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Bachmann fires up tea party to repeal Obamacare: ‘This issue is now revived!’
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) on Thursday declared that efforts to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care reform law were “now revived” after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) admitted that it had inappropriately targeted conservative groups to determine if they had abused their tax-exempt status. At a tea party rally in…
South Carolina House passes nullification bill to make Obamacare a crime
The South Carolina state House on Wednesday passed a so-called “nullification” bill that is declares President Barack Obama’s health care reform law to be “null and void,” and criminalizes it’s implementation. The South Carolina Freedom of Health Care Protection Act was passed by a state House vote of 65 to…
New York lawmaker: 2013 ‘a superb year’ to pass single-payer health care
New York Assemblyman Richard Gottfried on Thursday introduced legislation to implement a single-payer health care system in the state, a proposal commonly referred to as “Medicare for all.” The measure did not come as a surprise to many local political observers. Gottfried has been proposing a universal taxpayer-funded healthcare system…
Giuliani: If contraception is covered, ‘it’s only fair’ to provide Viagra
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani says that if President Barack Obama’s health care reform law is going to force insurance companies to cover contraception then “it’s only fair” that men are provided with pills to treat erectile dysfunction. Speaking to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce earlier this week,…
Romney: I’m proud of Romneycare
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he was proud of the health care law he implemented while governor of Massachusetts, which was used as a blueprint for President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. “First of all, I would repeal all of Obamacare and replace it with the kinds…
Report: Cost of health insurance in U.S. rose 4 percent last year
The cost of health insurance in the United States rose only moderately over the past year, in part because of President Barack Obama’s health care reform, according to a report published Tuesday. The cost increase was four percent, higher than the 2.3 percent inflation rate, but considerably slower than in…
Romney: There are a number of things I like in Obamacare
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney admitted on Sunday that there were some good provisions in the health reform law pushed by President Barack Obama. “I’d say we’re going to replace Obamacare and I’m replacing it with my own plan, and you know, even in Massachusetts, where I was governor, our…
Colbert: It’s ‘whore o’clock’ in America thanks to Obamacare
Wednesday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert reminded viewers that Wednesday marked the beginning of a key provision in President Barack Obama’s health care reform plan, the Affordable Care Act. As of August 1, 2012, women’s birth control is covered under employee health insurance policies, regardless of the…
NAACP boos Romney for promising to kill ‘Obamacare’
Attendees at the 103rd convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) loudly booed presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Wednesday after he promised to eliminate President Barack Obama’s health care reform law. “I believe that if you understood who I truly am in my…
Perry: Medicaid expansion is like ‘adding 1,000 people to the Titanic’
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Monday said that his state would refuse to implement President Barack Obama’s health care reform law because it was “like adding 1,000 people to the Titanic.” In a statement released on Monday, Perry said that he would not set up state health care exchanges…
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