Affordable Care Act’s Biggest Problem: Making Care Affordable
According to a study by National Journal, ObamaCare will make individual insurance cost far more than employer-sponsored insurance and encourage employers to drop coverage. ...
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GOP Leaders Won’t Use Budget Battle to Defund ObamaCare
Republican congressional leaders have signaled that they do not intend to fight for defunding ObamaCare in upcoming negotiations over a continuing resolution. ...
ObamaCare Will Lead to Insurance “Death Spiral,” Study Says
A recent study finds that ObamaCare is unlikely to induce many young, healthy people to buy insurance, sending the insurance industry into a "death spiral" of rising premiums and...
ObamaCare’s Marriage Penalty
Add ObamaCare to the list of federal laws penalizing marriage, in this case by reducing health insurance subsidies as household income increases. ...
HHS Awards Planned Parenthood $655,000 to Enroll People in ObamaCare
The Obama administration awarded three Planned Parenthood branches over $655,000 to serve as "navigators" to help sign people up for subsidized insurance under ObamaCare. ...
Obama Tries Using FCC to Raise Taxes to Fund School Broadband Initiative
President Obama wants the FCC to increase a cellphone fee to fund high-speed Internet access in schools. ...
Holder Plans to Reduce Federal Prosecutions and Drug Sentences
Attorney General Eric Holder announced new Justice Department guidelines aimed at reducing the number of federal prosecutions and prisoners and the sentences of some low-level, nonviolent drug offenders. ...
Appellate Judges Unanimously Reject Bloomberg’s Soda Ban
A four-judge panel of the New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division unanimously upheld an earlier decision overturning New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ban on super-sized sodas. ...
Will Republicans Risk a Government Shutdown to Defund ObamaCare?
Some congressional Republicans want to pass a spending bill that defunds ObamaCare, but not everyone in the GOP is on board. ...
Yemen Releases Journalist Obama Tried to Keep Behind Bars
The president of Yemen pardoned a journalist whom President Obama personally kept from being pardoned two years ago because he had reported the truth about a U.S. attack on...
Days After Acquittal, Zimmerman Rescues Family From Flipped SUV
Four days after his acquittal in a Florida court, George Zimmerman emerged from hiding to help rescue a family trapped in their overturned vehicle. ...
The Dangerous ObamaCare Data Hub
Under ObamaCare, the federal government is building a computer system linking federal and state agencies and containing a vast amount of personal information on all Americans. ...
House Votes to Delay Key ObamaCare Mandates
The House of Representatives voted to delay ObamaCare's employer and individual mandates by a year, though the bills aren't expected to pass the Senate or be signed by the...
ObamaCare Subsidies Free for the Asking, Administration Rules
Thanks to recent Obama administration rulings, people wanting taxpayer-subsidized health insurance next year can get it even if they aren't eligible for it. ...
Alabama Adopts Race-based Standards for School Students
With the blessing of the Obama administration, Alabama — along with many other states — has established student achievement standards that differ by race and other factors, with blacks...