Posts Tagged ‘Obamacare’
Mr. Obama oversold Obamacare
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ-p29xEM0s&feature=player_embedded] My wife and I own a small business. We carry a high-deductible health-savings account (HSA). To hold down the price of premiums, we essentially pay the first $5000 of our medical expenses. I just got word that our premiums are going up another $600 this year on top of the $700…
Read MoreIt’s all about freedom.
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaWma3taEEE&feature=related] The president, his party, liberal pressure groups, and their allies in the mainstream media (MSM) are hammering on the theme that the Obama Mandate is all about women’s reproductive health. They know it’s not. You know it’s not. Everyone knows it’s not when you get free contraception by walking into Planned…
Read MoreRomney is willing to retain parts of Obamacare
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5JjBHq8_0&feature=player_embedded] Mitt Romney appreciates aspects of Obamacare. This is understandable. After all, President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid modeled Obamacare after Romneycare health insurance legislation enacted in Massachusetts when Mitt Romney was governor. Mr. Romney said his legislation provided consumers with “incentives” to purchase health insurance. This is a nicer word…
Read MoreWhy high unemployment is here to stay
By Tom Quiner In a typical economic recovery, the economy starts growing and eventually job creation follows suit. I’m not overly optimistic about the likelihood of a robust surge in job creation because of Obamacare. Let’s say you’re a small business owner with 47 employees. Obamacare creates a disincentive to add new employees, because once…
Read MoreMore fallout from Obamacare
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR81QAOOHWU] “When people better understand the Affordable Care Act, they’ll understand, I think, that this isn’t something being done to them but is something that’s really going to be valuable to them.’’ This was the President’s recent defense of the Affordable Care Act, also know as ObamaCare. The law mandates elimination of…
Read MoreObamaCare hurts Health Savings Accounts
By Tom Quiner I am self-employed, the owner of a small business. In order to control health insurance costs, my wife and I purchased a policy with a high deductible supplemented by a Health Savings Account (HSA). The high-deductible policy reduced my premiums substantially. The HSA allows me to save up to $5000 of tax…
Read MoreTwo reasons Obamanomics isn’t creating jobs
By Tom Quiner As many of you know, jobs are hard to come by. The unemployment rate continues to hover near ten percent despite stimulus spending by the Federal Government which will surpass the cost of the Iraq War (see previous post). Nothing the Democrats have done is working. In fact, the case can be…
Read MoreLet us reconsider ObamaCare
Last March 18th, Richard Foster, chief actuary for the Center Medicare and Medicaid Services, presented with Congress’ 2700 page health care bill. His job was to assess the impact ObamaCare would have on America. Unfortunately, Congress wasn’t interested in waiting for his analysis.
…We’ve been sold a bill of goods. ObamaCare tries to cheat the laws of supply of demand instead of letting supply and demand control costs and increase access to healthcare.
According to Medicare’s actuary, according to the Congressional Budget Office, according to health care benefit professionals, America will be poorer and unhealthier under ObamaCare.
Read MoreDoes Obamacare require you to pay for abortions?
Yes. Despite the furious debate between President Obama and a few conscientious Democrats, like Bart Stupak, you and I are required by force of law to pay taxes that will abort babies. Despite an Executive Order to the contrary, the long anticipated dream of the Democratic Party has been realized. Tax-payer funded abortions are here.…
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