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Obama Administration Sets Rules for Acceptable Health Insurance Plans

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which dictates health insurance issuer standards related to the coverage of essential health benefits (EHB) under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA better known as Obamacare). The new federal rules are … Continued
November 21, 2012

Reaction to Bentley Rejection of Obamacare Falls Along Partisan Lines

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Republicans rejoiced at Governor Robert Bentley’s (R) decision not to implement a state healthcare exchange or expand the Alabama Medicaid program.  Alabama Democrats were less enthused. Speaker of the Alabama House Mike Hubbard (R) from Auburn said on Facebook, “Gov. Bentley understands that government must live within its … Continued
November 14, 2012

Hubbard Supports Bentley’s Obamacare Stance

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reprter The Speaker of the Alabama House Mike Hubbard embraced Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s decision to not set up a health care exchange in Alabama and not to expand Alabama Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of new beneficiaries. Speaker Hubbard said in a written statement, “As a Republican, Gov. Bentley … Continued
November 14, 2012

Bentley Rejects Obamacare

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In a speech on Monday, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced that the state of Alabama would not be setting up a state health insurance exchange to implement Obamacare in Alabama and that the state would not expand Alabama Medicaid for an estimated 304,000 additional beneficiaries. Governor Bentley said, … Continued
November 14, 2012

Rainy Day Patriots Urge Governor Bentley to Reject Obamacare

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Rainy Day Patriot sent an open letter to Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) on Monday urging him to stand with other conservative governors and refuse to set up an Alabama Healthcare Exchange. The deadline for the state to announce their intention on whether or not to implement President Barack … Continued
November 13, 2012

Bentley Prepares Alabama for Battle With Obama Over Obamacare

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Conservatives all over the nation were bitterly disappointed when a majority of voters in the swing states of Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Iowa, Colorado, and Michigan chose to give liberal President Barack H. Obama (D) four more years as President of the United States. Obama’s reelection means that is … Continued
November 12, 2012

Explanation of the Statewide Amendments on the November 2012 Ballot

By Mike Hubbard 1. Forever Wild Reauthorization –Ratification of this amendment would reauthorize distributions from the Alabama Trust Fund to the Forever Wild Land Trust for the next twenty years, ending in FY 2032. Under current law, ten percent of the income earned from the invested assets of the Alabama Trust Fund is transferred to … Continued
October 29, 2012

Bonner Says New CBO Report Shows Obamacare Will Result in More Tax Increases than First Thought

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Jo Bonner (R) from Mobile said that a nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report analyzing the impact of penalties to be levied on uninsured Americans under President Obama’s Affordable Care Act is greater than first forecast. Representative Bonner said, “By 2016, the CBO projects that collections from the … Continued
October 1, 2012

Group Warns that Federal Budget Cuts Would Cost the State of Alabama

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter A group called Arise Citizens’ Policy Project released a statement warning of the loss of federal funds for Alabama if the nation were to implement the budget passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. They point to a new study released by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities … Continued
August 10, 2012

Shelby and Sessions Urge Bentley Not to Implement Obamacare in Alabama

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Senators Jeff Sessions (R) and Richard Shelby (R) have both signed a letter sent to Alabama Governor Robert Bentley as well as the 49 other Governors begging them not to set up state healthcare exchanges.  The letter was signed by ten other conservative Senators and was originally written … Continued
July 25, 2012