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Jan 20 2020
News
Waiter, There’s a Climate Surcharge in My Soup
American restaurant diners don’t usually blink before adding an extra 15-20 percent tip onto their bills. In recent years, San Francisco’s eaters have even (mostly) grown accustomed to paying up to six percent extra for dinner to offset the cost of the city’s mandated healthcare program. Starting in January, at a smattering of high-end joints, California customers will see a new fee tacked on
Mother JonesNov 04 2013
News
Obamacare enrollment by paper and phone is no better than website: report
Internal memos from the Obama administration suggest Obamacare's Web problems are holding up the entire enrollment process, including the phone and paper options that President Obama and top officials are pushing as an alternative to the troubled HealthCare.gov website, according to a report by ABC News.
Washington TimesFeb 13 2013
Opinion
Dr. Ben Carson Reviews Obama's State of the Union Address (VIDEO)
Dr. Ben Carson, the man who spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast and made major news for speaking against Obama's class warfare policies and about the healthcare system, critiqued President Obama's State of the Union address this morning on Fox and Friends.
TownhallNov 12 2014
News
Trey Gowdy Takes on Obamacare Architect For Lying to "Stupid" Americans
Last night on The Kelly File, South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy made an appearance to address comments made by Obamacare architect and MIT professor Jonathan Gruber in 2013 about the deliberate "tortuous" language used to mislead "stupid" Americans about the healthcare overhaul in order to get it through Congress.
TownhallOct 05 2019
News
U.S. to Deny Visas to Immigrants Unless They Can Pay Health Care
The U.S. will deny visas to immigrants unless they can prove they can cover their own medical costs, a move aimed at preventing the entry of those who “will be a financial burden to the United States healthcare system.”
Immigrants applying for visas will have to prove they will be covered by health insurance within 30 days of entering the country or have the financial resources to pay
BloombergApr 12 2021
News
China looms large over Biden 'infrastructure' pitch
President Joe Biden has pitched his infrastructure package as a weapon essential to keeping pace with China, calling it a "blue-collar blueprint" that his administration says will create millions of jobs and better position the United States to compete with Beijing.
Justifying his $2.25 trillion proposal, Biden said Wednesday that "China and the rest of the world" are racing ahead of
Washington ExaminerMay 01 2014
News
Could the Next Company Tapped to Head Obamacare Website Actually Be Exempt From Obamacare
The next company to run the Obamacare exchanges could be small enough to escape the laws employer mandate to provide health insurance to employees. Thats because the Obama administration is giving priority to small business or companies operating in underprivileged areas to be the next firm running the healthcare.gov...
The BlazeOct 04 2019
News
The investing skills of members of Congress look patchy
RICHES ARE not always the fruit of labour, skill and luck. This week Chris Collins, a Republican congressman from New York, resigned his seat and pleaded guilty to insider-trading charges. Mr Collins, who in 2016 became the first congressman to endorse the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump, admitted tipping off his son, Cameron Collins, about the results of clinical trials for a drug
The EconomistAug 01 2017
News
The Final Stake Through the Heart of Repeal Is … Orrin Hatch?
John McCain created a moment of immense drama Thursday night when he thumbs-downed the Republicans’ last-gasp attempt to keep the Obamacare repeal alive. Much less dramatic, but perhaps almost as important, is a new Reuters report that Senator Orrin Hatch plans to deliver to the Trump administration the message that “[t]here’s just too much animosity and we’re too divided on healthcare.” This
New York MagazineJul 31 2017
News
President Trump Must End Illegal Obamacare Payments to Congress and Insurers
Over the weekend, President Trump fired a warning shot: “If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!” Within moments of the tweet, Obamacare supporters discovered a new clause of the Constitution with which to thwart the president’s agenda: Goodbye Foreign Emoluments Clause, hello Take Care Clause.
National Review (News)