ObamaCare

AP Vaguely Headlines and Weakly Covers the Halbig Contingency Plan Controversy
By Tom Blumer | February 26, 2015 | 6:10 PM EST

The Associated Press's headline at Alan Fram's coverage of the controversy over the existence of an Obama administration contingency plan if it loses the Halbig v. Burwell case pending at the Supreme Court may be among the most inchoherent ever: "GOP CLAIMS PAPER SHOWS FED AIDES' PREPS FOR HEALTH LAW LOSS."

"Paper"? What is in question is an alleged 100-page contingency plan should the Court declare that subsidies paid by HealthCare.gov, the federal health insurance exchange for over three dozen states, are illegal. "Health law loss"? What does that even mean?

Bozell Blasts IRS Double Standard: ‘Business as Usual’ for ‘Out of Control’ Administration
By NB Staff | February 25, 2015 | 6:43 PM EST

Appearing on the Fox News Channel’s (FNC) Your World with Neil Cavuto on Wednesday, Media Reserach Center President Brent Bozell reacted to dual news stories surrounding ObamaCare and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as “business as usual” for an “out of control” administration ruling “government by fiat.”

The first story came on February 20 that 800,000 ObamaCare enrollees had received incorrect tax information and then followed by news on Tuesday that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has allowed enrollees to keep extra money on their refunds due to the taxing error. 

Notable Quotables: Delaying Obama’s Amnesty = Putting History on Hold
By Rich Noyes | February 23, 2015 | 8:52 AM EST

This week, after a federal judge delays implementation of President Obama's executive amnesty, the networks frame it as “a historic day... on hold,” and a ruling that “dashes American dreams for millions of families.” Also, a rogues’ gallery of journalists led by Dan Rather leap to the defense of suspended NBC News anchor Brian Williams, while others in the media wish we'd stop talking about ISIS terrorists in favor of something more important: global warming.

Saturday Night (Pointed) Humor: Cavuto Admits That It's All Fox News's Fault
By Tom Blumer | February 21, 2015 | 11:59 PM EST

Thursday on his Your World show, host Neil Cavuto went after the Obama administration's near obsession with the coverage it gets on Fox News.

While Team Obama can count on the Big Three triumvirate of ABC, CBS and NBC to toe the line, promoting its points while generally avoiding damning information, Fox has generally remained fair and balanced, an approach which has clearly gotten under their ultra-thin skins.

Amanda Marcotte: Obamacare Lawsuit Shows Conservative Movement Now Run By ‘Mouth-Breathers’ and ‘Lunatics’
By Tom Johnson | February 14, 2015 | 2:08 PM EST

In her Talking Points Memo column, Marcotte writes that King v. Burwell itself is ridiculous but par for the course: “Exploiting the obsessions and fantasies of rightwing cranks…has [been] the standard operating procedure of conservative leadership for decades now. But that the Supreme Court is elevating this kind of talk radio madness to the highest court in the land takes this to another level.”

Vox's Sarah Kliff Slams Obamacare Plaintiffs as Obama Haters
By P.J. Gladnick | February 10, 2015 | 1:32 PM EST

Forget about the legal merits of the King vs Burwell case which states that the Obamacare law actually means what it says: that subsidies should only go to state-run, not federal exchanges. What really counts according to Sarah Kliff of Vox is that the plaintiffs in this case are guilty of the thought crime of thinking ill of (GASP!) President Obama.
 

HuffPo Correspondent Invokes Cornhusker Kickback Senator to Save Obamacare
By P.J. Gladnick | January 30, 2015 | 12:48 PM EST

Did you know that the future of Obamacare relies on the credibilty of former Senator Ben "Cornhusker Kickback" Nelson? Yes, the Huffington Post and other liberal media outlets seem to think that what Nelson tells us was going on in his mind at the time that Obamacare passed is crucial to the outcome of the King vs Burwell case at the Supreme Court.

Nurse/CNN Commentator Insists Obamacare Is Essential, Like Your Seat Belts
By Tim Graham | January 29, 2015 | 6:37 AM EST

James Taranto at The Wall Street Journal singled out a CNN.com commentary by a nurse as Orwellian in its description that Obamacare isn’t government intervention, it merely compels us to stay healthy. Taranto called it "a masterpiece of doublespeak."

Daily Kos: Obama Talked With YouTube Personalities In Order to Bypass Hostile Mainstream Media
By Tom Johnson | January 28, 2015 | 12:01 PM EST

Egberto Willies claims that Obama “gave the traditional mainstream media carte blanche for six years,” but that “they failed to report truthfully, accurately, and in an unbiased manner” on issues including Obamacare and the economy. Therefore, Obama now “is effecting a paradigm shift. He is unshackling us all from a type of slavery to the traditional mainstream media.”

Rose to Rubio on PBS: 'What's the Best Thing You Can Say' About ObamaCare?
By Kyle Drennen | January 15, 2015 | 11:59 AM EST

During an interview with Senator Marco Rubio on Tuesday, PBS host Charlie Rose urged the Florida Republican to say something positive about ObamaCare: "What's the best thing you can say about the Affordable Care Act?" Rubio replied: "That it's forced us to have a debate about health insurance in America." Rose fretted: "That's it?"

Blogger Jonathan Chait: ‘History Will Be Very Generous’ With Obama Thanks to His ‘Broad Record of Accomplishment’
By Tom Johnson | January 13, 2015 | 1:48 PM EST

New York magazine’s Chait argues that Obama “has incontrovertibly made major progress on, or fulfilled, every one of” the goals with which he started his presidency, and that “the horrifying consequences conservatives insisted would follow have all failed to materialize.”

More Bad News For California’s Finances That NBC Hailed as Being Saved by Jerry Brown
By Curtis Houck | January 9, 2015 | 2:14 PM EST

On Monday’s NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams heaped praise on liberal Democratic Governor Jerry Brown of California, who was sworn in for a record fourth term. Williams hailed Brown as someone who was had “finally been able to turn around California's troubled finances.”

As highlighted on this site Monday night, the State of California’s finances are far from stellar when examined more closely. An article in the Los Angeles Times late Thursday on the Golden State’s soaring health care costs only further expanded on that.