Showing posts with label Philip Klein. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philip Klein. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

He's a clown--makes Hillary look as if she's got "gravitas"

June 17, 2015 #Conservative , Donald Trump 0 Comments
How Donald Trump's Candidacy Helps Hillary Clinton

By Philip Klein, Jun. 16, 2015, Washington Examiner

Donald Trump shouldn't be taken seriously as a presidential candidate, but to the extent that he could affect the race it all, it will be to help Hillary Clinton.

If Clinton is going to win, one of the ways that she'll do so is to convey the image that she has more stature and gravitas than any of the Republicans.

As it is, with 15 expected candidates (not including Trump), the Republican field has already taken on the image of being a bit of a circus. Trump now adds to that perception, and because he has the highest name recognition of any Republican candidate, he'll help define field for lower-information voters.

Next to Clinton, who is running without real competition, Republican candidates will look small fighting it out with a clown, who is likely to meet the polling threshold to participate in the debates. To Americans who consume mainly celebrity news, they may not know much about the Republican field beyond the fact that Trump is running.

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Why explain? Who's going to stop them?

February 26, 2015 House Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan , Obamacare 0 Comments
Treasury Won't Explain Decision To Make $3 Billion In Obamacare Payments

By Philip Klein, Feb. 26, 2015, WashingtonExamoner.com

The U.S. Treasury Department has rebuffed a request by House Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R- Wis., to explain $3 billion in payments that were made to health insurers even though Congress never authorized the spending through annual appropriations.

At issue are payments to insurers known as cost-sharing subsidies. These payments come about because President Obama’s healthcare law forces insurers to limit out-of-pocket costs for certain low income individuals by capping consumer expenses, such as deductibles and co-payments, in insurance policies. In exchange for capping these charges, insurers are supposed to receive compensation.

What’s tricky is that Congress never authorized any money to make such payments to insurers in its annual appropriations, but the Department of Health and Human Services, with the cooperation of the U.S. Treasury, made them anyway.

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

OCare STILL unpopular

November 05, 2014 Democrats , Obamacare 0 Comments
25 Senators Who Voted For Obamacare Won't Be Part Of New Senate

Philip Klein, Nov. 4, 2014, Washington Examiner

On Dec. 24, 2009, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed President Obama’s healthcare law with a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority, triggering a massive backlash that propelled Republicans to control of the House the following year. On the Senate side, going into Tuesday’s elections, 24 senators who voted for Obamacare will not be part of the new Senate being sworn in on January. That number will increase, though the exact number depends on the outcome of several Senate races taking place on Tuesday.

To be sure, it isn’t fair to attribute all of the turnover in the chamber to Obamacare. Many senators voted for Obamacare and lost re-election battles in which they were hit hard for their support for the law, and other Democrats were forced to retire because they had no hope of getting re-elected given their support for the law. But in some cases — such as John Kerry leaving his seat to become secretary of state, or Robert Byrd passing away — Obamacare clearly had nothing to do with it.

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