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"What Could Have Possibly Raised Your Costs" - Hillary Can't Answer Why Obamacare Costs Are Soaring

"What Could Have Possibly Raised Your Costs" - Hillary Can't Answer Why Obamacare Costs Are Soaring

Hillary Clinton's strategy to get in front of voters and answer one-on-one type questions is not working out very well.

First, Clinton couldn't explain to an unemployed West Virginian why she was promising to put a lot of coal miners out of work. Now, Hillary can't explain why Obamacare fees are higher than promised, and are set to explode even higher next year.

Finance + Stress = Suicide (Or Trump)

Authored by Nelson Lebo via The Automatic Earth blog,

“Our already horrendous suicide rate hit a new record high last year.” The news of New Zealand’s suicide rate did not surprise me when I heard it on the radio earlier this week. Anyone who pays attention to global trends could see this coming. “Psychotherapists say we need a wide-ranging review into the mental health system before there are more preventable deaths” reported Newstalk ZB.

CDC Say Painkillers Kill 40 Americans Per Day

A new CDC report states that prescription painkillers are responsible for killing at least 40 American citizens every single day.  Drugs such as OxyContin (oxycodone) and Vicodin (hydrocodone) were found to kill almost 15,000 Americans every year. Naturalnews.com reports: The numbers from the CDC report show that more people are now killed by opioid prescription drugs than they are by overdoses from both heroin and cocaine combined. These numbers match ones released as part of 2009 study conducted by physicians at St.

Obamacare Rules Change Opens Door For State Bailouts

Obamacare Rules Change Opens Door For State Bailouts

Under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), the government spent $2.4 billion creating 23 non-profit healthcare cooperatives which were intended to help drive down health insurance costs through competition with for-profit companies.

As we noted, insurance premiums have subsequently skyrocketed, 12 of the 23 co-ops lost so much money that they had to shut down, and the remaining 11 lost a combined $400 million last year. So far, so good on the Obamacare front.

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