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Obamacare: Day 64America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 21.  Dec 3, 2013   Hearing: The President’s Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the LawsFull Committee Hearing of The House Committee on the Judiciary today, "The President’s Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws"Witness list: Mr. Jonathan Turley, Professor, George Washington University Law School; Mr. Nicholas Rosenkranz, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center; Mr. Simon Lazarus, Senior Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center; Mr. Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies Cato Institute.Statement of Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob GoodlatteTestimony of Mr. TurleyTestimony of Mr. RosenkranzTestimony of Mr. LazarusTestimony of Mr. Cannon Video at C-SpanPPACA...

Obamacare: Day 63America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 20.  Dec 2, 2013   Hearing: The President’s Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the LawsHouse Committee on the Judiciary: Tuesday 12/03/2013, 10:00 AM, 2141 Rayburn House Office Building Article at House.gov   Hearing: Medicare AdvantageWhat Beneficiaries Should Expect Under the President’s Health Care Plan (PPACA)The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing on Wednesday, December 4 , 2013 , at 10:00 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing webcast will be available at http://energycommerce.house.gov/. Article at House.gov Article at House.gov   Dec 1: ObamaCare...

Obamacare: Day 60America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 19.  Nov 29, 2013 1 Day Left   Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act   "The law of the land"Read it at The Government Printing Office   The Week Ahead   House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing schedule for the week of December 2, 2013Medicare Advantage: What Beneficiaries Should Expect Under the President’s Health Care Plan (PPACA)The Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing webcast will be available at http://energycommerce.house.gov/. Article at House.gov Article at...

Obamacare: Day 57America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 18.  Nov 26, 2013 4 Days Left   Heathcare.gov "Won't be perfect on December 1"Article at The Hill   Democrats set to turn on Obama if Nov 30 deadline missedArticle at Hot Air   Supreme Court to hear Hobby Lobby case regarding Obamacare birth control mandatesArticle at Breitbart   Blue Cross subsidiary got no-bid contract for Healthcare.govArticle at Daily Caller   FBI investigates Healthcare.gov subcontracterArticle at Daily Caller   Meet CGI FederalArticle at Washington Post   Crony SocialismArticle at Daily Caller   Enroll America director canned after O'Keefe stingProject VeritasArticle at Daily...

Obamacare: Day 56America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 17.  Nov 25, 2013 5 Days Left   WH: Obamacare website 'on track' to meet Nov. 30 goal (Despite NO Security Nor Payment System)Article at CNN   Democrats worry leaders in denial on Obamacare Article at Politico   Oregon Insurance Exchange Never WorkedArticle at Reuters   Colorado exchange far behind projected enrollmentArticle at Denver Post   West Virginia rejects one year delay for meeting ACA requirementsEarlier this week, New York became the largest state to reject the proposal. The other states that have opted out of the extension, along with West Virginia,...

Obamacare: Day 52America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 16.  Nov 21, 2013   Obamacare by the NumbersArticle at American Thinker   Fateful dates ahead on Obamacare calendar Article at Politico   Oregon Insurance Exchange Never WorkedArticle at Reuters   For Small Businesses, a Hidden Tax in Health Care? Article at WSJ   The largest, fastest failure in the history of welfare programs"The so-called “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”—the showpiece of democratic welfareism in the 21st century—has made history as the largest, fastest failure in the history of State-provided welfare programs."Article at FEE   There's No Fixing ObamacareArticle at Real...

Obamacare: Day 51America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 15.  Nov 20, 2013   Soros-backed group pushed Democrats to make Obamacare promise Article at Washington Times   On camera: Sebelius watches HealthCare.gov crashArticle at Politico   Doctors Complain They Will Be Paid Less By Exchange Plans Article at Kaiser Health News   27,000 Policies Cancelled In Connecticut, Gov Says ObamaCare Is 'Working'The state Insurance Commissioner says that most of these will not be saved by President Obama’s sudden announcement last week that insurance companies would be permitted to extend policies that are “substandard.” Article at Breitbart   100 Million cancellations on...

Obamacare: Day 50America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 14.  Nov 19, 2013   HHS internal emails show impending Healthcare.gov disaster“We also finally were told that there were only 10 developers total working on the FM build for all functionality” Article at Gov Health IT   30-40 percent of ObamaCare IT must still be builtArticle at The Hill   House Energy and Commerce Subcmte. hearing on Healthcare.gov Website SecurityVideo at C-Span   Republicans say new report points to Obamacare security problems Article at Washington Times   Some cyber security experts recommend shutting Obamacare siteHealthCare.gov site is riddled with security flaws that...

Obamacare: Day 45America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 13.  Nov 14, 2013   Obama claims ‘enforcement discretion’ to make Obamacare changesOfficials explained the president’s decision as a prerogative of the nation’s chief law-enforcement officer.“He will be suspending enforcement for 2014 … [and the Department of Health and Human Services] will be using its enforcement discretion,” said an official.The suspension is similar to his June 2012 suspension of immigration law Article at Washington Times Article at Daily Caller   Lawlessness: what this morning’s Obamacare announcement meansArticle at Zero Hedge   'Fairy Tale' Continues as Obama Proposes Extralegal Obamacare FixThe president is...

Obamacare: Day 44America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 12.  Nov 13, 2013   Healthcare.gov Enrollment Falls Far Short of ExpectationsOnly 26,794 Sign Up Article at ABC News   Todd Park TestifiesWhite House Chief Technology Office Todd Park testified today before the House Oversight and Government Reform CommitteeVideo at C-Span   Hearing Takeaway: Nov 30 Deadline SlippingIf there was any doubt that the Obama administration’s goal of a smoothly functioning website by the end of November is slipping out of reach, it was erased when White House Chief Technology Officer Todd Park couldn’t give a straight “yes or no” answer when...

Obamacare: Day 43America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 11.  Nov 12, 2013   Caught on tape: Navigators Gone WildObamacare Navigators advise lying, evasion. Working to "turn Texas blue" (turn Texas Democrat). One arrested. Article at National Review Video at You Tube Article at Fox DFW   DC Obamacare Exchange Promotes President's Campaign Arm“What’s next? A donate now button for Obama?”. Apparently yes. DCHealthLink, the official Washington, D.C. Obamacare Exchange "tweeted" a link to a website soliciting donations for Organizing For America at my.BarackObama.com, the group's website. DCHealthLink also re-tweeted an OFA tweet praising Obamacare. Article at Breitbart   California Insurance...

Obamacare: Day 42America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 10.  Nov 11, 2013   In North Dakota, 30 People Sign Up for Obamacare and 35,000 Lose Health InsuranceArticle at Weekly Standard   DC Obamacare Exchange Promotes President's Campaign Arm“What’s next? A donate now button for Obama?”Article at Breitbart   10 HealthCare.gov bugs you might have missedArticle at FCW   The White House Lied About the Cause of Healthcare.gov's FailureArticle at Breitbart   Obamacare a single-payer ploy says former US Sen Judd Gregg (R-NH)Article at CNBC   Obama IT chief really, really doesn't want to testify about ObamacareArticle at Washington Examiner  ...

Obamacare: Day 39America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 9.  Nov 8, 2013   Humana exec predicts Obamacare open enrollment extensionArticle at Gov Health IT   Howard Dean doubts Nov. 30 website fixFormer Vermont Gov. Howard Dean on Friday was pessimistic that the administration can fix the problems with the health care exchange website by its promised date of Nov. 30.The former Democratic National Committee chairman said it wasn’t smart for the White House to promise a fix by that date.Article at Politico   Obama's HealthCare.gov Czar Jeffrey Zients Hints Site Won't Be Fixed On TimeArticle at Townhall   Healthcare.gov Encountering...

Obamacare: Day 38America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 8.  Nov 7, 2013   CMS CIO to step down amid shakeupIt’s not clear how involved Trenkle was with Healthcare.gov, but according to the CMS documents released by the House committee on oversight and government reform, he joined Snyder and others in approving a request in late September to put off a full security control assessment of the site for up to 90 days -- security now being one of several points of controversy related to the site’s design and launch.Article at Healthcare IT NewsArticle at CBS News   New problems with...

Obamacare: Day 37America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 7.  Nov 6, 2013   Sebelius TestifiesKathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services Secretary, testified before the Senate Finance Committee todayArticle at Washington ExaminerArticle at Washington TimesArticle at Politico   Obamacare enrollment 'very low'Sebelius told a Senate Finance Committee hearing Obamacare enrollment 'very low'The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services which oversees the Healthcare.gov website announced the abrupt retirement of chief information officer Tony Trenkle, leaving Nov. 15 for a job in the private sector. Article at Politico   US House panel subpoenas administration on Obamacare enrollmentHouse Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave...

Obamacare: Day 36America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 6.  Nov 5, 2013   Obama Denies Making "You Can Keep Your Plan" claims Article at Daily Caller   Obama "You Can Keep Your Plan" montage Article at You Tube   Tavenner TestifiesMarylin Tavenner, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, testified today before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services oversaw construction of the failed Healthcare.gov website.Article at Politico   Tens of Thousands canceled in ColoradoArticle at Denver Post   140,000 "transitioned" in MinnesotaArticle at Star Tribune   280,000 expected...

Obamacare: Day 35America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 5.  Nov 4, 2013   At Least 3.5 Million Policies Canceled Article at Breitbart   Obamacare enrollment by paper and phone held up by failed websitePhone and paper options pushed by Obama no better than website Article at NY Post Article at Washington Times   Obamacare User Sent Other People's 'Eligibility Letters'Article at Weekly Standard   Regularly scheduled call with press canceled due to crashed siteUnscheduled Outage “a natural part of the process” Article at The Hill Article at Politico   Canadian officials fired IT firm behind troubled Obamacare websiteArticle at Washington...

Obamacare: Day 32America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 4.  Nov 1, 2013 Obamacare Failure rolls into 2nd Month   Obamacare enrollments got off to very slow start, documents show For 31 days now, the Obama administration has been telling us that Americans by the millions are visiting the new health insurance website, despite all its problems. Publicly, the government said there were 4.7 million unique visits in the first 24 hours. But at a meeting Wednesday morning [Oct 2], the war room notes say "six enrollments have occurred so far." Article at CBS News   Key Hill Republican demands Obamacare...

Obamacare: Day 31America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 3.  Oct 31, 2013Sebelius Subpoenaed House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa on Thursday subpoenaed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius over ObamaCare's rocky rollout. Article at The Hill   HealthCare.gov shares identifying data with Google & other vendors Site needless exposes SNN and other personal information Article at Ars Technica   Tech Surge: Contracter QSSI made over $1 million in donations to Obama Article at Breitbart   Democrats want refund for failed HealthCare.gov Sloppy site exposes personal info Article at Breitbart   Obama: You Can Keep Your Plan A montage Article...

Obamacare: Day 30America Held HostageRoundup of News & ViewsNo. 2.  Oct 30, 2013Sebelius Testifies Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services Secretary, testified today before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. “I was told we were ready to launch on October 1." Article at CBS Article at Washington Examiner   Month Before Launch Admin Warned: Site Not Ready The Obama administration was given stark warnings just one month before that the federal healthcare site was not ready to go live, according to a confidential report obtained by CNN. Article at CNN   Security Warning Sept. 27 memo to Medicare chief Marylin Tavenner...