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VIDEO: WHY STATES ARE RELUCTANT TO EXPAND MEDICAID UNDER OBAMACARE

A good succinct explanation, from the folks at George Mason University, of why Medicaid has become such a problematic issue for the states since the advent of Obamacare: [ht American Spectator]

THE GRAND OLD POSEURS

In today’s American Spectator, I vent my spleen on John Boehner and Mitch McConnell for their empty posturing regarding IPAB: Last week, Speaker of the House John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell ostentatiously announced their intention to fight implementation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). They sent a letter to the President [...]

OBAMACARE’S PIMPS SMEAR LIPSTICK ON ANOTHER PIG

My column in today’s American Spectator discusses the futile attempts by Obamacare advocates to explain away the latest calamity to hit the “reform” trainwreck: It must be tough these days to be a pro-Obamacare journalist. Every day brings more bad news that must be explained away. Thus, the implementation train wreck becomes the result of [...]

CAN ONE IRAQ VET STOP OBAMACARE?

My column in today’s American Spectator discusses a lawsuit filed by a decorated Iraq veteran who wants Obamacare declared unconstitutional: This 32-year-old artist, businessman, and holder of the Bronze Star is the plaintiff in Sissel v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, which Sissel sees as “a battle for my liberty — my freedom [...]

HUFF POST BLOGGER DEFENDS ME?

I must confess that I don’t read the Huffington Post, in any of its iterations, very much. But the other day, my email contained a Google alert indicating that someone at that outfit had linked to my American Spectator column titled “The Wheels Come Off Obamacare.” Ruh-roh, I thought, I guess I’ve been hammered. But [...]

GOP AT FAULT FOR OCARE TRAIN WRECK?

In today’s American Spectator, I discuss the attempt by members of the media to blame Obamacare’s implementation ills on the GOP. The Dems won all the legislative battles and most of the court battles over this thing. Yet, somehow, it is the GOP’s fault that the wheels are coming off: Conspicuous among the blame-the-GOP crowd [...]

THE WHEELS COME OFF OBAMACARE

In today’s American Spectator, I discuss the gradual disintegration of Obamacare and the growing frustration of its advocates with Obama and the bureaucrats who are supposed to be implementing the monstrosity: I recently came across a post in Time’s Swampland blog titled, “Obamacare Incompetence” … It seems that Joe Klein, a usually reliable Democrat hack, [...]

VIDEO: BOZELL LISTS OBAMACARE STORIES CENSORED BY MSM

MSM censorship of bad news on Obamacare isn’t new, of course. The media have been colluding with the Obama administration since the beginning of the health reform debate. Even so, when Bozell summarizes the most recent debacles they have covered up, the corruption of the press is shocking even for those of who have been [...]

WHY OBAMACARE OFFERS VOTER REGISTRATION

In today’s American Spectator I suggest that no one should be surprised that the Obamacare application contains a voter registration feature. What good is a vote-buying scheme if one doesn’t steer subsidy recipients to a place where they can register as Democrats and keep the cash coming? Conservatives are outraged that “reform” is being used [...]

THE OBAMACARE EXCHANGES: ANYONE THINK THEY’LL BE UP-AND-RUNNING BY OCTOBER?

If so, I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in purchasing. To quote one of Michael Barone’s readers (via PJ Tattler), whose 35 years of IT experience provides the kind of insight required to understand the complexity of the task: The federal government is going to build 50 exchanges, using a data [...]