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Jul 31 2021
Opinion
Delta Is Ruining the Summer, and It’s Anti-vaxxers’ Fault
“Just think back to where this nation was a year ago,” an ebullient Joe Biden said on July 4, as he gave remarks billed as a celebration of U.S. independence—and independence from COVID-19. “Think back to where you were a year ago. And think about how far we’ve come.”
You might not have to work very hard to remember. Across the country, summer 2021 is starting to look distressingly like
The AtlanticNov 23 2013
News
Obama touts successes, singles out ‘reckless’ tea party
President Obama on Saturday again tried to turn attention away from his troubled health-care reform law and to other issues, while also placing the blame for Washington dysfunction and gridlock squarely on the shoulders of “a reckless few” — a clear shot at tea party Republicans in the House.
Washington TimesNov 16 2013
News
Democrats Defect on Health Rules
More than three dozen House Democrats rebuffed a White House veto threat and backed a Republican plan to change the health-care law, underscoring the tensions among members of President Obama's party a day after he proposed his own fix to tamp down complaints.
Wall Street Journal (News)May 05 2014
Opinion
Massachusetts ditches RomneyCare health exchange
RomneyCarersquos pioneering health insurance exchange is headed for the scrap heap. Bay State officials are taking steps this week to junk central parts of their dysfunctional health insurance exchange mdash the model for President Barack Obamarsquos health care law mdash and merge with the federal enrollment site HealthCare.gov. The decision...
PoliticoJun 18 2021
News
Decade of defeats: The Republican failure to take down ObamaCare
The law that became Barack Obama’s presidential legacy and was dubbed "Obamacare," has been the scorn of Republican lawmakers since its passage in March 2010 – but the GOP has been unable to kill it.
Despite having a GOP-controlled House and Senate during the first two years of Donald Trump’s presidency, along with overwhelming Republican support to repeal the federal statute, the
Fox News (Online News)Mar 18 2017
News
PAUL RYAN SAYS HE’S BEEN “DREAMING” OF CUTTING MEDICAID SINCE HE WAS IN COLLEGE
Unlike the average college student, who spends their university years studying to pass the next midterm or, more realistically, planning their next alcohol-drenched bacchanalia, Paul Ryan stayed focused on loftier goals: denying health-care coverage for millions of low-income and elderly Americans. Or so he implied while defending his current effort to roll back Medicaid, via his unpopular
Vanity FairMay 31 2013
News
Medicare Trustees Dial Back Funding Concerns
Medicare, the large government-run health-care program for seniors and the disabled, is on a stronger financial footing than believed last year, according to the program's trustees, with the primary trust fund that pays hospital bills and associated costs able to continue paying full benefits through 2026.
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 05 2021
News
U.S. Economy Added 379,000 Jobs in February
Hiring accelerated sharply in February as restaurants and other hospitality businesses reopened, adding 379,000 to U.S. payrolls and fueling renewed growth as the coronavirus pandemic eases.
U.S. employers added jobs for the second straight month in February, the Labor Department said Friday, in what marks a sharp pickup from earlier this winter.
The unemployment rate, determined
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 23 2012
News
Most Americans oppose health law but like provisions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans oppose President Barack Obama's healthcare reform even though they strongly support most of its provisions, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Sunday, with the Supreme Court set to rule within days on whether the law should stand.
TownhallMar 22 2013
News
Health Insurers Warn on Premiums
Health insurers are privately warning brokers that premiums for many individuals and small businesses could increase sharply next year because of the health-care overhaul law with the nations biggest firm projecting that rates could more than double for some consumers buying their own plans.
Wall Street Journal (News)