
Even as President Barack Obama did his best Tuesday to take an Obamacare victory lap, a “prominent Democratic pollster” told Politico that the White House’s inflated seven million enrollment figure talking point does little to change Democrats’ dire electoral outlook.
by Wynton Hall1 Apr 2014, 7:54 PM PST0

President Barack Obama’s home state of Hawaii’s Obamacare exchange spent $35,749 per enrollee, a sum greater than the price of a new 2014 BMW 320i sedan (MSRP $32,750). “Just obscene amounts of money have disappeared into these state exchanges for
by Wynton Hall1 Apr 2014, 2:49 PM PST0

Obamacare, the plan purportedly created to provide health coverage for the uninsured, has enrolled just 1.7% of America’s 48.6 million uninsured. News of the disastrous numbers comes as nervous Democrats and President Barack Obama, ahead of the November midterm elections, did
by Wynton Hall31 Mar 2014, 8:09 AM PST0

The federal Obamacare website is down for maintenance on the final day of open enrollment. Since 3:00 a.m. Eastern time, HealthCare.gov has been down to fix a software bug. “The tech team is working now to bring the system online
by Wynton Hall31 Mar 2014, 6:39 AM PST0

A stunning new CNN poll reveals that President Barack Obama’s all-important “effective manager” rating has plunged 33 points since taking office. Political analysts consider the effective manager question a key factor for Independent voters who base decisions less on ideology
by Wynton Hall28 Mar 2014, 10:13 AM PST0

With pollsters across the spectrum showing Democrats in danger of losing the Senate due to the highly unpopular Obamacare program, vulnerable Senate Democrats and those from red states are scrambling to pass bills they hope will give them political cover
by Wynton Hall27 Mar 2014, 11:29 AM PST0

An Obamacare navigator tells the Chicago Tribune that the much-feared Obamacare penalty is not something most people should worry about. The Tribune says Community Counseling Centers of Chicago navigator Tim van Alstyne said, “he tells people that between the state’s
by Wynton Hall26 Mar 2014, 1:48 PM PST0

Embattled Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that the Obama administration’s decision to extend the Obamacare open enrollment period is not, in fact, an extension. “This is not an extension of open enrollment,” Sebelius told Michigan Fox
by Wynton Hall26 Mar 2014, 1:38 PM PST0

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) now projects that by the end of the budget window in 2024, interest payments on the U.S. debt will quadruple, reaching a stratospheric $880 billion a year. According to Senate Budget Chairman Jeff Sessions (R-AL),
by Wynton Hall26 Mar 2014, 11:44 AM PST0

Last month, the Obama administration said it lacked “the statutory authority to extend the open enrollment period” for Obamacare. Moreover, when embattled Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was asked by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) during testimony before the
by Wynton Hall26 Mar 2014, 9:33 AM PST0

A new study by the left-leaning think tank the New American Foundation finds that 40% of the over $1 trillion in U.S. student loan debt belongs to graduate students. “Most of these degrees are not intuitively worth it,” Jason Delisle,
by Wynton Hall25 Mar 2014, 9:59 AM PST0

As the debate over a $9 billion, five-month unemployment insurance extension heats up on Capitol Hill, a new study by President Barack Obama’s former Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Alan Krueger, finds that just one in
by Wynton Hall24 Mar 2014, 11:33 AM PST0

As Obamacare turns four years old on Sunday, the White House and congressional Democrats are activating “healthcare strike teams” to defend the unpopular health care law on Twitter using the hashtag #healthcare4all. The Hill reported on Saturday that House Minority
by Wynton Hall23 Mar 2014, 5:44 AM PST0

Four years of Obamacare have produced health insurance for just 1.4% of uninsured Americans. According to CNBC, of the 5 million people the Obama administration claims have enrolled in Obamacare, just 715,000 are previously uninsured Americans who have chosen and
by Wynton Hall23 Mar 2014, 5:09 AM PST0

Obamacare is so politically toxic it’s giving new hope to top Republican officials in Oregon, a state where Barack Obama beat Mitt Romney by almost 12 points and only one Republican is in the state’s congressional delegation. “As Oregonians, we
by Wynton Hall22 Mar 2014, 5:36 PM PST0

The Oregon Obamacare exchange has received $305 million in taxpayer-funded federal grants, spent $160 million on its busted website, dropped $10 million on hipster promotional ads, erroneously enrolled 4,000 illegal immigrants in full Oregon Health Plan coverage contrary to federal
by Wynton Hall20 Mar 2014, 12:40 PM PST0

Missouri Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill said on Wednesday that America’s $17 trillion debt threatens to put the nation “in a position where we’re not a first-tier nation anymore.” McCaskill added, “I do believe a $17 trillion debt is irresponsible. I
by Wynton Hall19 Mar 2014, 3:54 PM PST0

Obamacare patients are discovering that many doctors, hospitals, and top cancer centers do not accept the plans they purchased. “It’s so frustrating,” Terri Durheim of Enid, Okla., told CNN. “It’s not doing me a lot of good.” Durheim is not
by Wynton Hall19 Mar 2014, 2:43 PM PST0

In an attempt to boost lagging youth Obamacare enrollments, the Rhode Island Obamacare exchange has decided to launch a “Nag Toolkit” website designed to help moms pester their children to enroll in Obamacare by using “hook-up” dating app Tinder, SnapChat,
by Wynton Hall19 Mar 2014, 11:12 AM PST0

Insurance industry officials state that Obamacare health insurance premiums are set to skyrocket; some people will find theirs doubling or tripling over the next several months leading up to the November 4th midterm elections. The coming spike in health insurance costs
by Wynton Hall19 Mar 2014, 8:50 AM PST0

The “manufacturing innovation hubs” President Barack Obama touted in his 2013 State of the Union speech as a way to create jobs in America are reducing, not increasing, the need for unskilled workers, reports Reuters. “A lot of the equipment
by Wynton Hall18 Mar 2014, 3:58 PM PST0

While in Poland on Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden claimed that as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, he led the fight for Poland’s entry into NATO-an event that occurred before his chairmanship. “Fifteen years ago, I was honored, as
by Wynton Hall18 Mar 2014, 3:54 PM PST0

Even as the world condemns Vladimir Putin’s Russian invasion of Ukraine, U.S. public relations firm Ketchum says it will continue its lucrative contract with the Russian government, which has earned the firm over $55 million since 2006. “Our work continues
by Wynton Hall17 Mar 2014, 10:13 PM PST0

Just one month after passage of the 2014 farm bill designed to slim food stamp payments, governors in six states have found a way to to keep hundreds of millions of dollars flowing to food stamp recipients, a sum that
by Wynton Hall17 Mar 2014, 3:59 PM PST0

Last week, a New York Times analysis of General Motors federal crash data found that 303 people died when their air bags failed to deploy in two GM models that were recalled early this year. Then on Friday, GM got
by Wynton Hall17 Mar 2014, 11:22 AM PST0