When McLean County got offered money, they took it. The only NO vote was Chuck Erickson. McHenry County is smarter. The top three things McHenry County taxpayers need to know about ‘free’ ObamaCare money 29 Oct 2014 | Naomi Lopez Bauman The McHenry County Board recently took a brave stance by voting to reject “free” […]
by: Diane Benjamin I just received my new Health Insurance benefits book for the insurance we have through my husband’s employer. Since I’m not capable of doing only one thing at a time, I was paging through it while eating lunch. Hobby Lobby just had to take their case to the Supreme Court to get […]
by: Diane Benjamin Hopefully you don’t have to interact with the State of Illinois on-line for your business or in any other way. They are still in the dark ages of technology. Example #1 I recently switched my corporate account to another bank. Illinois has a system to pay businesses taxes on-line that will debit […]
Is it an employment farm, or a medical system? Open The Books Investigation: Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System Phoenix, AZ | May 15, 2014 Salary data at OpenTheBooks.com shows clear evidence that the bureaucracy served the bureaucracy, not veterans… “Our nation’s veterans need access to health care and doctors, not interior decorators and […]
by: Diane Benjamin No, this has nothing to do with Nevada! Now that ObamaCare is being implemented (at least the parts not delayed), the Federal government thinks they can write all the rules. The local serfs must comply. Here’s the latest proposed rule change: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced a […]
by: Diane Benjamin Yes, today is supposedly the last day to enroll in ObamaCare. The media tells people armageddon will occur if you don’t comply and Get Covered. Here’s the truth: You will NOT have to pay penalties unless you get a tax refund! You won’t get a bill, the IRS won’t put a lien […]
by: Diane Benjamin Being a CPA, I like numbers. Frequently they reveal interesting things. Here’s my latest: The information listed about employees is now really good on both the Champaign and Bloomington websites – thanks to the Illinois Policy Institute. All expenses per employee are listed, so I decided to see how much Bloomington pays […]
by: Diane Benjamin Being a CPA, I like numbers. Frequently they reveal interesting things. Here’s my latest: The information listed about employees is now really good on both the Champaign and Bloomington websites – thanks to the Illinois Policy Institute. All expenses per employee are listed, so I decided to see how much Bloomington pays […]
by: Diane Benjamin The State of Illinois isn’t any more transparent than Bloomington. I worked with the Edgar County Watchdogs for close to a year to uncover the state’s activities with Medicaid payment processing. Many FOIA requests were returned to us with a “No matching documents” label. The State didn’t know that we have many […]
Source: http://www.aim.org/guest-column/obama-dooms-seniors-to-ravages-of-aging/?utm_source=co2hog&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AccuracyInMedia+%28Accuracy+In+Media%29 Betsy McCaughey — January 2, 2014 On Oct. 1, 2012 the Obama administration started awarding bonus points to hospitals that spend the least on elderly patients. It will result in fewer knee replacements, hip replacements, angioplasty, bypass surgery and cataract operations. These are the five procedures that have transformed aging for older […]
A man wrote…I’m a 54-year-old consulting engineer and make between $60,000 and $125,000 per year, depending on how hard I work and whether or not there are work projects out there for me. My girlfriend is 61 and makes about $18,000 per year, working as a part-time mail clerk. For me, making $60,000 a year, […]
I wrote previously about C Steven Tucker and the IRS: http://blnnews.com/2013/11/29/irs-auditing-2-men-who-spoke-against-obamacare/ IRS Goes After Obamacare Whistleblowers: An Interview with C. Steven Tucker By Arlen Williams This is an update published today in American Thinker: http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/12/irs_goes_after_obamacare_whistleblowers_an_interview_with_c_steven_tucker.html Excerpts: By now, the news has spread online of the IRS audit notices sent to two Obamacare whistleblowers. On November 25th, cancer victim […]
Obamacare “raided” $300 billion for Medicare Advantage and seniors will begin feeling the cuts next year, according to an analysis Tuesday by the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee. Obamacare took $700 billion from Medicare and $300 billion from Medicare Advantage alone for its own funding, according to the subcommittee. The cuts to Medicare Advantage […]
Op-Ed: Why Do We Have a Medicaid Program? Illinois Review: http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2013/12/why-do-we-have-a-medicaid-program-.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FbYHz+%28Illinois+Review%29&utm_content=Yahoo!+Mail By Alieta Eck, M.D. – A Star Ledger headline reads: “ObamaCare fuels applicant boom for NJ Medicaid—Advocate hails 35% increase in October.” Almost 22,000 new applications were filed in October, up from 16,000 in September. Is this a triumph? Was a 990-page law needed to […]
BOTH got letters from the IRS on the SAME day! Illinois’s own C. Steven Tucker, who got a cancer patients insurance re-instated, is one of them – the cancer patient the other. IRS is obviously still being used by the Obama administration as a weapon. CANCER PATIENT WHO SAYS OBAMACARE CANCELED HIS HEALTH INSURANCE NOW […]
Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana is running a Facebook ad in an attempt to save her seat from slaughter in the 2014 election. The Affordable Care Act isn’t perfect, but its hope and promise are certainly something worth fighting for. That’s why I introduced legislation to let those told they would be able to retain their plan keep it […]
by: Diane Benjamin This notice was in today’s Pantagraph: Below is the part of the code referenced in the notice. Calls to the manager have not yet been returned. Is red tape going to prevent seniors on Medicare in El Paso from getting healthcare? The code mentioned doesn’t say anything about the quality of the […]
by: Diane Benjamin The name of the benefits provider isn’t important, but you should know this is a non-profit insurance provider. Stated in the Benefit Information notice is this: It’s been more than 5 years since co-payments were last increased for prescription drug benefits, and even longer for most deductible and out-of-pocket maximums. The notice […]
From: Congressman Steve Stockman This is an actual Obamacare ad. Democrats have somehow turned sex into a government entitlement.
Putting things in perspective: March 21, 2010 to October 1, 2013 is 3 years, 6 months, 10 days. December 7, 1941 to May 8, 1945 is 3 years, 5 months, 1 day. What this means is that in the time we were attacked at Pearl Harbor to the day Germany surrendered is not enough time […]
by: Diane Benjamin Yes death panels exist, and yes Obamacare takes $78 billion out of Medicare. If you still don’t believe ObamaCare is meant to limit healthcare for the “non-contributing” members of society, then why would Benedictine University hold a conference on Preventing Stealth Euthanasia? Fundamental Transformation. Die already!
by: Diane Benjamin This information was sent to me. I blocked out the company name, it’s not important. The Affordable Care Act affects everyone in America – get ready. We were lied to by people who never read the bill. I realize parts are difficult to read, but here’s the message: “You will be paying more […]
by: Illinois TEA Party Recently, Republican Tom Cross “forgot” that he brought Obamacare to Illinois two years early. Former GOP Leader Tom Cross is currently running for State Treasurer against Dupage County Auditor Bob Grogan. Bob Grogan is the DuPage County Auditor, a CPA, and a Certified Fraud Examiner, who has both public and private financial sector experience. […]
The website doesn’t work, the cost isn’t affordable, the penalty is MUCH less, the deductibles mean the insurance will probably never pay out a dime – but the people exposing the truth are “shady groups”? Erin Hannigan, BarackObama.com To Me Today at 2:32 PM There are 17 million uninsured young Americans who are now eligible to […]
by: Diane Benjamin The Democrats called Republicans terrorist, hostage takers, and many other vile names when the GOP wanted to delay the implementation of ObamaCare. The President said he would not negotiate with people holding a gun to his head. I’m not even sure it’s been 2 weeks since those comments. How things change! Have […]
by: C Steven Tucker Back on August 3rd, 2013 I wrote a piece exposing what I stated then will soon happen to millions of Americans if we do not support the Tea Party and Republican lead effort to defund Obamacare. In that piece, I stated when President Obama promised – “If you like your plan, you can […]
How much are the penalties for not buying a health plan? The penalties are not very high to begin with. In 2014, the fine to remain uninsured is $95 per person (up to a family maximum of $285, or 1 percent of family income, whichever is greater). But the penalty will increase more than sevenfold […]
This chart appeared shortly after the bill passed. It wasn’t complete. Imagine what it looks like now. Test: Find the death panels, they are there. Click on the picture to enlarge. Obviously this isn’t about improving healthcare, it’s about controlling you.
by: Chris Banescu It’s finally dawning on liberals, leftists, and progressives that conservatives were telling the truth when they warned about the fundamental problems and dangers of The ‘Affordable’ Care Act (ObamaCare). As reported in the San Jose Mercury News, reality came knocking for Obama voters and ObamaCare supporters last week. And many of them […]
Sounds like hyperbole, right? Well, depends upon your perspective after you read what I have to say. Long time readers of FedUpUSA know me to some degree or another. I’m a real person. I’m not wealthy. I’m not special. I’m just your average person who happens to be rather opinionated and I share those opinions […]
Friday, 9/20/13 – The House of Representatives passed a Continuing Resolution that would fully fund the government (including things that Republicans don’t like) while at the same time defunding Obamacare. Result: House Republicans compromised on spending that they’d like to see cut in exchange for defunding Obamacare. Friday, 9/27/13 – The Senate stripped the defunding […]
Guest Editorial By George Rasley, CHQ Editor | 9/27/13 Source: http://www.conservativehq.com/node/14958 In one of author Joel Chandler Harris’ classic Uncle Remus stories, the wily Brer Rabbit avoids becoming lunch and outsmarts Brer Fox by begging not to be thrown in the briar patch – which is where he actually wants to be. President Obama and […]
H.R. 3121 Bill Text | Press Release | Pocket Card | Dear Colleague | Two-Page Summary Section-by-Section | Health Care Standard Deduction Presentation The centuries-old oath taken by health care professionals reads, “Do no harm.” It is time for Washington lawmakers to take a similar approach when working to fix the problems that exist in our broken health care system. Simply repealing […]
This story is a continuation of the Illinois-ObamaCare scandal previously reported. H-1B Obamacare Illinois Bombshell by: ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI Billions of dollars of IT contracts are wrapped inside the implementation of Obamacare, with federal tax dollars paying up to 90 percent of the cost for upgrading state Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS). These awards are some […]
Kurt Schlichter | Sep 23, 2013 I have to admit that the Congressional GOP’s Obamacare defunding strategy has me a little nervous – mostly because it just might work. When the GOP does something clever, I start looking for the other three horsemen of the apocalypse. Designing a strategy starts with understanding the ends you seek. Sure, […]
Update: Word is already out that today’s vote was a setup for the Republicans in the Senate to kill it. Tell them if they FUND IT THEY OWN it. #DoneWithGOP by: Diane Benjamin First, ignore all the establishment #GOP saying it’s not going to happen. 2 weeks ago they said a vote to defund ObamaCare […]
Mark Levin’s EPIC monologue on Republicans being forced to defund Obamacare Nobody has said better why ObamaCare MUST be defunded, so instead of recapping why, just listen to Mark yourself: http://therightscoop.com/mark-levins-epic-monologue-on-republicans-being-forced-to-defund-obamacare/ . . .
Illinois’s Medicaid Scandal A tale of questionable dealings and taxpayer risk By Jillian Kay Melchior Bollywood performers, a Boston boat cruise with an open bar, gifts of cigars and wine — the vendor working on Illinois’s expensive new Medicaid information-technology system entertains public officials in style, according to sources in the Illinois government. These whistleblowers tell National […]
Governor Quinn’s “Indian H1B visa” Problem This is the continuation of the story we have been investigating for 9 months. It’s not over yet! Springfield – Edgar County Watchdogs http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2013/09/governor-quins-indian-h1b-visa-problem/ Our work has been beyond reproach and it now appears the level of forked- tongue deception reaches levels well beyond the County Governments where we […]
