Health Care Reform - Obamacare

Repeal or Replace?

ST. PAUL, Minn.—A wide and varied field of Republican presidential hopefuls all have their own plans to make the country better—if elected. And nearly all have weighed in on the government health care system—some calling for full repeal and others offering replacement strategies.

Obamacare Facts #4-#6

4) PREVENTIVE MANDATE CONTROVERSIES TO COME 

5) INSURERS ALLOWED TO ERECT BARRIERS TO CARE

6) AGE 26 REQUIREMENT RAISES COSTS; ENDS CHEAPER CHOICES 

The Obamacare Tax EVERYONE Will Pay 

Yet another Affordable Care Act tax is on tap for September, starting at $8 billion a year and increasing to more than $14 billion annually by 2018. In short, says Twila Brase, president and co-founder of Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF, www.cchfreedom.org), every health plan with more than $25 million dollars of premiums has to pay a portion of that giant tax.

Obamacare’s Runaway Regulations

Most laws are not enacted by Congress. Ninety percent (90%) of all federal laws are written by regulators, writes Jonathan Emord, a DC–based constitutional attorney, in his book, The Rise of Tyranny. They become law without a vote.

Obamacare Facts #1-#3

1) LIFETIME LIMITS PROHIBITED BUT…

2) ANNUAL AND LIFETIME LIMITS ALLOWED

3) COVERAGE RESCINDED FOR “FRAUD”

3) COVERAGE RESCINDED FOR “FRAUD”

The ACA says once an individual is covered, the insurer cannot take away that person’s plan, unless the covered individual “has performed an act or practice that constitutes fraud or makes an intentional misrepresentation of material fact...

2) ANNUAL AND LIFETIME LIMITS ALLOWED

Despite Obamacare Fact #1, this section of the ACA says the former section’s prohibition on lifetime limits “shall not be construed to prevent a group health plan or health insurance coverage from placing annual or lifetime per beneficiary limits on specific covered benefits...

1) LIFETIME LIMITS PROHIBITED BUT…

Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits “lifetime limits on the dollar value of benefits for any participant or beneficiary,” it does not prohibit limits on patient access to care...

Obamacare is Legalized Plunder

I just read “The Law” by Frederic Bastiat. Given the first GOP presidential debate on August 6 and the unconstitutionality of Obamacare, this little book from 1850 was perfect.

City of St. Paul to Vote Tomorrow on Getting Access
to ‘Entire Medical Record’ of Certain Patients at HealthPartners

ST. PAUL, Minn.—One privacy-focused health policy organization says a proposed data agreement between the City of St. Paul and HealthPartners may violate patients’ rights to give or deny access to their medical records and will put patients’ private medical data at risk.