One more card was just removed from the giant house of cards that is Obamacare. #medicaldevicetax
— Senate Budget GOP (@BudgetGOP) March 22, 2013
◼ Proposals would force Obama, Biden into health law exchanges... - The Hill
Republican amendments to the Senate's budget proposal would require President Obama and Vice President Biden to get their medical care through the new exchanges created by Obama's signature healthcare law.
Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) both offered amendments to move the president and vice president into the healthcare law's exchanges.
After the Affordable Care Act passed, the White House said Obama would enroll in an exchange once the time came in 2014. Collins and Ayotte's amendments would require the president, the vice president and the Cabinet to put their premiums where their politics are.
◼ Over 30 Senate Dems vote to repeal medical device tax in health care law they couldn’t wait to pass - Doug Powers/Michelle Malkin
In December of last year, more than a dozen Democrats who voted for the ironically titled Affordable Care Act wrote a letter to Harry Reid. The letter requested a delay in implementation of the “job killing” medical device tax that was contained in the law those same senators couldn’t wait to pass. (Thurs)day, over 30 Senate Democrats went on record as wanting to repeal the tax....
New York Times congressional reporter Jonathan Weisman:
OK, it’s non-binding but this huge vote to repeal medical device tax — a funding mechanism for ObamaCare — has to be a WH embarassment
— Jonathan Weisman (@jonathanweisman) March 22, 2013
◼ Put on your shocked face: Health insurance companies warn premiums could ‘increase sharply’ - Twitchy
Health Insurers Warn Premiums Could 'Rise Sharply'... drudge.tw/14gNJLE
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) March 22, 2013
