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Supreme Court: The Spirit of Massachusetts *IS* the Spirit of America

June 29, 2015 By brian 2 Comments

Both the Supreme Court's decisions to approve ObamaCare tax credits and the rejection of state laws banning same-sex marriage take ideas that were first implemented in Massachusetts and make it national law. So now it's official: The Spirit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Massachusett, massachusetts health care reform, obamacare, same-sex-marriage, supreme-court

The SCOTUS Decisions Hammer Conservative Movement

June 26, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti 9 Comments

The Court this week has delivered a series of devastating blows to America’s conservative movement with their second decision affirming the constitutionality of Obamacare, today’s decision on same sex marriage along with another decision on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: conservative movement, gay-rights, obamacare, same-sex-marriage, scotus

WSJ: “An Obamacare Plan Beats No Plan”

March 21, 2015 By joeltpatterson Leave a Comment

As spring arrives, when we turn to the Opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, we find that Hell hath frozen over... An Obamacare Plan Beats No Plan The sudden withdrawal of the subsidies could put private insurance markets in as many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: healthcare, obamacare, scotus

AOL reverses course on benefit cuts – CEO apologizes to staff – Updated

February 9, 2014 By John Tehan Leave a Comment

Update:  One of the mothers, Deanna Fei, has spoken out eloquently about her case, and I think Tim Armstrong will rue the day he opened his mouth: On Oct. 9, 2012, when I woke up in pain, my husband was at the airport about to board a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: AOL, Benefit cuts, obamacare

FAQ: Why did the Connector need a new website? Why can’t they just use the old one?

February 5, 2014 By brian 5 Comments

With the continuing issues with the Health Connector/MassHealth enrollment website, we get asked the following questions constantly: The old web site worked just fine. Why did they need to build a new one? Why can't they just go back to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aca, health-care, health-reform, obamacare

Jackie Gingrich Cushman and the Epitome of Anti-Obama Animus

December 6, 2013 By steven-j-gulitti Leave a Comment

I was scrolling through the various commentaries on offer at TownHall.com yesterday when I spied one written by Newt Gingrich’s daughter Jackie Gingrich Cushman titled “Are We Sick of Him Yet?” Being all too familiar with the anti-liberal, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: "Are We Sick of Him Yet?", American Thinker, barack-obama, Jackie Gingrich Cushman, newt-gingrich, Obama Approval Ratings, Obama Derangement Syndrome, obamacare, Political Polling, Red State, republican-party, Tea Party Approval, tea-party, the-weekly-standard, townhall.com

What’s up with Elizabeth Warren and the Medical Device Tax?

April 3, 2013 By farnkoff 13 Comments

Part of the money for Obamacare is supposed to come from a tax on medical devices. According to the New York Times, the Senate seems interested in repealing that provision, thus wiping out a dedicated funding source, which I assume will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Elizabeth Warren, medical device tax, obamacare, scott-brown

Can a Repeal of Obamacare Actually Help Obama in November?

March 26, 2012 By PaulHeroux Leave a Comment

This week the SCOTUS will decide on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act of 2009 (AKA - Obamacare). This may be President Obama's primary legislative achievement. Conventional wisdom says that if the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012-election, obama, obamacare, scotus

On My Last Weekend, Or, Wanna Save A Few Trillion On Health Care?

July 24, 2011 By fake-consultant 5 Comments

So I disappeared for a full week, right in the middle of what should have been a busy writing schedule, and I have to claim some “personal days” to cover the time we missed here at the blog – but it won’t be time entirely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: democrats, economics, health-care, medicaid, medicare, obama, obamacare, politics, reform, republicans

RomneyCare/ObamaCare – Unconstitutional?

January 31, 2011 By mannygoldstein 49 Comments

Federal Judge in Florida ruled today that ObamaCare is unconstitutional.  Since BMG has the finest minds on the Internet (no, that's not sarcasm), I ask the denizens: is this likely to stand?  Will ObamaCare implementation halt … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: hcr, obamacare, romneycare

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Look, people confused Charlie Baker "not being Donald Trump" with "trustworthy verging on infallible."

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“Utter breakdown ... *it’s just not okay*” [emphasis original]

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Earlier, I spoke at the #MACOVIDOversight hearing and voiced my concerns & the concerns of my colleagues and constituents. I then asked @MassGovernor what I believe was a straightforward question...and received a not-so-straightforward response.

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In 2014, I was a clerk for the ME legislature's enviro committee and I'm flabbergasted by the arguments by progressive Reps (many of whom I respect) against making committee votes and testimony public. /1 #mapoli @act_on_mass @byChrisVan @statehousenews
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