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High European taxes deliver slower care and lower take-home pay in practice. US model rewards productivity and innovation with better personal finances. Europe risks falling behind if it sticks with heavy regulation and welfare focus. Europe faces energy and growth struggles while US pushes AI and deregulation. Americans don’t dream about moving to Europe to …
Melissa Hortman, a top Minnesota state representative and former House Speaker, was assassinated at her home on June 14 2025. That was exactly five days after she broke ranks with fellow Democrats on June 9 and cast the lone DFL vote to pass a bill ending MinnesotaCare eligibility for undocumented adults. She and her husband …
Jon Stewart blindsides Bernie Sanders with a brutal point about what “endless” government spending actually does to healthcare. STEWART: “When the government promises endless funds to insurance companies… prices RISE FAR BEYOND the rate of inflation.” BERNIE: “Healthcare should be a human right!” Jon Stewart blindsides Bernie Sanders with a brutal point about what “endless” …
Healthcare has been propping up a shaky labor market. For the first time in over four years, the sector shed thousands of jobs Despite making up nearly a fifth of the U.S. economy and providing a much-needed set of crutches, the latest healthcare jobs data highlights just how wobbly the labor market is. Over 28,000 …
Waste Of The Day: NYC Healthcare Fund Is Out Of Cash https://t.co/0SuFdkOHuR — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 2, 2026 Topline: Former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander claims one of the city’s health insurance funds has “no path to solvency” after labor unions used it to cover pay raises, Weight Watchers and more. Key facts: New …
A tight vote, but they just handed Americans a new way to beat high premiums. BREAKING 🅱️ US House ADVANCES GOP healthcare bill that lets people buy insurance in groups to save money on premiums, WITHOUT Democrats' ACA subsidies extension for Big, Rich Insurance. Allows Americans to band together in groups for cheaper insurance premiums, …
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices. Given current widespread distrust of HHS, especially regarding vaccines, we knew this review, which we co-authored, would be met with skepticism. So, it is worth noting that we, along with most of the other …
Where will they get the $70 billion to line their pockets with? pic.twitter.com/9SX51vBKNH — The Questionable Gardner (@T_Q_Gardner) December 17, 2025 The House advanced a GOP health care bill Wednesday, even as moderate Republicans signed a Democratic discharge petition to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies in an act of defiance against leadership. The vote …
64% of Americans are buying less food just to get by. A third are skipping meals entirely. People are refusing ambulances and avoiding doctors because they literally cannot afford to survive. This is not a fringe issue. This is the majority of the country struggling to afford the basics while being told the economy is …
more than half of the program he’s talking about is funded by the federal government. he is a democrat. democrats are giving healthcare to illegal immigrants. why are you lying about this? pic.twitter.com/QyBJu7hD1c — Mike Solana (@micsolana) December 11, 2025
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, If each of these is not a part of any ‘reform,’ than all that is being done is pouring money into a monopolizing cartel, just in a slightly different way. Unbeknownst to those of us with little inside knowledge of the complex financial plumbing of the US healthcare system, …
This should infuriate every American Illinois State Senator Dave Syverson exposes the healthcare being given to illegals in Illinois is “BETTER than citizens on Medicaid” Illegals are also getting free housing, daycare, food and cash payments “This is 100% paid for by state taxpayers. The program of health care that they get is actually better …
For decades, people have fretted about the financial sustainability of America’s bedrock retirement income program. Now, Social Security’s precarious fiscal state is an issue for the here and now. How to fix it is set to be a defining political fight of the next several years, with millions of Americans’ benefits and the fiscal future of the …
Middlemen are the disease.Direct is the cure. This isn’t just about healthcare.It’s about leverage.It’s about who really holds the power. Return it to the people-and the entire system starts to shake. — The Master Builder @KingsProtocol — The Master Builder (@KingsProtocol) November 18, 2025
Everything feels worn thin. People aren’t hiding it anymore. “Oh, F*ck Off!’ Democrats Rage at ‘Pathetic’ Shutdown ‘Betrayal’ in Mass Backlash… Democrats across the spectrum lashed out at leadership after the deal was announced, calling it a sellout and a pathetic betrayal of promises made to voters… one progressive lawmaker said the agreement ‘gives away …
Informal Trump adviser Laura Loomer says renegade GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene may be gearing up to run for president as a Democrat in 2028. The “Trump whisperer” made her prediction as Greene wages a one-woman civil war on her party. The Georgia congresswoman broke ranks on the government shutdown last week, ripping GOP leaders …
Soybean farmer reacts to Trump’s bailouts: “We don’t want a bailout. Bailouts don’t work. Bailouts are band-aids. That’s money that should be going towards senior citizens. That’s money that should be going toward the Affordable Care Act. Soybean farmer reacts to Trump’s bailouts: “We don't want a bailout. Bailouts don't work. Bailouts are band-aids. That's …
OK. So we repeal Obamacare What happens next? What do the 44-45 million current Obamacare clients do for Health insurance? I do favor removing all Non citizens from the program. And suspect were they to be removed that the system would probably be a lot more functional. — Angie Pratt (@ArkansasAngie) October 8, 2025 Health …
Look, Grok is once again saying Speaker Johnson is lying: pic.twitter.com/VRvlOXy7le — Daniel Harder 🇺🇦 (@DanielHarder82) October 5, 2025 No, illegal immigrants are generally not eligible for Medicare or full Medicaid in the US. They may access limited emergency Medicaid for urgent care, but not routine coverage. This hasn't changed with recent 2025 laws, which …
The American workforce is wobbling on the edge of a precipice yet Washington’s bickering shows no signs of slowing. In September the country lost 32,000 jobs a number that is only the visible tip of a larger unraveling. The figures are not just statistics they are people struggling to pay rent put food on the …
Healthcare premiums skyrocketing are a symptom of the issue, not the cause. We need free-market solutions that drive competition, lower costs, and increase quality, rather than relying on government intervention. Liberty empowers individuals, not bureaucracies. — Doge Unhinged (@dogeunhinged) October 1, 2025 Why do red states use government health care so much? pic.twitter.com/bGlkmeqiax — Spencer …
The shutdown is not about healthcare for illegals. It is not about entitlements. It is not about fascism. Those are talking points meant to stir people up and hide the real fight. The truth is simple. Democrats will not pass a clean continuing resolution unless it includes $1.3 trillion in new spending. The government could …
First shutdown in world history to demand free healthcare for illegal aliens. https://t.co/2b6jPFnEs9 — Stephen Miller (@StephenM) September 30, 2025 “Federal law prohibits the expenditure of taxpayer dollars on providing healthcare to undocumented immigrants. Nowhere have Democrats suggested that we are interested in changing federal law.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fact-check-are-democrats-shutting-down-government-over-healthcare-for-illegal-immigrants/ar-AA1NCnTC
The fact that this is even a thing tells me we should not be paying taxes. If there is so much money to spend on shit like 10k for security, 500 million for NPR and free healthcare for illegals then our taxes should be zero — MichaelWinczuk (@winczuk96266) September 19, 2025 Shut it down. Who …
The labor market is going from frozen to cracking. Look at how many industries have LOST jobs in the past 3 months. Mining -13,000Construction -10,000Manufacturing -31,000Information -15,000Business/Professional -51,000Federal gov't -34,000Finance 0 job gains The US job… pic.twitter.com/BsUYoCTMX3 — Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) September 5, 2025 Fox Business announcing today’s horrendous job numbers live: pic.twitter.com/tOfItA9s9f — Spencer …
Small businesses in the U.S. are facing big challenges. Health insurance costs keep rising. Premiums for firms with fewer than 50 employees went from $20,236 in 2019 to $25,167 in 2024 (https://www.kff.org/report-section/ehbs-2024-section-1-cost-of-health-insurance/). The average family premium was $7,529 in 2023 (https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/dec/trends-employer-health-insurance-costs-2014-2023). Deductibles are high too, averaging $5,074 a year per employee (https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/dec/trends-employer-health-insurance-costs-2014-2023). Credit card fees …
The year of AI pic.twitter.com/bQ2CnKkEF5 — THE SHORT BEAR (@TheShortBear) August 9, 2025 The Mag 7 is currently ~35% of the SPX. For those who say Big Tech can’t possibly get any bigger… Railroads were 63% of the U.S. Stock Market in 1881.$NVDA $MSFT $META $GOOG $AAPL $TSLA $AMZN pic.twitter.com/mshtySwW9D — David Marlin (@Marlin_Capital) August …
Palantir printed $149.24 this morning. That’s up 104% year to date. Volume hit 23.58 million shares by midday. Market cap sits at $352.1 billion. PE ratio is 651.68. The stock hit its high of $155.68 on July 17. Since then, price faded. Weekly RSI shows negative divergence. Momentum is soft. Price is not. $PLTR is …
U.S. leads world in red tape over real treatment. There are literally more people working for for-profit insurance than there are doctors and nurses working to save your lives. Do you even understand how sick that is? We pay more people to deny you coverage than we pay to SAVE YOUR LIVES. — Tennesseine (@Tennesseine) …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, “Healthcare” grift, graft, fraud and financialized skims / scams will bankrupt the nation. I’ve been writing about America’s healthcare system for 18 years, emphasizing two enduring themes: 1) our lifestyle is unhealthy, with predictable consequences and 2) healthcare as it is currently configured will bankrupt the nation all by itself. …