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Health Reform: The tax-exempt seniors group that pushed hard to get ObamaCare passed stands to reap a billion-dollar reward over the next decade as ObamaCare destroys the competition to the products it endorses. During what passed for a debate on ObamaCare, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which administers benefits under Medicare, issued what can only be called a gag order after private insurer Humana Inc. warned its Medicare Advantage customers in a letter that ObamaCare might cause them to lose some benefits. It was because that letter exposed one of Obama-Care's biggest lies — the claim that...

WASHINGTON – AARP lobbied for the new health care law and now it stands to profit, Republican lawmakers charged Wednesday as they called for the IRS to investigate whether the powerful interest group representing older Americans should be stripped of its federal tax exemption. Three veteran GOP representatives released a report that estimates the seniors lobby could make an additional $1 billion over 10 years on health insurance plans whose sales are expected to pick up under the new law. They also questioned seven-figure compensation for some AARP executives. "Based on the available evidence, substantial questions remain about whether AARP...

By Paul BoergerRepublican Congressman Wally Herger of northern California denounced president Obama’s health care plan at an Aug. 18, 2009 town hall meeting in Redding, Calif. Republican Congressman Wally Herger held a health care town hall meeting Aug. 18 at Simpson University in Redding, where a partisan crowd of over 2,000 people loudly cheered Herger’s position that a public option was “unacceptable.” -snip-“Our democracy has never been threatened as much as it is today,” Herger said to a loud standing ovation. -snip-After denouncing the Obama plan to wild cheering, Herger offered a few solutions of his own including opening...

Please join us at one or both rallies in support of our troops and our President this Saturday, March 20. CA state representative Doug LaMalfa will attend, as will U.S. Representative Wally Herger. The first rally will be at City Hall in Mt. Shasta, at 10am (this may be the only rally Herger attends). The second rally will be at City Hall in Yreka, at 12noon. Please join us; bring as many family members and friends as you can, and plenty of signs. Expect a counter demonstration by Gang Green. Please RSVP to Leo Bergeron via email at bergeron@inreach.com, or...