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Oklahoma Obamacare premiums to skyrocket
Oklahoma (the Sooner State) residents who purchased Obamacare will soon face, on average, a more than 75 percent increase to their health-insurance premiums — a reality that’s unlikely to drive any more brave souls to stake their claim in the state-run healthcare exchanges. The Washington Examiner has the details: Oklahoma’s Insurance Department said on Tuesday…
Read MoreStudy: Common Core benefits to students, educators ‘elusive’
Recent analysis released last month of federal funding for Common Core standards shows the only winners of its implementation are not students but those who set the draft the curriculum and set the agenda. The Washington Times has the details: The study, titled “Smart Money? Philanthropic and Federal Funding for the Common Core,” was released…
Read MoreLabor Department orders private companies with federal contracts to give employees up to seven sick days
Officials at the Labor Department Thursday ruled federal contractors – private companies who contract with the federal government like Humana, General Electric, General Dynamics, Hewlett-Packard Company, MIT, AT&T, the list goes on – are required to give employees up to seven days of sick time annually, allegedly creating a new benefit for more than 650,000…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots: Obama Abusing His Authority to Bail Out Insurers’ Obamacare Losses
Tea Party Patriots: Obama Abusing His Authority to Bail Out Insurers’ Obamacare Losses Atlanta, Ga. – Tea Party Patriots CEO and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today, reacting to reports the Obama Administration is planning to ignore Congress and use an obscure Treasury fund to bail out insurance companies losing money by…
Read MoreTax-policy expert: Tax reform needed to ‘revive the slow-growing economy’
Heritage Foundation Tax-and-Economy Research Fellow Curtis Dubay Tuesday explained why Congress must come up with a common-sense tax-reform plan that addresses our lethargic economy and gives it the jump-start it needs to get Americans working again. The Daily Signal has the commentary: Tax reform is badly needed to revive the slow-growing economy and increase job…
Read MoreWhite House says it would veto bill exempting those from Obamacare penalty who lost coverage (through no fault of their own!)
This is a prime example of why Americans are fed up with President Obama and his horrendous signature health-insurance law … because, even if people register for government-run health insurance and their co-op fails leaving them uncovered, President Obama still expects them to pay a penalty for not having Obamacare. What a farce! The Washington…
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