Uncle Sam Looking for Romance on the Web – (NEH) $914,000
The Popular Romance Project has received nearly $1 million from the
National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) since 2010 to “explore the
fascinating, often contradictory origins and influences of popular
romance as told in novels, films, comics, advice books, songs, and
internet fan fiction, taking a global perspective—while looking back
across time as far as the ancient Greeks.”
Mass Destruction of Weapons – (Department of Defense) $7 billion
As the U.S. war effort in the Middle East winds to a close, the
military has destroyed more than 170 million pounds worth of useable
vehicles and other military equipment. The military has decided that it
will simply destroy more than $7 billion worth of equipment rather than
sell it or ship it back home.
Millions Spent Building, Promoting an Insurance Plan Few Want and
a Website that Doesn’t Work – (Department of Health and Human Services)
At least $379 million
With nearly half-a-billion dollars in government funding put behind
promoting a product that relatively few people seem interested in
purchasing off a website that doesn’t work, Obamacare is perhaps the
biggest marketing flop since Coca-Cola introduced the world to “New
Coke” in 1985.
Government Study Finds Out Wives Should Calm Down (NIH) $325,525
If your wife is angry at you and you don’t want her to stay that way,
you might avoid passing along the findings of this government study.
Wives would find marriage more satisfying if they could calm down faster
during arguments with their husbands, according to government-funded
research.
Fort Hood Shooter Continued to Collect Government Paycheck (Army) ($52,952 in 2013)
While the families of the survivors and victims were fighting to
receive military benefits, the Fort Hood shooter Major Nadal Hasan was
cashing his paycheck. Since the shooting, Hasan has received over
$278,000 in military benefits because the Military Code of Justice
doesn’t allow a soldier to be suspended until they are found guilty. And so on, and on, and on.
Link To Coburn Annual Wastebook below:
http://www.coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=e7359436-1572-414e-8acc-0222cad1c7d5
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Jackson and his Rainbow PUSH coalition are demanding to meet with A&E and Cracker Barrel
How come Jesse Jackson doesn't demand to speak to Phil Robertson instead of A&E and Cracker Barrel? Is he afraid of talking to Mr. Robertson face to face?
Patchwork of ObamaCare insurance deadlines adds to confusion
So you've signed up for health care on the ObamaCare exchanges. Think you're covered? Not quite.
As with any insurance plan, new enrollees still have to pay their first month's premium to lock in coverage. But the deadlines for that task are different all over the country, adding to the confusion over an already-perplexing sign-up process.
"It makes an already kind of chaotic situation even more chaotic," Fox News contributor Kirsten Powers said.
The deadlines in the ObamaCare enrollment process have been a moving target. For those seeking coverage for the start of the new year, the deadline to sign up was originally Dec. 15. Then it was moved to Dec. 23, and then again to Dec. 24. Even after that deadline passed Tuesday night, the administration announced that those who ran into technical problems on HealthCare.gov could still seek an exemption and get covered by Jan. 1.
Then comes the next set of deadlines. After appeals from the Obama administration, major health insurers announced earlier this month that they would give people until Jan. 10 -- as opposed to Dec. 31 -- to pay their first month's premium and have coverage effective Jan. 1.
But many states running their own exchanges have their own deadlines for first payments. Some have more than one.
In Idaho, for instance, Blue Cross, Bridgespan and Select Health extended their deadline to Jan. 10. But PacificSource extended its deadline to Jan. 15. The deadlines in Washington, D.C., also depend on the insurer.
Other deadlines are earlier. California's and Rhode Island's is Jan. 6. Vermont's is Jan. 7.
The following states all have Jan. 10 deadlines: Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota and New York.
The following states have Jan. 15 deadlines: Maryland, Oregon and Washington state.
Powers said the patchwork could create a real problem.
"There's a danger that people will misunderstand and think that their ... state or their exchange has extended it to Jan. 10 when in fact a lot of the state exchanges haven't done that," she said, urging those trying to get insurance to "get on top of it immediately."
After the first set of deadlines, would-be enrollees still have until the end of March to get insurance, after which the federal government will begin to fine those without coverage.
Still, the administration has carved out exemptions for certain people and businesses, including those whose plans were recently canceled. The insurance industry has raised concern about these changes, warning that they could disrupt the market.
The Affordable Care Act system needs to see millions more people -- including the young and healthy -- buy insurance in order to offset some of the cost to the industry of accepting sicker patients.
President Obama said at his end-of-year press conference that 1 million people have signed up through the federal and state exchanges, marking a significant uptick since the Oct. 1 launch. Officials, though, were originally projecting a goal of 7 million people by the end of March.
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