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Healthcare | Missouri Political News Service - Part 2

Entries Tagged as 'Healthcare'

AP: “Probe: Bogus Enrollees Kept Getting Obamacare”; Democrats Upset At The Probe, Not Its Findings‏

July 27th, 2015 · No Comments

The AP reported, “Phony applicants that investigators signed up last year under President Barack Obama’s health care law got automatically re-enrolled for 2015. Some were rewarded with even bigger taxpayer subsidies for their insurance premiums, a congressional probe has found. “The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office says 11 counterfeit characters that its investigators created last year were […]

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Tax Season Compounds Obamacare Problems & Screwups; AP: “As Cover Oregon Dissolves, It Leaves Behind Costly Legacy”

March 9th, 2015 · No Comments

With tax season in full swing, Americans are beginning to see many new frustrations thanks to Democrats’ unpopular health care law. The AP wrote last week, “It’s not uncommon to feel some trepidation around tax-filing season. But there’s an added hassle this year for nearly a million consumers who got financial help with health insurance […]

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Nixon Takes Position on Insurance Health Exchanges – After the Election!

November 14th, 2012 · No Comments

Kaiserhealthnews.com: Immediately after the presidential election, and more than a week ahead of the Nov. 16 deadline, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat, announced he had made up his mind. The state would not be setting up its own health insurance exchange….”Based on current state law, and the federal deadline, the state-based option isn’t on the […]

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Obama Says He “Absolutely” Doesn’t Regret Focusing On Obamacare Over Economy; Samuelson: “[Obamacare] Creates Powerful Pressures Against” Hiring

October 29th, 2012 · No Comments

Discussing President Obama’s interview with the Des Moines Register, The Wall Street Journal editors write, “[T]he larger reason to be skeptical [about Obama’s promises for the future] concerns Mr. Obama’s answer to another Register question: Whether he regrets pursuing ObamaCare and other liberal social priorities in his first two years rather than focusing on the […]

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USA Today: Medical Device Makers Say New Obamacare Tax Will “Send Jobs Overseas”

September 24th, 2012 · No Comments

USA Today reports, “Even as the new health care law adds millions of insured customers to the paying pool, medical device manufacturers say a tax on their product could cost them billions. The tax came as the government looked for ways to fund the new law. . . . [T]he government looked to higher-earning citizens […]

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NYT Reports Insurance Coverage “May Be Unaffordable For Millions”

August 14th, 2012 · No Comments

McCaskill: Obamacare “Will Bring Down The Deficit And Bring Down Health Care Costs” Yesterday, The New York Times reported, “The new health care law is known as the Affordable Care Act. But Democrats in Congress and advocates for low-income people say coverage may be unaffordable for millions of Americans because of a cramped reading of […]

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Tags: Healthcare · Senator McCaskill

Video: Big Surprise! Rep. Cleaver gives Romney Speech F-Minus

July 12th, 2012 · No Comments

[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/c-eNsXnHxhc” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: Examiner.com: Obama “flips the bird” to the NAACP….again! Missouri Senate race:Brunner and DooleyCare

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Tags: Healthcare · Rep. Emanuel Cleaver · STL County Executive Charlie Dooley

Reid, Dems Block Vote On Obama’s Tax Hike Plan

July 11th, 2012 · No Comments

This morning, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell asked consent to vote on President Obama’s plan to raise taxes on small businesses and a Republican plan to extend current tax rates for all Americans, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) objected. Leader McConnell said, “Earlier this week, President Obama reiterated his long-standing desire to raise […]

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Obamacare Still Means Billions In Tax Increases

June 28th, 2012 · No Comments

The Supreme Court’s ruling today upholding President Obama’s unpopular health care law only underscores the case for repealing and replacing it. Indeed, there are plenty of reminders today why Obamacare was such a bad law in the first place, the question of its constitutionality aside. When the law was first making its way through Congress, […]

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Audio: Governor Jay Nixon: Parts Of Obamacare Just Don’t Make Any Sense

June 28th, 2012 · No Comments

We agree Governor. Hat tip: GOPICYMI [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/GbgBKuayh1s” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]   Rasmussen Reports: Health Care Law Has Already Lost in Court of Public Opinion

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Tags: Healthcare · Jay Nixon