Embattled Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that the Obama administration’s decision to extend the Obamacare open enrollment period is not, in fact, an extension. “This is not an extension of open enrollment,” Sebelius told Michigan Fox
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) now projects that by the end of the budget window in 2024, interest payments on the U.S. debt will quadruple, reaching a stratospheric $880 billion a year. According to Senate Budget Chairman Jeff Sessions (R-AL),
Last month, the Obama administration said it lacked “the statutory authority to extend the open enrollment period” for Obamacare. Moreover, when embattled Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was asked by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) during testimony before the
A new study by the left-leaning think tank the New American Foundation finds that 40% of the over $1 trillion in U.S. student loan debt belongs to graduate students. “Most of these degrees are not intuitively worth it,” Jason Delisle,
As the debate over a $9 billion, five-month unemployment insurance extension heats up on Capitol Hill, a new study by President Barack Obama’s former Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Alan Krueger, finds that just one in
As Obamacare turns four years old on Sunday, the White House and congressional Democrats are activating “healthcare strike teams” to defend the unpopular health care law on Twitter using the hashtag #healthcare4all. The Hill reported on Saturday that House Minority
Four years of Obamacare have produced health insurance for just 1.4% of uninsured Americans. According to CNBC, of the 5 million people the Obama administration claims have enrolled in Obamacare, just 715,000 are previously uninsured Americans who have chosen and
Obamacare is so politically toxic it’s giving new hope to top Republican officials in Oregon, a state where Barack Obama beat Mitt Romney by almost 12 points and only one Republican is in the state’s congressional delegation. “As Oregonians, we
The Oregon Obamacare exchange has received $305 million in taxpayer-funded federal grants, spent $160 million on its busted website, dropped $10 million on hipster promotional ads, erroneously enrolled 4,000 illegal immigrants in full Oregon Health Plan coverage contrary to federal
Missouri Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill said on Wednesday that America’s $17 trillion debt threatens to put the nation “in a position where we’re not a first-tier nation anymore.” McCaskill added, “I do believe a $17 trillion debt is irresponsible. I
Obamacare patients are discovering that many doctors, hospitals, and top cancer centers do not accept the plans they purchased. “It’s so frustrating,” Terri Durheim of Enid, Okla., told CNN. “It’s not doing me a lot of good.” Durheim is not
In an attempt to boost lagging youth Obamacare enrollments, the Rhode Island Obamacare exchange has decided to launch a “Nag Toolkit” website designed to help moms pester their children to enroll in Obamacare by using “hook-up” dating app Tinder, SnapChat,
Insurance industry officials state that Obamacare health insurance premiums are set to skyrocket; some people will find theirs doubling or tripling over the next several months leading up to the November 4th midterm elections. The coming spike in health insurance costs
The “manufacturing innovation hubs” President Barack Obama touted in his 2013 State of the Union speech as a way to create jobs in America are reducing, not increasing, the need for unskilled workers, reports Reuters. “A lot of the equipment
While in Poland on Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden claimed that as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, he led the fight for Poland’s entry into NATO-an event that occurred before his chairmanship. “Fifteen years ago, I was honored, as
Even as the world condemns Vladimir Putin’s Russian invasion of Ukraine, U.S. public relations firm Ketchum says it will continue its lucrative contract with the Russian government, which has earned the firm over $55 million since 2006. “Our work continues
Just one month after passage of the 2014 farm bill designed to slim food stamp payments, governors in six states have found a way to to keep hundreds of millions of dollars flowing to food stamp recipients, a sum that
Last week, a New York Times analysis of General Motors federal crash data found that 303 people died when their air bags failed to deploy in two GM models that were recalled early this year. Then on Friday, GM got
A Democratic lawmaker told the New York Times that President Barack Obama is becoming “poisonous” to Democratic candidates who are facing an uphill battle in the Nov. 4 midterm elections. Driving Democratic fears are Obama’s low approval ratings and the
This year, 35 states are considering drone legislation as concerns over privacy rights and government intrusion mount. “It’s in its nascent form now, but it’s growing and will be growing inthe future,” Steve Erickson, who leads a privacy watchdog group
New York-based mall pizza chain Sbarro filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday for the second time in three years and announced it will shutter at least 230 stores. With 799 restaurants in over 40 countries, Sbarro says it has fallen
The Republican National Committee is erecting a database of the millions of voters whose health insurance plans were canceled due to Obamacare. “Getting that information [on plan cancellations] and having good data as to who votes, who doesn’t vote, voter
The 300,000-member union that was the first to endorse then-Senator Barack Obama has released a devastating Obamacare report that says Obama’s controversial healthcare program will slash worker wages by up to $5 an hour, reduce worker hours, and exacerbate income
A new Iraqi draft law based on Shi’ite Islamic jurisprudence would allow nine-year old girls to marry and would assert a husband’s right to demand sex from his wife whenever he wishes, reports Reuters. The draft legislation, known as the
On Friday, a federal jury took less than two hours to convict the daughter of President Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, of fraud. Jeri Wright was found guilty of a fraud scheme that siphoned thousands of taxpayer dollars intended
A new Gallup poll finds that over twice as many Americans say Obamacare has hurt them or their families as those who say it has helped them. Nearly one in four people (23%) said Obamacare has already hurt them or
A stunning new study released Thursday reveals that Obamacare has failed in achieving its chief goal of signing up Americans lacking health insurance, reports the Washington Post. A McKinsey & Co. report finds that just 27% of the individuals who
The man responsible for heading the agency in charge of crafting Obamacare rules and establishing regulations for the troubled and unpopular Obamacare exchanges has resigned. On March 31, the day Obamacare enrollment officially comes to a close, Gary Cohen, a former
America’s biggest office supplies retailer announced on Thursday it will close 225 stores. Staples says its “customers are using less office supplies” forcing the retail giant to close 12% of its 1,846 North American stores by 2015. Competition from online
Nearly 10,000 Las Vegas casino workers say they are considering going on strike over what the unpopular Obamacare program has done to their health care insurance. If contract negotiations to keep their existing benefits go unsettled by March 20, Nevada’s
As the seemingly endless deluge of negative Obamacare developments continue to mount up, the National Journal’s “Hotline” reported on Thursday that “disapproval of the health care law” has “put Democrats on the defensive” heading into the November midterm elections. Here
On Thursday, the Obama administration quietly announced it will allow consumers in states with busted Obamacare websites to retroactively bag taxpayer-funded insurance subsidies, even if they purchased health insurance outside the Obamacare marketplace. The move by the Obama administration will
Embattled Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sparked controversy on Tuesday when she contradicted her own previous statements by denying that the Obama administration aimed for seven million Obamacare enrollments by March 31. In a HuffPost Live video
Two Korean citizens in the United States illegally were sentenced last week in Baltimore to prison for obtaining over $1,400,000 in payments for food sales that never occurred as part of a food stamp and wire fraud scheme. U.S. District
Even as President Barack Obama and Democrats strive to make “income inequality” a central theme come November’s midterm elections, Obama former campaign manager-turned-Organizing for Action (OFA) chief, Jim Messina, is cashing in on his high-powered corporate crony connections and bagging
With numerous Obamacare cancer patients now telling their nightmare stories, Democrats have declared war against individuals willing to share their struggles with fellow Americans. Democrats’ latest target: Michigan cancer patient Julie Boonstra. Boonstra says attacks by Democratic Senate candidate Gary
A new study finds that the Obamacare tax on medical devices killed 33,000 jobs. The study, conducted by the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), said the Obamacare tax slashed 14,000 industry worker jobs and quashed the hiring of 19,000 more.
In an emotional Sunday Wall Street Journal editorial, Ralston College President Stephen Blackwood wrote that Obamacare has made his mother’s cancer battle a nightmare that will “accelerate her disease and death.” He detailed how her Obamacare plan no longer covers the
The Obama administration’s unilaterally instituted 28 Obamacare delays cumulatively add up to 15 years and three months, a Fox News analysis reveals. Out of the 28 delays the White House has decreed, 13 have involved changes designed to delay features
Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the Obama administration will fail to meet its goal of seven million Obamacare-paying customers by the March 31 deadline. “Initially, we talked about by the end of this period having seven million
