4 reasons ObamaCare premiums will rise next year

4 reasons ObamaCare premiums will rise next year - The Week:
"Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini first raised concerns over a potential rate shock in December, when he told investors that "in some markets," individual-market premium increases "could go as high as 100 percent."
Now, other insurance executives are coming to similar conclusions.
The Hill reported that one unnamed insurer expects that his company will "triple its rates next year on the ObamaCare exchange.""

How Much You've Paid to Promote Obamacare: Way More Than President Obama Promised

How Much You've Paid to Promote Obamacare: Way More Than President Obama Promised - Katie Pavlich:

President Obama promised Obamacare wouldn't add to the deficit or to the National Debt and promised it would only cost $900 billion.

For those who say Obamacare will simply collapse on its own, it won't. Big government programs don't disappear, they simply become worthless, inefficient black holes for taxpayer money, further proving full repeal of the law is the only way to get the healthcare system back on track in addition to restoring the health of wallets belonging to American taxpayers.

Debt catches up to Chico city government - Chico Enterprise Record

Debt catches up to Chico city government City forced to recognize $13.1 million in deficits as general fund obligations CHICO: The city has been forced to recognize $13.1 million in debts as immediate obligations of the general fund in order to receive a favorable audit, plunging the general fund almost $8 million in the red because of years of deficit spending. The City Finance Department's comprehensive annual financial report and the results of a third-party audit completed earlier this week confirm concerns city officials have stated for months. In prior years, other auditors have accepted the city's methodology of accumulating deficits in funds where the debts were not being paid back, but the new auditors would not accept that approach. To prevent the issuance of a qualified or negative opinion on the city's financial status, $10.1 million had to be taken out of the general fund to cover a deficit in the private development fund, and $3 million had to be covered for the capital improvement projects fund. Such action depletes the city's emergency reserves and plunges the general fund into a nearly $7.7 million deficit.

WeMOG Wed. 11:30 sharp!

Oh no, Say it ain’t so…can’t be snow!

BUT, the sun is supposed to shine on Wed. so we’ll have a lovely hike along the bike path in Whitehall/Montague, beginning at the Hart-Montague Trail parking lot just before the bridge leaving Whitehall, that’s near Dog & Suds. 

We will hike toward the White Lake Library and return to downtown Montague for a stroll around shops, galleries and/or coffee and lunch at the Book Nook & Java Shop. http://www.thebooknookjavashop.com/ 

They have soup and sandwiches, wine and delicious coffee, Bonnie. They also have a great book selection!

Details:

·        Take Whitehall exit off US-31, continue through Whitehall toward Montague. Parking is on your right just before the river.

·         Meet at 11:30 sharp!

·         Trail is snow covered with a few icy spots, but well traveled. You may want poles or grippers.

·         Distance: about 5 miles round trip to library, but we can decide how far to hike.

See you there! Dawn Berry cycleberry@yahoo.com Ph. 231-865-3919, cell 231-329-3919

Yes. He is a democrat------Rhode Island House Speaker resigning after fed and state police raid

Rhode Island House Speaker resigning after fed and state police raid:

The most powerful politician in my former home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is not the Governor.

It’s the Speaker of the House.

And Mr. Speaker, Gordon Fox, is stepping down as Speaker after the feds and state police raided his office and home yesterday.

Corruption runs deep in my former homeland. Remember Buddy Cianci, convicted of running a criminal enterprise, namely, Providence City Hall?

There have been rumors of Fox being involved in sweetheart deals benefitting his law firm for years.

Obama Has ‘Taken More Trips and Spent More Time Abroad After Five Years Than Any Other Modern President’: Report | TheBlaze.com

Obama Has ‘Taken More Trips and Spent More Time Abroad After Five Years Than Any Other Modern President’: Report | TheBlaze.com:

"With only a few years left in the White House, Barack Obama is now the most “internationally well-traveled” president through five years, according to a new report from the National Taxpayer Union Foundation.

President Barack Obama arrives at the White House in Washington, early Friday, March 21, 2014, from a trip in Florida. (AP)
He is also “flying the most expensive-to-operate Air Force One to date.”

Citing data obtained recently by the Washington Examiner, the report said it cost approximately $228,288 per flight hour to operate Air Force One in fiscal year 2013, an increase of 27 percent from the National Taxpayer Union Foundation’s previous estimate of $179,759.

The report acknowledged that the $48,535 increase may seem miniscule when compared to other government expenditures, but considering that the president’s trips often involve thousands of miles, it actually adds up to quite a lot of taxpayer dollars."

Nevada's Criminal Navigators

Nevada's Criminal Navigators | National Review Online:
"Nevada’s Division of Insurance must not have wanted consumers to know that at least eight Obamacare navigators it licensed had criminal pasts. National Review and the Las Vegas Review-Journal had to sue the Division to obtain those public records, and navigators’ criminal histories are not the only disturbing fact we discovered.

Half of the navigators who’d had run-ins with the law had failed to disclose it on their applications, despite the requirement to do so — but they received Division approval anyway, the records show.

And before the open-enrollment push began, insurance commissioner Scott Kipper briefly approved conditional certification for some navigators before their background checks were complete, prematurely clearing them to access consumers’ confidential information, including Social Security numbers, home addresses, and financial records.
All of this calls into question the suitability and integrity of some Obamacare navigators, as well as the judgment of the Nevada Division of Insurance."

A Timeline of Obamacare Delays in Pictures

A Timeline of Obamacare Delays in Pictures:
"Obamacare is now four years old.
But unlike most 4-year-olds, it still can’t walk on its own.
It’s been tripping and falling over itself for years.
Just in the last year, the Obama administration has delayed or changed so many parts of the law—not to mention the technical “glitches”—it’s tough to keep up.
Bloomberg Businessweek looked at the law’s recent track record and inspired us to take a visual tour."

History for March 26

History for March 26 - On-This-Day.com

Birth anniversary of American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963): “One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.”

Birth anniversary of playwright Tennessee Williams (1911-83).

Birth anniversary of nurse, teacher, DSM recipient Jane Delano (1862-1919).

Happy Birthday! James Caan, Kenny Chesney, Leonard Nimoy, Nancy Pelosi, Diana Ross, Bob Woodward

1793 - The Holy Roman Emperor formally declared war on France. 





1885 - Eastman Kodak (Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co.) produced the first commercial motion picture film in Rochester, NY. 


1909 - Russian troops invaded Persia to support Muhammad Ali as shah in place of the constitutional government. 


1910 - The U.S. Congress passed an amendment to the 1907 Immigration Act that barred criminals, paupers, anarchists and carriers of disease from settling in the U.S. 


1937 - Spinach growers in Crystal City, TX, erected a statue of Popeye. 


1938 - Herman Goering warned all Jews to leave Austria. 


1942 - The Germans began sending Jews to Auschwitz in Poland. 


1945 - The battle of Iwo Jima ended. 


1953 - Dr. Jonas Salk announced a new vaccine that would prevent poliomyelitis. 


1971 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared East Pakistan to be the independent republic of Bangladesh. 


1973 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat took over the premiership and said "the stage of total confrontation (with Israel) has become inevitable." 


1979 - The Camp David treaty was signed by Israel and Egypt that ended the 31-year state of war between the countries. 


1982 - Ground breaking ceremonies were held in Washington, DC, for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. 



1989 - The first free elections took place in the Soviet Union. Boris Yeltsin was elected. 


1995 - Seven of the 15 European Union states abolished border controls. 


1996 - The International Monetary Fund approved a $10.2 billion loan for Russia to help the country transform its economy. 


1997 - The 39 bodies of Heaven's Gate members are found in a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. The group had committed suicide thinking that they would be picked up by a spaceship following behind the comet Hale-Bopp. 


1999 - In Michigan, Dr. Jack Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder for giving a terminally ill man a lethal injection and putting it all on videotape on September 17, 1998 for "60 Minutes." 


2000 - In Russia, acting President Vladimir Putin was elected president outright. He won a sufficient number of votes to avoid a runoff election. 

NY Times Reporter Says the Obama Admin. Is the ‘Greatest Enemy of Press Freedom’ In a ‘Generation’ | TheBlaze.com

NY Times Reporter Says the Obama Admin. Is the ‘Greatest Enemy of Press Freedom’ In a ‘Generation’ | TheBlaze.com:

"President Barack Obama’s administration is the “greatest enemy of press freedom that we have encountered in a generation,” a New York Times reporter said over the weekend, according to a journalism news outlet.

Reporter James Risen — currently fighting the government in an effort to protect a confidential source — reportedly added that the administration wants to “narrow the field of national security reporting” to “create a path for accepting reporting.”

Those who do not comply “will be punished,” he reportedly said."

Detroit, don't tare down that wall....er....arena---------Don't be too hasty about the arena deal

KEITH CRAIN: Don't be too hasty about the arena deal | Crain's Detroit Business:

"Everything about the plans for the new location and stadium for the Detroit Red Wings is happening.

In a couple of years, we'll have a new arena to play hockey.

But one of the conditions of this deal is that after the Red Wings move to their new, tax-funded arena, no events may be held at Joe Louis Arena. 

We have to tear it down. "

Russian Politician Suggests Dividing Ukraine Along Lines Of Nazi-Soviet Pact, Proposes West Ukraine Referendum

Russian Politician Suggests Dividing Ukraine Along Lines Of Nazi-Soviet Pact, Proposes West Ukraine Referendum | Zero Hedge:

"Because while the west scrambles to find a way to punish Russia for openly flaunting its relentless hollow threats by annexing Crimea, Zhirinovsky is back and has a "modest proposal" for Ukraine, and the countries neighboring the troubled former USSR territory: namely dividing the country along the lines of an infamous Nazi-Soviet pact, suggesting that regions in Western Ukraine hold referendums on breaking away from Kiev. "

The Democratic Civil War Over Energy

The Democratic Civil War Over Energy - WSJ.com:
"The letter was revealing for its honesty.
Not so long ago enviros endorsed natural gas as a cleaner alternative to coal or oil.
Most limited themselves to calling for "better" industry practices, or to solely opposing exports.

But as the gas rush has grown, threatening their solar-and-windmill nirvana, greens now openly decry drilling, chiding Mr. Obama for his "support for hydraulic fracturing" and calling on him to keep "our nation's fossil fuel reserves in the ground."

The letter was signed by Bill McKibben, the director of the anti-Keystone outfit 350.org, as well as directors of nearly every major green shop in the country—the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, CREDO and Earthjustice."

Stop, Start or Please Do Nothing!

Stop, Start or Please Do Nothing! - Terry Paulson - Page full:
"When some blame the GOP for being a "Do Nothing" Congress," they might first look at the hundreds of laws passed by the House that the Democrat-controlled-Senate refuses to even consider.
But in some ways, the "Do Nothing" label is a badge of honor. 
Conservatives want government to do less and to free citizens to do more. 
The Left wants more government intervention, more regulations, and more special entitlements.
President Obama promises to use his pen; many wish a conservative Congress could wield a targeted eraser!
Here's my Stop/Start list for Washington."

Common Core is for your kids not children of Bill Gates

Common Core is for your kids not children of Bill Gates | The Daily Caller:
"Billionaire software tycoon Bill Gates has poured millions of dollars into efforts to develop and promote the Common Core State Standards Initiative, a set of K-12 math and language arts curriculum benchmarks and high-stakes standardized tests now being implemented in 46 states.
 Strangely enough, though, Common Core isn’t quite good enough for Gates and his wife, Melinda, when it comes to the education of their own three children."

These States Have More Registered Voters Than Eligible Adults…What One Group Wants to Do About It | TheBlaze.com

These States Have More Registered Voters Than Eligible Adults…What One Group Wants to Do About It | TheBlaze.com:

"Iowa and Colorado, typically battleground states in presidential and congressional campaigns, each have more registered voters than they have adults over the age of 18 living in the state, according to a conservative watchdog group’s analysis.


Poll worker Daniel Andrews shows Jessica Roberts how to use an electronic voting machine at Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Va., on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. (AP)
The same is true of Washington, D.C., which is set to hold a primary in its mayoral election next week.

Judicial Watch is threatening legal action against the two states and the nation’s capital if immediate steps aren’t taken to clear the voter rolls of dead voters, voters who have moved away or voters that that have become ineligible for other reasons.

States and municipalities are required to keep legitimate roils under Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act, better known as the Motor Voter Law enacted in 1993."

Climate scientists refuse to debate global warming ‘skeptics’ in the media

Climate scientists refuse to debate global warming ‘skeptics’ in the media | The Daily Caller:

"Climate scientists and environmentalists are venting their frustrations debating those who are skeptical of man-made global warming — and some have even gone so far as to refuse debating skeptics.
Dan Weiss, the director of climate strategy at the liberal Center for American Progress, refused to appear on Fox Business to debate climate skeptic Marc Morano last week. Morano runs the blog Climate Depot, where he reports on environment and climate news.
(RELATED: ‘Suffocating pressure’: Former Center for American Progress describes White House censorship)
Weiss was set to debate Morano on the show “The Independents” but “refused to debate directly with Morano, and chided [the show] for airing his views,” according to the Fox Business show."

Green Card Holders Not Qualified For Medicare Are Eligible For ObamaCare

Green Card Holders Not Qualified For Medicare Are Eligible For ObamaCare:
Green card holders who do not qualify for Medicare will qualify for Obamacare and any relevant federal subsidy. They may also qualify for Medicaid, depending upon their location.

One needs to have worked a total of 40 quarters (10 years) in the United States to qualify for Medicare. 

U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents at least age 65, who have been here five years, may buy into Medicare if they don’t have the work history. Individuals who qualify to buy-in to Medicare can choose to participate in Medicare or buy Obamacare insurance.

Those qualified for “premium free” Medicare or Medicaid do not qualify for Obamacare.

Geography matters when it comes to Medicaid, "a need-based health insurance program for individuals with little or no income. 

In some states, including South Carolina, you cannot get full Medicaid until you have been a permanent resident for five years. 
You can however, get Medicaid reimbursement for emergency services. 
In some states, including New York, all permanent residents who meet the income qualifications can get Medicaid."

The Mike Hewitt Show with David Dudenhoefer 3 23 2014