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News/Politics 10-25-13

What’s interesting in the news today?

First up, the more we know, the worse it gets.

From TheWeeklyStandard  “Let me be exactly clear about what health care reform means to you,” Obama said at one rally in July 2009. “First of all, if you’ve got health insurance, you like your doctors, you like your plan, you can keep your doctor, you can keep your plan.  Nobody is talking about taking that away from you.”  

But the president’s promise is turning out to be false for millions of Americans who have had their health insurance policies canceled because they don’t meet the requirements of the Affordable Care Act. 

According to health policy expert Bob Laszewski, roughly 16 million Americans will lose their current plans because of Obamacare:”

“These 16 million people are now receiving letters from their carriers saying they are losing their current coverage and must re-enroll in order to avoid a break in coverage and comply with the new health law’s benefit mandates––the vast majority by January 1. Most of these will be seeing some pretty big rate increases.”

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Even one of the Democrat supporters is saying it’s too expensive, even for his rich constituents. And he wants a waiver for these 1%ers. 😯 The folks at Occupy will not be pleased.

From FoxNews  “One of President Obama’s most ardent liberal supporters has defected from ObamaCare.

Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder, told a Colorado health policy think tank that ObamaCare premiums will be too expensive for some of the wealthiest addresses in America – ski resorts like Breckenridge and Keystone. 

He says he’s asking the feds to let them sit out the president’s national health system.

“We will be encouraging a waiver,” Polis told Health Policy Solutions in a story that ran today. “It will be difficult for Summit County residents to become insured. For the vast majority, it’s too high a price to pay.”

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Here’s more on something we talked about yesterday.

From TheWashingtonExaminer  “Even if Obama wanted to extend the open enrollment period, he wouldn’t be allowed to without an act of Congress — at least if he wants to follow the law he signed.

Though the health care law granted the Secretary of Health and Human Services discretion to define dates for the open enrollment period to occur each year, it also specified that the initial enrollment period (i.e. the current one) had to be announced by July 1, 2012.

Specifically, Section 1311 of the healthcare law reads, “ENROLLMENT PERIODS: The Secretary shall require an Exchange to provide for– (A) an initial open enrollment, as determined by the Secretary (such determination to be made not later than July 1, 2012).”

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Meanwhile the cost for set up has gone over a billion dollars.

From TheHill  “A surge in government spending in the six months before the ObamaCare exchanges  went live pushed federal spending to top government contractors over the $1  billion mark, a new study finds.”

“According to the report released Thursday by Bloomberg Government analyst Peter  Gosselin, federal spending ramped up in the months leading up to Oct. 1, with  $352 million of the $1 billion in federal contracts to the top 10 ObamaCare  contractors awarded during this time.

“In a typical IT project, spending  ramps up to a peak, then trails off during the final phase,” Gosselin  wrote.

The price tag usually associated the Affordable Care Act rollout  is $394 million, based on a Government Accountability Office report. Gosselin  argued that study was too narrowly focused, so he expanded his search of a  federal contractor databases to include all awards where the acronym “ACA” or  other related words and phrases appeared.”

Wow. The GAO was wrong? Color me shocked…. 🙄

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I can’t wait to hear the justification from the NEA and Dems on this one.

From FoxNews  “A bipartisan bill that would stop convicted sex offenders from working in schools has been passed by the House but is running into a foe as it heads to the Senate: major teachers’ unions like the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers.

Kyle Olson, with the Education Action Group Foundation told Megyn Kelly Wednesday night on “The Kelly File” that the unions’ objection to the bill proves “unions are out to protect the adults…they are not out for the interests of the children.”

“We should have zero tolerance for issues like this,” Olson said. “We have zero tolerance policies for weapons, a kid who bites a Pop Tart into a gun or has a Hello Kitty bubble-maker will be suspended or expelled if they have those sorts of things…”

“Additionally, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., has spoken out against the bill, saying it does not allow for people to overcome their criminal backgrounds.”

Ummmm, no, sorry Keith. Just because someone served their time for it doesn’t mean they should be allowed around children in a position of authority as if it never happened. Not buyin’ it.

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And the last one today is a little comic relief from the folks at ReasonTV.

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5 thoughts on “News/Politics 10-25-13”

  2. I remember something similar during the Clinton administration. They gave beret’s to all the troops, not just the “Green Beret” to the special forces troops. That’s the sort of thing Hillary will do if she gets elected.
    Both Obama and Hillary hate the military. That explains Benghazi, but no one will ever say that.

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  3. Good piece on Krauthammer & some of his views on the president:

    http://washingtonexaminer.com/critic-in-chief-charles-krauthammer-diagnoses-obamas-policies-and-psyche/article/2537486

    ” … (Krauthammer’s) training and experience as a psychiatrist underlies Krauthammer’s worries about Obama’s lack of humility. …

    “… In Krauthammer’s eyes, Obama isn’t simply another leftward pull in the tug-of-war of American politics. He sees Obama standing almost outside the normal boundaries of American politics.

    “Krauthammer lived through the late ’60s tumult in academia and was alarmed by Obama’s radical ties. ‘His association with Reverend Wright was the beginning of my worries about him,’ Krauthammer said in our interview. ‘You don’t go to a church for 22 years, consider the man your mentor, are married by him and have him baptize your children unless you have tremendous respect for him.’ …

    ” … Dr. Krauthammer also worries about Obama’s psychology. He’s called Obama a ‘narcissist,’ and he tells me that matters: ‘He’s the least experienced, least-known president probably in the history of the United States. … If you’re coming in as a novice, you ought to have some humility in deciding where you want to go and take the country.’ … “

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