You've probably heard about the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, which has a tendency to catch fire and explode.

Damn those evil Republicans for trying to slander and undermine this good and righteous health care program!

FYI, gjohnsit has another fine essay out today, focusing on Obamacare. Originally I wanted to leave these words as a comment in that essay, but quickly realized that it would have been far, far too long, and so I decided to write my own "essay" instead. This piece is a collection of certain of my prior comments on TOP; I hope readers will find them useful.

When Hillary Clinton decided to run as the third term of Obama she probably didn't anticipate that she would be having to deal with a crisis in Obama's signature piece of legislation.

This will be short because smart phone, but sharing it in hopes others will find it as interesting as I did. Have a number of relatives who are surely faced with paying the ACA fine for no coverage.

Ah, yes, remember when we realized we got punked by Mr. Obama , maybe felt slightly hopeful when Senator Sanders got Coops added to ACA ?

Here's the latest on the death throes of a state coop and the choices faced by people afterward.

Thanks, Obama!

The consumer inflation index rose only 0.2% last month and everyone breathed a sigh of relief because of it. However, a cursory look behind the numbers showed real problems with two of the largest spending items.

Rent

Obamacare continues to build into a substantial campaign issue.
Of the health insurers of the first 14 states to announces 2017 Obamacare insurance rates, 13 wanted at least 12% increases. Most wanted over 20% hikes.
Then Texas announced.

I've posted a couple essays, here and here, about how Obamacare wasn't living up to what was promised.