Healthcare

Surprise! White House To Delay 'Firm' ObamaCare Enrollment Deadline Past March 31 - "Though the Obama administration repeatedly insisted that its March 31 enrollment deadline for ObamaCare’s first year was “firm,” many observers predicted that the administration would combat lagging sales of health law-sponsored insurance plans by extending that deadline.… Read more »

Health law concerns for cancer centers – “Cancer patients relieved that they can get insurance coverage because of the new health care law may be disappointed to learn that some the nation's best cancer hospitals are off-limits.” (AP; 3/19/14) O-Care premiums to skyrocket – “Health industry officials say ObamaCare-related premiums will double in some parts of… Read more »

Last week, Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN) joined his colleague Congressman David Scott (D-GA) to introduce H.R. 4234, the Ensuring Veterans Resiliency Act, a bipartisan bill to improve psychiatric care in military and veteran communities. “Many of the brave men and women who have served our country are returning home without proper attention to their mental… Read more »

In an interview with WebMD today, President Obama admitted that you might not be able to keep your doctor after all. "For the average person, many folks who don't have health insurance initially, they're going to have to make some choices. And they might end up having to switch doctors, in part because they're saving money." ObamaCare will hasten income inequality, union report says… Read more »

On Friday, the House passed H.R. 4015, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014, a bill that repeals the current sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula and replaces it with a permanent solution to address physician payments in the Medicare program and protect seniors’ access to health care. Bucshon, a physician from Southern Indiana,… Read more »

Dr. Bucshon comments on ObamaCare delay - On Monday, Congressman Larry Bucshon, a physician from Southern Indiana, released the following statement after the Administration again unilaterally delayed part of ObamaCare. (2/10/14) Manchin: Just Delay the Whole Law till 2015 - As he was headed to the Democratic caucus lunch yesterday, Senator Joe Manchin had strong words about the… Read more »

On Monday, Congressman Larry Bucshon, a physician from Southern Indiana, released the following statement after the Administration again unilaterally delayed part of ObamaCare. “As the President tells the American people his signature law is a success that is working, his Administration unilaterally delays it again. Why are hardworking families expected to face the… Read more »

ObamaCare will push 2 million workers out of labor market: CBO - ObamaCare will push the equivalent of about 2 million workers out of the labor market by 2017 as employees decide either to work fewer hours or drop out of the job market altogether, according to estimates released Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO said the number of workers dropping out of… Read more »

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report released this morning, the economy added only 113,000 jobs last month, lower than what economists expected.  The unemployment rate saw little change at 6.6% and the number of Americans actually participating in the workforce remains at its lowest since the 1970s.  Rep. Bucshon (IN-08) released the following… Read more »

Small business employees react to life changes necessitated by Affordable Care Act - Channel 4 Action News anchor Wendy Bell goes inside a McKeesport business to find out what happens when workers learn how the Affordable Care Act will affect them. "I don't know how President Obama thinks that he's helping us because we can't afford this. We can't afford to pay these… Read more »