
Why people oppose Obamacare
Louisiana Democratic Party, State Senator Karen Carter Peterson, D-New Orleans, stood before her colleagues in the state Senate and announced the reason people oppose Obamacare.
"You ready?" She asked three times.
It is President Obama's color. Ref. Source 2
The Obama administration says it is delaying for a year a key provision in the Affordable Care Act that would require companies with more than 50 employees to provide health insurance.
The Treasury Department says it will now begin penalizing companies that don't provide insurance in 2015, instead of January 1, 2014. Ref. CNN
Howard Dean Admits Obamacare Includes Death Panels, Wants Them Repealed
When Congress debated Obamacare, pro-life advocates and Republicans like Sarah Palin were castigated for claiming the government-run health care program would include death panels that would ration health care treatment.
Now, former presidential candidate Howard Dean has essentially admitted they were right and is calling for the repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). In a Wall Street Journal op-ed Monday he called the IPAB "essentially a health-care rationing body" that he believes will fail. Ref. Source 7
Support for President Obama's health care law appears to be waning, a new poll indicates. The proportion of people saying that they favor all or most of its provisions dropped to 39%, down from 51% in January.
The CNN/ORC International survey also found that 51% of those responding would blame congressional Republicans more if a looming budget battle results in a government shutdown; a third said they would hold the president more responsible. Ref. CNN
The public's views of the Affordable Care Act are as negative as they have ever been, according to a USA TODAY/Pew Research Center poll. Disapproval of President Obama's handling of health care is at an all-time high, and confusion and misinformation abound. Among the 19% who are uninsured, nearly four in 10 don't realize the law requires them to get health insurance next year. The health care exchanges at the heart of the law open in two weeks. Ref. USAToday
For Workers Leaving Jobs Health Exchanges Offer Insurance Choices Beyond COBRA
Workers who lose their jobs and their employer-based health insurance will have new coverage options when the Affordable Care Act's state marketplaces open in October. But consumer advocates are concerned many may not realize this and lock themselves into pricier coverage than they need.
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House Republicans ignore Obama veto threat
Republicans in the US House of Representatives today plowed ahead with a bill to gut President Barack Obama's healthcare law while temporarily funding other government programs, ignoring a warning from the White House that the measure would be vetoed. Ref. Source 3