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• Car insurance scofflaws raise health mandate doubt

  —Delusional Duck

  Thousands of drivers on the nation’s roads don’t carry auto insurance, despite laws in all but two states requiring it. Critics of President Barack Obama’s health overhaul plan ask: What are the chances scofflaws will treat a requirement to carry health insurance any differently? Nearly 40 years of car insurance mandates [...]

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 3:56pm EST
  

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• Women In 40's Not Worth Cost Of Mammograms

  —Salisbury News

  Number of comments: 10
  The Government Task Force mandates that no woman in her 40's should have a mammogram or self-examinations. This group claims too many false alarms and unneeded biopsies without improving survival odds. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that influences coverage of screening tests by Medicare and many insurance companies now [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:00am EST
  by joealbero

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• Reid Introduces Senate Health Bill That Mandates Federally Subsidized Abortion

  —Carroll Standard

  CNSNews.com - Senate Majority Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) published late Wednesday the final text of a Senate health care bill that would mandate federally subsidized abortion.
  
  The mandate appears on page 120 of the 2,074-page bill under the seemingly innocuous heading: ‘Assured Availability of Varied Coverage Through Exchanges.” [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:40am EST
  

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• California targets TVs to lower electricity demand

  —Delusional Duck

  The most power-hungry television sets could soon be banned from store shelves in California as state energy regulators on Wednesday consider a first-in-the nation mandate intended to lower electricity demand. If adopted, the regulations will require televisions sold in California to be more energy efficient beginning in 2011. The requirement would [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:44pm EST
  

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• U.S. lags in paid sick days, work benefits

  —Delusional Duck

  The United States lags far behind other nations in offering paid sick days, paid parental leave and other workplace benefits that proponents consider vital to public health and workers rights, according to research released on Tuesday. [...] Of the world’s 15 most competitive nations, 14 mandate paid sick leave, 13 guarantee paid [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:33am EST
  

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• U.S. MANUFACTURERS COMMEND REP. KRATOVIL FOR OPPOSING HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION

  —Salisbury News

  Legislation Would Drive Up Costs, Kill Jobs
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C., The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) commends Representative Frank Kratovil (D-MD) for opposing the “Affordable Health Care for America Act” (H.R. 3962). This legislation will shift even more costs to private sector health care plans, impose expensive new mandates on [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:00am EST
  by joealbero

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• Beats Me, Boss

  —Salisbury News

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  Here is the transcript of CNSNews.com’s interview with Sen. Ben Nelson (D.-Neb.):
  
  CNSNews.com: “Specifically, where in the Constitution does Congress get its authority to mandate that individuals purchase health, health insurance?”
  
  Sen. Ben Nelson (D.-Neb.): “Well, you know, I don’t know that I’m a constitutional scholar. So, [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:55am EST
  by joealbero

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• They are Voting on the Socialized Health Care bill tonight!

  —Baltimore Reporter

  Want to stop them? Call them Now! Remember: PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail JCT Confirms Failure to Comply with Democrats’ Mandate Can Lead to 5 Years in Jail Friday, November 06, 2009 Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:42am EST
  by Robert Farrow

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• PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail

  —Baltimore Reporter

  JCT Confirms Failure to Comply with Democrats’ Mandate Can Lead to 5 Years in Jail Friday, November 06, 2009 Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:34am EST
  by Robert Farrow

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• The Pelosi Health Care Plan: Employer Mandate Penalties on Small Businesses

  —Carroll Standard

  John L. Ligon,  Heritage Foundation
  

  Recently unveiled health care reform legislation known as the "Pelosi plan" would impose new costs on small businesses. This legislation would create an employer penalty system that would apply to small firms--even those with 25 or fewer workers.

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:13am EST
  

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• County could be penalized for budget shifts

  —Delusional Duck

  Ganzler says action was ‘not a permissible means’ of satisfying school funding lawThe Maryland Attorney General has ruled that budget adjustments made to meet state-mandated school funding is “not a permissible means” of meeting the requirement. Each year, school systems are required to meet maintenance of effort requirements, meaning they must [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 3:58pm EST
  

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• 2,000 Pages Of Mandates, Taxes, And Bureaucracy

  —Salisbury News

  Number of comments: 2
  This morning, House Democrats held a press conference to unveil their health care reform bill, which they claim will expand coverage for all and decrease costs. Sounds good, but once you peel away the “feel good” rhetoric, there’s nothing to be excited about. This 2,000-page bill includes a job-killing [...]

  Posted: October 30, 2009, 7:55am EDT
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