Monthly Archives: April 2013

Obamacare Medicare Surcharge Tax Will Tag More Middle-Income People Over Time

Posted on April 30, 2013 by OCTS7

This from Investor’s Business Daily: “… ObamaCare’s three biggest taxes — a Medicare surcharge, the so-called Cadillac tax and an insurance premium fee — will increasingly hit the middle class because of how the law indexes them for inflation and … Continue reading →

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Movie Chain Cuts Hours for Thousands

Posted on April 30, 2013 by OCTS7

Comment – Before you blame ‘those evil employers’, consider that cutting hours is a direct and foreseeable result of Obamacare and the way it’s written. The law’s supporters got exactly what they wanted. If it’s not working, supporters should look … Continue reading →

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Congress Exempt Itself? A Thousand Times NO!

Posted on April 25, 2013 by OCTS1

Comment: It was hypocrisy enough that the Hill committee staffers who wrote Obamacare exempted themselves from the law. Now comes word that the rest of Capitol Hill wants out from under Obamacare, too. YOU GOT SOME NERVE! You foist this … Continue reading →

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Your New Healthcare System: Pickleball and Pet Neutering

Posted on April 25, 2013 by OCTS3

Comment: Is this a joke?  Unfortunately, no. This is what happens when you politicize medicine and make it a playground for Progressives and their “pet” projects (pun intended). Don’t miss the point: more for pickleball means less for what you … Continue reading →

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Add Another Doctor Who Can’t Take Obamacare

Posted on April 24, 2013 by OCTS3

“Yet another doctor has decided to quit practicing medicine due to Obamacare’s onerous burdens.” “I am in my mid-70s and have both the capacity and willingness to care for patients for another decade. But I am retiring,” Dr. John Curry … Continue reading →

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Union Seeks Repeal of Obamacare

Posted on April 19, 2013 by OCTS3

Comment: Union robots mindlessly chanted ‘WE – LOVE – OBAMACARE!’ in front of the Supreme Court last summer. Look at them now.  Our side knew from the start that Obamacare would be a disaster in every possible way. Unions are … Continue reading →

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Individual Claims Costs To Increase 32% Under Obamacare

Posted on April 18, 2013 by OCTS7

Comment: The Society of Actuaries projects that Obamacare will raise the cost of claims in the individual healthcare market an average of 32 percent nationwide by 2017. Claims costs in California will rise more than 60 percent. But the largest … Continue reading →

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Voluntary Sequester Choices Decimating Medicare Cancer Patients

Posted on April 17, 2013 by OCTS3

Comment: First, President Obama chopped $716 billion out of Medicare to fund Obamacare and supporters mindlessly cheered him on. Now he’s made his choices about which government spending cuts to make under the sequester and, come to find out, cancer … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 14, 2013 by OCTSCMP
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Obamacare promises but doesn’t deliver

Posted on April 11, 2013 by OCTS3

[…] “…Employers can terminate their employee coverage, give their workers a raise with part of the savings, and let the taxpayers bear the cost of subsidizing their coverage in the Exchanges.  Former CBO Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin estimated…that more than 40 … Continue reading →

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