RSC Republican Study Committee

• The Bloom Has Fallen Off the Rose Nov 5, 2010  - Back in the spring, AARP was an enthusiastic supporter of ObamaCare. Now with the winter months fast approaching, it appears that reality is setting in for the organization’s employees. Due in part to the increase in health care expenses under ObamaCare, insurance costs for AARP employees are set... More

• Getting Gamed Out of Your Current Health Plan Oct 21, 2010  - In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen – a Democrat – explains how it is just a matter of time until ObamaCare eliminates employer-based health insurance. The incentives in ObamaCare will make it foolish for companies to keep providing health care for their employees.... More

• Costs Taking Off Oct 19, 2010  - 90,000 Boeing employees are the latest in a long list of hard-working Americans whose health care costs are taking off with ObamaCare in the cockpit. “Aerospace giant Boeing is joining the list of companies that say the new health care law could have a potential downside for their... More

• Medicare (Dis)Advantage Oct 14, 2010  - Apparently Andy Griffith hasn’t read the latest CMS report, which has some bad news in store for seniors. Thanks to ObamaCare’s penchant for increased costs, seniors on Medicare Advantage will soon have the disadvantage of paying more for less. “A Medicare official concedes that seniors... More

• Damage Control Oct 8, 2010  - After finally admitting ObamaCare could knock thousands of workers off their current health care plan, the Obama Administration is giving some employers a waiver to keep their current coverage in place. Will other employers be so lucky in the future? In this political economy where the government... More

• If It’s Government-Run, Then It’s Probably Running Behind Schedule Oct 5, 2010  - It turns out that government-run health care is not as efficient as some would like us to believe. We have only had this law for six months, but already ObamaCare has missed seven deadlines for implementation. That’s not much of a record to brag about and should give us all reason to worry. They... More

• We Have Seen the Enemy, and He Is Us Sep 24, 2010  - Democrats said extending coverage was a big goal of health reform; yet they are actually causing more people to go without. In Minnesota, health insurance companies have been barred from selling to certain customers because they are waiting on approval from the government. That’s right. The new... More

• Democrats Wrote ObamaCare Upside-Down Sep 9, 2010  - Exactly one year ago today, President Obama told a Joint Session of Congress that his health care plan would “slow the growth of health care costs for our families, our businesses, and our government.” But it turns out Democrats wrote the bill upside-down. Instead of saving money, the feds now... More

• ObamaCare Lost Jobs “Immediately” Aug 30, 2010  - Speaker Pelosi once touted that ObamaCare would create “400,000 jobs almost immediately.” It might be time to check the definitions of “immediately” and “create” because 39 job-creating projects actually got cancelled due to a section in ObamaCare that is preventing physician-owned hospitals from... More

• Seniors Get the Switcheroo Aug 25, 2010  - President Obama’s pledge that you can keep your health care plan if you like it is turning out to be a very difficult one to keep. So difficult in fact that ObamaCare could force 3.7 million seniors to switch their prescription drug plans whether they choose to or not. Of course that is to be... More

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