by Girish Anand | Apr 16, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed a state measure to ban cities and towns in Oklahoma from raising the minimum wage. "Mandating a minimum wage increase at the local level would drive businesses to other communities and states, and would raise prices for...
by Girish Anand | Apr 15, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Obamacare, PPACA
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has issued new estimates of the costs and coverage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), finding savings of $104 billion through 2024 and $4 billion in 2014 alone. The cost for the first decade of Obamacare has been revised downward...
by Girish Anand | Apr 14, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS
Kathleen Sebelius, who resigned as secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday, told "Meet the Press" on Sunday that she resigned voluntarily and was not forced to quit, but that she was indeed "flat-out wrong" about the readiness of...
by Girish Anand | Apr 10, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
Less than two weeks after the official close of enrollment for Obamacare, the health reform's principal spokesperson has resigned. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was said today to be tendering her resignation, with President Obama set to...
by Girish Anand | Apr 10, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
After the close of the initial Obamacare sign-up period on March 31, a RAND Corp. survey found that there had been a net gain of 9.3 million insured Americans. Before enrollment started, RAND says there were 40.7 million Americans without health insurance. Since then...