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    Tag: ACA

    Peters Repeated The Lie


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Tue Jan 07, 2014 at 01:17:19 PM EST
    Tags: Gary Peters, US Senate, Michigan, Lies, Obamacare, ACA, You Can Keep It, Democrats, Lying Liars (all tags)

    Seriously, ANYONE could win Michigan's  US Senate seat being vacated by Carl Levin.

    At least if Gary Peters is all the Democrat party has to offer. The RNC has targeted a number of politicians who parroted the Obama lie:"You can keep it .." in the run up to passage of the ACA.  They will be running a series of ads pointing out the many times each of these folks opened their pieholes to mislead constituents in this regard. The Michigan ads will initially be radio spots like this one (modified for Peter's name used instead) saying:

    "So what's your New Year's resolution? Here's one you can keep. Resolve to keep [Senator/Representative] honest in 2014.

    President Obama and [Senator/Representative] said if you like your insurance plan you can keep it under ObamaCare. They lied to you. Big time. PolitiFact called that the "lie of the year."

    Millions will lose their insurance--and their doctors.

    2014 is your chance to hold [Senator/Representative] accountable. Tell him this is one New Year's resolution you're sticking to.

    The Republican National Committee paid for and is responsible for the content of this advertising. GOP.com"

    And its based in fact.

    From the Ivory Tower in 2009:

    " .. Illegal immigrants won't be covered, Peters said. Medicare benefits won't change, and will include no co-pays for preventative care and a reduction in drug costs. And Congress isn't being treated any differently than anyone else who has employer-covered insurance, Peters said.

    "If you're covered and you like your insurance, you can keep it," he said. "

    You know, it seems as if those might just have been 'talking points' to keep the natives from getting too restless about the takeover of a quarter of the economy. No, really!

    Though this is very serious, It still reminds me of a joke.

    Go below the fold and I will pass it along.

    (6 comments, 888 words in story) Full Story

    And Funnier Yet


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Thu Dec 19, 2013 at 10:32:45 AM EST
    Tags: Humor, Humiliation, Lies, Democrats, Traitors, ACA, Obamacare, Gary Peters, China, Outsourcing, Manufacturing (all tags)

    As it turns out, the RNC has made another Subtle statement with the Lie of the year trophies.

    Because of liberal policies, manufacturing over time has had to find other havens where makers of such products as TROPHIES can do so competitively.  The Dems have consistently advocated higher taxes, and unrealistic workplace rules that hamstring domestic manufacturing to the point of closure or relocation.

    Fewer makers of wealth and even fewer workers yet.

    Yep.

    How appropriate that the awards offered to those Democrats are from those places that carry so much of our debt.

    Comments >>

    A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

    Lie Of The Year Trophies Awarded


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Wed Dec 18, 2013 at 04:17:25 PM EST
    Tags: RNC, Humor, Humiliation, Lies, Democrats, Traitors, ACA, Obamacare, Gary Peters (all tags)

    I found this story funny, though the subject is far from it.

    Apparently the RNC has awarded a number of vulnerable Dems a special award for their participation in the American catastrophe known as Obamacare.

    " Rebecca Coffman, a press assistant at the RNC ..  holding the trophy outside Senator Mary Landrieu's office before presenting it to one of her staffers. "We'd like to present Senator Landrieu with the Lie of the Year award on behalf of the Republican National Committee," she said.

    "Ok," said the staffer.

    "For lying to her constituents about keeping their plans-"

    "Alright," he said.

    "On behalf of the Republican National Committee," she concluded.

    Another staffer laughed. "That's pretty funny!" he said.

    "It is," said the first.

    Others were less appreciative.

    The receptionist for Senator Mark Begich, a vulnerable Alaska Democrat, was particularly unamused. "You're kind of a jerk," he told Coffman after accepting the trophy

    At least he took it.  No sore losers there, right?

    Gary Peters, who will probably lose to whomever runs for US Senate in 2014 received the award above for his part in bringing forward the end to the US constitution.

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    Joshua Pooh


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Wed Dec 18, 2013 at 02:20:45 PM EST
    Tags: Obamacare, Theft, Medicaid Expansion, Creepy Provisions, ACA, Insurance, Abortions on Demand, Sandra Fluke (does it really rhyme with f*@k?), Democrats War on Wisdom, SLUT, Abortion, Ardesta, Homosexuals, Charles Pugh, Progressives, Log Cabins, Amoral, Twitiots, Postagegate, Biography, Dennis Lennox, Basket case vs. Closet case, Political Correctness, Critical Theory, Cultural Marxism, Michigan Democratic Party voters = Useful Idiots, Public Act 295 of 2008, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, Sure .. he is a 'con'servative, Puppetry, Transparency, Snyder, The Flim-Flam Man, Obama Donors, Rich Baird, NERD Fund, Same Snake Two Heads, HB4714, You Poke It You Own It, One Term Nerd (all tags)

    Sorry Charlie, err, Joshua, however, besides same last names, you two do have the same stench.

    Last week, following offensive comments about LGBT Michiganians [those would be Michiganders] from Michigan's Republican National Committee member Dave Agema, Michigan Republicans collectively failed to take any action to hold Agema accountable for his hate speech. Republican Gov. Snyder was complicit in this, telling a Lansing radio host "I'm not getting into that."

    Hate speech my ass, signed Wolverine. Furthermore, if the Ann Arbor Nerd wasn't such a flaming Progressive surrounding himself in Obama funding secrecy, his answer for Medicaid Expansion would have also been, "I'm not getting into that."

    Every stupid thing on The Left has become an ongoing distraction from reality.

    H/t Market Ticker

    Sit and spin on that one, Mr. deflector of communications for the Michigan Democratic Party.

    Comments >>

    Snydercaid Expansion with cool Obamacare Clawback Provisions


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Tue Dec 17, 2013 at 09:17:20 PM EST
    Tags: Obamacare, Theft, Medicaid Expansion, Creepy Provisions, ACA, Insurance, Abortion, Ardesta, Homosexuals, Progressives, Log Cabins, Amoral, Cultural Marxism, Public Act 295 of 2008, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, Sure .. he is a 'con'servative, Puppetry, Transparency, Snyder, The Flim-Flam Man, Obama Donors, Rich Baird, NERD Fund, Same Snake Two Heads, HB4714, One Term Nerd (all tags)

    The Flim-Flam Man and his Nerdpublicrat majority nailed folks good this time.

    Expanded Medicaid's fine print holds surprise: 'payback' from estate after death

    As thousands of state residents enroll in Washington's expanded Medicaid program, many will be surprised at fine print: After you're dead, your estate can be billed for ordinary health-care expenses. State officials are scrambling to change the rule.
    ....

    Dr. Jane Orient, executive director of the politically conservative Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, writing in the The Washington Times, called the recovery provision "a cash cow for states to milk the poor and the middle class."

    "People will think this is wonderful, this is free insurance," Orient said in an interview. "They don't realize it's really a loan, and is secured by any property they have."

    Even states that are now limiting estate recovery, she warned, can change the rules again if budget problems become more intense.

    Unclear rules

    One reason this snafu has become so troublesome is that ACA rules appear to give those who qualify for Medicaid little choice but to accept the coverage.

    People cannot receive a tax credit to subsidize their purchase of a private health plan if their income qualifies them for Medicaid, said Bethany Frey, spokeswoman for the Washington Health Benefit Exchange.

    REST

    All the way from One Big Ass Mistake America, to Vote, No Vacation Snyder and his faux-conservative Gen Xer toadie - the Mitten State is screwed.

    Comments >>

    Thank You


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Wed Dec 11, 2013 at 10:27:12 PM EST
    Tags: Obamacare, Medicaid Expansion, ACA, One Term Nerd, Abortion, Snyder, Ardesta, Dead Babies, Insurance, Right To Life (all tags)

    To both Republicans and Democrats who have taken a step to protect freedom of conscience today.

    Praise when something is done right is appropriate.

    Employers will no longer be forced to provide 'abortion coverage' in their insurance policies.

    "The Republican-controlled Legislature on Wednesday approved a voter-initiated law that would prohibit basic health insurance plans from covering abortions and avoid a veto by Gov. Rick Snyder.

    The Senate voted 27-11 and the House passed the legislation 62-47 mostly along party lines in favor of Right to Life of Michigan's proposal to require women to purchase additional insurance for abortions."

    Its a shame that such a common sense effort had to done through citizen initiative because of a Governor who has no respect for tax payer freedom of conscience.

    I truly hope that Michigan Right To Life remembers how unnecessarily hard they had to work to get this done.

    One Term Nerd.

    (3 comments) Comments >>

    Being Right


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Mon Nov 25, 2013 at 11:24:06 AM EST
    Tags: Halbig v. Sebilius, Penalties, Subsidies, Snyder, Michigan, ACA, Senate, Medicaid, Expansion, Exchanges, $100 million, Welfare Growth (all tags)

    A court case challenging taxation in states based on the ACA (AKA Obamacare) will likely reveal our successful effort to stop a state run exchange to be well worth the time.

    We have apparently inoculated ourselves.  In the complaint Halbig v. Sebelius it is shown that an application of the law as-it-is-written means Michigan taxpayers are NOT eligible for subsidies, and NOT subject to the tax (penalties) assessment for failure to obtain insurance. Netright daily reports:

    "Under the specific language of the law, tax subsidies (and tax penalties) on individuals and employers only apply in states that created these exchanges. It's right there in black-and-white -- as the availability of subsidies was expressly confined to qualified plans enrolled "through an Exchange established by the State."

    Obamacare makes no mention of these subsidies being provided in federal exchanges.

    And as noted further in the article, there was an expectation for the states to roll over and capitulate with the new exchange money promise.

    The plaintiff argument on this point is clearly stated starting at about page 10 of the document.

    A big THANK YOU to those who stood firm in their resolve against the state run exchange will be repeated as this case moves further along and the act is found even more unworkable as the miserable failure spawned by overreaching NEO-Democrat (read fascist/socialist) operatives in power.  It was theirs.  Let it remain owned by those who have no understanding of the constitution.

    Recall that NOT a single (not even the squishy ones) Republican voted for this garbage.

    A shame there was an attempt by a so called Republican governor in Michigan to punish us all through participation with such schemes.

    (3 comments) Comments >>

    Where There Is A Will


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Mon Nov 25, 2013 at 08:35:50 AM EST
    Tags: Snyder, Michigan, ACA, Senate, Medicaid, Expansion, $100 million, Adjournment, Procedure, Welfare Growth (all tags)

    There is a way.

    Too much money to be thrown away apparently, so procedural changes will allow early law enactment, and potentially "save" the state $100 million on the Medicaid expansion legislators approved earlier this fall. A couple weeks shaved off the end of this session rolls the start date for the new medical WELFARE recipients to line up at the trough.

    "The Michigan Senate plans to adjourn several weeks earlier than usual, which would allow the newly expanded Medicaid population to begin enrolling by mid-March, rather than early April.

    While that's not a lot of time, it does add up, because Gov. Rick Snyder's administration has said the delay is costing the state about $7 million a day. Once the expansion takes effect, the federal government begins picking up the tab for other services the state is now paying for, and the state previously had budgeted for the expansion to begin Jan. 1."

    Because NO WAY should Michigan taxpayers have to pick up the tab for legislating more MichiGANDERS onto the public teat.

    Read the rest here.

    (1 comment) Comments >>

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