Obamacare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, is a federal statute signed into law by President Obama in 2010 and is the most significant regulatory overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid.
August 3rd, 2009
Not that anyone really cares what a lowly insurance agent thinks about the President’s plan to fundamentally reform one of the single largest industries in the United States, one that provides nearly 14 million jobs for...
July 29th, 2009
Powerline has posted a pledge that Virginia's two Senators have been asked to sign. The pledge needs to be placed in front the remaining 98: My Pledge to My Constituents on National Health Insurance1. I will not vote to...
July 27th, 2009
The Chairman of the Harris County (TX) Republican Party, Jared Woodfill, offers his perspective on Obama's healthcare bill:The Obama administration is working diligently to nationalize our healthcare system. It is...
July 24th, 2009
Our President's smooth-talking rhetoric can only get him so far.
July 22nd, 2009
The President's world of ease and privilege is at last, after along honeymoon, evaporating based on his performance. The President is not a happy camper as his approval numbers come back to earth.
July 16th, 2009
In a previous blog post we discussed Obama's healthcare overhaul, including his plans on targeting the wealthy to pick up the tab. Texas GOP Vote explained that Obama is arranging to move healthcare into a new federally...
June 17th, 2009
Obama gave a speech about healthcare "reform" to the American Medical Association, and Reuters reported the following:
June 8th, 2009
The Healthy Families Act (HFA), HR 2460, which requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide at least seven days of paid sick leave per year, is being advertised by the government with cl
July 31st, 2009
Democrats have already attacked Rep. Brady's (R-TX) healthcare reform chart, threatening to use House rules to prohibit its dissemination. Now the Democrats are at it again, censoring Rep. John Carter's (R-TX) messages to...
July 28th, 2009
It is becoming increasingly clear that President Obama's rushed, artificial timeline for health care reform is not supported by the American people, and even members of the President's own party.
July 26th, 2009
Why are the Democrats so upset about Rep. Kevin Brady's (R-TX 8th) health care reform chart that they are willing to use House rules to prohibit its dissemination?
July 22nd, 2009
While Obama’s healthcare legislation, H.R. 3200, has tanked to a disapproval rate of 50% across the nation, Obama is putting pressure on the U.S. House and Senate to quickly pass their versions of the bill before breaking...
July 17th, 2009
Extravagant all-expense-paid vacations disguised as research? A second stimulus package because the current stimulus package is failing? Using money from the federal healthcare bill to fund local farmers' markets and build...
July 1st, 2009
I spoke last week on the Senate floor about the health care proposals currently being considered in Congress, and the need for health care reform that empowers individuals, not the government, to make their own health care...
June 12th, 2009
As House Democrats deliberate on a plan to require health insurance for most Americans, Obama proposes that Congress should pay for this health-care overhaul by disregarding the workers and targeting the wealthy to pick up...