Posts Tagged ‘obamacare’
NewsBusted 8/16/11 – YouTube
Topics in today's show: --Bachmann won Iowa straw poll --Federal appeals court rules Obamacare's individual mandate unconstitutional --America's credit downgrade hit stock market hard --David Axelrod blamed Tea Party for stock market drop --Al Sharpton misspoke while covering recall elections in Wisconsin --Palin well-received by crowds at Iowa state fair --TBS cancelled Lopez Tonight --For the premiere episode of Two and a Half Men, Charlie Sheen will be killed off by a high-speed train Starring: Jodi Miller Production: Dialog New Media via NewsBusted 8/16/11 - YouTube.
Judicial Watch Challenges Constitutionality of Obamacare
Legislative “power grab” has “overstepped the Commerce Clause’s boundaries…” (Washington, DC) -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare (Susan Seven-Sky, et al v Eric Holder, Jr. et al.(No. 11-5047)). The lawsuit is currently on appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Judicial Watch’s brief challenges the constitutionality of the law’s “Requirement to Maintain Minimal Essential Coverage,” or the “individual mandate,” which forces citizens [...]
Obama skirts rule of law to reward pals, punish foes
Question: What do the following have in common? Eckert Cold Storage Co., Kerly Homes of Yuma, Classic Party Rentals, West Coast Turf Inc., Ellenbecker Investment Group Inc., Only in San Francisco, Hotel Nikko, International Pacific Halibut Commission, City of Puyallup, Local 485 Health and Welfare Fund, Chicago Plastering Institute Health & Welfare Fund, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Teamsters Local 522 Fund Welfare Fund Roofers Division, StayWell Saipan Basic Plan, CIGNA, Caribbean Workers' Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Health and Welfare Plan. Answer: They are all among the 1,372 businesses, state and local governments, labor unions and insurers, covering 3,095,593 individuals or families, that have been granted a waiver from Obamacare by Secretary of Health [...]
HHS Releases Obamacare Propaganda “Report”
The Department of Health and Human Services says Obamacare is already a great success. Well, I guess it's settled then. Might as well pack up that whole "repeal" thing, and head home: The Obama administration is firing back at one of the major attacks Republicans have leveled at the health reform law: that it will make insurance premiums rise. A report released by HHS on Friday argues that individuals and families purchasing coverage through the exchanges in 2014 will save 14 percent to 20 percent over what coverage would cost them if the law had never been enacted. These savings come from market reforms and regulations — they do not include the tax credits that will effectively reduce premiums for some individuals by more than half. The report points to [...]
VA Judge: ObamaCare Individual mandate unconstitutional | Politisite
A federal judge struck down the Obama administration’s health reform law Monday, moving reform’s most significant challenge one step closer to its likely destination: the Supreme Court. In a highly-anticipated suit brought by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, District Judge Henry E. Hudson ruled that the individual mandate to buy health insurance is unconstitutional as it “exceeds the constitutional boundaries of congressional power.” Hudson stopped short of blocking the law’s implementation until a higher court acts, but said he expects the administration to honor his ruling. “The final word will undoubtedly reside with a higher court,” Hudson wrote in his ruling. “In this Court’s view, the award of declaratory judgment is sufficient to stay [...]