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The top 10 things every Illinoisan should know about ObamaCare and Medicaid

10/20/2014
The Affordable Care Act, or ACA, commonly known as ObamaCare, is failing to deliver on its promises to provide health-care access and affordability. While some Illinoisans now have coverage, it has come at the expense of people like Michéle who lost her employer-based coverage as a result of the law and now struggles to find...

U.S. recovery jumps forward, Illinois falls back

By Michael Lucci
10/03/2014
The U.S. hit a major milestone in September. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics household survey, the number of Americans working has finally surpassed pre-recession levels. In addition, the national jobless rate fell to 5.9 percent to 6.1 percent. The number of Illinoisans working, however, is far from recovery. There are now 220,000 more...

TAGS: jobs, unemployment

Labor Day poll shows popular support for Right-to-Work laws

By Paul Kersey
08/31/2014
As is their custom around Labor Day, the Gallup Organization has released a nationwide poll on attitudes toward labor unions. While a majority of Americans still approve of unions, their support is close to an all-time low. And support for Right-to-Work laws is strong. According to the Gallup poll, 71 percent of Americans would vote...

Cubs tarp fiasco a result of ObamaCare?

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
08/22/2014
Forget the Curse of the Billygoat – the spectre of ObamaCare might have embarrassed the Cubs organization just as much as the team’s poor performance on the field. Already running last in the National League Central, the franchise suffered another blow to their ego this week when they allegedly failed to staff enough grounds crew...

4 in 10 paying more for health care in 2014

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
07/16/2014
The Obama administration’s celebrations touting the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, as a rousing success were premature. There will be little to celebrate as Americans face dramatically higher health-insurance premiums, more health policy cancellations and limited access to providers in the coming years. Now, according to a recent Gallup poll, four in 10 Americans are...

ACA driving part-time nation

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
07/15/2014
Evidence that the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, is harming the nation’s labor market continues to mount. U.S. News & World Report Chairman and Editor Mortimer Zuckerman explained in a recent op-ed in The Wall Street Journal that less than one-half of working-age adults are working full time. Zuckerman lays blame to slow-growth and the...

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, health care

Security breach threatens privacy of ObamaCare enrollees

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
07/02/2014
According to a recent report, the Vermont health insurance exchange was breached late last year by a Romanian hacker. The criminal gained access to the exchange’s development server at least 15 times over the course of one month. This is not the first time the Vermont exchange system has been hacked, raising serious concerns about...