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Enrollment Fallout

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Over at National Review Online Jim Geraghty notes that most Obamacare exchanges—45, in fact—have not even reached 10 percent of their enrollment goals.  Geraghty writes, “The only states that have reached 10 percent of their enrollment goals are California, Colorado, Connecticut, New ...
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Which Is Having A Worse Year, Obamacare or NHS?

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The bureaucrats at the Dept. of Health and Human Services and those at Great Britain’s National Health Service should consider getting together to compare notes on 2013. I don’t know who would come out the winner in the pity competition, ...
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Politifact Admits The Obvious

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Many conservatives and libertarians are cheering Politifact’s decision to name President Obama’s claim, “If you like your health care plan you can keep it,” as lie of the year.  A bit less enthusiasm is in order. Sean Higgins of the ...
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Obamacare Exchanges Won’t Hit Enrollment Targets

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The Dept. of Health and Human Services released its latest enrollment report for the Obamacare exchanges.  According to the report, 364,682 selected a plan among all the exchanges.  137,204 selected plans in the federal exchanges and 227,478 selected plans on ...
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Duped and Disenfranchised by ObamaCare

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It’s been another bad week for President Obama’s signature policy initiative and the payback is intense. Over the weekend, Ezekiel Emanuel — one of the key players in the creation of ObamaCare — candidly said that one of the real ...
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Less is More for Both Smoking and Regulation

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As the EU considers a back-door ban on snus, the least harmful form of tobacco, a large study from Israel suggests that smokers who reduce their overall consumption of cigarettes do themselves some good. This is good news for those looking ...
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When Somebody Says It’s Not About The Money…

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With apologies to H.L. Mencken, when Obamacare supporters say it ain’t about the cha-ching or ba-bling, it’s about the cha-ching and ba-bling. That is the the lens through which one should view the video “Forget About the Price Tag,” the winner ...
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“About Those Jobs Numbers” — November

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Like Wonderland, life in the Obama economic recovery is getting curiouser and curiouser. Today’s federal jobless numbers indicated a change for the better, with the unemployment rate dropping three-tenths of a percentage point to 7.0 percent in November.  Yet there ...
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Health Care Odds & Ends

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MyCancellation Town Hall. The Independent Women’s Voice is kicking off a town-hall tour of its “My Cancellation” project this Saturday: My Cancellation town-hall tour will begin on Saturday, December 7th at 12:30pm at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.  The panel ...
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Higher Costs, Less Choice… and Those Subsidies Might Not Help

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National Center policy analyst Dr. David Hogberg was featured in a Fox News Channel report on 12/2/13 about the latest bad news regarding ObamaCare. In a segment featured on “Special Report,” it was noted that President Obama’s promise of cheaper ...
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