[Haiku Guy]

Every single person who was paying attention knew that this was going to happen. The people opposed to the law said so. The people who advocated the law, anyway, kept silent.

But the people who pressed for this law knew full well what was going to happen. They just didn’t care. The law enhances their power, and that is all they care about.

[o_zarkman44]

Missouri has the first challenge on Obamacare on August 3rd when we vote on the “Health Care Freedom Act” This issue is not just a states rights issue, but the beginning of a NATIONAL REFERENDUM which will get results faster than lawsuits by states. Lawsuits are fine. But they do nothing to block implementation in the years they will take to finally reach court.
Please understand that this campaign is going to be very expensive. The left wing is already rolling out their campaign of scare tactics and lies. Missouri can set the tone of the debate that unwanted and unconstitutional federal regulations are not welcome in Missouri, or America. With your help we can be decisive. Please go to http://www.mohealthfreedom.org and get involved in the battle against unconstitutional government mandates.

[Jabba the Nutt]

"...and make sure that no part-time employee accidentally worked 31 hours and thereby incurred the fine."

The French legislated the 35 hour week. Obama's going the French one better, he's legislating the 30 hour week. Everyone's going to be part-time in the future. Hopenchange in action, YEAH!!

[sickoflibs]

RE:”This was brought home to me when I asked the CEO of a major restaurant chain about health reform’s effect on his company, which now spends $25 million a year on employee health insurance. That will jump to at least $90 million a year once the new law is phased in. It will be cheaper, he told me, for the company to dump its coverage and pay a fine—$2,000 for each full-time worker—and make sure that no part-time employee accidentally worked 31 hours and thereby incurred the fine....This reality is settling in at businesses across America. A Midwestern contractor told me he pays $588,000 for health insurance for 70 employees, contributing up to $8,400 a year for a family's coverage. If he stops providing health insurance, he'll pay $2,000 per employee in fines, and the first 40 employees are exempt from fines altogether.It's also dawning on employees that they will lose their coverage. Some will blame management; many more will blame those who wrote this terrible legislation. Employees who lose coverage get to select a policy from a government-sponsored insurance marketplace called the “exchange.” This will be subsidized by taxpayers. Depending on his income, a worker will have to pay between 8% and 9.8% of the cost. But there are a few hitches. Employers now pay for employee health plans with pre-tax dollars, but workers who buy into one on the exchange pay with after-tax dollars. Families making less than $30,000 and individuals making less than $15,000 a year will be dumped into Medicaid, widely viewed as second-class health care.”

Obama-care ping!

[BipolarBob]

My former employer (I retired after 33 years) has sent me written documentation that (More or less) said as soon as ObamaCare became law, I was being dropped off my retirement insurance. Hope and Change you can believe in.

[DH]

Another fact that was not explained in the article was that the “grandfather clause” does not apply to UNIONS. They are exempt from it and don’t have to worry about changes in their health insurance plans.

Nothing to see here...move along.......

[thethirddegree]

Every member of Congress who voted for this should be gutted like a fish and then forced to endure the same coverage that we will get.

[matginzac]

Yet on AOL news, they say pro-health care poll is up!
Collective insanity!

[upchuck]

Repeal nobamacare? Doubt it. The pubbies may take back enough of Congress to write and pass a bill repealing it. But nobama will veto it and the pubbies, even by the most optimistic predictions, won’t have enough votes to override the veto.

IMHO, the only way to take this down is to defund it.