First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” initiative is praising textbook publishers for “swapping out cupcakes for apples in math problems,” in a campaign to incorporate health information into the learning resources for kids. “Today at the White House, we celebrated a group of educational publishers on their development of voluntary guidance to incorporate health information [...] Continue Reading 
According to liberals, it was “un-American” to protest the adoption of Obamacare. Now apparently it’s unpatriotic to not go out of one’s way to help make it a wild success. The New York Times recently claimed that GOP Congressmen and Governors are spitefully refusing to fund or participate in Obamacare implementation solely to make the [...] Continue Reading 
In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argued that businesses — not just [...] Continue Reading 
Renowned pediatric neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson cautioned on Thursday that putting the embattled IRS in charge of overseeing Obamacare was “probably not going to be good” and said that it was not too late to stop the Affordable Care Act. “Unfortunately, we don’t seem to be learning from our mistakes,” Carson, director of pediatric neurosurgery at [...] Continue Reading 
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 20 percent of American children may have a mental disorder, including attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, depression, and autism. Such a report would have some believing that rates of mental disease have increased. However, much of the increase in rates can be attributed to a number of [...] Continue Reading 
House negotiators seeking bipartisan immigration legislation left a meeting Thursday without a final agreement, but members reported making progress on the key sticking point of healthcare. “I’m very hopeful,” Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho) told reporters after the closed-door meeting in the Capitol. The members of the group left to return to their districts, but they [...] Continue Reading 
Despite the efforts of a coalition of free-market supporters to persuade Senators to pass an amendment to the farm bill to reduce sugar subsidies, the Senate voted it down on Wednesday, 54-45. The coalition, including the Club for Growth, Americans for Prosperity, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and Americans for Tax Reform, stated in a letter to senators [...] Continue Reading 
In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argues that businesses — not [...] Continue Reading 
The president and chief executive officer of a medical equipment company invoked the Fifth Amendment at Senate hearing Wednesday, declining to answer questions about aggressive marketing tactics used to sell scooters, sleep apnea machines and other home medical supplies to Medicare recipients who may not need or want them. Jon Letko of U.S. Healthcare Supply [...] Continue Reading 
Right now, the Louisiana Legislature is considering legislation to force Governor Jindal to accept the Medicaid expansion portion of Obamacare, and some Republican legislators are supporting it. While I may not agree with our governor 100 percent of the time, Gov. Jindal is 100 percent right in rejecting the expansion. Over time, the Medicaid expansion [...] Continue Reading