Affordable Care Act

President pushes for a side of ObamaCare this Thanksgiving

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
11/27/2013
The same president who wanted gift registries filled with donations to his campaign is back with another turkey of an idea. This time, the idea is to infiltrate Thanksgiving dinner with an ObamaCare enrollment push. Never mind that talking politics is right up there with the “when are you going to finally get your life...

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act

Illinois to allow insurers to extend canceled health insurance policies

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
11/22/2013
In an effort to curb the tide of millions of health insurance cancellations as a result of ObamaCare, the president called on state regulators to extend the terminated health insurance policies that were canceled as a result of ObamaCare mandates. In response, Illinois Department of Insurance Commissioner Andrew Boron announced that the department “will follow...

TAGS: IDOI: Illinois Department of Insurance

Congress avoids the ObamaCare experience

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
11/22/2013
While millions of Americans across the country are figuring out what to do about their canceled health plans – despite being promised repeatedly by the president that they could keep them – those in Congress who have enrolled in ObamaCare have managed to avoid the unpleasantness. Under the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, commonly known...

ObamaCare in Illinois

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
11/21/2013
In a press conference earlier this month, Republican lawmakers proposed a resolution that urges Congress to delay the “individual mandate” and calls on the Illinois Department of Insurance to fully disclose the number of people in Illinois who are facing health insurance cancellations as a result of ObamaCare. Both calls to action are commendable and...

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Will County union strikes over proposed health insurance contributions

By Paul Kersey
11/21/2013
Will County is going through a perfect storm of unionism: an unjustified strike called by a union that is spooked by ObamaCare but unwilling to admit it. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1028 called for a walkout by about 1,000 county employees in spite of a pretty good offer from the...

TAGS: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, strike

Taxpayers have spent $90K per potential Illinois ObamaCare enrollee

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
11/20/2013
The federal government has spent almost $155 million on Illinois’ state ObamaCare websites, according to government figures compiled by the Washington, D.C.-based Americans for Tax Reform. Just 1,370 Illinoisans added a plan to their shopping cart – a total that falls woefully short of the 17,000 enrollments federal officials had hoped for in the month...

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, enrollment

40 insurance policies canceled for every ObamaCare enrollee

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
11/18/2013
Five million Americans and counting across the country have already received notices that their health insurance plans in the individual and small group markets are being canceled as a result of ObamaCare. So far, Andrew Boron, Illinois’ insurance commissioner, has not yet revealed how many Illinoisans are facing the same situation, despite calls from both...

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act

Now that they know what is in ObamaCare, how can they make it stop?

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
11/14/2013
The dismal ObamaCare “enrollments” reported yesterday tell only one small part of the larger ObamaCare train wreck. For those watching closely, there is an uncomfortable realization that ObamaCare is actually increasing the number of uninsured Americans. Five millions and counting Americans across the country have received notices that their health insurance plans in the individual...

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act