Douglas E. Schoen makes a keen observation: “I personally believe, even if it takes a change in the law, that the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they’ve got,” … Continue reading →
…for this: Several insurance company CEOs have been called to a meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House Friday afternoon… Here’s Jonathan H. Adler at Volokh on the legality of the change that President Obama announced yesterday: Under … Continue reading →
Wouldn’t it be ironic if Congress finally passed a bipartisan bill about Obamacare and Obama himself vetoed it? If you don’t believe that about the veto—after all, Obama himself said the cancelled plans should be reinstated, and that’s what both … Continue reading →
…the crocodile would eat them last. Turned out they were wrong. But they have a few teeth of their own. Either Obama knows zero about how the insurance business works, or his plan was to destroy it anyway, or he … Continue reading →
Megan McArdle accomplishes the admirable feat of condensing the history of Obamacare into one insightful article that explains how and why the Democrats’ hubris has landed them in such a pickle. Please read the whole thing. Here’s an excerpt: …Democrats … Continue reading →
…the sweet sweet taste of schadenfreude in the morning: During the government shutdown, Barack Obama held fast, heroically refusing to give an inch to the hostage-taking, barbaric orcs of the Tea Party who insisted on delaying Obamacare. It was a … Continue reading →
Democrats continue to spin all the plan cancellations as being much ado about nothing: hardly anyone was affected, and those that were affected were silly stupidheads with plans only a dodo-brain would have bought, and from which the ever-helpful Democrats … Continue reading →
Why should the Republicans try to pull Obamacare’s fat out of the fire? Good question: The GOP has to be seen doing something. That’s just reality. Millions of people who played by the rules are losing their insurance and quite … Continue reading →
Not just a face in the crowd anymore, Obamacaregirl speaks (you can click on the link to see the video, but since it’s one of those awful autoplay things I didn’t put it on the blog). She’s still careful to … Continue reading →
So much kinder and gentler: One thing that you should be aware of is that word has gone out and Democrats will no longer speak of plans being “cancelled.” They are now all using the euphemism “transitioned to better plans.” … Continue reading →
It’s a problem that most people are probably unaware of, but single payer virtually eliminates the ability to sue for wrongful refusal to pay claims: …[I]n a private system, wrongs happen to be sure, but we have potentially robust legal … Continue reading →
…and all the way up, as well. If these dismal enrollment figures for Obamacare so far are correct, the situation would be bad enough. But even those low figures are probably inflated by some numbers shenanigans on the part of … Continue reading →