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Many See IRS Penalties as More Affordable Than Insurance

Clint Murphy let the deadline for getting health insurance by the new year pass without a second thought. Mr. Murphy, an engineer in Sulphur Springs, Tex., estimates that under the

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Obamacare’s precarious future

Congress just kicked the financial legs out from under Obamacare. In a spending bill passed this month, lawmakers delayed three key taxes designed to help pay the entitlement program’s costs,

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US healthcare spending jumps past $3 trillion under ObamaCare

Healthcare spending rose to more than $3 trillion in the United States last year, jumping by 5.3 percent and marking the largest increase since 2007 as millions of people gained

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Why Obamacare May End Up Raising Medicare Costs

Lately the news about Medicare costs has been surprisingly good. Congress recently made a deal to spare some beneficiaries what would have been steep 50% hikes in Part B premiums

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How To Get Cheaper Health Insurance For 2016: Smart Shopping On Obamacare …

Looks can always be deceiving, but particularly so in health insurance, where the cheapest upfront plans often lead to major sticker shock after the actual doctor visit. But with a

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Small businesses slow to embrace Obamacare

After nearly two years in operation and millions of dollars spent in development, the small business health insurance exchange created by the Affordable Care Act is struggling to catch on.

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How Obamacare Cost One Small Company Nearly Half Its Market Value

Shares of Exact Sciences, a Wisconsin-based maker of a new colon-cancer screening test, closed the trading day on Monday at $18.53, and within hours of the market opening on Tuesday,

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Is ObamaCare Good For The Middle Class?

Apparently not. For every person who has obtained insurance in the (Obamacare) exchanges, there are two other eligible people who have not enrolled. We now have a good idea why

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Is ObamaCare debate starting to thaw?

In a nearly empty House chamber on Monday afternoon, a little-noticed bill came up for a voice vote. The few lawmakers on the floor shouted “aye,” no one shouted “no,”

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Republicans Don’t Have a Plan to Replace Obamacare. Well, Here It Is.

In the past several weeks, I have sent the following question directly to both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and soon-to-be-ex-Speaker of the House John Boehner: “The Republicans constantly shout

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