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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
Politico | Obama: Employer-based health insurance system not going anywhere
President Barack Obama on Tuesday described the latest delay in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act as a way of “smoothing out” the transition to the law and said he doesn’t see the employer-based health insurance system disappearing any time soon.
National Journal | Fed Chair: Obamacare’s Economic Impact 'Complex'
As Washington continues to spar over the Congressional Budget Office's Obamacare analysis, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen weighed in Tuesday.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Washington Times | Seniors in the Obamacare bull’s-eye
Certainly, the administration thought it was in hot water over millions of canceled individual-market policies in 2013. It better brace itself, though, for the wrath of seniors who will suffer the fallout of the budgetary attack on Medicare Advantage plans.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Heritage Foundation | Why the Obamacare Mandate Delay Is a Big Deal
In the movie “The Naked Gun,” crack detective Frank Drebin comes across a firework factory that’s on fire and is collapsing in on itself. “Nothing to see here,” he calmly tells on-lookers as employees flee the explosions. “Please disburse.”