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Boeing To Raise Employee Costs Thanks To Obamacare
By Carole on Oct 18, 2010
Aircraft manufacturer Boeing Comany is the latest mega employer claiming the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) is part of why its employees will have to pay more for their medical benefits next year. In a letter mailed to employees late last week, Boeing said deductibles and copayments are going up significantly for some 90,000 non-union workers due in part to the effects of the new law. (source)
3M Dumping Retirees' Health Plan Thanks To Obamacare
By Carole on Oct 5, 2010
Days ago it was McDonalds warning it might stop offering health insurance to some 30,000 employees due to the cost prohibitive regulations in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare). Now 3M Company will soon stop offering its health insurance plan to their 23,000 retirees in response to Obamacare's passage.
Obama's Still Selling What Nobody's Buying
By Carole on Sep 22, 2010
President Barack Obama trotted out a handful of people who have personally benefited from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) today and lamented that the obscenely expensive piece of legislation is only unpopular because he didn't talk about it enough. "Sometimes I fault myself for not being able to make the case more clearly to the country," he ruefully admitted. (source) What Mr. Obama refuses to acknowledge is that he talked more than enough; he just didn't listen.
Even Crist Doesn't Know Where Crist Stands
By Carole on Aug 27, 2010
Florida Governor and US Senate candidate Charlie Crist is finding it more and more difficult to keep his fluctuating positions on the issues straight. While still a Republican he strongly supported the disastrous Obama Stimulus. Once he was assured a loss in the GOP primary he decided to abandon his party but kept its donors' cash. And now amid falling poll numbers, his go-along-to-get-along positions are starting to confuse even him.
The Obamacare Effect
By Carole on Apr 1, 2010
What happens when you're the Democrat who cast the deciding 60th vote to push Obamacare through the Senate on Christmas Eve? Not surprisingly, only 36% of voters support you while any potential Republican challenger wins the support of over 50%. That's what's happening to Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas) according to the latest poll. (source)
