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The $4 Billion Obamacare Slush Fund for Progressives

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February 24, 2012
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If you like how the Obama administration’s multibillion-dollar “investments” in bankrupt solar companies have turned out, you’ll love the latest federal loan program to nowhere. It’s the Obamacare loyalty rewards program for progressives.

To appease liberal Democrats pushing for the so-called “public option” (the full frontal government takeover of our health care system), the White House settled for the creation of a $6 billion network of nonprofit “CO-OPs” that will “compete” with private insurers. It’s socialized medicine through the side door. House Republicans sliced about $2 billion from the slush fund in last spring’s budget deal and proclaimed the program dead. Hardly.

On Wednesday, the White House trumpeted the release of nearly $700 million in taxpayer-funded low-interest loans for seven CO-OPs in eight states. Administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the fund will pour more money into CO-OP plans nationwide throughout the next year. In 2014, according to Washington bureaucrats, the plans will be offered on the federally approved and federally monitored state health exchange “marketplace.”  read more

 

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The ‘Fairness’ Fraud

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February 22, 2012

The ‘Fairness’ Fraud – Page 1

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During a recent Fox News Channel debate about the Obama administration’s tax policies, Democrat Bob Beckel raised the issue of “fairness.”

He pointed out that a child born to a poor woman in the Bronx enters the world with far worse prospects than a child born to an affluent couple in Connecticut.

No one can deny that. The relevant question, however, is: How does allowing politicians to take more money in taxes from successful people, to squander in ways that will improve their own reelection prospects, make anything more “fair” for others?

via The \’Fairness\’ Fraud – Page 1.

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Obama and Congress Throw Seniors Under the Bus.

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May 27, 2010

May 27, 2010 — The dreaded 21.3% reduction in Medicare reimbursement for physicians will likely take effect June 1 as scheduled following the failure of House and Senate Democrats tonight to pass the necessary legislation to stop it.

The Memorial Day recess for Congress officially begins Monday, but lawmakers will start to leave the nation’s capital tomorrow. Democratic leaders who have tried to avert the massive Medicare pay cut say they simply have run out of time to cut a deal. They might have beat their deadline if it had not been for staunch opposition from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers who argued against the deficit spending involved in the legislation.

Anticipating that Congress might not act in time to avert the June 1 pay cut, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has instructed its carriers this week to hold payment on claims with June service dates for the first 10 business days of the month. That way, if Congress retroactively postpones the pay cut early next month, carriers would process the suspended claims at either the current reimbursement rate or any higher — and temporary — rate that lawmakers might approve.

Medicare Pay Cut Appears Destined to Hit on June 1.

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Prosecutor fired for Tea Party talks

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May 25, 2010

Live Oak — An assistant state attorney for the Live Oak-based Third Judicial Circuit was fired Monday for speaking at Tea Party rallies and to other groups, according to Third Judicial Circuit State Attorney Skip Jarvis.

Jarvis said he revoked KrisAnne Hall’s appointment as an assistant state attorney at 2:30 p.m. Monday. Hall, a Suwannee County resident, worked out of Hamilton County.

He said he felt bad for letting her go since she was “the only breadwinner in her household” but had “no other choice.”

“She was speaking at some political events, some things were anti-state and anti-government,” Jarvis said by phone Tuesday morning. “I emailed her and said look you can’t do that as an assistant state attorney. Our client is the state of Florida.”

UPDATE: Prosecutor fired for Tea Party talks » Suwannee Democrat » Suwannee Democrat.

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