifting Their Attempts To Defend Health Care Legislation, Abandoning Claims That It Will Reduce Costs And Deficit, and instead stressing a promise to ‘improve it.’” (“New Dem Message: ‘Improve’ Health Care, Don’t Talk Cost,” […]
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 31, 2010. Tags: American Revolution, Ben Bernanke, Business Affairs, Business Roundtable, Business Veteran, Fed Chairman, Financial Future, George W Bush, Government Takeover, Health Care Reform, Job Creation, Market Volatility, Massive Losses, Max Baucus, Obama, Precipice, President George W Bush, Sorry State, Student Loans, Uncontrollable Urge
There is an excellent article in Investors.Com about the sorry state of business affairs Obama has led this country into. People are asking, “Is the government doing us more harm than good? Should we change what it does and the way it does it?” Now, this was a question asked during the Administration of former […]
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 15, 2010. Tags: Andrew Breitbart, Attendees, Black Lawmakers, Close Contact, Economic Issues, Fund Raiser Event, Health Care Reform, Mainstream Media, Naacp, Organizational Meetings, Party Leadership, Racial Epithets, Racism, Racist Organization, Rally, Richmond, Social Issues, Tea Parties, Tea Party, Unanswered Question
Readers of this blog are well aware that we cover all things TEA. We were the only ones to live blog the Richmond Tax Day rally and we even covered the fund raiser event prior to this year’s TEA party. As a part of that coverage, I attended several organizational meetings in the weeks before […]
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 14, 2010. Tags: Abc News Poll, Approval Rating, Cbs News, Disapproval, Economic Direction, Economic Policies, Economic Programs, Fanfare, Five Points, Frustration, Happy Time, Health Care Reform, Joe Biden, Little Time, Majorities, Midterm Elections, President Joe, Skepticism, stimulus, Washington Post
Vice President Joe Biden and the Obama administration rolled out their “Recovery Summer” tour to much fanfare last month, but The Washington Post writes today, “In a series of polls, the public has expressed deep skepticism about the economic direction Obama began taking in early 2009. A clear majority now say they disapprove of his […]
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 4, 2010. Tags: Black Panthers, Coasts, Colonists, Deep Roots, Devastation, Dictator, Emergency Rooms, Federal Judge, Gun Ban, Health Care Reform, Maximum Freedom, Monarch, Moratorium, Oil Leak, Oil Skimmers, Red Tape, Restrictive Law, Tyrant, Way Of Life, Whims
Two hundred thirty four years ago, America had had enough. King George had moved from monarch to tyrant. With no constitution to protect them from the ruinous whims of a tyrannical dictator, the colonists declared their independence. Among George’s other offenses, the Declaration charged, “He has abdicated Government here … He has plundered our seas, ravaged […]
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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