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Most People Call Implementation of Obamacare 'a Joke'

'National Health Care: Breeding Ground for Terror?'

Excerpt: '[Fox] News host Neil Cavuto and the commentator Jerry Bowyer solemnly discussed how universal health care promotes terrorism. While this was crass even by the standards of Bush-era political discourse, Fox was following in a long tradition. For more than 60 years, the medical-industrial complex and its political allies have used scare tactics to prevent America from following its conscience and making access to health care a right for all its citizens.

New Arizona Law Will Require Physician Review of Denied Health Insurance Claims

"As some health insurance companies have come under fire for allegedly using computer systems to shoot down claims, an Arizona law will soon make the practice illegal ... House Bill 2175 requires a physician licensed in the state to conduct an 'individual review' and use 'independent medical judgment' to determine whether the claim should actually be denied."

UnitedHealthcare to Stop Selling Individual Plans in California

Only a Brave Few Acknowledge an Entitlement Crisis

"A recent debate on 'Fox News Sunday' illustrated the differences between the few politicians who are, and the many who are not, willing to face facts. Marco Rubio, the former speaker of Florida's House of Representatives who is challenging Gov. Charles Crist for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, made news by stating the obvious. Asked how the nation might address the projected $17.5 trillion in unfunded Social Security liabilities, Rubio said that we should consider two changes for people 10 or more years from retirement."

Infertility Coverage Remains Limited

"[C]overage of fertility treatments can be hard to find in many corners of health insurance even as it grows briskly with big employers who see it as a must-have benefit to keep workers.... Clouding this picture are insurer concerns about cost as well as questions about how much fertility coverage should be emphasized or mandated versus helping people find other ways to build families, such as adoption."

Congress OKs $2 Trillion Stimulus in Historic Coronavirus Response

"The legislation, approved by voice vote ... amounts to the costliest stimulus plan in U.S. history. It includes checks for most Americans, boosted unemployment aid, help for small business as well as a massive loan fund for corporations -- at a time when unemployment is surging at a record pace, a consequence of businesses closing in compliance with social distancing guidelines."

What's in the Republican Health Care Bill?

"[1] Ends tax penalties ... for individuals who don't buy insurance coverage and larger employers who don't offer coverage.... [2] Ends tax increases on higher-earning people and a range of industry groups ... [3] [L]ets states impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients.... [4] Overhauls insurance subsidy system from one based largely on incomes and premium costs to a system of tax credits ... [5] Lets states get federal waivers allowing insurers to charge older customers higher premiums than younger ones ... [and] exempting insurers from providing consumers with required coverage of specified health services ... [6] [Lets states that create high-risk pools get federal waivers from the] prohibition against insurers charging higher premiums to people with pre-existing health problems, but only if the person has had a gap in insurance coverage.... [7] Retains requirement that family policies cover grown children to age 26."

Democrats Use Obamacare Crisis to Revive 'Public Option' Push

"A public option -- or insurance plan offered by the government -- had been written into early versions of the bill but failed to make the final cut in the law signed by Obama in March 2010. But with many states seeing private insurers exit Obamacare markets amid concerns over cost and other factors, Democrats see a silver lining to what critics are calling another Obamacare crisis -- a reason to bring the option back."

Obamacare May Force Employers to Pull the Plug on Millions of Health Plans, CBO Report Finds

"Employers now cover some 155 million people, about 57 percent of those under 65. That's expected to decline to 152 million people in 2019. Ten years from now, employers will be covering about 54 percent of those under 65. CBO said part of the shrinkage is attributable to the health care law: some workers may qualify for Medicaid, which is virtually free to them, and certain employers may decide not to offer coverage because a government-subsidized alternative is available."