#2026
The Democrats who wrote and passed the Affordable Care Act were sure of two things: The law had to include a mandate requiring every American to purchase health insurance, and it had to have an enforcement mechanism to make the mandate work. Enforcement has always been at the heart of Obamacare.
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Now, though, enforcement time has come, and some Democrats are shying away from the coercive measures they themselves wrote into law.
The Internal Revenue Service is the enforcement arm of Obamacare, and with tax forms due April 15, Americans who did not purchase coverage and who have not received one of the many exemptions already offered by the administration are discovering they will have to pay a substantial fine. For a household with, say, no kids and two earners making $35,000 a piece, the fine will be $500, paid at tax time.
#2027
By Rob Nikolewski │ Watchdog.org The coal ash spill into the Dan River in North Carolina last year was disastrous. No
#2028
In a free speech ruling that contradicts six other federal circuit courts, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court ruling that says Americans do not have a first amendment right to videotape the police, or any public official, in pu
#2029
Obamacare reveals that emergency room visits are going up and not decreasing as the president promised before the healthcare system became the law of the land.
#2030
The 'March Madness' NCAA basketball tournament brings in a reported $700 million each year. During a discussion about how college athletes do not get paid for their efforts (except for a full ride worth tens of thousands of dollars), Dave…
#2031
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Monday that will temporarily prevent the Obama administration from moving forward with its executive actions on immigration while a lawsuit against the president works its way through t...
#2032
You can directly support Healthcare Triage on Patreon: http://vid.io/xqXr If you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue produ...
#2033
West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin today signed legislation that will effectively prevent Tesla Motors from selling cars in the strategically located state. West Virginia shares borders with five states and its easternmost county is considered a suburb of Washington, D.C.
#2034
FBI director James Comey testified in front of a House panel on Wednesday to discuss the agency's 2016 budget, but he ended up making a profound point about the issue of concealed carry. At the end
#2035
Supporters of California’s move toward the nation’s first-ever corporate gender quotas have insisted the bill will be good for business, but that’s not what happened in Norway.
#2036
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly had sharp words for a Thursday report alleging he misled viewers about his time covering the Falklands War. "It's a bunch of lies and a politically motivated hit piece," O'Reilly told TheBlaze by phone Thursday evening, adding, "Everything I have said is absolutely...
#2037
The main advocate for the licensing bill has even said "you can raise the rates you’re charging because you’re…a licensed pool builder or service professional.”
#2038
Hillary Rodham Clinton and her support groups are opening a massive fundraising effort to collect an historically-high $2.5 billion to win the White House, according to reports.
That amounts to $37.92 per vote in the general election for the Democrat, more than ever spent in a national campaign. The math is based on the votes received by President Obama in his reelection, 65,915,796.
America Rising graphic.
Obama spent $1.1 billion, then a record, so Clinton's will be more than double.
The New York Times reported the total cost at $2.5 billion, prompting the anti-Clinton group America Rising to call the effort, Clinton Inc.: A $2.5B Endeavor.
#2039
12 Million Democrats voted in the Republican Primary. Trump probably got less than 3.3 million Republican Votes. FIX THE PRIMARY SYSTEM!
#2040
The big revelation from the latest Clinton scandals is not that the former president and his wife are corrupt, low-rent, grabby, greedy, serial liars.
#2041
President Obama said this week that he hasn’t given up on pushing for tighter gun controls, but many of his fellow Democrats in Congress are wishing he would drop it, having concluded that the issue is an electoral loser for them. If anything, they fear the politics are getting worse.
#2042
Kevin O'Leary is convinced he has picked the winning team.
#2043
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#2044
On CBS This Morning: Saturday, reporter Elizabeth Palmer did her best to channel the sentiments of Iran following the preliminary nuclear agreement between them and the United States. The CBS reporter proclaimed that “at Friday prayers there was the usual chant of death to America, but more habit than conviction.
#2045
How reliable is academic research? Not very, it seems, after noting that the Journal of Vibration and Control, a reputable academic publication, had to retract 60 different papers over the summer. …
#2046
Bristol Palin is so pleased that Arkansas moved forward with Convention of States legislation, she might ‘forgive them for giving us the Clintons.’
#2047
The former presidential candidate is even less popular than Donald Trump.
#2048
HUD says a person's self-identified gender should determine facility placement.
#2049
A move to shift power away from the New York Federal Reserve Bank is finding some powerful friends in Congress amid lingering worries that a key part of the central bank is too cozy with Wall Street. Two Republicans running the banking committees have both said they plan to explore proposals from the outspoken, former Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President...
#2050
A Trump-supporting Pentagon analyst was stripped of his security clearance by Obama-appointed officials after he complained of questionable government contracts to Stefan Halper, the FBI informant who spied on the Trump presidential campaign.
