Source: Ezra Klein / The Washington Post Here is Paul Ryan’s path to a balanced budget in three sentences: He cuts deep into spending on health care for the poor and some combination of education, infrastructure, research, public-safety, and low-income programs. The Affordable Care Act’s Medicare cuts remain, but the military is spared, as is Social Security. [...]
Source: The Huffington Post America’s broken healthcare system drove one cancer patient to break the law last month. Frank J. Morrocco, 57, who had previously spent 20 years behind bars, claims that he intentionally shoplifted so that he could go back to prison and receive healthcare, the Buffalo News reports. Suffering from a rare form of [...]
Source: Jeffrey Young / The Huffington Post South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R) opposes providing health benefits to more than 40,000 “able-bodied” poor people by expanding the state’s Medicaid program under President Barack Obama’s health care reform law, he told legislators Tuesday. Obama’s health care law seeks to provide health care coverage to as many as 17 [...]
Source: The Huffington Post The opinion of Papa John’s among recent casual diners dropped precipitously after CEO John Schnatter’s public comments about Obamacare, according to a new study from YouGov BrandIndex, which researches brand perception for marketing directors, brand managers and PR reps. The site conducts thousands of interviews a day, providing real-time info that shows [...]
Source: Janean Chun / The Huffington Post Don’t expect to hear more about an Obamacare surcharge from Denny’s franchisee John Metz. Denny’s chief executive John Miller privately reached out to Metz to express his “disappointment” with the Florida franchisee’s controversial statements about Obamacare, which sparked a wave of backlash for the national restaurant chain over [...]
Source: Nick Wing / The Huffington Post Americans for Prosperity, a conservative organization backed by the billionaire Koch brothers, took aim at Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) on Monday, accusing him of working against his state’s interests with his apparent change of heart on Obamacare. In a statement, AFP said that Scott’s recent signal that he was willing [...]
Source: Janean Chun / The Huffington Post While some business owners threaten to cut workers’ hours to avoid paying for their health care, a West Palm Beach, Fla., restaurant owner is going even further. John Metz said he will add a 5 percent surcharge to customers’ bills to offset what he said are the increased costs [...]
We’re hearing a lot these days about entitlement reform — a lot of talk about Medicare, for example, and we’ll get to that in a latter show. But today, we want to take a look at what entitlement reform may mean to folks who use Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, also known as [...]
Source: Christopher Seward / Atlanta Journal Constitution Pizza lovers can expect to pay a little more at Papa John’s in the future, thanks to President Barack Obama’s health care law, according to the chain’s founder, John Schnatter. “Our best estimate is that the Obamacare will cost 11 to 14 cents per pizza, or 15 to [...]
Source: Leigh Ann Caldwell / CBS News A controversial contraception coverage mandate goes into effect today, requiring health insurance companies to provide free contraception services for women. Although the fight over the provision reached its height when President Obama announced the rule in February, opponents are still working to unravel it. “The implementation of this [...]
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