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Obamacare’s Bad News Didn’t Stop; The Media Just Lost Interest
National Review ^ | 08/04/2014 | Jim Geraghty

Posted on 08/04/2014 7:33:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Several news cycles pass without much discussion of Obamacare/the Affordable Care Act. Some may interpret this as a sign that disapproval of the law is wavering — it isn’t — or that the reports of frustration, waste, mismanagement and premium hikes have stopped. They haven’t stopped, they’re just not surprising news anymore, and they’ve been pushed to the back pages by the summer’s cavalcade of crises: the humanitarian crisis on the border, ISIS taking over Iraq, Russian separatists shooting down airliners, Israel fighting Hamas, and so on. As mentioned in today’s Jolt:

Just Because You’re Not Hearing About Obamacare Messes Doesn’t Mean Obamacare Isn’t Making New Messes (or Exacerbating Old Ones)

Hey, remember Obamacare?

The New York Times checks in with those who have insurance for the first time


(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: media; obamacare

1 posted on 08/04/2014 7:33:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The fourth estate is the enemy, more so than opportunistic politicians.


2 posted on 08/04/2014 7:37:23 AM PDT by cicero2k
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To: SeekAndFind

“the humanitarian crisis on the border”

WHAT “humanitarian crisis” on the border?
It isn’t a “humanitarian crisis”, it’s illegal aliens and they are not our citizens, let alone our problem.
Send them back where they came from!


3 posted on 08/04/2014 7:38:02 AM PDT by Darksheare (I don't have a copy. one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Whutchumean I got'sta pay for ma' free healthcare?

Say whut?

4 posted on 08/04/2014 7:41:15 AM PDT by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The current distraction headline is: EBOLA! Comes to the USA

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It is amazing how a new crisis or scandal breaks out just in time to move the current headline to the background.

None of the crises and scandals of the last 6 years have been resolved — no matter how many speeches were given nor how many dollars Congress allocated.


5 posted on 08/04/2014 7:44:25 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: SeekAndFind

I checked out my costs if I didn’t have employer provided healthcare. $1300 a month for my family with $10,000 deductible per year for a silver plan. Zero subsidies.

These bills are showing up for people this fall.


6 posted on 08/04/2014 7:45:44 AM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: SeekAndFind
Is it possible that nobody watches, listens to or reads anything coming out of the Men Seeking Men media?

When are outlets like National Review, Fox News, Talk Radio, Internet Radio, etc., going to realize that they ARE the media these days?

7 posted on 08/04/2014 7:47:06 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Darksheare
WHAT “humanitarian crisis” on the border?

The House passes a bill to deal with it and the Democratic US Senate goes on Vacation??

The Democrats have been screaming 'this is a humanitarian crisis" and they go on Vacation??

8 posted on 08/04/2014 8:11:14 AM PDT by sr4402
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To: SeekAndFind

One thing to consider, though.
Obamacare hits each individual directly.

Most of the other disasters are more abstract.

A lot of folks don’t need the MSM to tell them this is a problem.


9 posted on 08/04/2014 8:15:09 AM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: SeekAndFind

Obamacare may not be in the news, but after Labor Day it’s going to be front and center as a result of paid advertising to elect Republicans.

This is just the calm before the storm.


10 posted on 08/04/2014 8:19:29 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: SeekAndFind

Documentation File on the 2014 Impeachment of B. Hussein Obama, aka Barry Soetoro a former Foreign Student from Indonesia, and still a legal Citizen of the Sovereign Nation of Indonesia.


11 posted on 08/04/2014 8:59:40 AM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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12 posted on 08/04/2014 9:00:12 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Darksheare

It is an Invasion crisis and the invaded country is facilitating the invasion.


13 posted on 08/04/2014 9:01:51 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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