Democrats’ latest bid to rig election rules
If you can’t win, change the rules. That’s the Democratic Party’s new playbook. Democrats are urging the US Supreme Court to redraw Wisconsin’s electoral map, claiming Republican lawmakers drew it unfairly. If the justices toss Wisconsin’s map and dictate new rules for election mapmaking, it could turn winners into losers and vice versa in many states.
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ObamaCare’s Middle Class Uninsured Crisis
Brace yourself for the next health insurance crisis: the uninsured middle class. The Affordable Care Act added millions of mostly poor people to the insurance rolls. But the law is driving premiums so high that middle-class people can no longer afford insurance. Several million are expected to drop coverage in 2018. Under ObamaCare, poor lives
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Feds Warn Nursing Homes Deadly
Nursing home residents trapped in wheelchairs with floodwaters rising to their waists — the photo of Hurricane Harvey everyone’s seen. But even where the weather’s fine, nursing home residents are in danger. An alert issued Monday by the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services calls for urgent action. It cites incidents in 33
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Trump’s Trade Mandate
Most shoppers prefer to buy American. But given a choice between an American-made product and a cheaper import from China, Mexico, or another low wage country, they’ll go for the bargain. That’s one reason millions of American factory workers have lost their jobs. In last year’s presidential election, Donald Trump put the collapse of American
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Trump’s Pro-Worker Tax Cut
Left-wing political groups are staging street protests and running television ads to defeat President Trump’s proposed corporate tax cut. If they succeed, the big losers will be anyone hoping for a raise or looking for a better job. Top Democrats like Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are complaining about tax cuts for wealthy corporations.
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Single Payer Deadly for Seniors
If you’re a Baby Boomer, you’re expecting Medicare to pay for that knee replacement or cataract operation you’ll need in 10 or 20 years. Don’t count on it. Health-care reform is taking a dangerous turn. Democrats, energized by the failure to repeal ObamaCare, are again pushing a government takeover of health care they call “Medicare for all.”
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Stop making doctors the slaves of computers
The doctor will see you now.” It’s a common phrase, but no longer true. Even in the exam room, you’re unlikely to make more than fleeting eye contact with your doctor. That’s because federal laws and regulations have turned doctors into robotic clerks. Your doctor has to stay glued to the computer screen, clicking boxes,
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How to Win the Repeal Battle
When President Ronald Reagan was asked why he settled for a 5 percent tax cut in 1981 when he had proposed cutting taxes by twice as much, he answered: “Half a loaf is better than none.” That’s advice the Republican Party should heed right now. The Senate’s failure this week to repeal ObamaCareis a bitter disappointment
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Trump’s Deregulation Revolution
On Friday, the Department of Veterans Affairs posted a list of hundreds of VA employees fired or punished for misconduct since the Trump administration took over on Jan. 20. It’s a good start. But not enough. The VA, which left vets to die on waiting lists for care, is a glaring example of what’s wrong with
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