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*The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the entire Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (which some have termed Obamacare), says Christianity Today. In a case unprecedented in its scope, the court said Congress may require citizens to purchase health insurance because it is a form of taxation. Most evangelicals will likely be unhappy with the ruling, according [...]
*The Tea Party folks are at it again. This time they are showing off their kindergarten-level education with a little finger paint and incomplete sentences. A t-shirt depicting President Obama as a “witch doctor” stealing medicine via his Affordable Care Act, found its way to a South Carolina Tea Party convention. The shirt went over [...]
*As expected, unfortunately, business owning Obamacare haters are coming out in force. In West Palm Beach, Florida John Metz, a Denny’s franchisee and Hurricane Grill & Wings owner of told The Huffington Post that he will add a 5 percent surcharge to customers’ bills to offset what he said are the increased costs of Obamacare, [...]
*Many employers threatened to cut jobs if President Obama won again. Some even replaced their threats with action by following through. Papa John’s CEO, John Schnatter, told his employees that he would start cutting their hours because Obama care costs his franchise too much money to provide health care coverage to all their employees that [...]
*A Las Vegas business owner with 114 employees fired 22 workers on Thursday as a direct result of President Obama’s re-election, saying “elections have consequences” and that “at the end of the day, I need to survive.” “David” (he asked to remain anonymous) spoke about his decision to radio host Kevin Wall on 100.5 KXNT. [...]
*Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) apparently thought that seniors forgot about his plan to turn Medicare into a voucher system. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Speaking to the AARP’s annual conference Friday in New Orleans, the vice presidential candidate was booed by hundreds of elderly folk when he began talking about his plan to repeal Obamacare. [...]
*Fans of Papa John’s pizza can expect higher prices after President Obama’s health care law takes full effect, reports The Huffington Post. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The chain’s CEO John Schnatter, who is backing GOP candidate Mitt Romney for president, says “Obamacare” will force him to offer health care coverage to more of his [...]
California Black Health Network hosts Black media conference call to help spread word about President Obama’s New Health Care Plan to African-Americans *President Obama’s Affordable Car Act (ACA)—affectionately referred to as Obamacare will provide millions of low-income and middle-class African-Americans with access to preventive care. This access and spreading the word about it, was the [...]
*Last week the Supreme Court decided in favor of the universal healthcare statute passed under the Obama administration and upheld the individual mandate. To the surprise of no one conservatives decried the decision as contributing to the downfall of our society, evidence that President Obama is a socialist, and generally anti-American. Of course conservatives have [...]
*President Obama’s healthcare victory means a lot of things for a lot of people. First off, it means that Republicans all over the country are furious. Like EURweb on Facebook And while many are talking about what this law and it being upheld means, what about the effects it has for women. Here’s an Essence [...]
*On Thursday, President Obama addressed the nation regarding the historic Supreme Court ruling that kept his health care law bill in place. He said that the law is important and will let improve health insurance for millions of Americans. Like EURweb on Facebook Furthermore, the concept of covering the uninsured with a mandate was once [...]
*The decision we’ve all been waiting for has arrived. The so-called individual mandate to buy health insurance, the key part of President Obama’s signature health care law, has survived, the Supreme Court ruled this morning. The court ruled that the mandate is unconstitutional, but it can stay as part of Congress’s power under a taxing [...]
*As activists gathered in front of the Supreme Court last week to voice support for or opposition to the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” fellow Christians find themselves on both sides of the debate, says Black Christian News The rallies kicked off Sunday night with vigils as both sides prayed for opposite outcomes in the [...]
*In the latest battle pitting democracy against theocracy, Obama’s healthcare program has taken center stage. At issue is the prospect of religious institutions contributing to the costs of birth control for people affiliated with them. The critical piece of this debate is about whether schools and hospitals, and other institutions supported and founded by the [...]
*The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities wrote to President Barack Obama urging him to eliminate a proposed health care mandate that requires all new insurance plans to cover contraceptives, sterilization and some abortion-causing drugs, says the Christian Post. “This mandate would require our member and affiliate institutions to violate their religious consciences,” CCCU President [...]
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