obamacare

I noticed that Nancy Pelosi today predicted that the Supreme Court will uphold Obamacare by a 6-3 vote. Now, I wouldn't afford her, or anyone else with a vested interest, any credibility in predicting these things -- of course they're going to make a prediction based either on wishful thinking...

Perhaps someone can explain why they consider Obamacare's mandate clause to be so fundamentally different from car insurance, which everyone who drives a car must purchase by law. Is mandatory car insurance OK Constitution because it is the states and not the federal government imposing the...

I posted this in another thread and someone there suggested I repost it with the inclusion of a poll. Sounded good to me, so here it is. Oral arguments concluded yesterday and the matter is now in the hands of the court. I am very interested to know what people here think is the most likely...

Just thought I'd start a new thread on this since oral argumentation began today. The issues they'll take up are: Monday: the issue of whether the Anti-Injunction Act applies (because if it does, the case can't go further until the mandate goes into effect and people are assessed the tax...

A New Year’s Surprise: Medicare Spending is Slowing on Its Own One possible factor is that the Federal Government under Obama is cracking down on Medicare fraud. Seven Charged in Health Care Fraud But wait! Republicans assured us that Obamacare was going to bust the budget! But Obama is...

I'm seeing TV adverts saying Obamacare will kill jobs. It doesn't say how though. Does anyone know? Does anyone in Washington have a counter proposal yet for health care reform or is everyone still sticking their fingers in their ears and pretending there isn't a problem? By the way totally...

I was looking at a story the other day that there has been a HUGE drop in the number of people without health insurance in the USA in the last year or so. see...

It was a pet project of Ted Kennedy and it was supposed to do some really wonderful magic reduction to the budget deficit. But the Obama administration has cancelled it, and thank goodness, because it was, shall we say, not quite as advertised? The AP has the basic story: Doubts about its...