“In 2016, ObamaCare will require almost everyone to have insurance that costs an estimated $15,000 for a family (House version). For a $30,000-a-year worker, there are additional limits on out-of-pocket costs. If the employer is providing the insurance, the total tax subsidy from the federal government will be about $2,295. However, if the employee were not getting insurance from the employer, he would qualify for the better insurance (less out-of-pocket exposure) in a new health insurance exchange — with a federal subsidy that would be $17,105 higher!”… Read this article, it’s crucial to understand this…ObamaCare with Lipstick | John Goodman | NCPA.

“If you look closer, even this marginal effect slips through your fingers.  While 49.9% of people 60 and older support Social Security spending increases, so do 57.3% of people under 30!  Overall, age and support for Social Security spending are actually negatively correlated – and this negative correlation is robust to the obvious controls.*”…Social Security is darling of the Progressives.  It is the antithesis of the Statue of Liberty, it stands as the capstone of ‘you can’t do it without help from your public benefactors!’… Yes, Voters Will Sit on Their Hands, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty .

“The health coverage gated through the exchange was no longer be “insurance”, but a federally defined health care entitlement financed largely by employers.”… This is an interesting recap of the last several months of struggling against the progressive health care take over debacle.  Perhaps a bit left leaning in perception, but gives a bit of insight on how the non-Tea Party independents / liberal see things without all of the rhetoric…The Health Care Blog: Last Helicopter Out of Saigon! .

“A full investigation was carried out and new procedures introduced to ensure that such a case cannot happen in future.”… Government run institutions and other large bureaucracies always talk about investigations and procedures.  The reduction of profit seeking by health care suppliers and the lack of the “Customer” relationship will one day kill many Americans as we “progress” to collective state supplied health care only….Neglected by ‘lazy’ nurses, Kane Gorny, 22, dying of thirst rang the police to beg for water | Mail Online.

The first part of this article is right on the mark.  The second half of the article is dependent upon your taste in beer….Glenn Harlan Reynolds: Consent of the governed – and the lack thereof

“The Tea Party movement in Indiana has developed into a significant force. Several of these state groups have targeted the Senate race a way to make their mark. Many admit to being dissatisfied Republicans…who see a chance to select the GOP nominee.”… This is about the only thing this author had gotten correct.  Despite national media bias, Coats was not the main attendee. The Tea Party was…Facing The Tea Party « Liveshots.