Let’s continue with the healthcare reform theme I’ve been addressing all week. On Tuesday, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) had an opinion piece in The Hill in which he listed four important principles of healthcare reform GOP-style. First, lower the costs of healthcare. Duh. While very little of Obamacare has kicked in to address lowering […]
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If the GOP conservatives were distraught over the last few days because Mitt Romney selected Michael Leavitt (a supporter of parts of Obamacare) to head his transition team should he win in November, then they will be in full buyer’s remorse after reading today’s story in the Wall Street Journal. Calling for the full repeal
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Small business owners are optimistic about their future says a recently released Bank of America survey. That’s the good news. The bad news is that small business owners are concerned about losing qualified employees to larger businesses because of benefits. According to the survey 18% said that providing competitive healthcare and retirement benefits is their
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Everyone knows that China holds much of our government debt. While that might sound ominous, the reality is that China needs the U.S. economy to be successful if it wants to keep getting paid on their investment. It’s not like China can simply take over our federal government if we don’t pay them. Our economy
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One of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act–Obamacare–is the requirement that 80% to 85% of health insurance premiums go toward actual medical costs and not to overhead and profit of the insurers. Otherwise the policy holder is due a refund at the end of the year. This medical loss ratio went into effect in
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Yesterday, as expected, the U.S. House passed Majority Leader Cantor’s bill that would cut a small business owner’s tax on profits by 20% for 2012 only. The bill’s intent, according to the supporters, is to spur job creation. In my blog on Wednesday I explained why this would be a $46 billion debt-increasing failure in
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The Washington Post April 15, 2012 By Tim Smith, owner Papa Jazz Record Shoppe in Columbia, S.C. For 33 years, my business — Papa Jazz Record Shoppe in Columbia, S.C. — has been a cornerstone of the trendy Five Points shopping area of our capital city. As a small, independent retail establishment, we have weathered
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Today President Obama is scheduled to sign the JOBS Act, legislation that has received both enthusiastic support from the business community and scorn from regulators and consumer organizations. So what is the reality? Well, the JOBS Act is deserving of both praise and scorn. First the praise. Contained in the Act is a provision for
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The Washington PostApril 1, 2012 By Jamal Lee Last week, the nation’s attention was riveted to the Supreme Court, where oral arguments were being made over the constitutionality of the health care reform law, also known as the Affordable Care Act. Pundits have been making one prediction after another as to how the high court
Now the waiting begins…Oh, and the PR efforts continue in an effort to influence the final decision. The Supreme Court had its hearings, all sides had their say, and the reality sets in. But it’s not the reality for all Americans that the Affordable Care Act come July might be intact, altered or gone entirely.Â
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