ObamaCare Insuring Fewer Than Expected, With Many Choosing Fines Over Coverage
ObamaCare enrollment is far below initial projections, in part because many people are finding that the penalty for not having coverage is cheaper than coverage. ...
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Big Business Gets Big Subsidies From Washington
Big businesses and banks get billions and even trillions of dollars in grants, special tax credits, and loans from the federal government, a new study finds. ...
ObamaCare, Other Federal Policies Cause Rural Hospital Closings
Rural hospitals across the country are failing at an alarming rate, the result of decades of federal intervention culminating with ObamaCare. ...
Lawmakers Try to Weed Out Federal Crop Insurance
Legislation has been introduced in Congress to eliminate federal subsidies for a type of crop insurance that pays farmers more as crop prices rise. ...
Google Sounds Alarm Over FBI’s Proposal for Expanded Hacking Power
Calling the FBI’s proposal to expand its authority to hack criminal suspects’ computers a “monumental” concern, Google is urging an advisory committee to “reject” the proposal and leave any...
ObamaCare Enrollment Deadline Extended; Dems Seek Second Enrollment Period
The deadline for enrolling in ObamaCare exchange coverage was extended a week, and congressional Democrats want another enrollment period in April for those who were fined for being uninsured...
Lawmakers Move to Shield Americans’ E-mails From Government Snooping
Federal and state legislators have introduced legislation to force government agents to obtain a warrant before searching Americans' old e-mails, closing a convenient loophole in a 1986 law. ...
Feds Rob, Charge Iowa Widow for Depositing Cash in “Suspicious” Fashion
An Iowa widow's bank account was seized by the IRS, which is now also charging her with a misdemeanor, because she deposited her late husband's cash in small increments...
IRS Rehired “Hundreds” of Ex-employees With Conduct, Performance Issues: Audit
The IRS hired hundreds of former employees who had been fired or resigned over issues like helping themselves to taxpayers' information, being absent without leave, or even failing to...
San Francisco Bookstore Closing Due to Minimum Wage Hike
A small San Francisco bookstore is going out of business because it can't afford a minimum-wage increase approved by voters last year. ...
Seattle’s Garbage Police Ticketing Those Who Throw Away Food
Under a new city ordinance, Seattle trash collectors are ticketing people who put too much food in their garbage cans, with fines to follow. ...
ObamaCare to Cost $2 Trillion to Cover Fewer Than Half of Uninsured
Over the next decade, ObamaCare will cost taxpayers $2 trillion, or $73,184 per covered person, to get fewer than half of all uninsured Americans covered, according to Congressional Budget...
Healthcare.gov Sharing Personal Data With Other Websites
"Dozens" of third-party websites track Healthcare.gov users' activity, including some very personal details, an Associated Press investigation found. ...
ObamaCare: Bad News for Taxpayers, Good News for Tax Preparers
The new ObamaCare income-tax requirements will make filing tax returns an even bigger headache for individual Americans, which in turn means bigger profits for tax-preparation companies. ...
Inside Track
Hospitals and free clinics across the nation are closing due to ObamaCare, which is also causing care to be rationed. ...