Mitch McConnell says HHS put a gag order on insurers about impact of Obamacare

PolitiFact.com via Tampa Bay Times 5/19/2013

Sen. Mitch McConnell says the Obama administration has created a “culture of intimidation” in Washington.

One example: Obamacare.

“Over at HHS back during the Obamacare debate, Secretary (Kathleen) Sebelius sent out a directive to help insurance companies telling them they couldn’t inform their policyholders of what they thought the […]

With Election Over, Obama Announces Medicare Cuts to Fund Obamacare

Dr. Susan Berry Breitbart.com Big Government 20 Feb 2013

During the 2012 election campaign, Democrats denied that ObamaCare made $716 billion in cuts to Medicare in order to provide funding toward $1.9 trillion in new entitlement spending over the next ten years.

In an announcement on Friday, however, the Obama administration revealed that it would […]

Taxes go up in 2013 for 163 million workers

USA Today 10/21/2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama isn’t talking about it and neither is Mitt Romney. But come January, 163 million workers can expect to feel the pinch of a big tax increase regardless of who wins the election.

A temporary reduction in Social Security payroll taxes expires at the end of the […]

Obamacare HHS rule would give government everybody’s health records

Rep. Tim Huelskamp OpEd Contributor Washington Examiner 9/23/2011

It’s been said a thousand times: Congress had to pass President Obama’s health care law in order to find out what’s in it. But, despite the repetitiveness, the level of shock from each new discovery never seems to recede.

This time, America is learning about the federal […]

Never-Confirmed Medicare Director Announces New Obamacare Paperwork Requirement

Fred Lucas CNSNews.com 8/17/2011

(CNSNews.com) – A proposed federal health insurance regulation set to take effect next year requires insurers to provide consumers with explanatory summaries of their plans, but the insurance industry contends this could be costly to enrollees, and offer little benefit.

The new rule – part of the $1 trillion Patient Protection […]

What Health Spending Would Look Like in 2014 Under Obamacare

Jeffrey H. Anderson The Weekly Standard 7/29/2011 [via Benjamin Rush Society]

A new report from federal officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) says that Obamacare will increase nationwide health care spending. Particularly interesting are the report’s findings for 2014, the year that’s slated for Obamacare’s grand opening (if the overhaul isn’t […]

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