The Obama administration Monday unveiled a tax cut for small companies that provide health insurance, but business groups gave it a mixed review: Many small businesses won’t qualify for the tax credit, they say.
Massachusetts-like wait-times to see a doctor may become the nationwide norm under ObamaCare.
According to the CBO’s newest estimate, should Congress approve all of the additional spending called for by ObamaCare, the 10-year cost of the legislation would exceed $1 trillion – and almost all of the administration’s highly touted savings would disappear.
ObamaCare was pitched largely on the basis that, in exchange for its large price-tag, it would enable people to get out of emergency rooms and into doctors’ offices — but the people who build hospitals say the effect will be exactly the opposite, as they gear up to build more emergency rooms.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in an attempt to market ObamaCare to seniors post-passage, has put together a 4-page color brochure touting its supposed benefits. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the pamphlet – which was mailed to Medicare recipients – is “nothing short of government propaganda paid for by the taxpayer.”