The U.S. posted its first January surplus in five years, The Wall Street Journal reported. The surplus for the month was $2.88 billion, compared with a deficit of $27.41 billion in January 2012.
Today is the last chance for states to tell the Health and Human Services Department whether they want to have any role in planning the health insurance marketplaces that are set to open for enrollment in October. INFO RECORD-BREAKING RECOVERIES FROM HEALTH FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS NJ writes, “For every dollar spent...
Sen. Mike Johanns, R-NE, has introduced a series of new bills that would curb the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency and subject it to fines for missing reporting deadlines, The Hill reported on Thursday. “EPA is overreaching, overbearing, and overstepping boundaries that have long existed,” Johanns declared on the...
The Government Accountability Office on Thursday added climate change to its biennial list of “high-risk” challenges in need of government action. “Climate change creates significant financial risks for the federal government, which owns extensive infrastructure, such as defense installations; insures property through the National Flood Insurance Program; and provides emergency...
Ron Nixon writes in the New York Times: "During a hearing, Patrick R. Donahoe, the postmaster general, asked Congress to give the Postal Service permission to run its own health plan for employees and retirees, modify a Congressional mandate that requires the agency to pay $5.5 billion a year into...
The long-delayed bill passed, 78-22, on Tuesday, The Hill reports. "And while a group of 17 House Republicans have written a letter urging leadership to bring a bipartisan bill to the floor, it’s unclear what the legislation’s future holds in that chamber.”
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