ObamaCare Enrollees’ Costly Claims Portend Higher Premiums
ObamaCare enrollees' high claims — nearly double those of other beneficiaries — are driving insurers into the red, which is likely to cause large premium increases next year, a...
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Are Soda Taxes the Real Thing for Fighting Obesity?
Soda taxes, such as the one Philadelphia is set to impose, do nothing to combat obesity but do harm the poor, according to a Competitive Enterprise Institute report. ...
Alaska Republicans Bail Out ObamaCare
The Republican-dominated Alaska legislature just passed a bill to bail out its state's ObamaCare exchange, which is already beginning to show signs of a death spiral. ...
Colorado’s ObamaCare Exchange Expects Fewer Insurers, Higher Premiums in 2017
Next year, nearly 100,000 Coloradans are poised to lose their ObamaCare exchange insurance, and those who don’t lose it may face premium hikes as high as 40 percent, according...
House Panel Approves Asset-Forfeiture Reform Bill
The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill to reform the civil asset forfeiture process, making it harder for law enforcement to confiscate property and easier for owners to recover...
FBI Gets Warrantless E-mail Snooping Added to Two Senate Bills
Two Senate bills have been amended to give the FBI its long-sought power to search Americans' e-mails, and possibly their web-browsing history, without a warrant. ...
Roscoe Filburn: The Wheat Farmer Who Went Against the Grain
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to artificially increase crop and meat prices by limiting their production, Roscoe Filburn fought back, to continue making his own choices. ...
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Pastor Admits Allegations of Anti-gay Slur on Whole Foods Cake a Hoax
An openly homosexual Texas pastor who sued Whole Foods Market for allegedly putting an anti-gay slur on a cake he bought has withdrawn his lawsuit, admitting the entire story...
FDA: Popular Antibiotics Have Serious Side Effects
The FDA recently announced that certain antibiotics it approved have "disabling and potentially permanent serious side effects," adding fuel to a lawsuit alleging that a former FDA commissioner suppressed...
FBI Seeks to Exempt Its Massive Biometric Database From Federal Privacy Law
The FBI wants to exempt its massive biometrics database from federal law requiring individuals to be notified that their data is being collected and given a chance to correct...
ObamaCare Insurers Sue for Taxpayer Bailouts
ObamaCare insurers who did not get the bailouts they requested are suing the federal government in an attempt to circumvent Congress' power of the purse. ...
ObamaCare Rate Hikes: Bad News for Consumers and Democrats
ObamaCare exchange premiums are set to rise significantly on November 1, just one week before the election, a coincidence that worries Democrats. ...
ObamaCare Losses Bring Rate Hikes and Insurer Exits
Insurers, losing millions on the ObamaCare exchanges, want large premium increases or they may withdraw from the exchanges. ...
Many More ObamaCare Co-ops Likely to Fail This Year
Eight of the 11 remaining ObamaCare co-ops are likely to fail this year, financial reports reveal. ...
National Debt Will Soon Eclipse GDP, Says Comptroller General
The U.S. government will soon owe more than the entire economy produces, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro told the Senate Budget Committee recently. ...
7-Eleven Customer With Concealed-carry Permit Kills Hatchet-wielding Attacker
A customer with a concealed-carry permit probably saved the life of a Washington-state convenience-store clerk Sunday morning by shooting a man who was attacking him with a hatchet. ...
Schumer Wants $1 Million From Washington for Long Island Brewery Project
Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) threw his support behind a Long Island community's application for a $1 million federal grant to build a beer "incubator" for microbrewers. ...
Doctors, Hospitals Owed by Failed ObamaCare Co-ops May Get Stiffed by Uncle Sam
The Obama administration wants the failed ObamaCare co-ops to pay back their federal loans before they pay doctors and hospitals, possibly leaving healthcare providers with millions of dollars' worth...
Proposed Federal Regulation Could Squelch Popular Financial Advisers
A proposed Labor Department rule regarding investment advisers could have a chilling effect on the speech of popular advisers such as Dave Ramsey. ...
Married Chinese Pastors Sentenced to Years in Prison for Opposing Cross Removal
A Chinese court sentenced a husband-and-wife team of Christian pastors to significant jail time and heavy fines for opposing the removal of their church's cross by the government. ...