The administration declared success in its efforts to meet its self-imposed deadline of November 30 to improve the Healthcare.gov website. With little fanfare, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency charged with overseeing Obamacare, stated “we believe we have met the goal of having a system that will work smoothly for the […]
Businesses and Obamacare: Not a Good Mix
Public Opinion Strategies (POS) is a well-respected market research company specializing in corporate and public policy research. The company recently undertook a survey of 208 decision makers in franchise-owned businesses and 206 decision makers in non-franchise businesses that have between 40-500 employees and asked them about the impact of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, […]
Think Obamacare is Fixed? Think Again
On Tuesday, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations had a hearing on the Obamacare website roll out and the numerous computer “glitches” that have and are continuing to surface since its opening on October 1. It was an eye opening hearing and shows the website still is not really ready for prime […]
They Knew. They All Knew.
We are seeing a lot of panic on Capitol Hill these days as Obamacare continues to unravel. Certainly, the functionality of the Healthcare.gov website was initially the primary focus of concern. But when millions of Americans began to lose healthcare policies they liked in spite of the president’s numerous promises that “you can keep your […]
Obamacare Rollout – It’s More Than Just Glitches
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif), when queried on October 18 about the problems with the disastrous Obamacare online rollout on October 1, said:
There’s no question that what’s happening with the systems, the national plans is something that has to be improved. They were overwhelmed by the traffic. Okay, but now let’s see how long it’s going to take to have that be fixed. But, that’s about the technology — about the benefits, about the liberation of people to a healthier life of liberty, freedom to choose their happiness, that all remains.
I’m Shocked, Shocked to Find That Fraud is Going on in Obamacare!
When I first saw the headline on the Drudge Report, “VIDEO SHOCK: O’Keefe reveals Obamacare corruption…,” I immediately thought of the classic movie, “Casablanca” and heard those immortal words, “I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!” James O’Keefe, the well-known videographer, is at it again. John Fund has written an eye-opening, […]
Those Pesky Obamacare Grandfather Regs and Why We’re All Doomed
Certainly the latest news about Obamacare is how millions of people across the country are losing their health insurance in spite of numerous assurances by President Obama over a period of four-plus years that, “if you like your health-care plan, you will be able to keep your health-care plan, period.” In other words, he was […]
We Will Have Those Numbers in November
Oh, and that Obamacare really is working too, in spite of the website’s problems. That pretty much sums up the witness’s testimony in today’s hearing on the Affordable Care Act in the House Ways and Means Committee. The sole witness was Marilyn Tavenner, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an agency […]
Massive Glitches and Monkey Courts
There were fireworks today at the House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on the roll out of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. The hearing, entitled, “PPACA Implementation Failures: Didn’t Know or Didn’t Disclose?” questioned representatives from the major contractors that constructed the portal or website that is supposed to help individuals […]
Run Away Run Away!
It is no secret that the Obamacare roll out for its on-line portal to the healthcare exchanges has been a disaster. Taxpayers are shocked to learn they have paid $394 million (according to a Government Accountability Office report) for a system that has not worked since the Oct 1 opening day. The Obama Administration throws […]