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Boehner and McConnell: “We Respectfully Decline to Recommend Appointments” to ObamaCare IPAB

Friday, May 10th, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) today sent the following letter to President Obama informing him that they will be declining to recommend appointments to the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). “We believe Congress should repeal IPAB,” they wrote, “just as we believe we ought to repeal the entire health care law” which is driving up costs and making it harder for small businesses to hire new workers.

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Mainstream Media Finally Takes Aim at Obamacare

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

We know Obamacare is on the rocks when the New York Times, the flagship of the mainstream media, is compelled to report growing concerns about implementing the complex and unpopular law.

In a headline Monday that deserves consideration for a Pulitzer Prize in journalistic understatement, the Times said, “Next Big Challenge for Health Law: Carrying It Out.”

The Times story was a balanced account of the pros and cons of Obamacare, careful to give both sides of the law’s chances for success ...

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