Our View
From the Conference
Obama and ObamaCare hit new lows:
- CBS News: Poll: Obamacare support, Obama approval sink to new lows
- National Journal: Poll: Most Americans Want Obamacare Changed So People Can Keep Current Plans
- CBS News: Poll: Amid Obamacare skepticism, confidence in Obama wanes
- ABC News: Botched ACA Rollout Hammers Obama; Job Disapproval Reaches a Career High
- CNN: Poll suggests Obamacare could have cost Obama second term
- Wall Street Journal: Post/ABC Poll Latest to Show Plunge in Obama Ratings
- Washington Post: Obama’s ratings tumble after health-care flaws
- USA Today: Obama ratings fall over health care problems
- Gallup: Experiences of Uninsured With Exchanges Mostly Negative
- National Journal: Poll: Independents Identify More With Republicans on Obamacare
- The Hill: Obama hits new low with Dems
- Kaiser Health News: Troubled Health Law Rollout Damages Public Support
- Bloomberg: Obamacare’s Support From Democrats Slips in New Poll
- Bloomberg: Public Opinion of Obamacare Hits Low on Website Outages
Sticker shock hits Americans:
- USA Today: Sticker shock hits health exchange shoppers
- Weekly Standard: Woman Hailed by President as Obamacare Success Story Now Can’t Afford Obamacare
- Washington Free Beacon: Sam Stein: Obamacare’s Marriage Penalty Hurts Middle Class Families
- Fox News: Students suffer ObamaCare sticker shock as premiums soar, plans get cut
- CNN Money: Missing from Obamacare: Working & middle class
- Missoulian: Missoula businesses struggle with Affordable Care Act changes
- National Journal: Pizza Chains Say Obamacare Could Deliver Price Increases
- Washington Free Beacon: Obamacare Causing Sticker Shock For North Carolinians
- San Francisco Bay Guardian: SF General will lose half its federal subsidy under Obamacare
FALSE: “If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period.”
- Time: ‘You Can Keep Your Doctor’: Obamacare’s Next Broken Promise?
- Weekly Standard: WH Hints: You Might Be Losing Your Doctor, Too
- Associated Press: Limited patient choice next health overhaul issue
- Washington Examiner: More Obamacare promises are going up in smoke
- Kaiser Health News: Doctors complain they will be paid less by health exchange plans
- Fox News: Second wave of health plan cancellations looms
- Washington Post Op-Ed: From promise to fine print
Panic and blame:
- Washington Post: Can Democrats avoid a circular firing squad on Obamacare? The early signs aren’t promising.
- USA Today: Obamacare problems: Will heads roll?
- CBS News: How will Democrats deal with Obamacare’s political fallout?
- The Hill: O-Care: Pressure grows for heads to roll
- National Journal: President Obama and His Gang That (Still) Isn’t Shooting Straight
- Associated Press: Obama Health Care Woes Become Credibility Fight
- Politico: Report warned of HealthCare.gov flaws last spring
- Reuters: Obama was briefed earlier in year on health website problems
- Washington Examiner: Emails show White House ‘fear’ of website problems days before launch
- Washington Post: Private consultants warned of risks before HealthCare.gov’s Oct. 1 launch
- Bloomberg: Obamacare Consultants Warned of Health Website Failure
- Politico: Obama laments health care website, IT problems
- Associated Press: Sebelius doing ACA damage control in Fla.
- Politico: Kathleen Sebelius watches Obamacare website crash
- The Hill: Eighth Senate Dem backs O-Care fix
Americans need a real ObamaCare “fix,” not a political Band-Aid.
- Greenville News: Editorial: ‘Fix’ makes ACA worse than it was
- USA Today: After Obamacare fix, consumers remain uncertain
- Minnesota Post: Dayton Says Minnesota Will Not Adopt ObamaCare ‘Fix’
- National Review Online: New York Won’t Make Obamacare ‘Fix’
- Indiana Business Journal: Indiana says insurers can’t reinstate canceled policies
- Raleigh News & Observer: Blue Cross NC to raise rates up to 24 percent on reinstated health plans
- Yahoo News: Insurance commissioners say Obamacare changes create uncertainty
- San Jose Mercury News: One million California health plans may only get three-month extension
- Bloomberg: California Says Obama About-Face on Insurers May Hurt Law
- The Hill: Rebellion brews over O-Care fix
- Connecticut Mirror: Malloy rebukes White House over Obamacare
- Bloomberg: Obamacare Bailout Sought as Effort Planned to Bypass Site
- National Review Online: California Rejects President’s Obamacare Fix
- National Journal: Insurers May Be Sued If They Accept Obamacare ‘Fix’
November 30? Think again:
- KDVR: Man Signs Up For His Insurance; His Dog Gets Covered Instead
- Charleston Post and Courier: S.C. has more than 100 Affordable Care Act navigators, but just try to find one
- Reuters: Oregon healthcare exchange website never worked, has no subscribers
- Associated Press: Oregon Health Exchange Represents Biggest Woe
- Wall Street Journal: MarketWatch: Why hardly anyone signed up for Obamacare
- Reno Gazette Journal: National website’s glitches get in way of Health Link’s aim to enroll 20,000 Nevadans
- Portland Business Journal: Cover Oregon’s King not counting on online enrollment anytime soon
- Reuters: Some cyber security experts recommend shutting Obamacare site
- Reuters: Expert to warn Congress of HealthCare.gov security bugs
- Politico: White House: 2 in 10 won’t be able to use HealthCare.gov
- Associated Press: Experts: Healthcare.Gov Fix Needs More Time, Money
- Associated Press: Health website to remain a work in progress
- Reuters: Days before launch, Obamacare website failed to handle even 500 users
- Associated Press: Obama: Must Help People Enroll by Mail, in Person
- Washington Free Beacon: Chao: 30-40% of HealthCare.gov Still Needs To Be Built
ObamaCare on life support:
- CBS News: Is the Affordable Care Act in serious jeopardy?
- Helena Independent Record: Is Obamacare in a death spiral? Too early to say – but it doesn’t look good
- National Journal: Why Obamacare Is On Life Support
- Politico: Obamacare tradeoffs: Now they tell us …
- Politico: Obamacare: So, what could go wrong next?
- The American Interest: The Most Shocking Obamacare Revelation
For additional information, visit ObamaCare: Three Years of Broken Promises.