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Suzanne Somers Blasts ObamaCare, Gets Blasted
Suzanne Somers Blasts ObamaCare, Gets Blasted
OPINION
Oct 29, 2013 12:04 PM CDT

Suzanne Somers Blasts ObamaCare, Gets Blasted

Her WSJ piece has since had 3 corrections tacked on

(Newser) - Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed written by Thighmaster maven Suzanne Somers. The reception has not exactly been kind . Her piece, titled, "The Affordable Care Act Is a Socialist Ponzi Scheme" lays out all the reasons why Somers thinks ObamaCare is exactly that, in roughly 500 words....

Medicare Head on ObamaCare Site: We're Sorry

Marilyn Tavenner is first in White House to testify

(Newser) - The head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the body in charge of HealthCare.gov, offered the administration's first formal apology for the site during testimony in Congress. "To the millions who have tried to use HealthCare.gov, we want to apologize to you," Marilyn...

Under ObamaCare, Millions Must Change Policies
Millions Will Lose Current Policy Under ObamaCare
INVESTIGATION
Oct 29, 2013 7:59 AM CDT

Millions Will Lose Current Policy Under ObamaCare

White House pushes back on NBC report

(Newser) - NBC News and the White House are locked in a showdown over whether millions of Americans will see cancellation letters from their health insurers due to ObamaCare: Despite President Obama's assurances that "if you like your health plan, you will be able to keep your health plan,"...

Obama, Like Most CEOs, Just Doesn't Get Tech

Michael Wolff: They're out of touch with digital culture

(Newser) - When it comes to HealthCare.gov, President Obama is blind to a key tenet of the tech world. He tells us the product, ObamaCare, is good, but the process for getting it is broken . Truth is, "For most Americans steeped in digital behavior, the product is the process,"...

ObamaCare Website Will Be Fixed in a Month: Official

Jeffrey Zients says most should have no trouble by end of November

(Newser) - One of the contractors involved with the ObamaCare website mess simply wouldn't go there yesterday when asked to predict when things might be fixed. Today, the White House official in charge of repairs clarified things: The site should be humming "for the vast majority of users" by the...

ObamaCare Contractor Won't Guess When Site Will Work

Capitol Hill testimony results in lots of finger-pointing

(Newser) - It doesn't exactly inspire hope that the ObamaCare website will be zipping along anytime soon: Asked today during testimony on Capitol Hill when the problems will be fixed, a VP for main contractor CGI responded, "I cannot give you an exact date," reports the Guardian . "I...

Health Exchanges Pretty Lousy for Rural Customers

Competition is low, and prices are high

(Newser) - ObamaCare's technical difficulties are well-documented—the House is dragging four contractors in to talk about them today—but it has one problem no web developer can solve: It's pretty lousy in rural areas. The theory behind the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplace is that forcing insurers...

ObamaCare Penalty Delayed —but Not Due to Website

WH says it's just eliminating confusion

(Newser) - Good news for procrastinators: Americans will now have an extra month and a half to get health insurance before facing a penalty under ObamaCare, meaning they won't face a fine if they sign up for a plan by March 31. The six-week delay (a change of tune for the...

Reporter's ObamaCare Tweet Goes Awry

New Yorker's Lizza becomes inadvertent 'poster boy' for site: ProPublica

(Newser) - The ObamaCare website needs all the good news it can get, which might explain why the White House was thrilled to see this tweet last week from New Yorker reporter Ryan Lizza: "Huh, I just tested http://healthcare.gov for the first time and I was able to set...

Why Jon Stewart Is a Big Problem for ObamaCare
Why Jon Stewart Is a Big Problem for ObamaCare
OPINION
Oct 23, 2013 1:52 PM CDT

Why Jon Stewart Is a Big Problem for ObamaCare

Left-wing darling might turn vital young people against the service: Chris Cillizza

(Newser) - ObamaCare's most dangerous critic right now "isn't John Boehner or Mitch McConnell or even Ted Cruz. It's Jon Stewart," argues Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post . Stewart dedicated three full segments on Monday night's show to mocking ObamaCare's ugly web debut, and put...

Another ObamaCare Issue: Health Co-Ops Are Failing

And HealthCare.gov problems aren't helping

(Newser) - As the nation focuses on the many issues dogging the ObamaCare website, the Washington Post points out another big Affordable Care Act headache: The health co-ops—nonprofit insurance companies established by Congress to increase competition and lower insurance costs—are floundering. One has shut down entirely and at least 10...

Sorry, Obama, Spin Won't Help Health Site Debacle

President's sales pitch fails to reassure, and might make things worse, say pundits

(Newser) - Barack Obama's speech yesterday defending and apologizing for the ObamaCare rollout has pundits talking—and more or less agreeing unanimously that it was a feeble attempt to save face. Here's what they're saying:

HealthCare.gov Developers Knew Site Was Doomed

Full enrollment procedure not tested until last minute

(Newser) - The problems plaguing HealthCare.gov were entirely foreseeable to those who built it: Facing high stress and what they called last-minute changes from their bosses, developers worked insane hours and pounded energy drinks for months to put together what the AP calls a "mind-numbingly complex system"—and when...

Woman Faints During Obama Speech
 Woman Faints 
 During Obama Speech 
UPDATED
Oct 21, 2013 12:12 PM CDT

Woman Faints During Obama Speech

President reaches back to steady her

(Newser) - President Obama took a break in the middle of his speech on ObamaCare's less-than-sterling web debut to steady a woman who appeared to be fainting directly behind him. The moment, captured by Mediaite , is a brief one; the woman stumbles only a bit before being steadied by both the...

Obama Calls in Tech 'Surge' for Sickly Health Site

President will speak on HealthCare.gov's issues today

(Newser) - Noting that "the experience on HealthCare.gov has been frustrating for many Americans," the Obama administration is bringing in the "best and the brightest" from both the public and private spheres to shore up the troubled marketplace site, Health and Human Services officials say in a blog...

Cruz: Fire Sebelius Over ObamaCare
 Cruz: Fire 
 Sebelius Over 
 ObamaCare 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Oct 20, 2013 1:02 PM CDT

Cruz: Fire Sebelius Over ObamaCare

McCain thinks it's been a 'fiasco,' Pelosi sees room for improvement

(Newser) - Ted Cruz is less than impressed with ObamaCare's bumpy rollout, and would like Kathleen Sebelius' head to roll as a result, Politico reports. "Absolutely, she should resign. Why? Because the program she has implemented, ObamaCare, is a disaster. It’s not working, it’s hurting people all across...

The ObamaCare Fight's New Front: States

GOP state senators in Virginia say anti-ACA groups are trying to intimidate them

(Newser) - The whole federal government shutdown thing didn't work out so well for anti-ObamaCare activists, so expect the next war to be waged at a state level, predicts the New York Times . In Virginia, the Republican state senator heading a commission to decide whether to expand Medicaid says he's...

ObamaCare Site Has Reported Spouses as Kids

Insurers report getting botched data from much-maligned website

(Newser) - The ObamaCare website hasn't just been plagued by traffic problems and design flaws ; it has also collected inaccurate or incomplete data on a number of people who have managed to enroll, insurance companies tell the Wall Street Journal . Among the mistakes: Some spouses were reported as children, many people...

Restaurant Owner Puts Up Really Unfortunate Sign

'ObamaCare America's punishment for slavery years,' it read

(Newser) - A restaurant owner in Arkansas apparently thought, albeit briefly, it was a good idea to put this message on his sign: "ObamaCare America's punishment for slavery years." Not surprisingly, the message only appeared for about 45 minutes before Smokin' Joe’s Ribhouse owner Johnny Howard, beset by...

House to Buck Senate, Pass Own Bill
 Dems Lash Faltering 
 House GOP Bill 
UPDATED
Oct 15, 2013 11:27 AM CDT

Dems Lash Faltering House GOP Bill

Boehner says 'no decision has been made'

(Newser) - House Republicans don't look ready to fall in behind Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell's plan to end the shutdown, and Democrats are lining up to take a swing at their effort. The House leadership today proposed an alternative plan that would include extra changes to ObamaCare, including a...

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