Pet owners listen up: You may want to start saving more money for veterinarian care this year. The reason goes all the way back to Washington and an unintended consequence from medical reform.
Pizza chain Papa John's told shareholders that President Obama's health care law will cost consumers more on their pizza.
"I moved into this nice apartment complex, big medical complex across the street, I thought, "How lucky am I?' And I went there and was told in the waiting room, well they just don't take Medicare patients. One of the receptionists said to me, "Well honey, it's just going to get worse.'"
- Beverly Frake, Resident of North Carolina
Jody Manor has run a small cafe and catering company for nearly three decades in Old Town Alexandria, only a few blocks from where he was born. Six years ago he purchased an adjoining building, and more recently he started searching for a second location.
President Obama is campaigning hard on his promise to give women access to free oral contraceptives and surgical sterilization, benefits that are guaranteed under ObamaCare. But women should also know about all of the health services they stand to lose.
If the Food and Drug Administration gets its way, your trip to the grocery store could get a tad pricier.
“The impact this price increase is going to have on any of those families I think will be pretty devastating.”
- Carol Smock (speaking about the medical device tax increase), Founder of the Brown Dog Foundation
Applying for benefits under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could be as daunting as doing your taxes. The government's draft application runs 15 pages for a three-person family. An outline of the online version has 21 steps, some with additional questions.
A Medicare trustee is questioning whether the federal government will maintain its commitment to foot most of the cost of expanding Medicaid under the healthcare reform law.
"What I am certain of is that we as a business cannot sustain any more increases in health-care costs and will pass all increases on."
- David Grenier, Owner of Grenier Buick GMC in Victorville, California