Before breaking for the November elections, Congressional Democrats plan to pass a massive stop-gap spending bill that may also include a slew of unrelated or extraneous provisions.  The Obama Administration is also asking Congressional Democrats to include $250 million dollars to “increase the primary care health workforce” because “without interventions, experts are projecting a… Read more

Today, the independent and nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report finding the Obama Administration’s nearly $20 million Medicare mailer misleads America’s seniors by falsely claiming the Democrats’ health care law would not negatively impact seniors’ benefits.  Specifically, GAO states:     "[T]he brochure overstates some of [the Democrats’ health… Read more

Today's Wall Street Journal reports that health insurance companies plan to increase health insurance premiums by up to 20 percent next year in part to comply with new federal mandates resulting from the Democrats' health overhaul.  Two of the largest insurance companies, BlueCross BlueShield and Aetna, plan to increase their monthly rates by up to 9 percent because of ObamaCare.  The… Read more

As if more than one-half trillion dollars in Medicare cuts that could jeopardize access to care wasn't enough bad news for seniors, analysis released yesterday by Avalere Health, a health care research firm, estimates that 1 in 5 seniors could lose their Medicare Part D plan because of actions taken by President Obama’s Administration.  As reported by the Associated Press, these actions… Read more

The 2010 Medicare Trustees report confirms what employers have been saying for months – that the Democrats’ health care law will result in a substantial and marked decline in employer-sponsored retiree drug coverage.  In 2009, 20 percent of seniors participating in Part D did so through a retiree plan offered by their former employer who received a federal subsidy.  These… Read more

President Obama and Democrats’ grand experiment with Americans’ health care is already backfiring just mere months after becoming law.  A survey of 459 employers by Fidelity Investments, a leading provider of employee benefits, finds that 1 in 5 employers are “seriously” evaluating dropping health benefits for their employees.  Furthermore, 1 in 2 small businesses are bracing for higher… Read more

Dr. Donald Berwick, the pediatrician President Obama installed at the helm of Medicare and Medicaid without Congressional input, has said he is "in love with the NHS," Britain's government-run health system.  Unable to contain his true feelings, Dr. Berwick went on to say that NHS was "such a seductress," and that it was "not just a national treasure, it is a global treasure.” Well,… Read more

President Obama and Democrats repeatedly told Americans that if they liked the health plan they have, they can keep it.  Sounds good.  Too bad it’s not true.  As a result of the Democrats’ health care law, residents in Virginia have already lost access to one health care plan and now many residents in Maine could lose theirs as well.  If this trend continues, millions of Americans will… Read more

Unfortunately, no amount of sunscreen or Aloe will relieve the pain of the Democrats’ impending 10 percent tax on indoor tanning beds,which goes into effect tomorrow, July 1.  This $2.7 billion tax will hit tens of thousands of small businesses and consumers and is just one of the many of the $569,000,000,000 in new health care taxes that violate the President’s promise not to raise taxes… Read more

As the New York Times noted, the new high-risk pool program — something the Obama Administration has desperately hyped in an effort to boost low approval ratings for its health care law — is so under-funded that it will cover “fewer than 10 percent of those denied health insurance because of pre-existing medical conditions."  According to the New York Times:  Insufficient Funds… Read more