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Obamacare Celebrates Third Birthday: Few Are Celebrating

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter President Barack H. Obama was elected in 2008 promising to increase American’s access to healthcare.  He promised that Americans would not be forced to purchase health insurance if they did not want it.  He promised that if you like your current plan you would get to keep it.  And … Continued
March 25, 2013

Medicare Advantage Cuts Expected in 2014

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Obama administration is planning new cuts to the embattled Medicare Advantage program.  The new round of cuts for 2014 likely mean that seniors will have to pay a larger portion of their healthcare expenses through higher premiums and/or higher copays and deductibles.  Some seniors could lose their coverage … Continued
March 19, 2013

Bentley Supports Medicaid Advisory Commission Recommendations

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced his support for legislation that he and the sponsors hope will transform the Alabama Medicaid Agency into a more efficient and more affordable program for the taxpayers of Alabama. Governor Bentley said, “We now have a chance to turn Alabama Medicaid into … Continued
March 13, 2013

Foundation for Moral Law: ObamaCare is Still Unconstitutional

Staff Report Press Release (MONTGOMERY, AL), March 7, 2013 – Today Foundation for Moral Law President Kayla Moore announced that the Foundation had filed a friend of the court brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in the case of Liberty University v. Timothy Geithner. Although the U.S. Supreme Court … Continued
March 8, 2013

Alabama Medicaid Expansion: A Healthcare Provider’s Alternative Perspective

By Senator William M. “Billy”  Beasley (D-Clayton) As a rural pharmacist who runs a small business, I am a part of the healthcare delivery system. I dispense prescriptions to people in all walks of life, race, creed and colors. I serve those covered under Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance. I know what people go through … Continued
February 21, 2013

Religious Liberty Bill Passes House

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed the Religious Liberty Act, HB 108. The bill promises to protecting the freedom of conscience rights of small Alabama employers from paying for federally mandated contraception coverage in their insurance plans when doing so would violate their religious conscience. The bill … Continued
February 20, 2013

Roby Says Obamacare will Cost Americans Time and Money

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, Congresswoman Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery touted a new report from the White House Office of Management and Budget that shows that the President’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) will cost businesses, families, and health care providers millions of hours to comply with all of … Continued
February 8, 2013

Alabama NAACP to Hold Rally Demanding that Alabama Implement ACA

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Saturday, January 12, 2013, the Alabama State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will hold the “Rally for the Affordable Care Act” on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. protesting Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s decision … Continued
January 11, 2013

Bentley’s Decision to Reject Obamacare Divides Alabama Leaders Along Partisan Lines

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Senator Phil Williams (R) from Rainbow City and Alabama House Minority Leader Craig Ford (D) from Gadsden both represent Etowah County but they have markedly different views on Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s controversial decision to reject creating a state healthcare exchange. Senator Phil Williams said in a written … Continued
November 27, 2012

“Indigent Care, Immigration, Medicaid, and ObamaCare”

By Alabama State Representative Allen Farley Four issues connected to one question: Who pays? In Jefferson County the question was: Who pays for Cooper Green Hospital?  Now the question for Alabama is:  Who pays for Medicaid and Obama-Care?  The central question involving all government programs is Who Pays??? We are the greatest nation in the … Continued
November 26, 2012