Cracking Down on Waste and Fraud
While discussing health insurance reform in St. Charles, Missouri today, President Obama announced new efforts to reign in waste and fraud in Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs. He explained that the administration plans to prevent wasted dollars through the use of payment recapture audits by giving auditors incentives to catch improper payments and payment [...]
What Didn’t Get Said at the Summit
About halfway through yesterday’s all-day healthcare
summit, Democratic Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina
told another of the many insurance company horror stories that
peppered the proceedings:
I was talking to a man recently who had undergone a
transplant. And when he was done, [...]
As We Approach the One-Year Anniversary of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships — An Update
On February 5, 2009, President Obama launched the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He charged this Office with a specific and critical mission: shifting the focus of the previous initiative from funding to programmatic impact, and helping the federal government partner with faith-based and other nonprofit organizations to better serve all Americans. [...]
Obama unveils 2011 budget with $3.83T massive deficits - WKYC
… Barack Obama is sending Congress a $3.83 trillion spending plan that would pour more money into the fight against high unemployment, boost taxes on the wealthy and freeze spending for a wide swath of government programs … State of the Union
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AP Fact Checks SOTUS - Finds Ten Whoppers
The AP took a look at some of Obama’s claims and how they compare with the facts, and they found that our president was rather foot-loose and fancy-free with the truth.
Take for example his announcement of a freeze on government spending:
OBAMA: “Starting in 2011, we are prepared to freeze government spending for three years. Spending [...]
Obama’s Jobless Relapse
Let’s see…
The economy is rocky; so the Obama Administration responds by:
Pouring hundreds of billions of dollars down the rathole of “stimulus,” funneling most of it to well-heeled political cronies, ficticious accounts, and radical organizations;
Forcing banks, financial institutions, and huge corporations to accept “bailouts” — accompanied by nationalization;
Piling on hundreds of new, hideously expensive government programs [...]
