House Votes to Revive Export-Import Bank
With the passage of a transportation bill by the House of Representatives Thursday, Congress is well on its way to reviving the Export-Import Bank, a symbol of corporate welfare...
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How Medicare Hurts
In Medicare’s Victims: How the U.S. Government’s Largest Health Care Program Harms Patients and Impairs Physicians, David Hogberg demonstrates that Medicare is far from the success story that the...
China’s One-Child Policy Becomes Two-Child Policy
The Chinese government announced that it will now allow couples to have two children instead of one — a welcome move but one that still leaves the state in...
Obama Calls for Less Standardized Testing in Schools
The Obama administration, which bears much of the blame for the excessive number of standardized tests students must take, is now calling for limits on the number of such...
ObamaCare’s Individual-mandate Penalty to Rise Sharply in 2016
ObamaCare's individual-mandate penalty is set to increase to $695 per person in 2016, an event the Obama administration hopes will boost lagging exchange enrollment. ...
Pennsylvania Health System Offers Up-front Pricing, Prepayment
A Pennsylvania health system is posting all-inclusive prices for common procedures on its website, then having patients pay in advance. ...
Inside Track
ObamaCare has failed to reduce insurance premiums, while deductibles are rising sharply, sometimes causing people to skimp on necessary care. ...
NYPD’s X-ray Van Program Lacks Transparency
The New York Police Department is using vans equipped with X-ray scanners to secretly search vehicles, and it won't release any information about them. ...
California Forces Pregnancy Centers to Inform Clients of Abortion Options
California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill forcing crisis-pregnancy centers to provide clients with information on how to obtain state-funded abortions. ...
Pentagon Modifies Syrian Rebel Training, Drawing U.S. Further Into War
The Pentagon announced a change to its program to train and equip Syrian rebels, but the change will only deepen U.S. involvement in the civil war and increase the...
Medicaid Long-term Care Program Faces Long-term Deficits
With the aging of the population, Medicaid's long-term care program, which covers seniors as well as the disabled, is expected to grow astronomically, exacerbating future federal deficits. ...
DHS: States’ Refusal to Implement REAL ID Could Ground Residents
Residents of four states that have refused to implement REAL ID for driver's licenses may not be allowed to fly or to enter certain federal buildings come January. ...
FBI Collecting Fingerprints, Photos, and Other Data on Millions
The FBI is collecting fingerprints, photographs, and other biographical data from the millions of criminal background checks it conducts for employers and government agencies. ...
Vets Died Waiting for VA to Process Huge Paperwork Backlog
Over 300,000 veterans died while waiting for the Veterans Administration to process a backlog of 867,000 healthcare records, a new inspector general's report says. ...
Denver Airport Chick-fil-A Threatened by Pro-same-sex Marriage City Council
The Denver, Colorado, city council is delaying approval of a Chick-fil-A franchise at Denver International Airport because Chick-fil-A's owner opposes same-sex "marriage." ...