Americans are fast realizing that the Democrats’ rhetoric isn’t matching what the new law is delivering.  Below are just three examples of how the law is coming up short for American families: Kids With Pre-Existing Conditions May Not Get Coverage:  Speaking before House Democrats, President Obama said, "This year ... parents who are worried about getting coverage for their… Read more

Fortune.com is reporting more bad news for American workers as a result of the Democrats’ new health care law. After reviewing internal company documents, Fortune reports that four major U.S. employers (AT&T, Verizon, Deere and Caterpillar) are considering “dumping the health care coverage they provide to their workers in exchange for paying penalty fees to the government."  These… Read more

As the old saying goes: when it rains, it pours.  And, the nation’s chief financial officers are suggesting the new health care law is all wet when it comes to the prospects for their businesses and employees.  A survey conducted by the City University of New York for the Financial Executives Research Foundation found that three-quarters of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) believe the… Read more

With unemployment hovering close to 10 percent and underemployment -- such as part-time workers wanting full-time work – even higher, Mercer’s annual employer health plan survey illustrates the harsh reality for employers and more importantly the employees that work for them under the Democrats’ health care overhaul.  The study found that at least 38 percent of employer health plans may… Read more

Not so long ago, President Obama proclaimed, “If any bill arrives from Congress that is not controlling costs, that’s not a bill I can support. It’s going to have to control costs.” Republicans concur with President Obama’s assessment that reducing health care costs should be the primary goal.  Unfortunately, just one month after Democrats enacted their $1 trillion overhaul of the… Read more

Last night, the nonpartisan, independent actuaries at the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an analysis of the newly enacted Democrat health care overhaul.  Among its many troubling findings, the report concludes that national health care costs will increase significantly over the next decade under the new law.  Below is a… Read more

Today, the New York Times reports Democrats are scrambling to prevent the predicted health insurance premium increases that are coming for millions of families as a result of their big government health care overhaul.  Just one month after becoming law, Democrats, “fearing that health insurance premiums may shoot up in the next few years,” are attempting to “fix” the new law that they… Read more

Within hours of signing the Democrats’ health care bill into law, the New York Times reported that the President launched an aggressive public relations campaign to repackage the legislation’s over one-half trillion dollars in tax increases as “pro-jobs” and “pro-business.”  A day later, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) joined the fray and demanded testimony… Read more

With the ink not even dry on the Democrats’ health care overhaul, American manufacturers are already warning about how much it will cost them. Both Deere and Caterpillar are reporting that the bill will result in their reported earnings declining by $150 million and $100 million respectively.  A spokesman for Caterpillar noted the bill’s tax “could cause us to consider changes to the… Read more

A quick glance at a timeline of the Democrats’ health care bill shows that the most harmful provisions take effect first. Already today we have seen how the Democrats’ health care bill has negatively affected American companies such as John Deere, Caterpillar, Verizon, and Medtronic who have cited the legislation as the source for increasing costs, jeopardizing both jobs and health… Read more