War On A Country Not At War With Us And ObamaCare . . .

. . . Both of Which Could lead to the same result: The destruction of America - at least as we know it.

Although Congress is not officially in session, they return on Monday, September 9th, committee members are back and holding hearings on President Obama desire to bomb Syria. Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 10-7 with Sen. Markey (D-MA) voting present (coward's vote) to approving a resolution to authorize the use of U.S. military force in Syria.

Republican War Hawks appear willing to support the "Obama boot-licking" Democrats in supporting the President's request to bomb a country that is not at war with the U.S.A. and has Russians on the ground in Syria. The UN, Great Britain, Russia and China all oppose Obama's desire to bomb Syria over the use of Chemical weapons within Syria by at least one of the sides by someone yet undetermined. Lots of guess work and loads of risk plus death being proposed. At the same time the Obama administration has taken no meaningful effort to stop the development of nuclear weapons in both Iran and North Korea both sworn enemies of the United States.

In the mean time, the Obama administration continues to struggle to implement the president’s unpopular health care law, more negative consequences come to light every day, from increased premiums to decreased access to lost hours.

Recently two more states released new insurance rates on the individual market through Obamacare. And like in many other states, premiums are going up, despite President Obama’s promises to the contrary. According to a release from the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, first noticed by Daniel Halper at The Weekly Standard,  rate increases over those prior to 2014 range from 9.72% for a 63-year-old in Kenosha to a whopping 124.85% for a 21-year-old in Madison. “‘While the exchange in Wisconsin will be run by the federal government, insurers wanting to offer coverage in the exchange had to file their rates with OCI. With our review of the exchange rate filings completed, we have attempted to compare what Wisconsin consumers are paying today to what plans will cost post 2014 under the new federal health law,’ stated Commissioner Nickel. . . . ‘[F]rom our analysis, it appears premiums will increase for most consumers. And, while there is no question that some consumers will have subsidies and may not pay these higher rates,’ Commissioner Nickel continued, ‘someone will pay for the increased premiums whether it is the consumer or the federal government.’”

Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey linked to a report on new rates from the Lincoln Journal Star in Nebraska. “The Nebraska Department of Insurance on Thursday released proposed premium rates of all health plans submitted under the federal Affordable Care Act in Nebraska for 2014. . . . Nebraska is one of several states that have chosen to have the federal government operate the marketplace for health insurance. . . . Nebraska Insurance Commissioner Bruce Ramge pointed out that a comparison of rates between Coventry and Blue Cross Blue Shield, the only companies of the four that offered rates in past years, showed that health insurance costs are going up for most Nebraskans. . . . In the example, the cost of a Blue Cross Blue Shield ‘silver’ plan covering 70 percent of health costs was $245 a month for a 30-year-old single man living in Lincoln, up 82 percent from a year ago, and for Coventry, $271.65, up 143 percent. Family coverage in Hastings on a silver plan for a 50-year-old single mother with three children was almost $1,000, up 21 percent for Blue Cross Blue Shield and down 5 percent for Coventry, at $975.”

Meanwhile, the regulations in Obamacare are having another negative effect. They’re limiting choices among hospitals in New Hampshire. According to the New Hampshire Union Leader, “Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, the only insurer approved to offer policies on the health insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act, has narrowed to 14 the number of hospitals for the ACA plans that will be offered beginning Oct. 1. Paula Rogers, the company’s governmental affairs director, said the move was made to reach affordable premium levels. . . . The network for Anthem individual policy holders who do not purchase through the exchange will be limited as well when current policies expire. . . . ‘Now we are not going to have the doctor of our choice, the hospital of our choice or the plan of our choice,’ said [Joint Health Care Reform Oversight Committee] co-chair, Rep. John Hunt, R-Rindge. . . . The two Republican senators on the committee, Jeb Bradley, R-Wolfeboro, and Andy Sanborn, R-Bedford, criticized both the Affordable Care Act and state regulators for not being willing to discuss the details of Anthem’s planned network. . . .Sanborn said people in the state are going to be shocked at the beginning of the year. ‘Here in Concord and in cities and towns large and small across New Hampshire, patients are going to have to travel farther to receive care,’ Sanborn said.”

And of course not a week goes by without news reports of workers losing hours or jobs to Obamacare mandates. The Washington Free Beacon caught a report from News 12 New Jersey noting that “[m]ore towns here in New Jersey plan to cut hours from part-time workers to avoid offering them health insurance under Obamacare.” The reporter told viewers, “First, Middletown Township announces it will trim hours from 25 of its part-time employees to prepare for the Affordable Care Act. Its school district says it intends to cut hours back as well. Next, Toms River officials say they’ll follow suit to keep health care costs down under the plan commonly called Obamacare. . . . And now Berkeley Township says it too is considering the move. The municipality, hit hard by Sandy, says the superstorm left it struggling financially, adding that additional health care costs now are out of the question.” Berkeley Township Administrator Chris Reid told News 12, “There isn’t one employee that anybody would want to see hurt…If it came down to shaving hours in order to save substantial dollars, that would be something that would have to be considered.”

Once again, news reports are confirming everything that Republicans warned about when they unanimously opposed this deeply flawed law: premiums are going up, choice is being limited, and workers are losing hours as employers and local governments are hit with mandates and higher costs.

As Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly said, “[T]he sooner we act to fully repeal this law, the more needless pain can be avoided for our country – and the sooner we can start working on the kind of common-sense, step-by-step, cost-lowering reforms that Americans can support.”

. . . On the lighter side of my opening statement, "Leno: 'President Obama is being pretty clever on selling his war on Syria to Congress. He told them Assad supports ObamaCare.'"

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