Category Archives: Barack Obama

Presumptive Medicaid Coverage

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Fred Stiening

North Carolina originally planned to expand Medicaid coverage, but the Supreme Court ruling and the later election of the North Carolina government entirely by Republicans caused North Carolina to withdraw from Medicaid expansion. Last fall, Republican Gov. McCrory was making … Continue reading →

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It’s official – change your Healthcare.gov password

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Fred Stiening

If the point of Heartbleed is actually payback to the Linux hacker community by Microsoft, it’s working. The speed with which a highly sensitive chunk of code written by a volunteer and rushed to implementation without adequate peer review is … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Internet Insecurity, Obamacare | 7 Comments

I’ll sign up for Obamacare after I get sick!

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The message will be intense the next nine days. March 31st is the last day to sign up for an ACA health insurance policy. You won’t be able to legally buy ANY health insurance policy at any price until November … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Obamacare | 19 Comments

Your Time is Running Out!

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Healthcare.gov doesn’t know that I purchased an ACA compliant policy from Blue Cross in December, so this isn’t a surprise. It will be interesting to watch how they ratchet up the threats for not signing up.

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BP of the day

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Fred Stiening

I promise to not make this a daily feature, but it ties together several recent topics Very long time readers like WesternMA know that in 2009 I wound up in the hospital for 4 days after passing out and hitting … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Individual Liberty, Obamacare, Unauthorized Food | 13 Comments

Kiss your insurance company goodbye

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The worst kept secret is now out in plain sight. The purpose of Obamacare is the destruction of private health insurance providers. http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116752/ezekiel-emanuel-book-excerpt-end-health-insurance-companies Ezekial Emanuel (brother of the Mayor of Chicago) is the author of the policy research that has … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Individual Liberty, Obamacare | 10 Comments

Quiznos Subs launches pasta dishes, prepares for bankruptcy

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Fred Stiening

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_25241309/quiznos-preparing-file-bankruptcy-protection Between the government push for “healthy” food, Obamacare and pressure for a $5 minimum wage, fast food for the masses is a risky business. I think I’ve been in a Quiznos twice. They used to advertise on radio – … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Obamacare, US Economic Recovery | 38 Comments

Will Obamcare pay for gold salts?

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The FBI arrested 5 members of a New York crime family for their part in a 1978 airplane heist. Down near the end of the story it mentioned the theft of $1.2 million in gold salts from a FedEx driver. … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Individual Liberty, Obamacare, Privacy | 3 Comments

Forbes: up to 2/3 (89%) of Obamacare enrollees already were insured

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The story Say it isn’t so! Opponents said from the beginning that the uninsured was not a big problem – that Medicaid, CHIP, Medicare and state run HIPAA high risk pools protected the most vulnerable and the others were people … Continue reading →

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You’ve got coverage!

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The saga may be at an end. Blue Cross mailed my ID card on January 10thfor coverage they say began January 7th, 2014 – despite them being paid on December 5th and saying my coverage started January 1st. Illinois informed … Continue reading →

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