Reason Magazine: Just weeks before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)—a.k.a ObamaCare—passed, President Barack Obama urged congressional Democrats to make a final push for the bill, and asked them to schedule a vote as quickly as they could. “From now until then, I will do everything in my power to make the...
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As we digest the HealthCare Bill more hidden gems come to light. For your consideration, a tax on home sales. Another 3.8% tax. The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, which President Obama signed into law March 30, is comprehensive and complex. Section 1402, “Unearned Income Medicare Contribution,” imposes a 3.8 percent...
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The House of Representatives passed legislation for the first time Saturday night that would provide health coverage to almost every American after nearly a century of false starts and un-kept campaign promises. The final vote was 220-215. In all, 219 Democrats voted to approve the measure in a largely party-line vote, with 39 Democrats...
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was “absolutely” committed to doing so. House members...
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The hearing on the injunction to prevent the Marlborough Board of Selectmen from holding an ordinance on the Hodge issue has prevailed. The BOS can hold the public hearing, but they can not bring an ordinance dealing with the issue till 12/01/09 at the earliest. (The Town Hearing is set for tomorrow night (10/27/09)...
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Courtney is holding a public meeting Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 6:00 p.m. and on Tuesday, Sept. 8 at the Russell Mercier Senior Center in Hebron at 10:30 a.m. with State Sen. Edith Prague, D-Columbia. After a rather tumultuous town meeting in Woodstock, Rep Courtney announced he was going to hold town meetings via telephone....
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Martin Feldstein, a professor of economics at Harvard University and president emeritus of the nonprofit National Bureau of Economic Research, was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from 1982 to 1984. From the Washington Post: For the 85 percent of Americans who already have health insurance, the Obama health plan is bad news....
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