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From Politico: Donald Trump’s transition team has launched a website and Twitter accounts, promising to keep the country abreast of the incoming administration’s plans. On the page — whose address is http://www.greatagain.gov — Trump’s team promises: “The Trump-Pence Transition will provide timely and accurate information about the President Elect and Vice President Elect’s events, public statements, and […]
What Every Parent and Taxpayer Should Know About Immigration and the Public Education Crisis Federation for American Immigration Reform | DOWNLOAD THE PDF ⇣ Overview Public school districts across the United States are suffering under a massive unfunded mandate imposed by the federal government: the requirement to educate millions of illegal aliens, the school age children […]
David North | Center for Immigration Studies The reaction (or over-reaction) by the Erdogan government to the attempted coup in Turkey is bad news for America’s unemployed school teachers – because there suddenly is a huge supply of newly-fired educators over there who would love to have a chance to work in America. We have […]
The Government Accountability Office has just released a report detailing the massive opportunities for fraudulently getting tax credits in Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges. Obamacare sends billions of taxpayers’ dollars to health insurers which operate in these exchanges – $37 billion last year alone. These tax credits are used to discount premiums for plans offered in […]
Phyllis Schlafly | Eagle Forum After seven years of rule by decree by President Obama’s Chicago crony Arne Duncan, why are Republicans reauthorizing the federal government’s authority over the nation’s public schools? And why did the new [mc_name name=”Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)” chamber=”house” mcid=”R000570″ ], rush a 1,059-page bill to a floor vote only two […]
AHIP chief Marilyn Tavenner blasts drug plans as Hillary Clinton proposal targets price hikes[/caption] The health insurance industry is undergoing a crisis of consensus on how to respond to the failure of Obamacare. That is the only way to interpret the departure of another large, national carrier, Aetna, from America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). This […]
Devon Herrick | NCPA The House is voting on a reconciliation bill that would repeal much of Obamacare. It’s expected to pass easily – and be vetoed by President Obama. Before we discuss what should replace Obamacare it would be a valuable exercise to revisit what needs to be repealed. The employer mandate has to […]
Bruce Deitrick Price Eight hundred years ago, Genghis Khan spread destruction from China to Europe, across a landscape more than 3000 miles wide. His skilled horsemen were also expert archers. They attacked in great swarms, and then galloped on to the next town. Genghis Khan was a ruthless conqueror. Wikipedia notes: “These campaigns were often […]
Devon Herrick | NCPA The U.S. health care system is an unsustainable mess. Medical spending is rising at twice the rate of income growth. Medical prices are rising at three times the rate of consumer inflation. National health expenditures are approaching one-fifth of the economy. Currently the government funds about half of health care. In […]
John R. Graham | NCPA Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) tests are back in the news, as they are one entry point for the government to start micromanaging how it pays doctors in Medicare. To set the stage: Currently, Medicare pays for an annual PSA test for men 50 and older as “preventive care.” However, Obamacare […]
Congress should make sure taxpayer money spent on failed Obamacare exchanges is recovered[/caption] After spending at least $3.2 billion of the $5.5 billion allocated for the creation of state-based exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, some states are now seeking to get some of that money from lawsuits involving the failure […]
Mary Ann Kreitzer | Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VA — U.S. medical care and its delivery are changing and have been for several decades. When was the last time you were sick, called the doctor’s office and actually saw the doctor? Wasn’t your appointment with the “physician’s assistant” or a “nurse practitioner?” Medical practice […]