Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI) says her constituents are “frustrated and embarrassed” by Hawaii’s failed Obamacare exchange, which cost taxpayers $204 million and signed up only 8,000 people. On Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) announced it will launch an investigation
California’s Obamacare exchange enrolled the most people in the nation, but San Francisco hospitals and doctors have yet to see an uptick in patients, reports the San Francisco Business Times. “Here’s the mystery: Why aren’t Bay Area doctors’ offices, hospitals,
California’s Obamacare exchange enrolled the most people in the nation, but San Francisco hospitals and doctors have yet to see an uptick in patients, reports the San Francisco Business Times. “Here’s the mystery: Why aren’t Bay Area doctors’ offices, hospitals,
On Wednesday, the U.S. Energy Department announced it will begin doling out $4 billion in taxpayer-funded loan aid to renewable energy companies. “We’re back in business,” Peter Davidson, executive director of the department’s loan programs office, told Reuters. “We really want to
A New York woman suffering from a neurological disease that has required four brain surgeries has been dropped by all of her doctors and denied medications due to her Obamacare plan. “I’ve been vomiting. I lost 22 pounds. The pain
President Barack Obama’s embattled former Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius is reportedly considering a Kansas Senate run against friend-turned-critic Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS). The trial balloon for a possible Sebelius candidacy was received skeptically, as both
A new report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds that health insurance costs will continue to rise under Obamacare while offering individuals fewer choices of doctors and lower reimbursement rates than employer-sponsored insurance plans. Democrats attempted to present portions
New figures by the Congressional Budget Office released on Monday reveal that over the next 10 years the U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio will double to 78%. Over the last four decades America’s average debt-to-GDP ratio was 39%. At the end of
Last week, the husband of Democratic Rhode Island legislator Deborah A. Fellela (D-Johnston) plead guilty to five counts of Social Security fraud, theft of government funds, credit card fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Henry A. Fellala Jr. faces 37 years
President Barack Obama’s Gallup job approval rating has been under 50% for 290 days, a trend that threatens Democrats’ already uphill climb in the Nov. 4 midterm elections. According to Gallup, the last time Obama’s approval rating was at 50%
Newly-retired Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius misspelled the name of her successor, Sylvia Burwell, in her final goodbye email to her HHS coworkers, reports Politico. A Friday evening email titled “Thank you” read as follows: “As you’ve no
Two dozen income inequality protesters took to the streets of San Francisco on Friday to hold demonstrations against Google lawyer Jack Halprin, as class-based tensions escalate between activists and wealthy Silicon Valley employees over what protesters deem unwelcome gentrification. Halprin,
In a Friday Rose Garden ceremony, President Barack Obama hailed the work of his newly-resigned Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for historic work in implementing the highly unpopular Obamacare program. Obama said Sebelius will “go down in history”
A Thursday Huffington Post article highlighting Obamacare victims is causing quite a stir on the left. The piece, titled “How Obamacare Leaves Some People Without Doctors,” breaks from the Huffington Post’s usual embrace of Obamacare and features the voices of
Deep discount retailer Family Dollar announced on Thursday it will begin laying off workers and closing 370 stores nationwide after suffering a 35% drop in profits last quarter. Analysts cite competition from Dollar General and Dollar Tree as contributing to
The following chart by U.S. Trust shows Apple has more cash on hand than many countries: h/t: Business Insider
On Monday, Minnesota and Maryland joined 21 other states in setting their states’ minimum wages well above the federal rate. By 2016, Minnesota’s minimum wage will climb to $9.50. By 2018, Maryland’s minimum wage will reach $10.10 an hour. Vulnerable
Income inequality protestors marched to the home of Google Ventures partner Kevin Rose on Sunday with flyers and a banner branding Rose a “parasite” capitalist who has “ravaged the landscapes of San Francisco and Oakland.” Rose posted a picture of
The sluggish U.S. economy has made job hunting hard for most people, but high tech talent is in such demand that one startup is recruiting at bus stops where Silicon Valley workers congregate. Software startup Bigcommerce is sending recruiters to
Roughly 1,800 New Jersey children had their insurance plans cancelled last week due to Obamacare. With the flurry of cancellation notices hitting mailboxes across the Garden State, one parent, Bob Miotla, told the NJ.com news of his son’s cancellation made
Cash-strapped states like Illinois, Iowa, and Ohio looking to offload costs onto the federal government are signing up prisoners for Obamacare. As Fox News reports, at least six states are “taking advantage of a little-known provision that lets them shift
A prestigious radio industry analyst and author of Inside Music Media revealed on Thursday a stunning ratings nosedive across a broad array of formats for Cumulus Media’s Citadel acquisition. In addition to its virtual implosion of its bedrock conservative AM talk stations,
On Wednesday, MSNBC’s Chuck Todd reported that top Obama insiders privately concede Obamacare is–and will remain–unpopular, despite the administration’s enrollment tally claims. “I had one senior political aide who’s known the president for nearly [a] decade, say to me, ‘We think
On December 31, 2013, Democrats on the House Energy & Commerce Committee released a report claiming that of the nearly five million people the Associated Press said had their health plans canceled due to Obamacare, only 10,000 had not yet
An unreleased study by the Rand Corporation reportedly reveals that only “about one-third” of the 7.04 million Obamacare enrollees the White House is claiming were people who were previously uninsured. The Los Angeles Times reported on the study and is
