Lame-duck GOP House Approves Tax Hike on Duck Hunters
The Republican-run House of Representatives approved a 67-percent tax hike on duck hunters Monday, using a voice vote so members could avoid accountability for their votes. ...
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ObamaCare in 2015: Premiums and Penalties Up
The second year of ObamaCare exchange coverage brings higher insurance premiums and a major increase in the penalty for not having coverage. ...
UN Denies Using Kenyan Vaccination Program for Population Control
Two UN agencies have denied that their tetanus vaccination program in Kenya is being used to sterilize women without their consent, as two Catholic organizations have alleged. ...
NSA to Yahoo: Give Us Data or Pay $250K a Day
In the midst of a secret court battle over a federal demand for users' data, Yahoo was forced into compliance by the threat of massive fines, court documents show....
California Forces Catholic Universities to Cover Employees’ Abortions
A California healthcare department has ruled that all health insurance policies in the state must cover abortion, even if the individual or employer paying for the coverage objects. ...
So Long, Cupcake: Feds, With State Help, Ban School Bake Sales
Thanks to a 2010 law, the federal government is forcing schools to abide by strict nutritional standards, which will put an end to school bake sales in many states....
Plaintiffs in ObamaCare Subsidy Case Appeal to Supreme Court
The plaintiffs in a case challenging ObamaCare's federal-exchange subsidies are asking the Supreme Court to take their case after they lost at the circuit-court level. ...
Courts Disagree About Subsidies on ObamaCare’s Federal Exchange
Two federal courts issued conflicting rulings on whether people who get insurance on the federal exchange are eligible for subsidies. ...
Poll: ObamaCare Sparks Increase in Emergency Room Visits
Contrary to predictions by President Obama and others, ObamaCare has increased rather than decreased emergency room visits, a recent poll of ER doctors found. ...
Californians Have Insurance but Few Providers Under ObamaCare
Many Californians are finding that though they now have health insurance under ObamaCare, very few healthcare providers are included in their plans' networks. ...
Minimum Wage: The Ups & Downs
Raising the minimum wage is offered as a way to help minorities and the working poor, but doing so would end up hurting those groups the most. ...
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One Man’s ObamaCare “Nightmare”
A Wisconsin man found himself confused, frustrated, and tied up in red tape when he tried to buy insurance on an ObamaCare exchange, and he's still not sure his...
Medicaid Expansion: Another ObamaCare Debacle
Nearly three million people who have applied for Medicaid under ObamaCare are still waiting for their applications to be processed because of technical problems. ...
National Mortgage Database: Big Brother Is Watching You
The federal government is building a National Mortgage Database that will contain vast amounts of highly personal information on individual Americans. ...
UN Health Assembly Elevates Cuba to Presidency
The UN's World Health Organization has named Cuba's health minister, head of a disastrous and cruel socialized healthcare system, president of its decision-making body. ...
Honesty Is the Best Economic Policy
While “economics” as a science merely predicts how an economy will function if certain decisions are made, morality ought to be part of the decision-making process. ...
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Troubled State ObamaCare Websites Mean Wasted Taxpayer Dollars
Several state ObamaCare websites, which have cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, are in trouble and may be scrapped. ...
White House Solar Project Doesn’t Stand Up to Light of Day
The Obama administration is being very secretive about its installation of solar panels on the White House, perhaps because they're expensive and ineffective. ...
Job Corps Wasted Millions Via Debit and Govt. Purchase Cards: Report
The Job Corps wasted $5.1 million in taxpayer dollars on questionable debit and government purchase card expenditures, including purchases for personal gain, according to an inspector general's report. ...
After Huge Website Crash, Oregon Asks Feds to Run ObamaCare Exchange
Having spent millions in a futile effort to build a working ObamaCare exchange website, Oregon is giving up and asking the federal government to run its exchange. ...