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Monday, April 04, 2016

Irony Ensues after VA Secretary Asked Famous Veteran To Contact him

Irony Ensues after VA Secretary Asked Famous Veteran To Contact him


Nov. 12, 2015 – April 4, 2016



Always remember that at this point there are compelling and persuasive arguments for a single-payer health insurance public policy. Folks who advocate for such an approach are to be respected. Because of the Healthcare Affordability Act – Obamacare, insurance is rapidly becoming so expensive that employers can no longer afford it.

And because of the Healthcare Affordability Act, more and more individuals do not have health care coverage. Bankruptcies as a result of the cost of healthcare are rapidly increasing – and medicine has become so bureaucratized that one may wonder if the purpose of the healthcare delivery system today is to adhere to the rules of the Dept. of Health and Human Services or see to it that the patient gets better.

However, the biggest argument against a single-payer healthcare system run by the government is the healthcare provided by the Veterans Administration – motto: giving you a second chance to die for your country. 

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Wednesday, June 03, 2015

An Insurer Wants to Raise Its Obamacare Premiums by 85 Percent. Don't Sweat It. by Jordan Weissmann


Under Obamacare, health insurance companies that want to jack up their premiums by more than 10 percent in a year are required to submit their requests to state and federal regulators for review. 

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services posted all of those petitions online in an easily searchable database, which revealed that a number of insurers are, in fact, asking for double-digit rate hikes. 

As Politico notes, some large plans could theoretically get 20 or even 30 percent more expensive. 

The New York Times found one insurer in Georgia looking to up its premiums by as much as 85 percent. The Wall Street Journal, which reported on the news earlier after states began making the filings public, thinks it is "setting the stage for an intense debate this summer over the law’s impact."

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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Today's headlines in the New York Times

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World |  U.S. |  Politics |  Business |  Technology |  Sports |  Arts |  New York/Region |  Magazine |  Editorials |  Op-Ed | On This Day


TOP NEWS

A Flood of Suits Fights Coverage of Birth Control

By ETHAN BRONNER
In recent months, federal courts have seen dozens of lawsuits from religious institutions and private employers who say providing birth control to employees would violate their beliefs.

Secret Donors Finance Fight Against Hagel

By JIM RUTENBERG
Conservative groups financed by anonymous donors are running ads against Chuck Hagel, the nominee for secretary of defense, reflecting the continuing effects of the Citizens United decision.
BEARING ARMS

Selling a New Generation on Guns

By MIKE McINTIRE
Threatened by declining participation in shooting sports, gun makers and sellers have poured millions of dollars into a campaign to get firearms into the hands of more, and younger, children.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"Let's be serious. They took a chance on me."
MAYOR MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG, on Johns Hopkins University, where he flourished despite a lackluster high school record.

WORLD

INTERACTIVE FEATURE: Growth of the Zaatari Refugee Camp

There are more than 300,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan, 73,000 of them in the Zaatari camp.
OPINION
Simon, a humanoid robot, sits for a photograph.
OPINION

Talking, Walking Objects

The future is rich with sensor-based, animated devices to give us affirmation, coach us and just plain keep us company.
WORLD

A City in Egypt Erupts in Chaos Over Sentences

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and MAYY EL SHEIKH
The government appeared to have lost control of Port Said, a major city, after a court sentenced 21 soccer fans to death and their supporters poured into the streets.

French Capture Strategic Airport in Move to Retake North Mali

By LYDIA POLGREEN and SCOTT SAYARE
French forces took control of the Islamic rebel stronghold of Gao, winning the biggest prize yet in the battle to retake the northern half of Mali.

Rio's Exploding Manholes Menace Residents and Highlight Aging Infrastructure

By SIMON ROMERO and TAYLOR BARNES
Rio de Janeiro, which will host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics, faces criticism for not doing enough to curb the deadly problem.
U.S.

For 3 Women, Combat Option Came a Bit Late

By ELISABETH BUMILLER and JAMES DAO
For three officers, the ban on women in combat was not so much a glass ceiling as a seemingly bulletproof one that limited their career options within the military.

Focus on Preserving Heritage Can Limit Foster Care for Indians

By DAN FROSCH
A chronic shortage of licensed Indian foster families in many states complicates the ability to allow Indian children to remain connected with their heritage at a turbulent time.

New Hampshire Police Chiefs Hold a 31-Gun Raffle for a Training Program

By JESS BIDGOOD
The New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police defends its decision to raffle off 31 guns in May in the wake of the Connecticut elementary school shootings.
POLITICS

Tom Harkin of Iowa Won't Seek Re-election to Senate

By JEFF ZELENY
The announcement that Senator Harkin, 73, will retire sets the stage for one of the most competitive Senate races next year as Republicans seek to win control from Democrats.

As Plouffe Departs, a West Wing Job Is Redefined

By JACKIE CALMES
The departure of David Plouffe draws attention to a White House office that at once has been crucial to Mr. Obama's presidency yet was nearly eliminated after his re-election.

How This Got to Be a Biden Moment

By MARK LEIBOVICH
As the one major Washington figure who consistently evokes a sense of thrill in what he is doing, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has achieved a sort of cult status.
BUSINESS

Lincoln's School of Management

By NANCY F. KOEHN
The deliberations over the Emancipation Proclamation built the leadership backbone of Abraham Lincoln, and offer huge lessons for modern executives.
FAIR GAME

Making Them Pay (and Confess)

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
Mary Jo White, the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has a chance to scuttle the practice of letting companies settle cases without admitting fault.
ECONOMIC VIEW

A New Housing Boom? Don't Count on It

By ROBERT J. SHILLER
Despite noises about a turning point in the housing market, the data doesn't suggest any particular path for future prices.
TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL DOMAIN

Mixing, Matching and Charging Less for a Phone Plan

By RANDALL STROSS
Republic Wireless keeps its cellphone service prices low via an interesting hybrid: it uses Wi-Fi when customers are in a Wi-Fi area and a 3G network when they are not.
UNBOXED

Dickens, Austen and Twain, Through a Digital Lens

By STEVE LOHR
Big Data is pushing into the humanities, as evidenced by new, illuminating computer analyses of literary history.
WORKSTATION

How to Say 'Look at Me!' to an Online Recruiter

By PHYLLIS KORKKI
Some employers aren't posting jobs these days, choosing instead to search online for the right candidate. So job seekers may need to ask themselves "How searchable am I?"
SPORTS

A Saint in His City: Archie Manning in New Orleans

By SAM BORDEN
The Mannings, the first family of New Orleans quarterbacks, have called the city home since Archie, father of Peyton and Eli, was drafted by the Saints in 1971.
ON BASKETBALL

The Nets' Key Player, and Their Key Pawn

By HOWARD BECK
Despite Brook Lopez's fine season and Dwight Howard's horrid one, an exchange of centers by the Nets and the woeful Lakers may still happen.
76ERS 97, KNICKS 80

The Knicks, Finally All Together, Prove Altogether Lackluster

By TIM ROHAN
Even with their full complement of talented, confident and expensive pieces at their disposal, the Knicks were unable to slow down the 76ers and Jrue Holiday, who scored 35 points.
ARTS

Pure Dance, Pure Finale

By ALASTAIR MACAULAY
Trisha Brown, a leading choreographer for more than 50 years, will present her last two dances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this week.

Not Like the Old Boss: Hip-Hop's Spirit Guide

By JON CARAMANICA
ASAP Yams is the behind-the-scenes - or not so behind-the-scenes - presence in the career of the expansive hip-hop artist ASAP Rocky.

To Heighten the Art? Take It to Vegas

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Michael Mayer's new production of "Rigoletto," set in 1960s Las Vegas, will continue the Metropolitan Opera's attempts to wake up its opera revivals.
NEW YORK / REGION

$1.1 Billion in Thanks From Bloomberg to University

By MICHAEL BARBARO
Michael R. Bloomberg, who credits Johns Hopkins University for turning him into a leader, is adding a $350 million gift to four decades of generosity to the school.

The Preppers Next Door

By ALAN FEUER
The prepper movement, which teaches its members how survive the breakdown of civilization, is gaining followers in New York, including the author.

40 Miles to Work, on a Bike

By ABIGAIL MEISEL
More people are riding their bikes into Manhattan, and even the freezing temperatures do not dissuade a few brave souls.
MAGAZINE

The Price of a Stolen Childhood

By EMILY BAZELON
Victims of child pornography can now collect damages directly from those convicted of possessing their images. But how much can restitution help them repair their lives?

How to Make an Ironman Whimper (and Cough)

By BILL DONAHUE
The race to the top of very tall buildings.

Could Cyril Ramaphosa Be the Best Leader South Africa Has Not Yet Had?

By BILL KELLER
The man who was once Nelson Mandela's chosen successor returns to government, this time as a business tycoon.
EDITORIALS
EDITORIAL | THE GUN CHALLENGE

What We Don't Know Is Killing Us

After a 17-year freeze imposed by the gun lobby, government research on the causes and prevention of gun violence must resume.
EDITORIAL

Mr. Cameron's European Fantasy

The British prime minister is ambivalent about his country's future in the European Union, but he can't pretend to have it both ways.
EDITORIAL

The Bird Flu Experiments

Research on the deadly bird flu virus is to resume, but have all earlier concerns been adequately addressed?
OP-ED
OP-ED COLUMNIST

She's (Rarely) the Boss

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Sheryl Sandberg, the No. 2 executive at Facebook, offers a provocative take on why women are so underrepresented in leadership positions.
OP-ED COLUMNIST

Revolution Hits the Universities

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Nothing has more potential to let us reimagine higher education than massive open online course, or MOOC, platforms.
OP-ED COLUMNIST

Divided by Abortion, United by Feminism

By ROSS DOUTHAT
How the pro-life movement has learned to love equal opportunity.
SUNDAY REVIEW
NEWS ANALYSIS

Your Biggest Carbon Sin May Be Air Travel

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
With President Obama declaring climate change a part of his second-term agenda, all eyes are on the United States on the matter of airlines' carbon emissions.
NEWS ANALYSIS

Who Decides the Laws of War?

By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Can military tribunals charge people with idiosyncratic offenses that are not war crimes under international law?
ON THIS DAY
On Jan. 27, 1967, Astronauts Virgil I. ''Gus'' Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo I spacecraft at Cape Kennedy, Fla.
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Friday, April 06, 2012

Joe Scarborough | Barack Obama | Supreme Court | The Daily Caller




By Jeff Poor - The Daily Caller

"On Tuesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, host Joe Scarborough was strongly critical of President Barack Obama’s decision to preemptively attack the Supreme Court now that his health care reform legislation is in danger of being overturned.

Scarborough reminded viewers of how former Texas Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay made a push to impeach federal judges in the 1990s, and said that Obama’s Monday remarks on the judiciary were similar." ... http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/03/joe-scarborough-obama-scotus-attacks-demagoguery-disturbing/



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Saturday, March 03, 2012

Rush Limbaugh apologizes to Georgetown law student for insulting her

The Washington PostSaturday, March 3, 2012 6:14:02 PM
POLITICS NEWS ALERT 

Rush Limbaugh apologizes to Georgetown law student for insulting her

Conservative talk show host posted the apology on his Web site: "... I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke," wrote Rush Limbaugh, who on Friday vilified student Sandra Fluke for her public support of health plans that cover the cost of contraceptives.

Read more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rush-limbaugh-apologizes-to-georgetown-law-student-for-insulting-her/2012/03/03/gIQAtaJKpR_story.html

Or visit PostPolitics.com.

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Wednesday, February 01, 2012

U.S. News - Iconic skier's death points out U.S. health gap

U.S. News - Iconic skier's death points out U.S. health gap: "By Kari Huus, msnbc.com

Since the death of Canadian skier Sarah Burke in January, fans and supporters from around the world have donated over $300,000 – more than enough to cover the massive U.S. medical bill generated by efforts to save her.

The outpouring of grief for Burke and the influx of funds are a tribute to a young woman who was a pioneer and legend in her sport. The need for a fundraiser — to help her grieving family avert bankruptcy — was viewed by some Canadians and U.S. observers as a condemnation of the U.S. health care system.

"The irony is that had the accident occurred in Canada… her care would have been covered because, unlike the U.S., Canada has a system of universal coverage," wrote Wendell Potter, an insurance executive-turned-whistleblower who writes for iWatch at the Center for Public Integrity. "No one in Canada finds themselves in that predicament, nor do they face losing their homes as many Americans do when they become critically ill or suffer an injury..."" ... http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/30/10274212-iconic-skiers-death-points-out-us-health-gap

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Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Speaker of the House John Boehner: White House to Taxpayers: Sorry About All This, But We Need You to Send Us More Money

White House to Taxpayers: Sorry About All This, But We Need You to Send Us More Money
Posted by Michael Ricci on September 29, 2011  http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?postid=262327
Bank of America today announced it will soon charge customers a monthly fee for using a debit card to make household purchases, a move geared towards preparing for “new federal rules” in the Dodd-Frank bill.  This is another example of how the job-crushing policies coming out of Washington are taking money from the pockets of cash-strapped families and small businesses.  Here are two others:
  • Higher Health Care Premiums.  According to newly released national surveyhealth care premiums in the workplace have jumped by a “whopping” 9 percent in the year following enactment of President Obama’s government takeover of health care.  For the typical family, this amounts to an increase of more than $1,200.  This is a far cry from the $2,500 decrease in premiums the president promised his plan would bring – a $3,700 swing, to be exact. 
  • Higher Gas Prices.  Average gas prices have risen by nearly 93 percent since the president took office, according to AAA data.  Unfortunately, Washington has consistently blocked American energy production that would lower costs and create jobs.  As gas prices rise, so does the cost of everyday life.  Higher fuel prices force food suppliers to charge restaurants and grocery stores more, costs that are inevitably passed on to customers.   Small businesses are also hit hard.  “The price of gas was putting me out of business,” the owner of a Kansas transportation company said recently.
Higher costs from regulations is also a major concern right now, as evidenced by the Bank of America story.  The Obama Administration currently has4,257 rules and regulations in the works, of which at least 219 will have an economic impact of $100 million or more – an increase of nearly 15 percent over last year.  There are, of course, good regulations that protect our kids and our environment, but there are also excessive regulations that increase costs for consumers and small businesses.  It’s these unnecessary regulations that hurt job creation and lead to higher prices for American families.  In Speaker Boehner’s home state of Ohio, there are roughly 845 regulations in the pipeline that would affect small businesses – an 11.5 percent jump since 2009.  Federal mandates are “forcing many area school districts to raise hot lunch prices” in Michigan, a state suffering from 10.9 percent unemployment.  Similar examples abound

Americans are paying more for health care, more for gas, more for food, and more to stay in business – largely on account of the Obama Administration – and now it wants taxpayers to send more of their hard-earned money to Washington.  “The economy is stalled, and it’s been stalled, and it’s not because the American people have lost their way,” Speaker Boehner said recently. “It’s because their government has let them down.”  Making job-crushing tax hikes the centerpiece of a jobs plan further proves this point.  

There’s a better way, and it starts with responsible, long-term solutions to address cost-of-living concerns and remove government barriers to job creation.  This is the focus of Republicans’ Plan for America’s Job Creators, the dozen or so jobs bills the House has passed, and areas of common ground that House GOP leaders have identified.  Learn more at jobs.gop.gov.

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