Category Archives: National Healthcare

Obama Administration Diverts $500M to IRS to Implement His Healthcare Law

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Monday, April 9, 2012 Of the many controversial aspects of President Obama’s new healthcare law, how the president plans to use the IRS as an implementation tool troubles many people the most. While the president’s supporters of the Affordable Care … Continue reading →

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Obama Caves to Sarah Palin, Changes End-of-Life Medicare Rules

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Wednesday, January 5, 2011 The Obama administration today caved to Sarah Palin and the Tea Party loons and dropped a reference to end-of-life counseling from the ground rules for Medicare’s new annual checkup guidelines, a White House official said Wednesday. … Continue reading →

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BREAKING: Virginia Judge Rules Obama’s Healthcare Mandates Unconstitutional

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Monday, December 14, 2010 Another setback for President Pootie Tang. A Federal district judge in Virginia ruled on Monday that a keystone provision in the national healthcare law is unconstitutional. The court is the first in the country to invalidate … Continue reading →

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FBI Arrests Anti-Healthcare Loon for Threatening Pelosi

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Thursday, April 8, 2010 Anti-healthcare fervor reached a fever pitch when the FBI arrested a man yesterday for making threats against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The man, reportedly from Northern California, made dozens of calls to Pelosi’s homes in San … Continue reading →

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HIV-Positive or Have AIDS? Here’s What Obamacare Will Do for You

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010 If you’re HIV-positive or have AIDS and tried purchasing private insurance then you probably know there are either one of two outcomes: 1) You’re offered policies with premiums and deductibles so high that you can’t afford … Continue reading →

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Obama Signs Landmark Health Care Bill

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010 Using 20 different pens, President Barack Obama signed into law the sweeping healthcare reform legislation on Tuesday. The Affordable Health Care for America Act — debated over 14 months, became law in a ceremony in the … Continue reading →

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Pelosi Concedes Healthcare: “I don’t see the votes for it at this time”

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Thursday, January 21, 2010 This is depressing. President Obama squandered all of 2009 trying to pass healthcare reform, only to have Speaker Nancy Pelosi today concede: “I don’t see the votes for it at this time.” Pelosi said the Senate … Continue reading →

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Rahm Emanuel: Don’t Worry About the Left

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Saturday, December 19, 2009 I’ve always been distrustful of Senior White House Adviser Rahm Emanuel. He’s an cocky son-of-a-bitch, with a chip on his shoulder because of his diminutive size. Emanuel is well known on Capitol Hill for his short … Continue reading →

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Domestic Partner Benefits No Longer Treated as Income in Healthcare Bill

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Sunday, November 8, 2009 If you’re gay or lesbian, one of the significant aspects of the sweeping healthcare reform bill passed last night by the Democratic Congress is the change to the way domestic partner benefits are treated by the … Continue reading →

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Landmark Healthcare Bill Passes House

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Sunday, November 8, 2009 Handing President Obama a victory, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand and provide coverage to tens-of-millions of Americans who lack it and place much needed new restrictions on the … Continue reading →

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Sen. Joe Lieberman Wins a Penis Pig Award

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) wins a Penis Pig Award for saying Tuesday that he’d back a Republican filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s health care reform bill. Caucusing with Democrats and is positioning himself as … Continue reading →

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Where Do Those Without Health Insurance Live?

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 The New York Times and the Census Bureau sought to find out where do those without health insurance live? For the first time, in a survey taken last year and released in September, over all it … Continue reading →

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House Progressives Won’t Support a “Trigger” Either

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Friday, September 4, 2009 While President Obama betrays the uninsured and under-insured, as well as his base by not supporting single-payer healthcare for all Americans, the infuriating news comes that the White House is now secretly negotiating with Republican Sen. … Continue reading →

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Obama to Abandon Public Option in the Face of Sinking Poll Numbers

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009 President Obama is expected to deliver a major healthcare speech next week, when Congress returns from its August recess. Although House leaders like Speaker Nancy Pelosi insist any bill must include a public insurance option, Obama … Continue reading →

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Obama Bows to Republican Pressure, Drops Public Option

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Monday, August 17, 2009 After backing away from his support for single-payer, universal healthcare, President Obama has also dropped the public option from his reform plans, instead embracing the far less effective, insurance cooperative scheme over a government-run plan, as … Continue reading →

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On Single Payer, it’s Obama Versus Obama

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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 One of the many things that annoy Americans about politicians is their nasty habit of sticking a finger in the wind to see which way the wind is blowing before taking a stand on an issue. … Continue reading →

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