HHS announced Wednesday that a cumulative total of 3.3 million people have now signed up for private insurance through the Obamacare exchanges but that figure includes hundreds of thousands of individuals who have failed to make their first premium payment.
Meredith Kercher’s killer is gaining new freedoms even as the shameful treatment of Amanda Knox by Italian courts drags on with no end in sight. Rudy Guede killed British university student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy in 2007. He was
This morning the White House used its official Twitter account to direct people to a new dedicated page on its website called “Raise the Wage.” Share the news: Today, President Obama will raise the minimum wage for federal contractors to
Monday night Megyn Kelly and guest Marc Thiessen discussed a rule which states that in order to be eligible for the one year mandate delay (which applies to companies with 50-99 employees) a larger employer “must not reduce the size
Last week health insurance industry expert Bob Laszewski asked whether Obamacare was unraveling. His question was prompted by a report that the White House was considering a 1-3 year extension that would allow people to keep plans (in some states)
The U.S. Treasury Department announced Monday that businesses with 50-99 employees would be granted an additional year before Obamacare’s penalty for failure to offer insurance to employees kicks in. The mandate forces medium sized companies who did not offer health
The White House pulled out all the stops last week to insure reporting on CBO estimates of how Obamacare would create a disincentive to work were strictly accurate. They seem to have another standard entirely when it comes to putting
In response to Selling socialists the bricks they need to bury themselves: I took my kids to see the film Saturday. My son, who is six and has played many of the Lego video games, was particularly excited about it.
Health insurance industry insider Bob Laszewski asks today whether Obamacare is beginning to unravel. His question is prompted by word yesterday that the Obama administration is considering a 1-3 year extension of rules which allow people to keep their “old”
Should we care if people decide to work less because they get more government benefits? Writing at Salon Brian Beutler says we should focus on the benefit to individuals who are no longer indentured at jobs they don’t want because
In a move designed to avoid further rate shock, the Obama administration is considering a possible extension of the one year grace period on previously cancelled health insurance plans. The AP reports word of the possible extension came from Aetna’s
During a 20 minute speech at this year’s National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama said “killing the innocent” is the “ultimate betrayal” of God’s will. It’s a line that comes across as tone deaf given his own record on abortion. But
Even fans of Obamacare in theory are experiencing disillusionment with the program in practice. An LA Times piece published Tuesday cites current Obamacare customers who are less than thrilled with their coverage. Danielle Nelson lost her insurance plan when her
The White House loves a big number to sell the success of its policies. When it comes to Obamacare enrollment, the big number has come primarily from Medicaid enrollment totals. But a new estimate reveals the extent to which those
Reporters at the NY Times believe their editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal is a petty tyrant who produces boring, doctrinaire output that rarely has an impact on the national debate. Even as the New York Times has laid off reporters
Fox News had a banner week at the end of January. Not only did it crush its cable news competition it beat every other advertiser supported cable network. TV Newser reports that Fox News averaged 2.26 million viewers during primetime
Prior to the launch of the Obamacare exchanges last October, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that 7 million people would sign up for new private insurance plans by the end of then enrollment period. The White House embraced that estimate
The NY Times public editor criticized the paper Monday for failing to correct a significant edit to the lede of its story about Chris Christie published last Friday. Public Editor Margaret Sullivan says the edit made to the lede after
Is an “act of terror” the same thing as a terrorist attack? Is this just a tiresome semantic argument or is there more at stake here? General Carter Ham, previous head of AFRICOM, says he reported to Sec. Panetta that
The Kaiser Family Foundation has been tracking the popularity of Obamacare among the uninsured since the bill became law in 2010. Today Kaiser Health News reveals the latest poll numbers which show a dramatic turn against the law. Uninsured Americans
One in five Obamacare “enrollees” could have their plans cancelled for failure to pay their first month’s premium. That figure is based on reports from health insurers themselves, some of whom have made 10 attempts to collect the first payment.
Richard Wolffe is the executive editor of MSNBC’s website. Presumably that means he knows something about what goes on at the network. Last night after someone at MSNBC tweeted the suggestion that the “rightwing” would hate a Cheerios ad featuring
Nevada’s health exchange is still plagued with problems that were foreseeable weeks or even months before the October launch. Back in October, I did a deep dive on the development of the Nevada Health Exchange titled “A Case Study in
Last night one of Obama’s biggest applause lines was his repetition of a misleading statistic about the wage gap between men and women. This specific claim has been rebutted numerous times and yet in Wednesday morning fact checks many news
In an interview which the BBC dubs an “honest take” on the President’s standing in Washington, former White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says the damage done to the President by Obamacare is “hard to overestimate.” The interview, published Monday, is
