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May 05, 2010 Chief Financial Officers: New Health Law Bad for Employees and Businesses

As the old saying goes: when it rains, it pours.  And, the nation’s chief financial officers are suggesting the new…

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April 28, 2010 Employers Facing Hard Choices Under Democrats’ Health Law

With unemployment hovering close to 10 percent and underemployment — such as part-time workers wanting full-time work – even higher,…

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April 26, 2010 Consensus Is In: Health Care Costs and Premiums to Rise Under Democrats’ Health Law

Not so long ago, President Obama proclaimed, “If any bill arrives from Congress that is not controlling costs, that’s not…

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April 23, 2010 Obama Administration Report Confirms Democrat Health Law Increases Health Care Spending

Last night, the nonpartisan, independent actuaries at the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…

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April 21, 2010 Democrats Finally Admit Premiums to Rise Under Government Takeover of Health Care

Today, the New York Times reports Democrats are scrambling to prevent the predicted health insurance premium increases that are coming for…

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March 30, 2010 Democrats’ Health Care Bill is NOT Pro-Jobs

Within hours of signing the Democrats’ health care bill into law, the New York Times reported that the President launched an…

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March 25, 2010 ObamaCare’s Immediate Impact: Declining Profits for an Already Weak Manufacturing Sector

With the ink not even dry on the Democrats’ health care overhaul, American manufacturers are already warning about how much…

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March 25, 2010 There’s Aging Gracefully, Then There is This… A Timeline of the Democrats’ Health Care Bill

A quick glance at a timeline of the Democrats’ health care bill shows that the most harmful provisions take effect…

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March 20, 2010 The Democrats’ Health Bill Does What?!!?!

Creates a special deal for union members.  Starting in 2018, a single union worker in a multiemployer health plan would…

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March 20, 2010 Nearly $1 Billion in Last-Minute Deals Conveniently Benefit Wavering Democrats

Apparently still short on votes for their health care overhaul, Democrat Congressional leaders have loaded up their latest health bill…

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