Kentucky Progress

Will Obama come to church in Kentucky?

2013-06-18T16:43:00.001-04:00

Cigarette smoking is a pretty popular activity in Kentucky. Meanwhile, health insurance rates are about to go up dramatically for all Kentuckians, but supposedly even more for smokers under an ObamaCare rule (45 CFR 147.102). An interesting twist in the form of an exception to this new rule could stir up controversy within an Administration already rocked by abuses of the Internal Revenue

Response to Beshear's Motion to Dismiss (Medicaid lawsuit)

2013-06-16T19:53:00.001-04:00

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An email from Mary Lyons, Lexington

2013-06-13T23:18:00.003-04:00

Printed with permission: Just called Gov. "Chicken Biscuits" office and spoke with Katie Mueller re: the court hearing on Monday and told her I was the lady that called yesterday in re: to the Obummercare Medicaid Exchange and saw that he had a court hearing for Monday at 9:00 A.M. at the court house and she "wasn't aware of a court hearing." I told I just called to make sure that he was going

Small town lawyer blisters Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear

2013-06-13T18:08:00.003-04:00

Plaintiffs in the Tea Party lawsuit to stop Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear from setting up a state-run ObamaCare "exchange" without legislative approval have filed a motion for summary judgment, which would shut down the exchange. Attorney Michael Dean, of Irvine, argued for the plaintiffs: "It is clear that Governor Beshear may not, without legislative action, authority or appropriation, take it

Freedom going viral in Kentucky

2013-06-12T07:52:00.004-04:00

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear's attempt to ram ObamaCare down the throats of an electorate who rejected Barack Obama resoundingly twice is, unsurprisingly, not going well. Internal chaos at the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange, the Department of Insurance, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and the Kentucky Democratic Party is masked only superficially by bureaucratic purring about

Affordable Legal Care Act, anyone?

2013-06-07T11:01:00.001-04:00

A good attorney can be worth far more than his or her weight in gold and I know lots of good attorneys. But I also know the limitations of a government run cartel and the legal profession is one. If you really need an attorney with legal expertise, go find one with the best available training and experience and pay him or her well. But that occasional need shouldn't necessitate clinging to a

KY Obamacrats seek bids for health exchange "navigators"

2013-06-06T14:40:00.001-04:00

Kentucky's ObamaCare coordinators announced today they have issued a request for proposals for people to "help" health insurance consumers wade through the application process to sign up for government controlled health coverage. The fact that we are wasting millions of dollars to send people around the state to explain a web site costing billions to implement a federal plan spending trillions

Protecting Kentucky's oath of office

2013-06-06T09:01:00.001-04:00

A court hearing July 15 in Frankfort will challenge long-held tradition shielding legislative leaders from lawsuits when they ignore their oath of office. "To the extent Kentuckians are aware of the oath of office at all, most of us just know the anachronistic prohibition on fighting duels but it also requires protection of the Constitution," said David Adams, plaintiff in two lawsuits

Kentucky Governor gives up, hopes judge won't notice

2013-06-05T22:56:00.001-04:00

Many Bluegrass State voters have had reason to wonder if Steve Beshear thinks we are all stupid. With a new court filing just released, members of the Commonwealth's judicial branch can now understand the feeling. Asked repeatedly which sections of the Kentucky Constitution grant him authority to unilaterally reorganize state government to create an optional health benefit "exchange" under

Push coming to shove on Kentucky's welfare state mentality

2013-06-04T15:57:00.003-04:00

Less than a week remains for Frankfort's three leading politicians to respond to the tea party lawsuit seeking to stop Kentucky's Medicaid expansion and the defendants have so far exercised their right to remain silent. Governor Steve Beshear and House Speaker Greg Stumbo, as Obama Democrats, can't be expected to hold the rule of law in very high regard. As such, they may even be planning to run

Beshear shows signs of Battered Democrat Syndrome

2013-06-03T13:19:00.001-04:00

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has sent a letter to the Obama Administration begging them not to kill off the coal industry once and for all. Click here to read the letter. Too little, too late doesn't even begin to cover the psychosis evident in such an effort by the head of the Kentucky Democratic Party. Indeed, what the hell is he thinking? Beshear campaigned vigorously for Obama's

Frankfort stepping up ObamaCare propaganda efforts Monday

2013-06-02T21:41:00.000-04:00

The Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange (KHBE) plans to introduce misleading insurance rate information Monday damaging the quality of public discourse about health reform and attempting to prejudice citizens' legal efforts to stop Frankfort's illegal takeover of healthcare in the Commonwealth. The KHBE attempts to irresponsibly and misleadingly conflate 2013 small group health premiums with

Shocking greed at KY Health Benefits Exchange

2013-05-30T11:27:00.001-04:00

Paying an average salary of over $120,000 a year for state workers to run a health insurance web site supposedly created to save consumers money isn't sitting too well with some Kentuckians. That's total annual compensation of over 15 million dollars for 119 employees and contractors of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange, created in Frankfort to implement much of the federal health reform

"Mad as hell radio" takes to the airwaves!

2013-05-29T13:11:00.002-04:00

Today I will guest host for Matt Walsh on 630 AM WLAP radio in Lexington KY from 3pm ET to 6pm ET starting immediately after Rush Limbaugh. You can listen online by clicking here. Please also call in with comments and questions to 859-280-2287.

Republicans who won't fight to win and the Democrats who love fighting them

2013-05-27T12:31:00.000-04:00

A question I'm asked frequently these days is why Republican officials in Kentucky aren't publicly coming out in support of our legal efforts to shut down ObamaCare here. My best answer so far, really, has been that I'm not the one to ask about that. I'm not giving that answer anymore. The truth is our Republican establishment would rather lose on political gamesmanship than win on issues.

Open letter to President Barack Obama

2013-05-25T19:46:00.000-04:00

President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President, We need your help with a unique problem in Kentucky. As you probably know, the Bluegrass State is the only state in the nation to vote against you twice and then take steps to implement both a state-run exchange and the optional Medicaid expansion. While that may not present much of a

Who is in charge around here, anyway?

2013-05-24T07:44:00.000-04:00

Tea Party victory heard round the world

2013-05-23T20:42:00.001-04:00

Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd issued the following ruling today: We can only hope this will be the last time a state official claims he or she can't be sued by citizens for breaking the law and ignoring the Constitution he or she swore to uphold.

Storm the gates on Thursday, May 23

2013-05-22T13:00:00.000-04:00

Governor Steve Beshear is continuing to violate state law by not ceasing operation of his illegal Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange despite its clear violation of KRS 12.028. Please make plans to attend the next meeting of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange tomorrow, Thursday May 23, 2013 at 1:30 pm. The meeting will be held in the Exchange's palatial headquarters at 12 Mill Creek Park in

Medicaid expansion not what it appears to be

2013-05-22T08:19:00.003-04:00

A new Pew Research survey suggesting a deep south split between Republican politicians opposing the ObamaCare Medicaid expansion and citizens who want it serves as a perfect example of the misinformation campaign to promote federal takeover of healthcare. Results show some 62% of respondents in a handful of states who rejected the expansion think it would be a good idea to expand Medicaid just

Herald Leader edits in error to ObamaCare story

2013-05-21T16:08:00.001-04:00

Lexington Herald Leader reporter Jack Brammer attended yesterday's first hearing in the Adams v. Beshear case challenging the legality of the ObamaCare state-run health insurance exchange in Kentucky. He filed his report around midday, accurately and fairly depicting the morning's events as I read it. Then it was brought to my attention in this morning's paper that his story contained a key

Text of Medicaid lawsuit

2013-05-20T00:51:00.003-04:00

COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT DIVISION ___ CIVIL ACTION NO. 13-CI-______ David Adams PLAINTIFF, v. COMPLAINT COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, DEFENDANTS OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, Steven L. Beshear, OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT, Robert Stivers, OFFICE OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, Gregory Stumbo, CABINET SECRETARY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Audrey Tayse Haynes Serve:

One rock for Goliath

2013-05-18T22:53:00.001-04:00

On Monday May 20, the first public hearing of my lawsuit against Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear takes place in Frankfort. What follows is a quick post to explain what's up. ObamaCare remains ubiquitous as the biggest scandal of the present Administration in Washington D.C., even as Benghazi, IRS/Tea Party and spying on the Associated Press catch fire. The federal takeover of our healthcare system

Has panicked Beshear shifted legal strategy again?

2013-05-15T22:54:00.002-04:00

When Gov. Steve Beshear filed his executive order creating the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange last July, he claimed without credibility the "Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and KRS 12.028" gave him the authority to unilaterally establish the key portion of ObamaCare. It is extremely clear that neither our foundational document nor the statute he cited provide Beshear with the

Beshear launches "Get Over It" tour Wednesday

2013-05-14T13:38:00.000-04:00

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, fresh off stirring up ObamaCare opponents by telling them to "get over it" when asked about the upcoming government created trainwreck in healthcare, has called another press conference for tomorrow Wednesday May 15, 2013 to rub your noses in it further. Governor Beshear says he will be in the State Capitol room 110 tomorrow at 11:00 to continue telling worried