by Jane Richey | Feb 21, 2013 | Health Care
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ deadline for states to partner with the federal government on health insurance exchanges was Friday, February 15. For the 26 states that remain free of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s...
by Jane Richey | Feb 21, 2013 | Free Markets, Politics
The 44-cent jump in gasoline prices over the past four weeks was the largest in well over three years, according to AAA. “The 44-cent month-over-month increase is the most dramatic since June 2009. The largest increase on record was August 5-September 4, 2005 when...
by Jane Richey | Feb 21, 2013 | Health Care, Politics
In an announcement on Friday, however, the Obama administration revealed that it would be significantly reducing funding for Medicare, a move that one health insurance analyst said “would turn almost every plan in the industry unprofitable.” Health insurance stocks...
by Jane Richey | Feb 21, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) ranked Medicare on it’s list of high financial risks facing government agencies, making an estimate of $44 billion in improper payments made by the program in 2012. $44 billion is roughly the same amount of cuts the sequester...
by Jane Richey | Feb 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
In testimony to a congressional subcommittee in October 2011, the American Coal Council noted that an increasing number of coal generators were shutting down their power plants because they couldn’t meet environmental objectives: “Why are some folks...
