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Obama Modifies Contraception Rule

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U.S. President Barack Obama will not attempt to impose a controversial new health care mandate that attempted to make religious organizations to pay for contraceptives, abortion inducing drugs and sterilization treatment. "Under the rule, women will still have access to free preventive care that includes

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More Newt Gingrich Mandate News

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It's no secret that former U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich previously supported a mandate that would require individual Americans to purchase health care coverage. He made this position abundantly clear during the debate over "Hillarycare" in the early 1990s, as well as in 2006 when his "Center for Health

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Newt Gingrich Praised Romneycare

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Former U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich has been a consistent supporter of an individual mandate requiring the purchase of health care coverage - although he has hypocritically criticized former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for his costly efforts to impose just such a mandate in the Bay State. Now, however

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The Obligatory Post On Tom Harkin’s “Trikki Investigation”

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Since our founding editor has intellectually checked out for the holidays (insert your "how is that different from any other day"  joke here ____), we haven't exactly jumped on the news that S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's latest "Obamacare Funnin'" has drawn the ire of U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa). Specifically,

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More Nikki Haley “Obamacare” Fun …

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Three months ago, this website reported on S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's "flip-flop" regarding the creation of a statewide exchange in South Carolina for U.S. President Barack Obama's socialized medicine law. And while we were glad to see Haley (finally) wind up on the right side of this issue - a major controversy

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SC Says “No” To Health Care Exchange

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The state of South Carolina will forgo the creation of an "Obamacare" health care exchange - choosing instead to let the federal government step in and run this so-called "marketplace" if it deems private sector solutions aren't working. S.C. Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) director

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US Supreme Court To Tackle Obamacare

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The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will be taking up President Barack Obama's socialized medicine monstrosity during its current term - setting up an election year showdown over an issue that has come to define the overreaching of the federal government and the unsustainable expansion

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Haley’s Health Czar Proposes Spending Hikes

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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's health czar Tony Keck is asking for $35 million in new money to fund a massive expansion of the state's already-bloated health care rolls, the Associated Press reported on Monday. Keck's agency already received a pair of $100 million bailouts from South Carolina taxpayers a

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Romneycare’s “Dishonest” Defender

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In endorsing Mitt Romney's presidential campaign this week, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie refused to challenge the former Massachusetts governor's health care hypocrisy. In fact, the rotund Republican took the proactive step of blasting Romney's health care critics - saying they were being "completed

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Obamacare’s Rendezvous With Destiny

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Twenty-six states and a national group that advocates for small businesses are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule quickly on the constitutionality of Barack Obama's socialized medicine plan.  They even got an assist from retired liberal Justice John Paul Stevens - who stepped down from the Court

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Smith: “Okie Dokie, Mitt”

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By Michael S. Smith II || Does Mitt Romney really believe Republican voters are so stupid that we will view his verbose rebuffs of Texas Governor Rick Perry’s comments about the need to reform our Social Security program as anything more than a diversion - an attempt to steer attention away from one

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Study: Romneycare Cost 18,000 Jobs

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A new study released by Suffolk University’s Beacon Hill Institute reveals that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's socialized medicine plan - which included an unconstitutional individual mandate - cost the Bay State more than 18,000 jobs. “Mandating health insurance coverage and expanding

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