Posts Made By: david elosser

"McDonald's Corp. has warned federal regulators that it could drop its health insurance plan for nearly 30,000 hourly restaurant workers unless regulators waive a new requirement of the U.S. health overhaul."

Basically, the new requirement maked them spend insurance premium money in a way that makes their program loose money.

"Last week, a senior McDonald's official informed the Department of Health and Human Services that the restaurant chain's insurer won't meet a 2011 requirement to spend at least 80% to 85% of its premium revenue on medical care. McDonald's and trade groups say the percentage, called a medical loss ratio, is unrealistic for mini-med plans because of high administrative costs owing to frequent worker turnover, combined with relatively low spending on claims."

As a case in point, look at what has been happening in California, which already has similar requirements in place for health insurers.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703431604575522413101063070.html

BTW, colleges are in the same boat: "They escape the 80-to-85% requirement this year because of when their plans were negotiated, and some may seek a permanent exemption."

McDonalds said their health care plan has been in place for 10 years, and 85% of participants have less than $5000 a year. Other large companies like Staples, Home Depot and CVS also offer these "mini-meds" plans. In other words, these plans work, so the Democrats had to screw them up!

David E

From the UK (of course, you expect to see an article like this in the US? ):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8053023/Black-Republicans-offer-hope-after-Barack-Obamas-failures-on-race.html

Tim Scott, a Black Republican, is running for the House in SC.

Barring a cataclysmic upset, Scott will be elected to Congress on November 2nd. There, he will be a ferocious opponent of Obama, to whom he gives a withering "failing grade" for his presidency. "Obamacare's an atrocity around the necks of average Americans...His intentions might be good but he's leading us towards the brink of bankruptcy. Right now, the American people are simply saying they've had enough."

David E

How about disenfranchising the overseas military vote? It's no secret that the military tends to vote Republican. Well okay, Obama IS taking action. New York has apparently been violating the MOVE act and Obama has ordered his Justice Department to file a lawsuit against----

GUAM!

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43459.html

Gee, the Democrats seem to be more interested in getting illegal aliens the right to vote than those fighting for our freedoms overseas. Ya think that if, say, maybe the Black vote was somehow being disenfranchised Obama would order his Justice Department to file a lawsuit against Kenya?

David E

It's no secret that AARP lobbied to help push Obamacare through Congress. Now, AARP admits, because of Obamacare, their own employees are going to have to pay more for less coverage.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101104/ap_on_bi_ge/us_aarp_health_plan

"In an e-mail to employees, AARP says health care premiums will increase by 8 percent to 13 percent next year because of rapidly rising medical costs...And AARP adds that it's changing copayments and deductibles to avoid a 40 percent tax on high-cost health plans that takes effect in 2018 under the law."...and..."AARP warned its employees that more cost-shifting could be in store. "AARP intends to make similar changes, as necessary, in the future to avoid the (health plan) tax," said Hodges' e-mail."

What's this??? Liberals plotting and planning to avoid paying their fair share of taxes? Taxes that were desparately needed, according to the CBO, to keep Obamacare revenue-neutral? So the filty rich execs at AARP are going to avoid paying their fair share of health care taxes while the little guy working for them gets the shaft? How compassionate of them! 8O

David E

(Reuters):"General Motors Co [GM.UL] is in the final stage of talks to sell equity to long-time Chinese partner SAIC Motor Corp (600104.SS) in conjunction with its landmark initial public offering, two people familiar with the matter said."

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSWEN287720101110

Makes sense. Seems like the Chinese are always bailing out Obama.

David E

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_misplaced_planes

"The Federal Aviation Administration is missing key information on who owns one-third of the 357,000 private and commercial aircraft in the U.S. — a gap the agency fears could be exploited by terrorists and drug traffickers."

No kidding!

David E

Lawmakers in Washington finally passes some legislation that makes sense!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101216/ap_on_bi_ge/us_quiet_hybrids_1


David E

It's simple.

Repeal Obamacare.

Who says?

[SIZE="Large"]The Congressional Budget Office says![/SIZE]
http://spectator.org/blog/2011/01/07/breaking-cbo-says-repealing-ob

It's put more money in taxpayer's pockets too, and restore the Medicare cuts:
"Repealing the bill would also eliminate $770 billion in taxes. It's the tax hikes in the health care law (along with the Medicare cuts) which accounts for the $230 billion in deficit reduction."

David E

http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a.XbtDhUWj04

"The Obama Regime acted in contempt by continuing its deepwater drilling moratorium after the policy was struck down, a New Orleans judge ruled."

"Such dismissive conduct, viewed in tandem with the re-imposition of a second blanket and substantively identical moratorium, and in light of the national importance of this case, provide this court with clear and convincing evidence of Pharoah Obama's contempt."

David E

http://abcnews.go.com/International/libya-international-military-coalition-launch-assault-gadhafi-forces/story?id=13174246

MARCH 19, 2011
OBAMA: "Today we are part of a broad coalition. We are answering the calls of a threatened people. And we are acting in the interests of the United States and the world"...

MARCH 19, 2003
BUSH: "American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger"...

What goes around comes around.

David E