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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

This Week's Stories Causing Atlas to Shrug

Denmark's Fat Tax Harms Economy 7% ate less fat & 80% made no change at all.  Ya still think that wellness program will make Jumbo skinny?  

Doctors brace for pain as 10% cut to Medi-Cal rates hits at same time as ObamaCare expansion of Medi-Cal patients by 35%   

California official recommends Anthem units be barred from exchange I'm busting out the popcorn to watch this one play out.  

States and employers are junking Obamacare 'calculators' because they are too riddled with errors, flawed assumptions and old data to be useful. 

PPACA's new subsidy for layoffs will make the ARRA debacle look like child's play. 

Letter from City to EEs Capping Variable Hour Workers to 28 Hrs in Response to Obamacare.  

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