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KLAR: Days of Reckoning for Obamacare

November 28, 2025 John Klar

High deductibles and administrative bloat have crippled the scam The nation was held hostage in the 43-day government shutdown over Obamacare, with Democrats shrieking that people would die without continued government subsidies. Yet the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is siphoning federal dollars like a bureaucratic sinkhole and appears to be as unsustainable as a Ponzi … Read more

MacDonald: A New Excuse To Jack Up Your Car Insurance Rates?

May 22, 2025 Steve MacDonald

No one complains as much if their vehicle insurance rates are higher because they bought a car thieves love more than others. You can complain if you didn’t know that, but then that’s no one else’s job but yours. Before you buy a car, it makes sense to do some research. Vehicles with higher rates … Read more

Disasters: Natural Or Manmade, Someone Has To Pay The Tab

January 11, 2025 Ray Cardello

We have sad moments every year when a section of our country suffers the pain of a tragedy that takes property and, sometimes, unfortunately, innocent lives. Today, we will not discuss the senseless shootings and bombings but focus on something more widespread that impacts thousands, even millions of people. The last few months have seen … Read more

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Insurance Plan for Foster Parents?

August 2, 2024 Skip

Since becoming a Foster Parent back in May of 2023 (we were also “Kinship Caregivers” for the Grandson back in 2015), we’ve been through a bunch of stuff. Our last previous Foster Child was a handful and had a history of breaking things. When school began for her, we went to DCYF with that information … Read more

So Kids, What Did We Learn From This Week’s House Session (5/9/24)?

May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 Judy Aron

Today, we learned that session days can be productive when Republicans show up and vote together. Our numbers were less than usual, but so were the “other guys.” With 19 or so bills, it was supposed to be a short day – and that did not actually happen.

After Years of Making Medical Care Cost More VT Legislators Pretend More Meddling Will Lower Costs

February 22, 2024 Steve MacDonald

The government injecting itself into the health care system or getting between doctors, insurers, and patients has been driving up the cost of care for decades. The knee-jerk response to complaints about the cost of health care is to meddle some more, resulting in more expensive health care.

Real Estate Advice: Best Houses for Seniors (+Insurance Tips)

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 Op-Ed

Older people need to make sure they have all the resources they need to stay happy and healthy well into their 70s, 80s, and beyond. Depending on their health, seniors may find it difficult to live solo.

What to Look for When Choosing Landlord Insurance

July 21, 2022 Guest Contributor

When you are working as a landlord, then you are likely going to need to invest in landlord insurance options that enable you to protect yourself and your assets.

Obamacare Never Delivered and What ‘Long COVID’ Really Means

February 23, 2025April 12, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Obamacare was supposed to be a great leap forward in the arena of public health. It would not just provide health insurance, but it would do so at less expense for both the coverage and medical costs. It did neither.

Control: Are US Elites Using COVID to Nationalize Health Insurance?

February 5, 2022 Steve MacDonald

I’ve had this thought in the past. Federal and state mandates have put tremendous pressure on Insurance companies. Hospital and death benefit claims are squeezing them hard. What that’s the point?

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Insurance Company Refuses to Pay Claim, Says Death by Experimental COVID Vaccine is the Same as Suicide

January 16, 2022January 14, 2022 Steve MacDonald

We’ve mentioned it once or twice. The vaccine you got, including the booster (same stuff), is experimental. Last March, we informed readers that your insurance could deny coverage for treatment or a death claim if the vaccine were the cause.

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Another Democrat Proposes Bill to Deny the Unvaxxed the “Right” to “Health Care”

December 10, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Last month we told you about New York Democrat Pat Burke’s proposed legislation that would deny insurance coverage to anyone who was unvaccinated and needed health care for a COVID infection. An Illinois Democrat has just done the same.

Vehicle Insurance Might Be Invalid For Non-Essential Driving During COVID19 Lockdowns

November 9, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Look, a new means of public health confinement. Car insurance policies won’t cover accidents if they occur due to unnecessary travel during COVID19 lockdowns. Is that a thing? In the UK, they are warning residents that they may not be covered during prohibited travel.

Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right to Health Care

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 Ian Underwood

The major objection that Democrats seem to have about the prospect that Amy Coney Barrett will fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court is that she might be open to overturning the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare) on constitutional grounds.

If it was Legal Why Did Obama FBI and CIA Buy Professional Liability Insurance After Trump Won in 2016

September 25, 2020 Steve MacDonald

I’ll keep this quick. The Obama-Era dirtbags in the FBI and CIA spying on Trump all bought Professional Liability Insurance. That’s something you get when to help defray the cost of criminal or civil lawsuits. It’s common but not when you buy it because you think you’ll get caught for spying.

HB685: I am Writing this Letter to Encourage you to Uphold the Veto

September 7, 2020 Op-Ed

“Dear (Senator or Representative), my name is Althea Ansah, and I am a resident of Hooksett, New Hampshire. Recently, Governor Chris Sununu vetoed HB 685, and I am writing this letter to encourage you to uphold the veto.

Governor Sununu, Don’t Pass HB 685 To Find Out What’s In It

July 14, 2020 Op-Ed

As the legislature wraps up in Concord, Governor Sununu contemplates whether to veto HB 685, a bill that started its life as an innocuous ambulance billing provision and morphed into a policy that would shutter faith-based employers and lead to years of litigation.

Where’s the Veto Pen? Abortion Insurance Mandate Going to Governor

July 1, 2020 Ellen Kolb

Excerpted from Leaven for the Loaf: The New Hampshire House voted today to concur with the Senate’s abortion insurance mandate. Following an administrative procedure known as enrollment, HB 685 will go to Governor Chris Sununu. He has not indicated whether he will sign or veto the measure. The Governor’s office can be reached at (603) 271-2121. … Read more

Trump Administration Joins Governors and Asks Court to Put ObamaCare Out to Pasture

June 26, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The timing seems a bit odd. With “health care” a central focus and the herd refusing to embrace an immunity to virus socialism, Team Trump is all in on dumping Obama’s signature insurance nightmare. The Incremental Socialization of American Medicine Act, or ObamaCare. Trump wants it gone. Promised us, he did.

Democrat Senate to Amend Ambulance Reimbursement Bill to Mandate Insurance Coverage for Abortions

June 14, 2020 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Democrats are pissing and moaning about Republicans “blocking progress” in the Legislature. That’s because the Dems are lumping legislation into omnibus bills to sneak crap legislation through without hearings or debate.