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Health Care In the Hands of Conservative Supreme Court | www.thepoliticus.com

Before long, Chief Justice John Roberts and his conservative leaning court will decide... more

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Michele Bachmann prefers uninsured folks depend on the kindness of strangers

"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." Blanche duBois, in... more

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Supreme Court Officially Petitioned to Review Healthcare Law

The NFIB is asking the high court not only to weigh in on the law’s mandate, but... more

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GOP Debate 'Word Clouds' Speak Volumes (IMAGE)

Nearly 19,000 questions were submitted on YouTube for Thursday's Google and Fox... more

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Obama Jobs Bill Plan to Begin Taxing Health Insurance Stirs Opposition

President Barack Obama is asking lawmakers to tax the health-insurance benefits of top... more

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Obama's mandate to purchase a service from insurance companies ruled unconstitutional

Matt Gratz, Political Fail Blog- The 11th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals has... more

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President Obama advertises on NORML’s YouTube Channel

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Women Free to be Sluts Under ObamaCare

WASHINGTON -- Health insurance plans must cover birth control as preventive care for... more

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BREAKING: Affordable Health Care Act Upheld in OHIO

CINCINNATI -- A federal appeals court in Cincinnati has upheld President Barack... more

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Man makes IMPASSIONED speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial

He is in insurance, and says he has a better solution to high health insurance premi... more

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Tony Destructo: Moral Equivalency Physics

Destructo teaches some pretentious hipsters a lesson.

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Many US employers to drop health benefits in 2014

(Reuters) - At least 30 percent of employers are likely to stop offering health... more

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20 Percent of New Health Care Waivers go to Nancy Pelosi's District

Of the 204 new Obamacare waivers President Barack Obama’s administration... more

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Single-Payer Health Care Rises Again

A pair of complementary bills, both titled "The American Health Care Security Act... more

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‘Real death panels’ set to face heat in Congress, courts

‘Real death panels’ set to face heat in Congress, courts Read more:... more

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Remember Obama pledge to hold health care talks in the open?

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama once promised that negotiations over his health... more

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Healthcare Reform Law Requires New IRS Army Of 1,054

The Internal Revenue Service says it will need an battalion of 1,054 new auditors and... more

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Yet another way Obamacare will screw you!

Did you know that if you sell your house after 2012 you will pay a 3.8% sales tax on... more

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Shame on you Clarence

A case challenging the constitutionality of the health care reform bill passed by Congress is headed to the Supreme Court, and Justice Clarence Thomas has a supreme ethical conflict.
It's been widely reported that the Thomas family has financial ties to the conservative organizations leading the campaign to bring down our new health care law — the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Rep. Anthony Weiner and 73 other members of Congress have signed a letter detailing the appearance of ethical conflict and asking Justice Thomas to recuse himself from deliberations on the constitutionality of health care reform.
We're asking you to sign a companion letter that Rep. Weiner — a champion of progressive issues — will deliver to the Supreme Court along with the letter signed by members of Congress. (petition and letter too.. at my link you can sign automatically)
Thomas failed to disclose that his wife Ginni Thomas received a total of $686,589 in compensation from the Heritage Foundation. Furthermore his wife is currently advertising herself as a lobbyist who has "experience and connections" to conservative groups who have an explicit agenda to overturn health care reform — by repeal in the Congress or overturning the law in the courts.
Justice Thomas is no stranger to questions of ethics. Along with Justice Antonin Scalia he attended meetings organized by the secretive, Tea Party-funding billionaire Koch brothers. The Koch brothers have been key players in rewriting the political landscape after the Citizens United Supreme Court decision unleashed the floodgates of corporate money in federal politics, and Thomas's wife has received an undisclosed salary paid for by undisclosed donors as CEO of Liberty Central, a 501(c)(4) organization that was formed to take advantage of Citizens United rules and to play an active role in the 2010 elections.
Unlike other members of the federal judiciary, Supreme Court Justices have no specific code of ethics to which they may be held accountable. But there is a clear appearance of a conflict of interest between his wife's clear financial stake in overturning the health care law and Justice Thomas' personal duty to exhibit the highest degree of discretion and impartiality. To protect the honor of the highest court in the land, Thomas must recuse himself from deliberations on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.A case challenging the constitutionality of the health care reform bill passed by... more

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Where do I get my Obamacare waiver form?

If you would like to know what the White House really thinks of Obamacare, there’s an easy way. Look past its press releases. Ignore its promises. Forget its talking points. Instead, simply witness for yourself the outrageous way the White House protects its best friends from Obamacare.

Last year, we learned that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had granted 111 waivers to protect a lucky few from the onerous regulations of the new national health care overhaul. That number quickly and quietly climbed to 222, and last week we learned that the number of Obamacare privileged escapes has skyrocketed to 733.

Among the fortunate is a who’s who list of unions, businesses and even several cities and four states (Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio and Tennessee) but none of the friends of Barack feature as prominently as the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

How can you get your own free pass from Obamacare? Maybe you can just donate $27 million to President Obama‘s campaign efforts. That’s what Andy Stern did as president of SEIU in 2008. He has been the most frequent guest at Mr. Obama‘s White House.

Backroom deals have become par for the course for proponents of Obamacare. Senators were greased with special favors, like Nebraska Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson and his Cornhusker Kickback and Louisiana Democrat Sen. Mary L. Landrieu and her Louisiana Purchase. Even the American Medical Association was brought in line under threat of losing its exclusive and lucrative medical coding contracts with the government.

Not only are the payoffs an affront to our democracy and an outright assault on our taxpayers, the timing itself of the latest release makes a mockery of this administration’s transparency promises. More than 500 of the 733 waivers, we now know, were granted in December but kept conveniently under wraps until the day after the president’s State of the Union address. HHS is no stranger to covering up bad news; in fact, this is becoming a disturbing pattern. Last year, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius hid from Congress until after the Obamacare vote a damning report from the Medicare and Medicaid Office of the Actuary showing Obamacare would cost $311 billion more than promised and would displace 14 million Americans from their current insurance.

For this administration, transparency promises last only until the teleprompter is unplugged.

In short, the administration has decided that you will face increased health insurance premiums, but special friends in the unions will not. Look closely, and you’ll see not only the White House‘s duplicity but also what the Obama administration really thinks of its crown jewel, Obamacare. White House words say that the annual insurance benefit cap is a feature of the program, but its actions say that it’s a bug.

The question remains: If Obamacare is such a great law, why does the White House keep protecting its best friends from it?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/28/tawdry-details-of-obamacare-420960137/If you would like to know what the White House really thinks of Obamacare,... more

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