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With five-year plan stuck, House passes new short-term NFIP extension

Bob Graham — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:12:43 +0000

The U.S. House of Representatives passed another 30-day extension of the National Flood Insurance Program, less than two weeks before the latest short-term extension is set to expire.

With five-year plan stuck, House passes new short-term NFIP extension via IFAwebnews.

Justices question constitutionality of Obamacare’s individual mandate

Tony Ondrusek — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:03:11 +0000

[Congress shall have power] “To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes” -- U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3

Justices question constitutionality of Obamacare’s individual mandate via IFAwebnews.

Two years later, Obama health reform law fuels instability, questions

Bob Graham — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:51:53 +0000

The federal health reform law, a landmark piece of legislation passed by the Democratic-controlled Congress and President Barack Obama two years ago today (March 23), has delivered on its promise to change health care in the U.S.

Two years later, Obama health reform law fuels instability, questions via IFAwebnews.

Time to Occupy HHS to ensure agency doesn’t continue to overreach

Ross Schriftman — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:47:20 +0000

For more than 20 years I have been going to Washington to visit with our members of Congress and their staff in order to promote common sense, workable solutions to reform health care.

Time to Occupy HHS to ensure agency doesn’t continue to overreach via IFAwebnews.

Senate defeats Republican’s attempt to loosen birth control policy

Bob Graham — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:58:04 +0000

The U.S. Senate managed to slimly uphold President Barack Obama's controversial birth control policy, voting 51-48 to halt a Republican push to free employers and insurers companies from having to provide coverage for contraceptives, despite their religious or moral objections.

Senate defeats Republican’s attempt to loosen birth control policy via IFAwebnews.

Obamacare: Closed government with open-ended results

John Lobert — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:22:12 +0000

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has ignited the biggest flap between women’s rights advocates and religious leaders since abortion was invented. She did it by demonstrating one of the flaws in Obamacare: it is so open-ended that the government can make of it what it wants. I am talking, of course, about mandating that health insurance cover birth-control pills.

Obamacare: Closed government with open-ended results via IFAwebnews.

Slight majority fault Obama’s forcing insurers to issue birth control

Bob Graham — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:20:55 +0000

A slight plurality suggest opposition to President Obama's plan to force insurance companies to provide contraceptives in cases where employers refuse on religious grounds, according to the latest IFAwebnews.com poll.

Slight majority fault Obama’s forcing insurers to issue birth control via IFAwebnews.

Ann Coulter says ObamaCare birth control is a step toward communism

Tony Ondrusek — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:04:03 +0000

It’s difficult to be indifferent to Ann Coulter – the acerbic and admittedly uber-conservative pundit – or the political views she espouses.

Ann Coulter says ObamaCare birth control is a step toward communism via IFAwebnews.

Obama’s 2013 budget will discourage people from buying life insurance

Jaime L. Brockway — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:01:56 +0000

A group of insurance associations is concerned about the implications that new taxes included in President Obama's 2013 budget proposal, introduced Feb. 13, will have on the life insurance industry.

Obama’s 2013 budget will discourage people from buying life insurance via IFAwebnews.

ObamaCare rules changed to make insurers ‘bad guys’ in Catholic furor

Tony Ondrusek — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:08:45 +0000

President Obama is poised to change the HHS rule on ObamaCare that would require Catholic institutions to offer contraceptive coverage in direct contradiction to the church’s religious doctrines.

ObamaCare rules changed to make insurers ‘bad guys’ in Catholic furor via IFAwebnews.