Not So Fast, Mr. President: ObamaCare is Not Working as Claimed

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President Obama's Claim that Over 3 Million Young Adults Gained Health Insurance Coverage on Their Parents' Plan is Bogus Real Number May Be As Low As 258,000 Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday President Obama claimed "more than 3 million young ...
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If ObamaCare is Working So Well, Mr. President, Why Has the Percentage of Uninsured Risen?

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Source: "Can Anyone Tell How ObamaCare is Doing?," by Greg Scandlen, The Federalist, March 31, 2014. Survey data is from Gallup ...
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Project 21’s Cooper Cheers Supreme Court’s Campaign Finance Ruling

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In today’s decision in the case of McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an aggregate limit on the amount of money a person may contribute to political candidates and committees is unconstitutional. Writing for the ...
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Health Care Odds & Ends: Bogus Numbers Edition

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1. No, 3.1 Million Slackers Did Not Get Insurance Via Their Parents.  I have a new National Policy Analysis up today examining the claim that 3.1 million previously uninsured young adults have gotten covered through their parents’ insurance thanks to ...
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Despite Scare Stories, Fears About BPA are Unnecessary, by Cherylyn Harley LeBon

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As soon as someone mentions BPA (bisphenol A), I recall the glasses and glass containers our family now uses to replace the plastic containers that previously populated our cupboards. Like many moms, my top priority is keeping my kids safe, ...
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War on Poverty Won’t Be Won – Unless We Change Strategy, by Derryck Green

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Afghanistan is not, as the media calls it, "America's longest war." In reality, that is the government's "War on Poverty." In 1986, President Ronald Reagan bluntly said, "poverty won." After 50 years, we're still losing the War on Poverty. The ...
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz Tells Four Lies in One Sentence, Washington Post Grades Two Pinocchios

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"When 99 percent of women used birth control in their lifetime and 60 percent use it for something other than family planning, it's outrageous and I think the Supreme Court will suggest that their case is ridiculous." - Rep. Debbie ...
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Ballot Protection Law in North Carolina Increases Minority, Liberal Voter Registration

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When states consider and implement voter ID laws, the usual complaint from the left is that requiring someone to have valid government-issued proof of identification disfranchises minorities, the old and young as well as those who are generally thought to ...
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On ObamaCare I Admit It: Paul Krugman Was Right, I Was Wrong

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As the Obamacare exchanges have reached 7 million enrollees, it’s time for me to confess: so much of what I’ve written about ObamaCare is wrong.  So much of it was a futile, misguided attempt to refute the true ObamaCare guru, ...
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A Slacking Figure: Despite What President Obama and the Los Angeles Times Say, 3.1 Million Young Adults Have Not Received Coverage via Their Parents’ Insurance

Yesterday President Obama claimed that "more than 3 million young adults... have gained insurance under this law by staying on their family's plan."1 Indeed, the number of young people who can now stay on their parents' insurance plans until age ...
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