LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Republican senators trying to repeal former President Barack Obama’s landmark health care legislation are coming around to the idea of keeping Obamacare taxes. The change in sentiment is an effort to delay draconian cuts to certain features of the system, like Medicaid expansion. Moderate Republicans in the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie The chief architect of Obamacare admitted Sunday that former President Barack Obama’s landmark health care legislation has problems that need to be addressed immediately. Ezekiel Emanuel, brother of Rahm Emanuel, is currently a senior fellow at the Center for America Progress, a progressive think-tank in Washington, D.C….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn pledged Wednesday that Senate Republicans will pass a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare this summer. Cornyn, appearing on the “Chad Hasty Show,” said that the Senate will “absolutely” repeal Obamacare “by the end of July at least.” The Senate leader cautioned…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie The state of Connecticut is at risk of losing all insurers on its state Obamacare exchanges in 2018. The only remaining insurers on its state exchanges are Anthem and ConnectiCare, but neither provider is currently committed to offering plans beyond 2017. If both insurers back out of the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe North Carolina’s largest health care provider is raising premiums by nearly 23 percent for Obamacare plans in 2018. Blue Cross Blue Shield announced the premium hike Thursday on the heels of a 24.3 percent premium increase this year and a 32.5 percent increase in 2016. Blue Cross’ Obamacare premiums have more than doubled…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) unveiled its revised score of the House Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace Obamacare Wednesday afternoon. The report projects that some 23 million Americans would lose health insurance coverage by 2026 if Congress passed the proposal, a figure sure to draw…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky hinted Wednesday that House Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace Obamacare could to get shot down in the Senate. “I don’t know how we get to 50 [votes] at the moment,” McConnell told Reuters in an exclusive interview Wednesday. The Senate majority…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Obamacare introduced new regulations into the health care marketplace that contributed to premiums doubling after the legislation took full effect in 2014, according to a report the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released Tuesday evening. HHS compared premiums in the exchange marketplaces in 2013, one year…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Richard Pollock Federal prosecutors slapped a multi-billion dollar Medicare fraud charge against United Health Group (UHG) and a key subsidiary President Barack Obama’s former top insurance official once headed, according to an investigation by The Daily Caller News Foundation. It was the third time health fraud charges have been…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Conservative groups are throwing millions of dollars behind a campaign to sell the American people on how comprehensive tax reform will improve their lives. Members of Charles and David Koch’s “Liberty Network,” Freedom Partners and Americans for Prosperity (AFP) are pledging millions to a nationwide campaign that promotes…