Rick Scott, another darling of the Tea Party, gets some really cheap health care: Gov. Rick Scott, a critic of the federal health care overhaul, is paying less than $400 a year for health insurance for himself and his wife. While Scott is accepting no salary for his job as governor, the multimillionaire and former […]
A story appearing in the Murdoch owned Wall Street Journal today saying that fast food giant McDonalds is planning on dropping it’s health care coverage for employees because of requirements tied to the new health care bill: While many restaurants don’t offer health coverage, McDonald’s provides mini-med plans for workers at 10,500 U.S. locations, most […]
When I say President Obama is becoming more like Bush I am generally referring to things like these flip-flops we are seeing all to often. The latest one involves the “cadillac plan” tax on health care: President Barack Obama signaled to House Democratic leaders Wednesday that they’ll have to drop their opposition to taxing high-end […]
Bob Herbert has a great piece today tearing about one of the problems I have with the health care bill – the Cadillac tax. First off is Bob’s explanation of the system: The tax would kick in on plans exceeding $23,000 annually for family coverage and $8,500 for individuals, starting in 2013. In the first […]
She is the first one to officially come out against the Senate bill: The Senate health care bill is not worthy of the historic vote that the House took a month ago. Even though the House version is far from perfect, it at least represents a step toward our goal of giving 36 million Americans […]
During this entire health care debate one thing that has really irked me is the progressive bloggers acting like President Obama sold us out by not pushing universal health care. Not once did candidate Barack Obama push for universal health care. Instead candidate Obama pushed for: Establish a National Health Insurance Exchange with a range […]
The former Senate majority leader has written a piece in U.S. News and World Report pushing for a mandate on health coverage: I believe in limited government and individual responsibility, cherish the freedom to choose, and generally oppose individual mandates—except where markets fail, individuals suffer, and society pays a hefty price. Let’s face it, in […]
Wow what a liberal person he is. Here is what he said today during his radio address: The problem with our current system is clear: health care costs are rising rapidly, more than twice as fast as wages. These rising costs are driving up the price of health insurance and making it harder for working […]
With all the problems surrounding the Medicare Prescription Drug Program, you would think they would just leave well enough alone. Well that’s not the case and the newest round of legislation threatens health coverage to seniors and the poor: WASHINGTON, Jan. 29  Millions of low-income people would have to pay more for health care […]