Public Release: 28-Jan-2015 In some US health plans, HIV drugs cost nearly $3,000 more per year than in other plans. If left unchecked, this practice could partially undermine a central feature of the Affordable Care Act. Harvard School of Public… Read More ›
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Revealed: How a taxpayer bail out that could run into BILLIONS was built in to Obamacare to protect insurance companies if they lost out in reform
The Affordable Care Act included a way for insurance companies to recoup their losses from covering everyone regardless of their health If insurers lose money, the government’s funds – taxpayer dollars – cover between 50 and 80 percent of… Read More ›
Heart failure patients please go away, you are no longer welcome under the Affordable Care Act
Efforts to curb hospital readmissions take center stage Studies focus on identifying vulnerable patients, early follow up, medication and engagement WASHINGTON (March 29, 2014) — Strategies aimed at reducing the number of patients with heart failure and other cardiovascular conditions… Read More ›
Obamacare: 42 percent of Americans can’t explain a deductible
First baseline results of health care survey show most vulnerable populations are least informed about changes under new health care laws, but also the most optimistic The week before open enrollment closes for new health care exchanges, a study by… Read More ›
Democrats promote positive message on Obamacare and work hours
– casting an expected decline in American work hours as a boon to worker freedom and family values – Obamacare would mean more family time for mothers, more study opportunities for college students and less job stress for older workers…. Read More ›
Affordable Care Act Software ongoing investigation, if the software was written in Belarus
U.S. says no evidence Obamacare software written in Belarus Hayden confirmed that a U.S. intelligence agency had recently issued, then retracted, a report related to possible involvement by a Belarus company in writing the software. Valery Tsepkalo, director of the… Read More ›
Richard Simmons’ massive, eight-hour, $1.37 million Obamacare ad may spur audit.
– First off, I have respect for Richard Simmons – Second I heard of this video a few weeks ago, but really had no clue had bad and insulting it was till I saw parts. – I have little doubt his initial… Read More ›
‘A hacker’s wet dream:’ ‘World’s most wanted hacker’ SLAMS Obamacare website security
– Healthcare.gov retrieves information from numerous third-party databases belonging to the IRS, Social Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security, and other State agencies – it’s clear that the management team did not consider security as a priority – A breach may result… Read More ›
Obamacare enrolment numbers reveal critical lack of young customers
– ” sign that prices may have to rise to keep insurers in the program “ Figures show more older people have signed up for plans Insurance companies need young people to balance books Key White House aide announces departure… Read More ›
Hidden Obamacare taxes will appear on health insurance bills starting in 2014
Blue Cross Blue Shield subscribers in Alabama noticed added fees That state’s portion of the company decided to itemize the fee and directly attribute it to the Affordable Care Act
Doctors Sue United Healthcare for Bad Faith
BROOKLYN (CN) – A 22,000-member physicians’ group sued United Healthcare Insurance, claiming the money-grubbing, multibillion-dollar insurance company is illegally terminating them from its Medicare network on Jan. 1 to cut its losses from reduced federal payments under the Affordable Care… Read More ›
New study shows that more than half of consumers will choose a health-care plan that costs too much
– more than 80% of consumers may be unable to make a clear–eyed estimate of their needs and will unknowingly choose a higher cost plan than needed. New research from Columbia Business School warns that consumers will make mistakes totaling… Read More ›
‘A public safety disaster’: Obamacare could force THOUSANDS of volunteer fire departments to close
The Affordable Care Act forces companies with more than 50 workers to buy them all health insurance or pay hefty fines The IRS says volunteer firefighters are ’employees,’ even though the Department of Labor says they’re ‘volunteers’ Out of more… Read More ›
How the scare tactics of the past shape the Affordable Care Act debate today
The long, lurid tradition of public health propaganda By Kevin Hartnett December 08, 2013 A creepy looking Uncle Sam in anti-ACA ads. The Affordable Care Act has prompted a Supreme Court case, polarized… Read More ›
Care at top hospitals is NOT INCLUDED in Obamacare, report reveals
Insurers selling cover on the new exchanges will not offer access to cancer centers, Memorial Sloan Kettering in Manhattan and MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Access to Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, one of the top research and teaching hospitals,… Read More ›
Media Smoke and Mirror game at the expense of a child?
EEV: Commentary Rarely do I comment on events; However, when it involves children I do. Recently an article was run titled “ Boy, 7, born with rare cancer loses his insurance because of Obamacare…leaving his parents needing $50,000 to pay… Read More ›
House subcommittee: Obamacare’s $300 billion Medicare Advantage raid will hurt seniors next year
Posted By Patrick Howley On 10:38 PM 12/04/2013 In | Obamacare “raided” $300 billion for Medicare Advantage and seniors will begin feeling the cuts next year, according to an analysis Tuesday by the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee…. Read More ›
Obamacare website-maker runs failed Army Human Terrain System program
Posted By Patrick Howley On 9:32 PM 12/01/2013 In | The company that earned the no-bid contract to build the failed Obamacare website also runs the Army’s disastrous Human Terrain System in Iraq and Afghanistan, which has been accused of… Read More ›
Washington Post op-ed: Repeal presidential term limits
Posted By Tim Cavanaugh On 10:36 AM 11/29/2013 In | No Comments As President Obama faces a small revolt within his own party, a Washington Post op-ed is calling for the United States to end presidential term limits and allow… Read More ›
Boy, 7, born with rare cancer loses his insurance because of Obamacare…leaving his parents needing $50,000 to pay for life-saving chemotherapy
A Gainesville, Texas family is fighting for their cancer-stricken child’s life after he was removed from his insurance plan Ron and Krista Alford’s seven-year-old boy Hunter is in need of another round of chemotherapy costing $50,000 He has lost his… Read More ›
Revealed: ‘Non-partisan’ charity received $1.1M grant to ‘produce’ Obamacare success stories amid litany of setbacks and glitches
By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 10:54 EST, 28 November 2013 | UPDATED: 11:03 EST, 28 November 2013 A self-described non-partisan organization promoting affordable health care has received a $1.1million grant to create a database of Obamacare success stories, it was… Read More ›
Obamacare website ‘either hacked or will be soon’ Exposing highly sensitive and personal information about US citizens, warns infosec expert
And it won’t be from hacktivists wielding dud ‘Destroy Obama Care’ ray gun By John Leyden Hackers have thrown multiple attacks at US President Obama’s medical insurance bazaar HealthCare.gov since it went live in October, according to a senior US… Read More ›
Washington Insurance Official Is Ousted a day after he publicly questioned a decision by President Obama
By SUSANNE CRAIG and MICHAEL D. SHEAR The insurance commissioner for the District of Columbia was dismissed from his job just a day after he publicly questioned a decision by President Obama to reverse a provision of the Affordable Care… Read More ›
Revealed: Obamacare plans will cost MORE ‘in many cases’ even with government subsidies, officials admit for the first time
By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor PUBLISHED: 16:18 EST, 14 November 2013 | UPDATED: 17:04 EST, 14 November 2013 The Obama administration has directly conceded for the first time that ‘in many cases,’ health insurance plans offered through government… Read More ›
Only 100,000 ‘select’ Obamacare plans in October and fewer than 27,000 have made it through
13 Nov 2013 Washington (AFP) Only 100,000 people have enrolled in the new US Obamacare health plan so far, and fewer than 27,000 have made it through a faulty federal sign-up website, the government said Wednesday. The figure of 106,185… Read More ›
Obama’s tech expert too busy fixing website to testify
Source: Reuters – Fri, 8 Nov 2013 02:19 AM Author: Reuters (Recasts with Park asking for delay due to work on website) WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) – The chief technology officer for the White House is willing to testify to… Read More ›
Customers Claim Anthem Blue Cross ‘Twisted’ Them Out of Health Insurance
By ELIZABETH WARMERDAM LOS ANGELES (CN) – Anthem Blue Cross deceptively lured tens of thousands of policyholders out of their protected, grandfathered health plans “to eliminate as many of its grandfathered plans from the marketplace” as possible as… Read More ›
Obama denies promising Americans they could absolutely keep their healthcare plans, but video shows him making that pledge – 29 times!
Obama suddenly pivoted Monday night, adding conditions to his pledge that no one would lose insurance plans that they liked The Affordable Care Act requires policies to include a set of coverage items including maternity and pediatric care, whether or… Read More ›
Obamacare website security at ‘high risk’ before launch -memo / ” sensitive data, such as Social Security numbers, email addresses, phone numbers and birth dates that could be used by criminals “
Source: Reuters – Wed, 30 Oct 2013 10:02 PM Author: Reuters By Jim Finkle BOSTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – The security of the Obama administration’s healthcare website was at “high risk” because of lack of testing before it opened for… Read More ›
Obama administration knew millions could not keep their health insurance / “40 to 67 percent” of customers will not be able to keep their policy”
News networks buzzed late on Friday as they discovered what NBC had found: evidence that the Obama administration has known for three years that the president’s promise simply couldn’t be kept. This example, from July 19, 2010, hit the Internet… Read More ›
Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is executive at company that built Obamacare website ( no-bid contract )
Posted By Patrick Howley On 4:57 PM 10/25/2013 In | First Lady Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is a top executive at the company that earned the contract to build the failed Obamacare website. Toni Townes-Whitley, Princeton class of ’85, is… Read More ›
Obamacare sites pirated copyrighted web scripts
Published time: October 18, 2013 16:52 Edited time: October 19, 2013 17:40 Screenshot from healthcare.gov The list of complaints waged at the White House over its Healthcare.gov site continues to grow, but the latest incident involving the online home… Read More ›
Obamacare woes widen as insurers get wrong data and experts say website built on ten-year-old technology will need to be constantly fixed and then totally overhauled
Technology experts say the flaws could do lasting damage Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius criticized for declining to testify before an oversight panel Administration officials blame problems on an unexpectedly high volume of 14.6 million visitors in its… Read More ›
Blank check: The U.S. government borrowed $328billion on the first day after a debt deal without a debt ceiling was agreed upon
The new debt deal has no debt ceiling, giving the federal government a blank check until February The previous one day borrowing record was $238billion By Ryan Gorman PUBLISHED: 23:27 EST, 18 October 2013 | UPDATED: 23:27 EST, 18 October… Read More ›
U.S. Women Are Dying Younger Than Their Mothers, and No One Knows Why
While advancements in medicine and technology have prolonged life expectancy and decreased premature deaths overall, women in parts of the country have been left behind. Grace WylerOct 7 2013, 9:10 AM ET (jessiejacobson/flickr) The Affordable Care Act took a major… Read More ›
Obamacare activists STRIP to their underwear in taxpayer-funded, PETA-style stunt to persuade young Coloradoans to ‘get covered’
By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor PUBLISHED: 15:53 EST, 3 October 2013 | UPDATED: 16:25 EST, 3 October 2013 Obamacare organizers in Colorado are taking Obamacare promotion to a new low – at least in terms of their dress … Read More ›
Feds are building a detective squad to target consumers and companies that don’t follow Obamacare’s rules
Post-Obamacare law hiring at the Department of Health and Human Services included 86 ‘criminal investigators,’ but just two ‘consumer safety’ officers On the day President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law in 2010, HHS received authority to make… Read More ›
Loopholes in health care law could result in employee harassment ? May choose not to hire people that do not carry their own insurance
Photo courtesy College of Law As firms grapple with the significant cost increases associated with the Affordable Care Act, the possibility emerges that employers would harass or retaliate against employees in order to avoid the law’s financial penalties,… Read More ›
Top Republican lawmaker: ‘Obamacare is law of the land’ ???
Fri, 9 Nov 2012 02:49 GMT Reuters WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Top Republican lawmaker John Boehner said on Thursday he would not make it his mission to repeal the Obama administration’s healthcare reform law following the re-election of President… Read More ›
IOM States ” roughly $750 billion — was wasted on unnecessary services, excessive administrative costs, fraud, and other problems” in 2009
Date: Sept. 6, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Transformation of Health System Needed to Improve Care and Reduce Costs WASHINGTON — America’s health care system has become too complex and costly to continue business as usual, says a new report from… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 