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Obamacare Sends Virginia 2015 Premiums Soaring Up to 16.6%

New filings from Virginia insurance companies reveal that Obamacare will result in premium spikes of up to 16.6% for some customers.  The Wall Street Journal reports that the Anthem HealthKeepers Inc plan’s 110,000 Virginia customers can expect an average 8.5%

Obamacare Sends Virginia 2015 Premiums Soaring Up to 16.6%

California Obamacare Costs $1.2 Billion More than Expected

Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown warned on Tuesday that his state’s Obamacare program will cost California taxpayers $1.2 billion more than the state originally budgeted for.  “I’m proud we did it,” said Brown. “But we also have to take into

California Obamacare Costs $1.2 Billion More than Expected

Insurance Agents Bagged $30 Million for CA Obamacare Enrollments

The Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday that private insurance agents were responsible for enrolling nearly 40% of California Obamacare enrollees. “Agents deserve credit. They brought in big numbers,” Consumer Union Special Projects Director Betsy Imholz told the Times. “They

Insurance Agents Bagged $30 Million for CA Obamacare Enrollments

Politico: $474,000,000 Spent on 4 Busted Obamacare Exchanges

On Sunday, Politico reported that Oregon, Nevada, Maryland, and Massachusetts have thus far spent $474,000,000 in taxpayer dollars on busted Obamacare exchanges. “Nearly half a billion dollars in federal money has been spent developing four state Obamacare exchanges that are

Politico: $474,000,000 Spent on 4 Busted Obamacare Exchanges

Revealed: 74% of Obamacare 'Enrollees' Already Had Insurance

A devastating new McKinsey & Co. report finds that Obamacare’s purported purpose – providing coverage for the previously uninsured – has failed. The report concludes that 74% of Obamacare enrollees at the end of the first open enrollment period already had insurance; just 26%

Revealed: 74% of Obamacare 'Enrollees' Already Had Insurance

CNN Poll: Only 12% Call Obamacare a Success

A new CNN poll finds that just 12% of Americans consider the Obamacare program a “success.” President Barack Obama has pressed fellow Democrats to laud and run on his signature legislative achievement. However, other polls confirm that the law, which

CNN Poll: Only 12% Call Obamacare a Success

Ballot Initiative Would Disrupt California Obamacare Exchange

A California ballot initiative to be voted on Nov. 4 would stymie the state’s Obamacare exchange, known officially as Covered California, by permitting the state insurance commissioner to reject health insurance rate hikes. Opponents of the measure, like advocacy group

Ballot Initiative Would Disrupt California Obamacare Exchange

'60 Minutes' to Re-Air Peter Schweizer 'Slush Fund' Exposé

This Sunday, 60 Minutes will re-air an investigative report by award-winning CBS reporter Steve Kroft and Government Accountability Institute (GAI) President and Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer that revealed how members of Congress exploit leadership PAC loopholes to bankroll lavish

'60 Minutes' to Re-Air Peter Schweizer 'Slush Fund' Exposé

Report: Obamacare Customers in for Deductible Sticker Shock

A new report finds that Obamacare customers are in for sticker shock because, unlike many employer-sponsored insurance plans, the fine print in many Obamacare policies requires patients to meet their deductible before lower-cost prescription drug co-pays kick in.  That means

Report: Obamacare Customers in for Deductible Sticker Shock

NYT: Obamacare 8 Million Number Contains 'Many Duplicate Enrollments'

President Barack Obama’s much-touted eight million Obamacare “enrollment” figure contains “many duplicate enrollments,” according to the health insurance industry’s leading trade group.  “Insurers have many duplicate enrollments in their system for which they never received any payment,” Senior Vice President

NYT: Obamacare 8 Million Number Contains 'Many Duplicate Enrollments'

Obama Ignores Voters' Top Concerns, Focuses on Global Warming over Jobs

President Barack Obama’s Tuesday launch of a renewed focus on global warming left Democrats mystified and Republicans jubilant, as the much-discussed Pew Research/USA Today poll does not even list environmental issues as among voters’ top concerns.  The Obama White House’s

Obama Ignores Voters' Top Concerns, Focuses on Global Warming over Jobs

Anti-Poverty Advocates Blast California Obamacare

Anti-poverty advocates blasted California’s Obamacare executives for prioritizing the processing of Covered California exchange applications to ramp up enrollment numbers at the expense of processing the 900,000 pending low-income Medi-Cal applicants.  “People who don’t have health care are all in

Anti-Poverty Advocates Blast California Obamacare

CA Considers Bill to Withhold Pay from Lawmakers Facing Criminal Charges

California legislators considered a new law on Tuesday that would stop state lawmakers facing criminal charges from receiving paychecks, a commonsense measure that many Californians may have already assumed was in place.  Three California Democrats–Ron Calderon, Roderick Wright, and Leland

CA Considers Bill to Withhold Pay from Lawmakers Facing Criminal Charges

Eric Holder Targets Banks: 'No Such Thing as Too Big to Jail'

On Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced he is willing to punish financial institutions for criminal practices in a video posted to the Justice Department website. “I intend to reaffirm the principle that no individual or entity that does harm to

Eric Holder Targets Banks: 'No Such Thing as Too Big to Jail'

FBI Investigating Oregon Obamacare Disaster

The FBI is investigating the busted Oregon Obamacare exchange which received $305 million in taxpayer-funded federal grants yet failed to enroll a single Oregonian online. The Wall Street Journal reports that the FBI investigation has already begun conducting interviews with

FBI Investigating Oregon Obamacare Disaster

Internet Browser Inventor: Smartphones a Human Need

Billionaire Internet browser inventor Marc Andreessen tells the New York Times that smartphones have become a human need. “The P.C. isn’t in the first five rungs of human needs, but the smartphone certainly is,” said Andreessen, a venture capitalist at

Internet Browser Inventor: Smartphones a Human Need

Pew/USA Today Poll: The GOP Midterm Tsunami Cometh

With only 183 days until the Nov. 4 midterm elections, a new Pew Research/USA Today poll shows Obamacare and the bleak jobs picture have coalesced to put Democrats in a weaker political position than they were before the historic GOP

Pew/USA Today Poll: The GOP Midterm Tsunami Cometh

Obamacare Threatens to Cancel 90,000 Nevadans' Insurance Plans

As many as 90,000 Nevadans may have their health insurance plans canceled this fall due to Obamacare, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Despite the Obama administration’s decision to delay Obamacare’s employer mandate, early plan renewals are beginning to trickle in,

Obamacare Threatens to Cancel 90,000 Nevadans' Insurance Plans

Where's My $2,500? Just 8% Say Obamacare Lowered Their Health Costs

Despite President Barack Obama and Democrat’s bold promise that Obamacare would lower the typical American family’s health insurance premiums by $2,500, a devastating new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that just 8% of Americans report lower health care costs because

Where's My $2,500? Just 8% Say Obamacare Lowered Their Health Costs

CA Obamacare to Target Recently Released Prisoners

California Obamacare Director Peter Lee said he plans to provide the “human touch” during the next open enrollment period by targeting low-income and minority communities as well as prisoners who have recently been released from incarceration, reports California Healthline. As

CA Obamacare to Target Recently Released Prisoners

Poll: Nearly 60% Don't Believe Obamacare Enrollment Numbers

The Kaiser Health Tracking Poll released on Tuesday paints a dismal portrait of the nation’s attitudes about Obamacare, including nearly six in ten who said the government fell short of enrollment levels.  Despite the Obama administration’s claim that it enrolled

Poll: Nearly 60% Don't Believe Obamacare Enrollment Numbers

Pope Francis: 'Inequality Is the Root of Social Evil'

On the heels of the canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, Pope Francis sent a tweet from his verified Twitter account declaring, “Inequality is the root of social evil.” Inequality is the root of social evil. —

Pope Francis: 'Inequality Is the Root of Social Evil'

CA Obamacare Director: Improving Health Care Literacy Top Task

Covered California Director Peter Lee said on Thursday that improving health care literacy remains the state’s top task. Lee, a vocal cheerleader for his state’s Obamacare exchange, claims 3.3 million Californians have enrolled and that the program is “relatively succeeding.” 

CA Obamacare Director: Improving Health Care Literacy Top Task

The Obamacare Question That Has Democrats Terrified

With just 191 days until the Nov. 4 midterm elections, nervous Democrats are scrambling to find an effective answer to the Obamacare question they may fear the most: “Where is the $2,500 in health insurance savings President Obama and Democrats

The Obamacare Question That Has Democrats Terrified

Democrat Former Legislator Pleads Guilty to $59,000 Disability Fraud

Former Missouri state legislator Raymond Salva pleaded guilty last week to bagging nearly $59,000 in taxpayer-funded Social Security disability payments while earning $30,000 a year as a state representative between 2003 and 2010. “The defendant admits that he was not

Democrat Former Legislator Pleads Guilty to $59,000 Disability Fraud

70,000 Oregon Obamacare Customers May Have to Re-Enroll

After blowing $250 million on its busted Obamacare website, the state of Oregon made a decision on Friday to dump its website and join the federal HealthCare.gov exchange. According to NPR, however, five of the 16 health insurance companies in

70,000 Oregon Obamacare Customers May Have to Re-Enroll

GOP Leader: Obamacare Likely Here to Stay

House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said on Thursday that Obamacare is unlikely to be repealed and therefore, “We need to look at reforming the exchanges.” McMorris Rodgers’s controversial remarks were made during an interview with The Spokesman-Review.

GOP Leader: Obamacare Likely Here to Stay

Chinese Buying Up Manhattan and Long Island

In an unprecedented shift, rich Chinese have now topped Russians as the top foreign buyers of multi-million dollar Manhattan apartments and “Gatsby-esque” Long Island mansions, reports Reuters.  “By far and away, the Chinese are the fastest growing demographic,” Sotheby’s International

Chinese Buying Up Manhattan and Long Island

Report: 25% of Obamacare Subsidy Recipients Don't Have Bank Accounts

Millions of people without health insurance do not have bank accounts to pay for their plans, including one-quarter of those who qualify for Obamacare subsidies, reports the Washington Post. The startling statistic comes from Jackson Hewitt and raises growing concerns

Report: 25% of Obamacare Subsidy Recipients Don't Have Bank Accounts

UPDATE: Woman Drops to 83 Pounds After Obamacare Denies Meds

A Staten Island woman battling a neurological disease that has required four brain surgeries dropped to 83 pounds after her Obamacare plan denied her three months worth of vital medications. Margaret Figueroa signed up for Obamacare when the plan she

UPDATE: Woman Drops to 83 Pounds After Obamacare Denies Meds

Nearly 1 in 3 Americans Fear They Can't Afford Rent or Mortgage

A new report released on Tuesday by the National Association of Realtors found that last month sales of previously owned homes fell to their lowest pace in 20 months.  The report also shows a widening rift between the performance of

Nearly 1 in 3 Americans Fear They Can't Afford Rent or Mortgage

FLASHBACK: Dennis Hastert Inserts $207 Million Earmark that Makes Him Millions

In his New York Times bestseller Throw Them All Out, Government Accountability Institute (GAI) President and Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer revealed how former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) entered Congress with modest means and emerged a millionaire by brokering

FLASHBACK: Dennis Hastert Inserts $207 Million Earmark that Makes Him Millions

Nearly 1,000 Doctors Listed on CA Obamacare Website Don't Accept Plans

California Obamacare customers are expressing outrage after finding out that nearly 1,000 California doctors were listed on the Covered California website as accepting Obamacare plans when in fact they do not. Guda Venkatesh told KPIX 5 CBS San Francisco that

Nearly 1,000 Doctors Listed on CA Obamacare Website Don't Accept Plans

Postal Worker Indicted for $334,000 Disability Fraud

On Friday, an Anchorage U.S. Postal Service worker was indicted for $334,000 in disability fraud after investigators say the man allegedly went fishing several times despite claiming “unbearable” pain. Amancio Zamora Agcaoili Jr. was indicted by a federal grand jury

Postal Worker Indicted for $334,000 Disability Fraud

Poll: Independent Voters Back Anti-Obamacare Candidates By 25 Points

A devastating new poll finds that Independent voters overwhelmingly back candidates who oppose Obamacare by a 25% margin (54% to 29%).  The Fox News poll, released on Monday, also found that the general electorate backs anti-Obamacare candidates by 14% (53%

Poll: Independent Voters Back Anti-Obamacare Candidates By 25 Points

GOP Eyes Senate Race In Blue State Oregon

In an aggressive move, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) issued a memorandum highlighting the GOP’s widening 2014 Senate battle map into blue state stronghold Oregon.  The memo cited new polling that reveals first term Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley is

GOP Eyes Senate Race In Blue State Oregon