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Cornyn on Obamacare: Repeal and Replace

July 3, 2012 at 1:44 pm in Fiscal Responsibility, GAN, John Cornyn, News, ObamaCare, Senate by Kim Robinson · Tags: , , , , ,

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold The Patient Protection and  Affordable Care Act (PPACA) known as Obamacare, Senator John Cornyn, R-TX, is ready to go full throttle down the Road to Repeal of this legislation. Speaking to listeners of Austin’s KLBJ 590 morning radio show Friday morning, Cornyn said, “We’ve got…

The Tea Pot Is Boiling

June 29, 2012 at 12:51 pm in Blog, ObamaCare, Obamacare Impact Stories, Uncategorized by Leah Herron · Tags: , , ,

Today I felt an anger that I did not know I was capable of feeling. Upon hearing that the Supreme Court upheld Obamacare, my heart sunk and I felt sick to my stomach. I was feeling beaten and hopeless when my phone started ringing and friends were asking me what they could do. I had…

More Thoughts on Today’s Obamacare Rulings

June 28, 2012 at 1:42 pm in Fiscal Responsibility, ObamaCare, Obamacare Impact Stories by Phillip Dennis · Tags: , , , ,

By Carrie Severino The main holding of the case is that the mandate is upheld as a proper exercise of the taxing power. This is a decidedly awkward result, as the first section of the result explains that the mandate is not a tax for the purposes of the Anti-Injunction Act. During the oral argument…

Obama’s Health Care Bait-And-Switch

June 19, 2012 at 11:27 pm in Blog, News, ObamaCare by Phillip Dennis · Tags: , , , ,

By Kathryn A. Serkes, Chairman Doctor Patient Medical Assn. When a store pulls a bait-and-switch, it’s called fraud. The store is likely to be prosecuted, pay hefty fines and will bend over backwards to cover up their bad behavior from the public. But when the government does it, it’s called health care reform, they pay…

Physicians for Reform Broadcast

May 9, 2012 at 2:21 am in News by Steve Davies · Tags: , ,

A live broadcast of Dr. C.L. Gray, MD, will be available on The Tea Party Channel at 7 PM, Friday, May 11. Dr. Gray heads an advocacy group known as Physicians For Reform and has become a prominent voice as he offers several suggestions about how to best attack the problems of increasing costs and…

Tennessee Legislature Punts on States Rights – Part I

May 7, 2012 at 11:46 am in Accountability, News by Shelby Blakely · Tags: , ,

A bill designed to shift government healthcare programs from federal to state control has been tabled for the second year in a row by Tennessee House Republican leadership. In May 2011, HB 369 had been waiting over 3 months for the Health and Human Resources Committee to approve the Health Care Compact, an interstate agreement…

Tea Party Patriots to Supreme Court: Please save America

March 22, 2012 at 7:03 pm in Blog by Jenny Beth · Tags: , , ,

By Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder, Tea Party Patriots Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the constitutionally of ObamaCare. The arguments presented to the court will be complex and the questions posed by the jurists will be dissected and analyzed. However, the question posed by most Americans will be simple — will…

House Budget Committee supports repealing IPAB

March 13, 2012 at 5:51 pm in Accountability, News by Shelby Blakely · Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan spoke out in support of H.R. 452, the Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011, which passed the Ways and Means Committee earlier today. H.R. 452 repeals the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a federal agency empowered to administer cost-cutting measures in Medicare without Congressional oversight. According to current law, Congress…

Rep. Dan Lungren, More “Miss Than Hit” in the Obamacare Repeal Battle? (Part 2)

February 15, 2012 at 4:26 pm in Accountability, Daniel E. Lungren, GAN, House, News by Sue Hokana · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

In Part 1, we reviewed Rep. Lungren’s (R-CA3) legislative leadership on repealing Obamacare. Robert Ehlert, a member of Rep. Lungren’s Gold River office staff, promised to obtain a brief overview of the Congressman’s perspectives regarding the repeal bill HR 21, “Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act” from their legislative analyst in Washington D.C. H.R. 21 would amend…

Rep. Dan Lungren, More “Miss Than Hit” in the Obamacare Repeal Battle? (Part 1)

February 15, 2012 at 4:25 pm in Accountability, Daniel E. Lungren, GAN, House, News by Sue Hokana · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

In an unrecorded Tea Party Patriot tele-townhall last September, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli strongly urged listeners to keep their Congressional representatives focused this spring on repealing Obamacare (HR 3590, “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”). He claims the U.S. Supreme Court will pay close attention to legislative momentum as they consider the six Obamacare…