December 20, 2015 What to Cut? Gov’t finds wasteful spending hard to shake In the realm of government excesses, it's hard to top a series of grants recently awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities that have drawn the scrutiny of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.
December 20, 2015 IRS releases preliminary report on ObamaCare inquiries The IRS on Saturday reported handling more than 330,000 requests from ObamaCare exchanges to calculate whether Americans are eligible for federal tax credits when purchasing insurance through the program.
December 20, 2015 ObamaCare ‘Glitch’ Watch: Reporter seeking coverage ends up at vacant building The launch of the ObamaCare exchanges is still off to a rocky start. Error messages continued to pop up on the main healthcare.gov site on Tuesday. And one Tennessee reporter has detailed her daylong, and ultimately unsuccessful, saga in trying to sign up for health care via the new insurance exchanges.
December 20, 2015 ObamaCare's scope, rocky intro signals problems for Tuesday's start Administration officials say ObamaCare is ready for its close-up, with enrollment in the newly created insurance “exchanges” set to start on Tuesday.
December 20, 2015 ObamaCare online sign-up delayed for small firms Small businesses seeking to buy health insurance under President Obama's health care law will have to wait a couple of months before they can complete the process online, administration officials said Thursday in the latest delay of the high-stakes rollout.
December 20, 2015 Drumline: ObamaCare ads to co-opt high school marching bands next The Oregon agency behind Obamacare-promoting, taxpayer-funded ads that have garnered national attention for their hipster and trippy vibes defended the spots Wednesday.
December 20, 2015 Former President George H.W. Bush witness at Maine same-sex wedding Former President George H.W. Bush was an official witness at the same-sex wedding of two longtime friends, his spokesman said.
December 20, 2015 Premiums, plan choices unveiled for health overhaul plans With new health insurance markets launching next week, the Obama administration is unveiling premiums and plan choices for 36 states where the federal government is taking the lead to cover uninsured residents.
December 20, 2015 Theater owners brace for new rules on accommodating blind, deaf Movie-house owners -- as well as disability advocates -- are anxiously awaiting the release of an Obama administration proposal that would require theaters to install expensive technology so deaf and blind patrons can enjoy their films.
December 20, 2015 Poverty stuck at 15 percent -- record 46.5 million The nation's poverty rate remained stuck at 15 percent last year despite America's slowly reviving economy, a discouraging lack of improvement for the record 46.5 million poor and an unwelcome benchmark for President Barack Obama's recovery plans.
