About: Michael Tennant
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White House Effectively Delays Individual Mandate Through 2016
The Obama administration recently extended until 2016 a "hardship exemption" from ObamaCare's individual mandate for those whose insurance was canceled — and just about everyone else. ...
Health Plans on ObamaCare’s Chopping Block Given Two-year Reprieve
The Obama administration announced Wednesday that health plans that would otherwise be canceled under ObamaCare may now live on for two or even three more years. ...
Kid Cupcake Creator Back in Business Thanks to Generous Donations
An 11-year-old Illinois girl whose cupcake business was closed by local bureaucrats will soon be back in business thanks to donations of appliances and a commercial kitchen. ...
Federal Shipping Law Exacerbates Northeasterners’ Winter Woes
The federal Jones Act, a 1920 shipping law, is forcing the Northeast to import expensive foreign propane for heating homes and preventing New Jersey from getting salt it needs...
ObamaCare Will Cost 2.5 Million Jobs by 2024, CBO Says
ObamaCare will result in a loss of about 2.5 million jobs by 2024, mostly because of the law's disincentives to work, according to a new report from the Congressional...
Frosted: Health Department Shuts Down 11-year-old’s Cupcake Business
An 11-year-old Illinois girl's cupcake business was shut down by the local health department for failure to get a permit and build a separate kitchen. ...
ObamaCare Forces Kids Into Medicaid
Under ObamaCare, children eligible for government healthcare programs must be covered under those programs and not on family insurance plans bought on an exchange, or families will forfeit their...
Swedes Choose Private Insurance Over Socialized Medicine
Hundreds of thousands of Swedes are opting to buy private health insurance to escape the slow, poor-quality care they receive in their government's healthcare system. ...
Is an ObamaCare “Death Spiral” on the Horizon?
Low enrollment by young, healthy people, among other things, suggests that ObamaCare will precipitate a "death spiral" of skyrocketing insurance premiums. ...
ObamaCare Website Still Not Secure, Experts Tell House Panel
Healthcare.gov is no more secure today than it was when it launched and may actually be getting worse, information-security experts told a House committee. ...
Federal Regulations Imposed $112 Billion in New Costs in 2013
Last year, federal regulations imposed an additional $112 billion in regulatory costs and 157.9 million paperwork burden hours on Americans, according to a study by the American Action Forum....
Senator Ron Johnson Sues to Overturn Congress’ ObamaCare Exemption
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) filed suit in federal court Monday to overturn the Obama administration’s finding that Congress, despite clear statutory language to the contrary, is exempt from a...
ObamaCare Likely to Increase Emergency Room Visits and Costs, Study Finds
A new study finds that expanding Medicaid, the primary means by which ObamaCare insures more Americans, increases the use of emergency rooms and the concomitant cost to taxpayers. ...
Cancelled Insurance Now Exempts People From Individual Mandate
The Obama administration recently exempted from ObamaCare's individual mandate all Americans whose health insurance policies have been cancelled under the law. ...
A Real Turn-off: Last Phase of Light Bulb Ban Takes Effect Jan. 1
Beginning January 1, the manufacture and importation of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb will essentially be banned in the United States under a 2007 law. ...