Category: Health

Benen: Putting More Lipstick On The ObamaCare Pig

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Jonathan Cohn wasn’t the only one who tried to make the Congressional Budget Office’s Budget and Economic Outlook look rosy, despite the fact that it was a major blow against ObamaCare. Steve Benen, producer of the Rachel Maddow show, dutifully repeated all the ...
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Cohn: Putting The Lipstick On The ObamaCare Pig

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When the Congressional Budget Office released its Budget and Economic Outlook on Monday that was pretty devastating for ObamaCare, numerous progressives did their best to make it look rosy. The New Republic’s Jonathan Cohn showed us how it’s done.  And he ...
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More Health Care Odds & Ends

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1. Administration Officials Insist There Have Been No Known Violations Of HealthCare.gov Security…Um, Uh, Hey, Look At That Cute Puppy! Cyber-security expert David Kennedy “recently claimed that ‘gaining access to 70,000 personal records of Obamacare enrollees via HealthCare.gov took about 4 ...
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Science for Senators

Real Clear Science published my piece today challenging absurd claims by environmental activists claiming that chemicals such as BPA are responsible for surging medical costs. The assertions were touted in an article by Huffington Post’s Environment columnist, Lynne Peeples. I’m proud ...
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Should Ecig Ads Be Banned?

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Activist groups want the government to ban advertisements for E-cigarettes. A spot for e-cigarette brand NJOY, which aired in some markets during the Super Bowl, has sparked controversy. In an op-ed in today’s New York Post, the Heartland Institute’s Greg ...
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The Faces of ObamaCare: Watch as Employees at a Pennsylvania Company Learn about Their New Health Plan Under ObamaCare

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Pittsburgh's WTAE-TV went inside a car repair business in McKeesport, PA to watch and record as employees learned the details of their new health plan under ObamaCare. It's really very affecting; it seemed to me that some of the employees ...
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The ObamaCare ‘Risk Corridors’ Are STILL An Insurance Company Bailout

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Two more noted writers, both in Forbes and both conservatives, have argued that the “risk corridors” in ObamaCare are not an insurance company “bailout.”  (If you don’t know what a risk corridor is, go here and scroll to the end.) ...
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E-Cigarette Super Bowl Ad Could Save Lives Because E-Cigarettes Help Smokers Quit Smoking Tobacco

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But Despite the Health Benefits, Anti-Smoking Activists Want the Federal Government to Ban The Ads Washington, D.C. - The public health community should be celebrating the fact that e-cigarettes are being advertised during the Super Bowl -- but the anti-tobacco ...
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Success Stories Of ObamaCare Exchange Show Why It Will Fail

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The Health Care Blog at the Health and Human Services website routinely recounts the experiences of people signing up for health insurance on the ObamaCare exchanges. But what HHS often considers a “success story” is in fact an example of ...
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Will Iowa Be Next To Ban Use of E-cigarettes in Public Places?

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Iowa’s Attorney General wants his state to ban the use of E-cigarettes wherever cigarette smoking is banned. In a guest column on the op-ed page of today’s Des Moines Register, I explain why doing so would be a terrible idea ...
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