Yesterday came news that policies on the Vermont ObamaCare exchange would likely rise, although it wasn’t reported by how much. Today the Vermont Digger finds that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont is asking to raise its premiums by an ...
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No, trading terrorists for a hostage isn't all that's happened in Washington lately. This morning, the Environmental Protection Agency announced draconian new regulations on carbon dioxide emissions in a costly-yet-futile attempt to control planetary temperature. In "honor" of the ridiculous ...
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In a piece featured on Politix today, I explain what’s going on behind the scenes in Katie Couric and Laurie David’s big-government film, “Fed Up.” If you don’t watch to watch the film or even read the reviews, you just ...
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Denver, CO/Washington, D.C. - After quizzing from the National Center for Public Policy Research's Justin Danhof, Aetna CEO Mark T. Bertolini on Friday joined other health insurance CEOs questioned by the National Center in refusing to pledge to reject a ...
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Washington, D.C. - President Obama's new climate rules for existing power plants, expected to be announced by the Environmental Protection Agency Monday morning, are unnecessary, says a new paper released today by the National Center for Public Policy Research. The ...
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Let’s start this Monday with good news on the health care front.  (Back to your regularly scheduled commentary on ObamaCare exchanges and Veterans Affairs tomorrow.) 1. Reference Pricing.  A few years ago the health care plan that services CalPERS workers ...
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Remember when Henry Louis Gates, the Harvard professor President Obama supported when the professor got in a dispute with Cambridge, Massachusetts police? Remember Sandra Fluke, the law student who championed ObamaCare’s contraceptive mandate, got criticized by conservatives and then was ...
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Top ten reasons why Washington should not inflict major new laws or regulations to combat global warming: 1. The world isn't warming. Scientists measuring surface temperatures and atmospheric temperatures using satellites - including scientists who believe in the global warming ...
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Recently, as I waited in line at the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, my eyes drifted to a sample license plate on the wall that said "Education Begins At Home." It made me think: "Not if they continue with Common ...
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Ironically, for a presidency allegedly ushering in a post-racial America, the actions of the White House indicate the Obama Administration considers political manipulation of race to be a practice that's too big to fail. During his recent commencement address at ...
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