“My father is retired but cannot afford to stop working. He was working 40 hours a week at $8/hour to pay his bills, but now his employer cut him back to 29 hours ‘because of Obamacare’.” – Jackie P.

Millions of Americans are going to be “priced out” of eligibility for insurance, due to a glitch in the law that doesn’t allow for families with modest to low incomes to be able to afford the care provided.

“I was forced to close my small business that I have owned and operated for 27 years because my taxes were tripled under Obamacare.” – JC J.

“I got a mammogram for free even though I could have easily made my co-payment. I didn’t feel right at all because I can afford it, whereas that money could have been used for someone else who can’t.” – Robyn D. 

“What if stay-at-home Moms are dumped from Spousal Health Insurance Coverage?  What if stay-at-home Moms like their current insurance and don’t want ObamaCare?  What if stay-at-home Moms have no choice, but ObamaCare? These scenarios seems pretty real to me.”  -Mary B. 

“The ObamaCare requirement affects my daughter who is 23 and just got her 2nd Master’s degree. Tricare young adults charges more than she can make as a babysitter and nanny-the only work she can find in this small city. Now she will be fined under ObamaCare.” – Picti W.

“My company insurance went up in January! The coverage for my wife & I went from $194.00 every two weeks to $290.00 every two weeks.” – Fred M.

Today, she released a statement praising this unmitigated disaster. Unfortunately, she left out some crucial facts. Thankfully, we here at the NRCC are going to help out Speaker Pelosi by making sure her statement was accurate.

Tomorrow, Saturday, March 23, marks the third anniversary of President Obama’s signature piece of legislation known as ObamaCare — health care reform he promised would lower health care costs, reduce our deficit and grow our economy.

Baked in the Sun is a wholesale baker and distributor of freshly baked pastries near San Diego. The Challenge: The company is one of thousands of small businesses that employ more than 50 full-time employees and thus will be required to offer health insurance to their workers — or pay into a government fund — beginning Jan. 1.

It’s been almost three years since Obamacare was passed and as the law is implemented more and more each day, we are starting to see what a complete disaster it really is.

Just like a typical three-year-old, the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) is undergoing a period of rapid growth and development. For those who still cling to the nostalgic notion that once legislation is passed and signed the lawmaking stops, think again. The single largest piece of regulation ever passed has grown 10-fold in its short life, to more than 20,000 pages standing seven feet tall, since the President signed it into law on March 23, 2010.

The fight over Obamacare, so far held at the 30,000-foot level, is about to hit home. The latest impact hot off the grill: prices of burgers and hot dogs at Five Guys, the national chain that started in Washington, are going to rise to cover the president’s mandated insurance coverage.

Last week I posted a copy of the draft application for Obamacare benefits, which clocks in at a hefty 21 pages. Consumer advocates and Wonkblog commenters had similar questions: Why on earth would the federal government create such a complex form to obtain a public benefit?

“I had a hysterectomy, I have no need for maternity coverage, but I have to now pay for it. I have to pay not only my own premium but I have to subsidize everybody else.”
- Vikki Swanson, age 49

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