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A Colorado reporter shows the Washington Press Corpse how to ask about ObamaCare


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Posted by on Mar 13, 2014

This clip shows Jay Carney being cornered by a lowly local reporter from Colorado. He’s been in front of Carney before because he notes, at the outset, “the last time I asked you a question you didn’t answer it”. Enjoy the skewering…

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He prefaces his question by noting that the Democrats passed ObamaCare facing overwhelming poll numbers that said the American people didn’t want it and with a personal shot at Harry Reid when he notes that “the President said you could keep your plan and I know that’s not true because my wife lost hers”.

“We don’t get here very often…” Honestly, you’re not likely to get asked back.

Jay Carney is a dissembling liar. “Do you want quality, affordable health insurance or do you want the insurance company to tell you that you can’t get coverage because of the fine print…” referring to the demon of “pre-existing conditions”.

NEVER FORGET

The pre-existing condition argument made by Democrats is a chain of lies. Forbes deconstructed that argument in just a few words.

According to the latest Census Bureau data, 309 million Americans have health insurance. Of these 4 percent are covered by directly purchased insurance alone. The remaining 96 percent are covered by government or company insurance or some combination. Government health insurance does not allow discrimination based on preexisting conditions. Company insurance typically does not either, insofar as the risk pool is already incorporated in the premiums, and there are portability requirements in moving from company to company.

Thus 12 million people purchased private direct purchased health insurance on the eve of Obama Care. Insurance industry studies show that one in eight applicants for private health insurance have preexisting conditions that affect their eligibility or premiums. This gives a total of 1.5 million Americans who were denied health insurance or paid higher premiums due to pre-existing conditions.

One point-five-million people are impacted because of a pre-existing condition. So the Democrats took over one-sixth of the US economy to “fix” a problem effecting 0.48% of the population. As for the other 99.52% of Americans, our insurance premiums have gone down an average of $2,500 per year increased by an average of 23% according to the Manhattan Institute.

–Average rates will rise in 81% of the 300 age and sex categories, and go down in 19%.

–For all categories in all states, the average increase comes out to 22.8%, with rates going from $268.33 to $329.44 a month, up $61.10. The median increase is just under 32%.

NEVER FORGET

So, on average, consumers with ObamaCare policies saw their insurance cost go up an average of $733.20 vs. the President’s claim of a $2,500 drop. Today, that has only impacted those in the private insurance marketplace because the hit to group plans was delayed until next year by The Imperial President. New pricing on group plans should be out in September/October of this year.

November is a time to exact revenge on the people who’ve been lying to you for the last half-dozen years about this mess called ObamaCare. Republicans need to take back the US Senate and grind this administration to a halt.

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Obama on life support, CNN reports “he’s flat-lining”


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Posted by on Mar 10, 2014

It’s a media panic. No, President Obama is not in the hospital, but he probably should be. CNN is talking about the President’s latest poll numbers. See actual broadcast below;

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Republicans will add eight, ten, twelve, even more seats in the House and take the Senate.

Don’t break out the confetti just yet, we’d wait until January after the new Senate is sworn it. We’ve got a long haul over the next eight months, lots can happen and they don’t call Republicans “The Stupid Party” for nothing.

We will note that we don’t think there’s much chance of the President’s poll numbers reviving before the election, he’s facing pretty much a perfect storm of his own making.

  • We should know what the new insurance rates for 2015 will be in September-October. Barring a backroom deal between Democrats and the insurance companies, rates will increase dramatically.
  • Foreign policy is a joke and that won’t improve.
  • Speaking of flat-lining, the economy is stumbling and that won’t be picking up any time soon.
  • Jobs? What jobs?
  • Immigration reform? Well, if somebody can duct tape John Boehner to a radiator in the basement of the Capitol Building, we shouldn’t have too much to worry about there.
  • The War on Women? Sure, that will get yelled about, but hopefully Republicans will point out that it’s really Democrats who are waging that war.

And on and on.

If Republicans can just hold their own for the next eight months, they’ve got a good chance of taking the Senate and then we might have the opportunity to see some real fireworks – joint House/Senate investigations on Benghazi and the IRS for starters. Bills repealing or at least neutering ObamaCare. Bills on Republican priorities like a real jobs program that will give the private sector the incentive to create real jobs.

Hang in there, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride

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EXCLUSIVE to Breitbart.com: — “Mr. President, Tear Down This Website”


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by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) 19 Nov 2013

Many Americans have experienced the ill effects of Obamacare. That’s because the President’s broken promises are piling up. He promised that if you like your health care plan you can keep it. But for millions of Americans, that’s not true.

He said that the law would make health insurance more affordable. But across the country, Americans are seeing their premiums go up, not down. And when launching Healthcare.gov, the Obama administration said that the website was safe, secure and open for business. We now know that isn’t true, either.

The data obtained by Healthcare.gov is one of the largest collections of personal information ever assembled. It links information between seven different federal agencies and state agencies and government contractors.

The website requires users to provide personal information like birth dates, social security numbers, and household incomes in order to obtain information about potential health coverage. But security experts have expressed concern about flaws in the site that put this personal data at risk and subject users to the threat of identity theft.

This week, the Science Committee, which I chair, held a hearing to examine security and privacy concerns about the Obamacare website. We heard from witnesses outside the government who are experts in cybersecurity and hacking websites. They provided a convincing evidence of the vulnerabilities that underlie Healthcare.gov.

One of our witnesses, David Kennedy, is a “white hat hacker,” who is hired by companies around the world to test the security of their online systems by essentially hacking their websites. During the hearing, Mr. Kennedy gave a demonstration of the healthcare.gov website’s vulnerabilities showing in real-time that hackers can access personal information on the website. It’s clear that not only is the website vulnerable, it’s under attack.

When asked whether he believed the website had already been compromised by hackers, Mr. Kennedy testified that he believed the website has either already been hacked or soon will be.

The massive amount of personal information collected by the Healthcare.gov website creates a tempting target for scam artists. Identity theft jeopardizes credit ratings and personal finances.

Here are some real-life examples of people who have already had misfortune after using the Obamacare website. Mr. Thomas Dougall of South Carolina received a surprise phone call from a stranger one Friday evening explaining that he had just downloaded a letter off the Healthcare.gov website containing Dougall’s personal information.

And when Lisa Martinson of Missouri called Healthcare.gov’s customer service after forgetting her password, she was told three different people were given access to her account, address and social security number.

Aside from technological vulnerabilities, it turns out that federal employees—called navigators—who help users apply for insurance on the Healthcare.gov website have not received background checks. Yet they are able to access the personal information of thousands of people.

These threats to Americans’ well-being and financial security should make us question the future of Obamacare. Perhaps it is time to take Obamacare off of life support. Americans deserve a healthcare system that works and that they can trust.

The Obama administration has a responsibility to ensure that the personal and financial data collected by the government is secure. It is clear that is not the case today. In their haste to launch Healthcare.gov, it appears the administration cut corners that leave the site open to hackers and other online criminals.

Given the distressing testimony we heard at the Science Committee’s hearing about Healthcare.gov, there is only one reasonable course of action. Mr. President, take down this website.

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Congressman Lamar Smith represents the 21st District of Texas and chairs the Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

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