Obama Gives States More Time for Health Exchange Plans. President Barack Obama’s administration gave U.S. states one more month to decide how they plan to develop new health exchanges that will let people shop for insurance coverage.
While the states still must say by Nov. 16 if they plan to build their own marketplaces, they can now wait until Dec. 14 to submit the actual blueprint, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a letter sent yesterday to state governors. States that want to create a partnership with the federal government to manage the exchanges have until Feb. 15 to outline the duties they’ll handle.
Editor’s Note: New 'Obamacare Survival Guide' Reveals Dangers Ahead for Your Healthcare All but 13 governors had taken a wait-and-see approach on the exchanges, which are supposed to be running by 2014 as one of the requirements in Obama’s overhaul of the health-care system. The federal exchange will also control enrollment of low- income people into state Medicaid programs. © Copyright 2014 Bloomberg News. Download/283-284-mortons-prosecutorial-discretion-memo.pdf.
What Judicial Activism? Last week, President Barack Obama warned the Supreme Court against the perils of judicial activism. Specifically, he warned against the Court ruling unconstitutional Obamacare. "Ultimately," said the President, "I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.
" If so, this would certainly run counter to President Obama's position in 2005, when, as one of only 22 senators opposing the confirmation of John G. Judge strikes down NDAA, rules Obama must obey Constitution. In a considerable setback for a president eager to ravage the due process rights of the American people, Federal Judge Kathleen Forrest granted a preliminary injunction on Wednesday, striking down those sections of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012 which sought to provide Barack Obama the power to indefinitely detain citizens without benefit of their 5th Amendment rights.
Signed very quietly into law on New Year’s Eve, the controversial Act has been roundly criticized as unconstitutional by groups on both the political left and right. Of greatest concern was Section 1021, which grants the United States military authority to exercise police powers on American soil. California Home Page. Wp-content/uploads/2012/07/green_bundler_071712.pdf. The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) Blog. At long last, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) has released new draft legislation for overhauling the nation’s financial regulatory system.
A summary of the legislation is available here. We’ll be going over the bill with a fine-tooth comb over the next few days, but here are some initial thoughts: As had been widely speculated, the bill would create a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau within the Federal Reserve. Among other things, the Bureau will have an independent director appointed by the President, and will have the authority to examine and enforce regulations for banks and credit unions with assets over $10 billion as well as other mortgage-related businesses and non-bank financial companies. Federal IT Strategy Implementation, And Innvovation. Vaccine bill injects drama into Capitol hearing. April 18, 2012 - By admin April 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes Debate over a vaccine bill injected drama into a hearing of the Assembly Health Committee in the California Legislature Tuesday.
Legislators ignored parental concerns. Vaccination bill gouges parental rights. April 17, 2012 - By admin April 17, 2012 By Katy Grimes Discussion about the proper role of the Legislature and state government is never more important than when individual liberties and parental rights are under siege.
Anytime the Legislature inserts itself into health care issues, individual rights are compromised. A bill limiting parental decisions when it comes to the health care of children is going to be heard by the Legislature today, and it shouldn’t be taken lightly. AB 2109, by Dr. It sounds rather innocuous, but is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. According to Dr. According to Dr. Unwilling medics. Obamacare’s messes increase - Right Turn.
Posted at 10:30 AM ET, 06/01/2012 Jun 01, 2012 02:30 PM EDT TheWashingtonPost Just about every aspect of Obamacare — the CLASS Act, the medical device tax, the health-care exchanges, the phony accounting, the Independent Payment Advisory Board — that has been investigated has shown to be deeply flawed.
The latest Obamacare flaw to be uncovered, this time by a General Accounting Office (GAO) report , is the Small Employer Health Insurance Tax Credit. It turns out to be useless: “The Small Employer Health Insurance Tax Credit was established to help eligible small employers — businesses or tax-exempt entities — provide health insurance for employees. According to the GAO, only “170,300 small employers claimed [the credit while] estimates of the eligible pool by government agencies and small business advocacy groups ranged from 1.4 million to 4 million.”
Welcome to Obamacare — ineffective, nightmarish in its bureaucracy and utterly unsuccessful in expanding coverage or reducing costs.