Kentucky Signs Up 1000 A Day for ObamaCare Thanks to DEMOCRAT Governor Steve Beshear. Both of Kentucky's Senators REPUBLICAN Mitch McConnell and REPUBLICAN Rand Paul, OPPOSED OBAMACARE.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
90,609,000: Americans Not in Labor Force Climbs to Another Record October 22, 2013 - 8:43 AM By Terence P. Jeffrey President Barack Obama and Labor Secretary Thomas Perez. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais))
(CNSNews.com) - The number of Americans who are 16 years or older and who have decided not to participate in the nation's labor force has climbed to a record 90,609,000 in September, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The BLS counts a person as participating in the labor force if they are 16 years or older and either have a job or have actively sought a job in the last four weeks. A person is not participating in the labor force if they are 16 or older and have not sought a job in the last four weeks.
In from July to August, according to BLS, Americans not participating in the labor force climbed from 89,957,000 to 90,473,000, pushing past 90,000,000 for the first time, with a one month increase of 516,000.
In September, it climbed again to 90,609,000, an increase of 136,000 during the month.
In January 2009, when President Barack Obama took office, there were 80,507,000 Americans not in the labor force. Thus, the number of Americans not in the labor force has increased by 10,102,000 during Obama's presidency. - See more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/articl.....sthash.O5rjjKdF.dpuf
Thousands Of Consumers Get Insurance Cancellation Notices Due To Health Law Changes By Anna Gorman and Julie Appleby
KHN Staff Writers
Oct 21, 2013
Health plans are sending hundreds of thousands of cancellation letters to people who buy their own coverage, frustrating some consumers who want to keep what they have and forcing others to buy more costly policies.
The main reason insurers offer is that the policies fall short of what the Affordable Care Act requires starting Jan. 1. Most are ending policies sold after the law passed in March 2010. At least a few are cancelling plans sold to people with pre-existing medical conditions.
By all accounts, the new policies will offer consumers better coverage, in some cases, for comparable cost -- especially after the inclusion of federal subsidies for those who qualify. The law requires policies sold in the individual market to cover 10 “essential” benefits, such as prescription drugs, mental health treatment and maternity care. In addition, insurers cannot reject people with medical problems or charge them higher prices. The policies must also cap consumers’ annual expenses at levels lower than many plans sold before the new rules.
But the cancellation notices, which began arriving in August, have shocked many consumers in light of President Barack Obama’s promise that people could keep their plans if they liked them.
“I don’t feel like I need to change, but I have to,” said Jeff Learned, a television editor in Los Angeles, who must find a new plan for his teenage daughter, who has a health condition that has required multiple surgeries.
An estimated 14 million people purchase their own coverage because they don’t get it through their jobs. Calls to insurers in several states showed that many have sent notices. Florida Blue, for example, is terminating about 300,000 policies, about 80 percent of its individual policies in the state. Kaiser Permanente in California has sent notices to 160,000 people – about half of its individual business in the state. Insurer Highmark in Pittsburgh is dropping about 20 percent of its individual market customers, while Independence Blue Cross, the major insurer in Philadelphia, is dropping about 45 percent.
Unemployment rate dips to 7.2 % as the US economy added 148,000 jobs.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Imagine that, since the sequester was passed Obama has had to spend less. Good thing Congress passed it.
Obama has spent less since 2009... long before the sequester was passed.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
ObamaCare's Lower-Than-Projected Premiums Will Save $190 Billion
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The Affordable Care Act is already working: Intense price competition among health plans in the marketplaces for individuals has lowered premiums below projected levels. As a result of these lower premiums, the federal government will save about $190 billion over the next 10 years, according to our estimates. These savings will boost the health law’s amount of deficit reduction by 174 percent and represent about 40 percent of the health care savings proposed by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Obama said the same thing and they're both lying, the progressive site that just reads the DNC talking points.
Seeing something that isn't FoxSnooze must be a shock. Try to slowly ease into the truth by watching NBC CBS or ABC first. Then progress to NPR and in a few months, the actual truth will show you just how deceptive Republican Broadcasting on FoxSnooze really is.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
"Center For American Progress: Progressive ideas for strong, just, free America" a very unbiased site right Box.
OK. How about
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Premiums on Obamacare marketplaces beat expectations
When open enrollment begins on the online, state-based marketplaces established under Obamacare, premiums nationwide are expected to be around 16 percent lower than originally predicted, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department said in a new report released Wednesday.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
You don't "save" money you didn't spend because prices didn't go up as much as you guessed they would. I see the problem we are working with here. Also, the unemployment rates reflect people hired by the government such as health care navigators and TSA, for the purpose of making Obama look good. Those numbers are unreliable anyway, because people drop off the unemployment rolls without necessarily having a job, and because this administration has been caught fudging the numbers and been called out on it, but his lackey media covers it up for him. Go take a stroll in downtown Schenectady, just behind Proctor's, and look at all the idle adults. Even Tavis Smiley disapproves of this president's performance.
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