U.S. Healthcare Costs Now Double the Global Average
In today’s “Single Best Chart,” Bloomberg’s Scarlet Fu displays the level of spending on healthcare by the United States compared to 34 other countries around the world.
Category: Government Money
House passes defense spending bill, rejects effort to cut off NSA surveillance program
The House of Representatives passed a $598.3 billion defense spending bill Wednesday, while rejecting an amendment to the bill that would have challenged the National Security Agency’s collection of millions of Americans’ phone records,...
White House attacks plans to curb NSA data collection
The White House is urging Congress to reject an attempt to stop the National Security Agency (NSA) collecting Americans’ phone records. With a key vote coming up, President Barack Obama’s spokesman said curbs on...
Detroit files for largest municipal bankruptcy in US history
Detroit filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history Thursday after steep population and tax base declines sent it tumbling toward insolvency. The filing by a state-appointed emergency manager means that if the...
Law enforcement agencies have millions of digital records on the location and movement of every vehicle with a license plate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chances are, your local or state police departments have photographs of your car in their files, noting where you were driving on a particular day, even if you never did anything...
Obamacare Privacy Fears Loom as Computer Links Agencies
The biggest overhaul of the U.S. health-care system in 50 years has spawned one of the most complex computer projects in the government’s history. Dubbed the Hub, the $267 million computer system built by a unit...
Administration makes another ObamaCare change
The Obama administration reportedly is easing requirements on those seeking government aid through ObamaCare, making it easier to apply for subsidies just days after making another major change to the law’s implementation. Reuters first...
WHITE HOUSE VIOLATES LAW WITH OBAMACARE DELAY
Obama administration officials are illegally delaying enforcement of a central provision in the president’s namesake legislation in a desperate attempt to manipulate the 2014 midterm elections and swell the ranks of those who look...
Bees dying by the millions: Is GMO corn to blame?
ELMWOOD – Local beekeepers are finding millions of their bees dead just after corn was planted here in the last few weeks. Dave Schuit, who has a honey operation in Elmwood, lost 600 hives, a total...
