The term Obamacare isn’t simply a reference to the person responsible for the program. It’s also descriptive of the fundamental outlook of the program, i.e. a big government, top down solution of the kind you’d expect from a big government
Recently declassified interviews with senior military personnel reveal that the first information given to the President about the attack in Benghazi described it as a terrorist attack. We’ve known since September of last year that the first call made from
Monday HHS released a report which, for the first time, reveals demographic data on the people who have enrolled. Currently 24 percent of those enrolled are between the ages of 18 and 35. That figure is significantly lower than the
The Obama administration’s Medicaid enrollment numbers mostly come from states that did not expand Medicaid under Obamacare. My colleague John Hayward mentioned this on Friday but I wanted to highlight it again because it seems like something that would be
Rachel Maddow hasn’t let embarrassment regarding a bogus story about the Koch brothers dissuade her from taking more risks on her show. Thursday she devoted a segment to presenting an alternative theory for the closing of lanes on the George
Now that the first deadline has passed and healthcare.gov is more or less working as it should have been in October, a new problem is beginning to reveal itself. So far, the mix of young, healthy enrollees in the risk
The NY Times wasted no time today making a connection between a political scandal Gov. Christie said he knew nothing about and his “confrontational style.” Today the Times posted a video combining a series of Christie confrontations with hecklers going
In a sense the 2016 campaign started today. Not in any technical sense, not monetarily or in terms of staff but in the more important sense of events which prepare the battlespace for years to come. Allahpundit says the reaction
A few days ago the Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote a piece proclaiming MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry “America’s foremost public intellectual.” Coates didn’t really make much of a case. In fact, most of the piece was about Mitt Romney. Here’s the
A survey published Wednesday by Bankrate.com finds the percentage of people who support Obamacare has plummeted since September. Meanwhile, the percentage who say they would repeal it has grown. When Bankrate surveyed opinions before the launch of heathcare.gov it found
A communist union at a Goodyear tire factory in Amiens, France kidnapped two executives Monday morning and kept them locked in a room in order to force concessions from the company. Mickaël Wamen, an employee and spokesperson for CGT, the
According to former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, both Hillary Clinton and President Obama admitted that opposition to the “surge” in Iraq was “political.” Reporter Bob Woodward reveals some forthcoming secrets from Gates’ new book, Duty, which will be published next
I’m old enough to remember watching the 1992 convention speech by Pat Buchanan in which he described a culture war taking place in America. Twenty-two years later, are those battles on their way to being settled? That night in Houston
Health care spending grew modestly in 2012. The White House says Obamacare is responsible for the trend, but CMS–the agency that issued the new report–says the recession, not the President’s reform plan, is the cause. The Examiner’s Philip Klein highlights
The government takeover is here. It’s just not a one step process. Six days into the full implementation of Obamacare the New Republic’s Noam Scheiber has some good news for progressives like Michael Moore who are dispirited by the Obamacare
A high school science teacher re-imagined the premise of Morgan Spurlock’s film Super Size Me, eating nothing but McDonald’s for 90 days. By sticking to nutritional guidelines, he managed to lose 37lbs. and his cholesterol dropped 50 points. John Cisna
Everyone is making confessions about drug use and I figure I have a slightly different perspective than some so I’m going to share it. There will be a point I promise but you’ll have to bear with me for a
A new report from the Guttmacher Institute, the non-profit research arm of Planned Parenthood, finds that more abortions restrictions were implemented in 2013 than in any other year save 2011. The number of states Guttmacher classfies as “hostile” to abortion
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls reported that 1,067 vehicles were set ablaze on New Year’s Eve. The Local reports that Valls called it a “positive result” since last year the total number of cars burned was 1,193. The destruction was
One of President Obama’s constant refrains during the battle over health reform has been that expanding coverage would reduce inefficiency in the system. In particular, he often cited expensive expensive emergency room visits as something that reform could help reduce.
The Obama administration is always a fan of big numbers. Today they are trumpeting the claim that 2.1 million people have signed up for coverage under Obamacare since October 1st. There are actually at least four caveats to this big
Ever wonder what would happen if the media stopped literally fawning at Wendy Davis feet? It turns out she doesn’t respond well to criticism. After losing a race for City Council in 1996, Wendy Davis filed a lawsuit against the
Groups marketing for and against Obamacare are focusing their efforts on so-called “young invincibles.” This AP story walks through some of the “Brosurance” ads we’ve all seen. It concludes with the perspective of 22-year-old student Mette Jensen: Mette Jensen, a
If you like action movies you’ll be familiar with most of these iconic lines. There are only a couple that seem a bit out of place. The one from Steven Seagal’s Hard to Kill makes me laugh. That film was
Obamacare enrolled nearly 2 million people in paying plans in the first three months, which means it only fell about 50 percent short of its goal, i.e. 1.3 million people. That’s the good news. The bad news is that Obamacare
