Wednesday night Sean Hannity brought up a topic which deserves more attention than it has ever received from the media. Is the ACA intended to transition us to single-payer? The answer to this question is yes, though unfortunately the discussion
Brian Shaffer lives in Maryland. He is one of hundreds of thousands who has lost insurance because of the Affordable Care Act. But when Shaffer tried to buy replacement insurance on the Maryland exchange he got a surprise, one which
The BBC has helped to disseminate a dramatic video captured from Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces in Syria. The video was captured after the Iranian forces were killed in battle with a larger more heavily armed rebel force. It shows a
One of the highlights of this morning’s hearings was this exchange between Sec. Sebelius and Rep. Lee Terry of Nebraska. Terry first asked if Sebelius would be offering any enrollment numbers. She claimed she did not have the data to
An internal memo dated September 27th warned that insufficient testing of Healthcare.gov could create a security risk. The memo was directed to Medicare chief Marylin Tavenner. It warned that one of the site contractors could not test site security because
Glenn Kessler at the Washington Post does a nice job explaining why the President’s oft-made claim “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan” is not remotely true and why the administration’s current excuses are not believable. Kessler
A story published Tuesday evening claims that the Obama administration received “stark warnings” that Healthcare.gov was not going to be ready for launch. CNN’s report is based on a progress report sent from the main contractor, CGI Federal, to CMS.
Just something fun which premiered today. This is supposedly based on a series of comics of the same name published in 1980. The concept is a dystopian future in which mutants are hunted down by giant robots called sentinels. There
A new Quinnipiac poll on the Governor’s race in New Jersey shows Chris Christie walking away from his Democratic challenger with just days to go before the election. Christie leads 64-31 among likely voters which may be the least surprising
A new report by NBC News confirms that the administration knew President Obama’s oft-uttered promise “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan” would not prove true for millions of Americans: Four sources deeply involved in the Affordable
The Luxe Bel Air hotel on Sunset Blvd. is a tucked away behind trees and barely visible from the road. Sunday night a multi-ethnic panel of experts gathered in this hide away to discuss what they believe is one of
The Wisconsin Policy Research Institute has published an excerpt from Gov. Scott Walker’s forthcoming book. It describes the threats to life and limb that he and his family received during the debate over Act 10. In particular Walker notes how
Sunday the White House released a new promotional “whiteboard” video for Obamacare. The video features the four different ways to sign up, but according to a report by Politico all of those methods are ultimately dependent on the malfunctioning website.
Princeton economics professor Uwe E. Reinhardt gives President Obama a letter grade on the roll out: President Obama taught constitutional law at the University ofChicago Law School. How would he have graded a student’s performance on,say, a term paper or
Perhaps Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown hasn’t heard the claim that President Obama had no idea the Obamacare was in trouble. During a visit to the Hamilton County Human Services Chamber in Ohio Thursday Brown was asked about the roll out.
Last night on Megyn Kelly’s new evening time slot show (which I really like so far) Kirsten Powers described how her health insurance premiums had gone from $160 a month to $300 a month : Kirsten has been, and continues
Via John Podhoretz on Twitter comes this glimpse into the mind of a socialist multimillionaire. Russell Brand, the comic best known for his Judd Apatow movies and brief marriage to Katy Perry, resurrects the spirit of Occupy in this interview
According to Sec. Sebelius, President Obama did not know about warnings within HHS that Healthcare.gov was not ready for launch. And yet in the two months prior to the go live date the White House, including the President himself, was
Today’s hearing on ACA implementation did not produce a lot of news. In part that’s because no one at the hearing–Republicans, Democrats, or representatives for the private companies testifying–seemed especially well prepared. The corporate heads in particular repeatedly said they
What has been common knowledge on the right since Monday is now making its way onto the left leaning Wonkblog at the Washington Post. The phone number the Obama administration has been giving out will not allow you to purchase
The White House continues to refuse to release enrollment figures for the federal exchange. The official excuse, offered by Jay Carney again today, is that the information will be released on a regular schedule starting in mid-November, just like the
We’ve now reached the cover up stage of the Obamacare roll out. In a CNN interview with Sanjay Gupta, Sebelius claims the President didn’t know about the problems prior to the launch. GUPTA: The president did say that he was
WLUK Fox 11 in Wisconsin took a local look at the success of the Obamacare exchange. What they found is that brokers and navigators are unable to sign up anyone for new policies. One woman spent 3 hours trying to
The over-the-top headline is a reference to a funny Stewart bit from 2010 in which he mocked online headlines for being “out of proportion” to their content. In any case, if you ignore the introductory premise in which Stewart suggests
Truth Revolt published this video of CNBC anchor Steve Liesman asking for “Mexican music” to accompany a picture of Senator Ted Cruz:
