The Affordable Care Act, formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and colloquially known as Obamacare, has taken flak from the Republican Party since the federal statute was enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Reportedly, there have been at least 70 Republican-led attempts to […]
After the July 27, 2017, vote on the Health Care Freedom Act, Newsweek “found at least 70 Republican-led attempts to repeal, modify or otherwise curb the Affordable Care Act since its inception as law on March 23, 2010.” The latest attempt was made by Texas and 17 other Republican-governed states to have the law struck down by the U.S. Supreme […]
“Wow, but not surprisingly, ObamaCare was just ruled UNCONSTITUTIONAL by a highly respected judge in Texas. Great news for America!” That was how President Trump greeted the news of the federal judge ruling. The judge in the U.S. state of Texas ruled that a vital part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, is unconstitutional. Twenty states […]
Hello Y’all, get out those checkbooks or drop dead because access to healthcare has just got more expensive. In a recent announcement, health insurers have warned that the decision by the Trump’s administration to temporarily suspend a program that was set to pay out $10.4 billion to insurers for covering high-risk individuals last year could drive up premium costs and […]
According to press reports, the University of Notre Dame will no longer provide birth control coverage to students and employees, taking advantage of the Trump administration’s decision to weaken the Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate.Additionally, the reports note, the Catholic university previously “made the coverage available through a third-party service separate from the rest of its health insurance and […]
President Trump is taking no prisoners as he seeks to butcher Obamacare in one of his latest moves to throw red meat to his base. “We’ve been hearing about the disaster of Obamacare for so long — in my case, many years, most of it outside in civilian life. And for a long period of time, since I’ve started running […]
President Donald Trump has proved that he is no friend of the health insurance companies. He bragged that with the stroke of the pen he had put insurance stocks in free fall. Trump with his new executive order aims to end federal subsidies to those companies that help low-income Americans afford their medical coverage. “Health Insurance stocks, which have gone […]
The Republican Party leaders continue their rally cry of repeal and replace of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), but after over 100 days in office they are still stuck to the Obamacare health plan — this comes against a promise and mantra of repeal and replace, day one in office. Now, Vice President Mike Pence is wishing and hoping Congress can […]
Rain, rain, go away, Come again another day. Little Johnny wants to play; Rain, rain, go to Spain, Never show your face again! — Alexandre Beljame Nursery rhymes are said to reflect events in history, and the foregoing is no exception. The origin of the lyrics dates back to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. This was a period during […]
After not only 50 repeal attempts, but several threats of dismantling the Affordable Care Act led by the Republicans in the house and senate, the Supreme Court put to death any such further attempts by ruling in a 6-3 majority decision that subsidies were legal thus reaffirming Obamacare as the land of the land. Now, in what may be easily […]
