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Lost jobs, higher costs: Obamacare hits home
On this Memorial Day weekend, as we remember with deepest gratitude the sacrifice of America's military heroes, we also offer our thoughts and prayers for the victims of the Oklahoma tragedy. I've dedicated a half-dozen columns to the single most...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Boston Scientific Corporation, Business, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Insurers eager to maintain authority over healthcare premiums
While most of us face uncertainty with the rollout of healthcare reform, some insurance companies in California have been feeling their oats lately. Here's how they're responding to Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones' warnings that their latest rate...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Healthcare Provider, Prices, Politics, Citizens Initiative and Recall
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Teachers, colleges getting early lesson in Obamacare
They jokingly refer to themselves as "road scholars," the part-time, often itinerate employees who teach the majority of the classroom hours at community colleges. Without their willingness to work for modest pay, tuition at these colleges would be...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Employees, Labor Legislation
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Legislature aids Pa. Fish and Boat hatchery program
It's a temporary reprieve, but after meeting with the state Legislature, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has backed off its plan to close the trout hatcheries at Bellefonte in Centre County and Oswayo in Potter County. The PFBC announced the...
Tags: Lakes and Ponds, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lehigh County, Wildlife, Bowmanstown
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Indiana's tobacco control funding pitiful
It's a sad story. In 1999, the General Assembly displayed great wisdom in enacting legislation that allocated $35 million annually from Indiana's portion of the National Tobacco Settlement for a comprehensive state tobacco- prevention program. The...
Tags: Lung Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Disease, Tobacco Products, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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The true costs of the phony fiscal crisis
In most countries that experience a fiscal crisis, there is no ambiguity about the situation. The government is unable to sell debt at a reasonable interest rate. This probably coincides with a broader shift out of domestic assets, as smart investors...Tags: Government Health Care, Finance, Economic Policy, International Monetary Fund, George W. Bush
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The unmasking of Paul Ryan and his budget
Quick! Somebody tell President Obama. Alert the members of Congress. Shout it out to the media: I have balanced the budget! That's right. Me. Bill Press, talk show host. I did it. I can't balance my own checkbook, but I balanced the federal budget. In...
Tags: Government Health Care, Jay Carney, Republican Party, Medicare, Executive Branch
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Weighing employee wellness programs
As a couch enthusiast of some renown, I'm generally opposed to any form of mandated physical exertion. Our bodies know it's time to exercise when the guilt of not doing so outweighs the pleasure of eating ice cream in a comfy chair, or when said chair...
Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages, Finance, Quitting Smoking
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The five biggest lies about entitlement programs
Everybody loves lists. Most of those you see in the papers or online tend toward the inconsequential (The Six Best "Fast & Furious" Movies). So here's a list with a bit more gravitas: The five biggest lies you're being told about entitlement programs....Tags: Government Health Care, Social Security, Finance, Medicare, Walmart
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If this health plan is 'socialism,' we need more of it
So this is what socialism looks like: Private companies competing for people's business in an open marketplace. Californians got their first glimpse Thursday of what insurers plan to charge for coverage to be offered next year to about 5 million state...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Macy's, Healthcare Provider, Health Care Reform (2009), Nordstrom
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Medicaid expansion pits anecdotes against economists' numbers
TALLAHASSEE – Why do lawmakers legislate by anecdote? It's an old question that plays out every year in state houses and Congress. Sometimes the stories illustrate larger societal phenomena. Other times, they're merely rhetorical devices for...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Government Health Care, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch, Politics
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Utter arrogance of Obamacare
With (the president) promising that every American will be covered by health insurance, it's fair to ask if you and I should be required to pay for fools who put themselves in the hospital by taking stupid chances. Like motorcycle riders who suffer...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Diseases and Illnesses, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Sun-Times, Hillary Clinton
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