April 20, 2013 By John Seiler Obamacare officially is called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But how can it "protect" you and provide "affordable care" when your hours were cut below the 30 hours per week needed to be part of the Soviet program? Jobs already are being hit: ...
Health CareObamacare already gutting CA jobsSaturday, April 20th, 2013Now media notice: Obamacare worsens CA physician shortageSunday, April 14th, 2013 April 14, 2013 By Chris Reed Among the many severe problems with Obamacare that a cheerleading media chose to ignore in the run-up to its March 2010 enactment, perhaps the most obvious was the fact that it would be impossible to sharply expand medical coverage in a thoughtful way in a nation w... Obamacare to raise CA costs, shutter Anaheim hospitalWednesday, March 27th, 2013March 27, 2013 By John Seiler Many people, including yours truly, have warned that Obamacare would lead to higher costs and worse medical care. That's now happening like a heart attack. A new estimate by the Society of Actuaries pegs increases in California medical claims costs by 2017 at 6... Obamacare: Not enough doctors in CA, FLTuesday, February 26th, 2013Feb. 26, 2013 By John Seiler An axiom of Econ. 101 is: Lower cost increases demand. That's what's happening to Obamacare. By cutting the price of health care to zero for more patients, it's greatly increasing demand. More people that might treat themselves -- say, popping Advil instead of g... Obamacare in Washington, D.C.Friday, February 22nd, 2013 Feb. 22, 2013 By John Seiler Although Washington, D.C. now has some "home rule" by local democracy, the U.S. Constitution actually gives all power over the District to the U.S. Congress. So the feds really run it. The functioning of government in D.C. thus is a clearn demonstration of how the ... Govt. Wants to Kill You Dept.: Plastic bag ban spikes E. coli infectionsTuesday, February 12th, 2013Feb. 12, 2013 By John Seiler Government always tells us that its laws and edicts make our lives better. That we'll be healthier, happier and wiser. Now this: "SAN FRANCISCO -- Is your tote bag making you sick? "A research paper published last year by professors at the University of Pennsylva... 3 years late, L.A. Times finally notes huge flaw in ObamacareMonday, February 11th, 2013Feb. 11, 2013 By Chris Reed In April 2010, three weeks after Obamacare was signed into law, The New York Times got around to writing an analysis of the measure that looked at how a key provision had worked at the state level in New York. Here's what I wrote about the ridiculously overdue analy... Karma time: Unions figure out Obamacare is a nightmareTuesday, February 5th, 2013Feb. 5, 2013 By Chris Reed As I noted in a CalWatchdog post last week, the California media are covering the state government's aggressive attempts to lead the nation in the early implemenation of Obamacare without bringing up its immense fundamental problems. "Beginning next Jan. 1, most co... Obamacare & California: State media ignore coming headachesSunday, January 27th, 2013Jan. 27, 2013 By Chris Reed Gov. Jerry Brown's eagerness for California to be the first state to implement the federal Affordable Care Act is being reported matter-of-factly by state newspapers. Completely absent is any big-picture explanation of what this will mean for health providers, compa... |