On Thursday, President Barack Obama said the credibility that he lost after lying to the American people about Obamacare was not a reason to be skeptical about the comprehensive immigration reform legislation he has been pushing. “If it comes to
In a rambling and at times incoherent press conference, President Obama blamed his staff, government red tape, the government IT procurement process, and himself for the ObamaCare rollout debacle. Obama closed the painful hour with an attack on the media
On Thursday, President Obama took to the White House podium to explain that he would be unilaterally allowing insurance companies to continue selling health insurance plans Americans liked and wanted to keep. Obamacare has already wiped away those plans, and
“When it comes to Obamacare, it’s clear that the American people simply can’t trust this White House,” said Speaker of the House John Boehner, citing President Obama’s broken promises about keeping premiums low, keeping your health insurance plan, and keeping
In response to There is no good reason to prolong the ObamaCare agony: The House and Senate “fixes” may be moot because the White House has announced that Obama will make a statement on his own ObamaCare fix at 11:35
Roll Call: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi plans to endorse a legislative fix to remedy President Barack Obama’s broken “if you like it, you can keep it” promise — even as Obama is set to announce his own plan for
Dozens of times (that we know of) over his campaign to pass ObamaCare and to win re-election, President Obama lied to the American people about being able to keep the health insurance they like. But that lie has only been
Despite what the hysterical media will tell you, those distant blasts you heard last week rolling from New York City to Richmond were not cannon fire from the ongoing civil war within the Republican Party. They were the first shots
They need to be honest about that, that that’s the reason they don’t want to change it. It’s because they’re basically taking the people who are responsible enough to get health insurance in the individual market and asking them to
On Wednesday, the White House’s Chief Technology Officer said he would not consider an item in his online shopping cart on Amazon.com to be “a sale.” This week, the Obama administration, though, said it would count healthcare plans put in online shopping
In response to Democrats want GOP fingerprints on ObamaCare: Looks like the Democrats are going to get their wish…. House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., said Wednesday he is open to supporting Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu’s proposal to
On Wednesday, Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) introduced a bill in the Senate that would allow Americans to keep their health insurance plans for a limit of two years. “I have repeatedly said that the Affordable Care Act isn’t perfect,” Udall
Janet Yellen will face hostile Republicans doubtful of the Federal Reserve’s easy money policies when she appears before senators Thursday to defend her nomination to lead the US central bank. Yellen, chosen by President Barack Obama to replace Ben Bernanke
On Wednesday, after the Obama administration released the abysmal enrollment numbers for the health insurance exchanges, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that he would issue no comment until he had spoken with President Obama. Reid, the most ardent advocate
Robert Laszewski is president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates. He is acknowledged to be one of the foremost experts on health insurance policy in the country. After the administration released enrollment numbers today Laszewski took to his blog to
Though the number is estimated to eventually hit as high as 10 to 15 million, right now the number of insurance policies canceled due to ObamaCare is 5 million. Wednesday, the Obama administration claimed that 106,185 Americans enrolled in ObamaCare.
(AP) Obama admin. posts low health care signupsBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and LAURIE KELLMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe administration says fewer than 27,000 people managed to enroll for health insurance last month in the 36 states relying on the problem-filled federal website for President
Two top Obamacare officials, including the person who has been called one of the law’s architects, have refused to testify before Congress next week. During a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said
Thursday, technocrat Ezra Klein was on a rampage over at the Washington Post to save ObamaCare. After spending three years covering up the fact that ObamCare will devastate the individual insurance market, Klein is now trying to convince skittish Democrats
The Washington Post reported Thursday that the Healthcare.gov website isn’t likely to be fully functional by the White House’s self-imposed November 30th deadline. After the site’s disastrous launch on October 1st, the Obama Administration announced a “tech surge” and promised
(AP) Obama, religious leaders seek immigration overhaulWASHINGTONThe White House says religious leaders and President Barack Obama have agreed there is a moral imperative for overhauling the nation’s immigration laws and are committed to pushing Congress to act. Eight leaders of
A poll published Wednesday by Quinnipiac finds that in a theoretical 2016 match-up between Governor Chris Christie and former Secretary Hillary Clinton, Christie would have a slight edge. The poll of American voters showed Christie garnering 43 percent while Clinton
Todd Park is the Chief Technology Officer for the White House. Wednesday he testified before the House Oversight Committee about problems with the Healthcare.gov website. During testimony Rep. Jason Chaffetz asked Park if he had ever used Amazon.com. Park replied
The media deserve zero points for covering the rolling catastrophe that is ObamaCare. It is not that I don’t give credit where it’s due; it is that the media have no choice. The smoking guns of lies and incompetence are
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) said on C-SPAN Wednesday morning that the Independent Payments Advisory Board (IPAB)–the so-called “death panel” of Obamacare, which will cut Medicare costs by restricting care–should be “revisited.” His comments came as more Democrats are joining calls
