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GOP Blasted for 'Fake' ObamaCare Site

Coveredca vs. coveringhealthcareca

(Newser) - Imitation isn't any form of flattery in this case. California Republicans are taking flak for a website (coveringhealthcareca.com) that highlights downsides of health care reform—but resembles an official site and has a URL similar to that of the state's health care exchange (www.coveredca.com). Critics...

'We're Not Repealing It as Long as I'm President'

Obama launches new defense of ObamaCare

(Newser) - With HealthCare.gov showing signs of improvement ( mostly ), President Obama got back into what Politico calls "sales mode" today about ObamaCare. He began what is expected to be a three-week push designed to get people to focus on the law's benefits instead of its website glitches....

Working or Not, HealthCare.gov Has Ruined Everything

Matthew Yglesias reflects on the damage to the progressive cause

(Newser) - HealthCare.gov is working . Sort of . And certainly, some Democrats will take heart in that. But so what? Even if the modest fixes have saved the site and the law—as Dana Milbank argued today in the Washington Post —the problems have already done serious, lasting damage to the...

Notre Dame Sues Feds Over Birth Control Mandate

University says federal mandate crimps its religious freedom

(Newser) - Add Notre Dame to the groups taking legal action over new federal rules that make it mandatory to cover birth control in health insurance plans. The Catholic university filed suit today in South Bend, Ind., reports the AP . The lawsuit says ObamaCare violates the school's religious freedom given that...

ObamaCare Site's Re-Launch Stumbles Out of the Gate

1/3 of all enrollments reportedly screwed up

(Newser) - The new and supposedly improved HealthCare.gov isn't off to a great start. The site flooded with traffic yesterday morning, slowing it to a crawl and spiking its error rate, the LA Times reports. By 10am the government had turned on a "queuing" feature, essentially putting would-be applicants...

&#39;Fixed&#39; ObamaCare Is Really &#39;Mission Accomplished&#39;
This Is Obama's 'Mission Accomplished' Moment
OPINION
Dec 2, 2013 12:29 PM CST

This Is Obama's 'Mission Accomplished' Moment

WSJ , Daily Caller compare launch to Iraq

(Newser) - We've already heard ObamaCare compared to Hurricane Katrina ; now, as the site proclaims improvements , pundits are drawing parallels to the Iraq War. In the Wall Street Journal , editors write that "the only thing missing from Sunday's relentlessly upbeat progress report was President Obama in front of a...

Many Still Can't Enroll on Health Site: Insurers

Insurers still in dark about some who've enrolled

(Newser) - Many of HealthCare.gov's well chronicled problems have reportedly been fixed , but that doesn't mean it's ready for prime time, insurers say. The site's ability to send consumer data to insurance companies remains flawed, and "until the enrollment process is working from end to end,...

Health Dept: Site's Biggest Problems Fixed

Site functional 90% of the time: White House

(Newser) - As December begins , the ObamaCare website's biggest issues have been addressed, says the White House—though smaller problems remain, the AP reports. "The bottom line: HealthCare.gov on December 1st is night and day from where it was on October 1st," says Jeffrey Zients, a White House...

Catholic Church Has Been 'Out-Marketed' on Gay Issues: Top Cardinal

And more from the Sunday talk shows

(Newser) - The Catholic Church may be "pro-traditional marriage," but it's "not anti-anybody," Cardinal Timothy Dolan said today on NBC's Meet the Press. The church has simply "been out-marketed" when it comes to the issue of gay marriage, and "caricatured as being anti-gay,"...

How Is ObamaCare &#39;Deadline Day&#39; Going? Not Great
How Is ObamaCare 'Deadline Day' Going? Not Great
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Nov 30, 2013 11:37 AM CST

How Is ObamaCare 'Deadline Day' Going? Not Great

Seems to be off to a 'shaky start,' report says

(Newser) - Today's the day: The day the White House pledged to get Healthcare.gov working for the "vast majority" of users. So how's it going? NBC News describes it as being "off to a rocky start." The website was down for maintenance until 8am Eastern today,...

Firm Behind ObamaCare Mess Is ... Unusual

At CGI Federal, employees 'make their own jobs'

(Newser) - How did the company that built the bulk of HealthCare.gov manage to bungle it so badly? There may be some clues in the corporate ethos of CGI Federal, Newsweek finds in an extensive look at the Canadian IT pioneer that now holds hundreds of government contracts in the US...

Obama Delays Health Care Site for Small Businesses

It's the third time promised portal has been pushed back

(Newser) - The long-promised small-business portal at HealthCare.gov will be launching in November—November 2014, that is. The Obama administration had promised that the site, which was originally slated to open back in October, would launch by the end of this month, but Health and Human Services officials today confirmed for...

ObamaCare in California: Great ... With Big Caveat
ObamaCare in California: Great ... With Big Caveat
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Nov 26, 2013 5:23 PM CST

ObamaCare in California: Great ... With Big Caveat

Half of people with canceled polices will be paying more: ProPublica

(Newser) - In all the headlines about the troubles of ObamaCare, California has been a big exception. For one thing, its state exchange enrolled more people in the first month than the combined total of the 36 states that used the glitchy federal website. But ProPublica reveals a stat that might temper...

0: Number Enrolled in Oregon Insurance Exchange

The ObamaCare rollout is not going well in this state

(Newser) - Here's how an Oregon state representative describes the ObamaCare rollout in the Beaver State: "It is such an epic failure, literally it's mind-boggling." Of course, Jason Conger is a Republican, but there's no arguing with the facts: No one has enrolled in the state's...

Supreme Court Takes Case on ObamaCare, Birth Control

Companies object on religious grounds to covering contraceptives

(Newser) - ObamaCare is headed to the Supreme Court, but it's a case about the specifics of coverage rather than a broader fight on the program itself. More than 40 companies have sued because they object on religious grounds to providing their employees with birth control, as the new law stipulates...

Obama Pushes Back 2015 Health Care Enrollment

Until after the midterm elections, coincidentally

(Newser) - The Obama administration plans to push back the start of next year's ObamaCare enrollment period by a month, from Oct. 15, 2014 to Nov. 15—which would just happen to push it to after the midterm elections, Bloomberg reports. The idea, ostensibly, is to give insurers more time to...

ObamaCare's New Enrollee: John Boehner

But House speaker blogs of his trouble signing up

(Newser) - It took a few tries, but ObamaCare has a new high-profile enrollee: John Boehner. The House speaker, however, made a point to blog about his trouble signing up yesterday after getting an error message. "Despite multiple attempts, I was unable to get past that point and sign up for...

ObamaCare&#39;s Troubles Greatly Exaggerated
ObamaCare's Troubles
Greatly Exaggerated
OPINION
Nov 21, 2013 1:37 PM CST

ObamaCare's Troubles Greatly Exaggerated

The number of actual 'victims' is miniscule: Michael Hiltzik

(Newser) - Most of the opinion pieces about ObamaCare these days fall into the what-a-disaster category. But business writer Michael Hiltzik at the Los Angeles Times says a careful look at the actual numbers involved reveal the criticism to be uninformed "hype." In reality, "the number of victims is...

ObamaCare Oops: Dog Gets Insurance

It was a Colorado health insurance exchange mix-up

(Newser) - A more hilarious and less serious entry on the long list of ObamaCare oopses: A Colorado man says his attempt to sign up for new insurance ended with the receipt of a letter confirming that ... his 14-year-old Yorkie was insured. The culprit, in this instance, was not HealthCare.gov but...

GOP Plots All-Out War on ObamaCare

Democrats, meanwhile will attack 'CruzCare'

(Newser) - If it sounds like Republicans are reading from the same playbook in their ObamaCare offensive, it's because they are. A memo sent to House Republicans this week detailed an unusually focused attack plan, the New York Times explains. Republicans are to focus en masse on one of the program'...

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