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SNIP Back when the coronavirus pandemic cases started picking up in early Spring, many Americans and experts asked: Should we be wearing masks? In response, some public health officials, such as the U.S. Surgeon, said that masks weren't necessary for the general public. And then the public was told that, actually, masks are good to wear to help prevent the spread and also allow you to go out without anxiety of anyone coming within six feet of you. Dr. Fauci joined TheStreet to talk about why masks are important when you leave the house, and to better explain why there...

The good news for Mitt Romney is that we’ve finally found someone else who agrees that Romneycare has been a “resounding success.” The bad news? That person is this state’s liberal governor, Deval Patrick. As The Wall Street Journal noted in their devastating editorial take-down of Romneycare last week: “It’s no accident that [Romneycare’s] most vociferous defenders now are in the White House and left-wing media and think tanks.” And it’s also no accident that Romneycare’s out-of-control costs and soaring premiums have forced its defenders to reach for radical solutions. In Patrick’s case, it’s a “global payments” system. Under Patrick’s...

(snip) In just three years, a majority of workers—51 percent—will be in plans subject to new federal requirements, according to the draft.

ObamaCare, formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is bad news for U.S. workers. Strike One: ObamaCare is fiscally dangerous, raising the risk of higher taxes all around — including taxes on labor at a time when the job market is struggling. Strike Two: ObamaCare creates strong incentives for employers — even while holding workers financial harmless — to drop employer-sponsored health insurance for as many as 35 million Americans. This is sure to lead to widespread turmoil in labor compensation, employee insurance coverage and labor relations. Strike Three: ObamaCare slaps big increases in effective marginal tax...

The new Obamacare legislation that was forced on unwilling Americans this week specifically mandates that we all purchase health insurance. That is, unless you don't believe in that sort of thing. That's right, the current health care bill contains a clause which exempts certain individuals form the requirements and penalties set forth in it. " EXEMPTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. —In the case of an individual who is seeking an exemption certificate under section 1311(d)(4)(H) from any requirement or penalty imposed by section 5000A, the following information: In the case of an individual seeking exemption based on the individual’s status...

EMAIL FRIEND | PRINT ARTICLE | 45 COMMENTS | SHARE March 24, 2010 Amish, Muslims to be excused from Obamacare mandate? WordWayze The Senate health care bill just signed contains some exemptions to the "pay-or-play" mandate requiring purchase of Obamacare-approved health insurance or payment of a penalty fine. As Fox News has pointed out, for instance, the Amish are excused from the mandate: So while most Americans would be required to sign up with insurance companies or government insurance plans, the church would serve as something of an informal insurance plan for the Amish. Law experts say that kind of...

Our SCHMOTUS is right, this is a Big "F-ing" deal. With the President's signature on the Obamacare bill yesterday, your taxes went up by over $500 Billion. And if the reconciliation bill being debated in the Senate passes, taxes will go up even further. Despite the pledges of repealing the bill, and the cases filed yesterday by the stats, those brand new taxes are going to be around to hurt your pocket book and slow down the economy for a very long time. Each of those efforts to blunt the bill are long-shots at best and even if they are...

When asked about the worst aspect of ObamaCare, Governor Palin responded: “We’ve already talked about federal unfunded mandates that will bury our states that have budgetary problems and businesses that have budgetary problems and now will be forced to purchase something we don’t want or don’t need, and government will be telling us to do it anyway. This of course takes away so many of our choices and puts government between our doctors and our patients.”