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It's looking like a lot of people are going to have little Obamacare choice next year.One-third of the United States may have just a single insurer to pick from on Obamacare marketplaces in 2017, an analysis released Friday suggests. Seven entire states are projected to have just one carrier in 2017: Alaska, Alabama, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Wyoming, according to research by the Avalere consultancy. And more than half of the country, 55 percent, may end up having two or fewer insurers to choose from on those government-run exchanges, Avalere said. "And there may be some sub-region...

In 1880, Mark Twain wrote an essay On the Decay of the Art of Lying. The art may have decayed, but the habit flourishes at the White House. Lies come in at least three flavorsLies told to be kind: We all tell polite lies. Suppose a friend asks, "what do you think of this beautiful necktie my dear mother gave me just before she died?" Also suppose that the tie is extremely ugly. To be untruthfully kind, one might say, "it's simply beautiful." Suppose that one is blind and therefore has no idea whether the necktie is beautiful or ugly. One...