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Archives for October 2013

Insurance Companies, Employers Canceling Health Care Plans: Obamacare To Blame?

While some ACA policies must be changed, it doesn’t account for many of the recent cancellations.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
Suze Diogene, left, a certified application counselor, gives Audrey Allen information about health care, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 at the Jessie Trice Community Health Center in Miami. Due to sporadic glitches in the system, counselors were mostly only able to give out information about the program and tell applicants to come back later when the system was operating. After months of build-up, The federal government is facing two major hurdles: fighting the confusion and misinformation surrounding the plan referred to as "Obamacare" and making sure the new technology systems function properly. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Since the Oct. 1 rollout of the Affordable Care Act’s health care insurance exchanges, the number of problems facing the experiment in offering health insurance to the uninsured has only increased. Among the latest includes news that employer-based insurance plan cancellations currently outnumber new enrollments in the exchanges’ plans. In

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Bill In Congress Would Hack Away At Environmental Review Process

The House passed a bill that would curtail the public’s ability to participate in environmental reviews for waterways projects.

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk

A prominent environmental organization is warning that a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would put America’s waterways at risk, eliminating time for public comment and taking away citizens’ right to voice concerns and participate in the decision-making process. The Water Resources Development Act typically grants authorization to

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Is A Commercial Marijuana Industry On The Horizon?

Investment scams, federal and international laws, and genetic-modification fears are all working against the possibility.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

In light of a recent Gallup poll that showed most Americans feel marijuana should be legalized, the commercial value of the drug is being evaluated more seriously than ever before. With marijuana being recognized as one of America’s most valuable cash crops, the speculation of massive profits has escalated in light of 20 states and the District of

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Occupy Victims Burned By Settlement For Pepper-Spray Cop

Former campus officer John Pike, the “Pepper Spray Cop,” received $8,000 more in workers’ compensation pay than peaceful protesters he sprayed.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

A former campus police officer, who infamously pepper-sprayed a group of sitting Occupy UC Davis protesters, reached a settlement with the school for more than $38,000, a local news outlet reported Wednesday. A news report from The Davis Enterprise says that 40-year-old Officer John Pike will receive $38,056 from UC Davis as part of a workers’

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Fracking Fallout: Discovery of Illegal Ocean Drilling Rocks California

Reports this summer revealed more than 200 cases of illegal fracking, some of which have gone on for years.

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk

Officials have uncovered more than 200 incidents of fracking off the coast of California following media reports this summer that exposed the illegal practice for the first time. In July, the news outlet Truthout reported that fracking, a process which shoots water, sand and chemicals into the ground to extract oil and natural gas, was taking

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Human Rights Lawyer Claims US Blocking Him From Telling Congress About Drone Devastation

Lawyer for Pakistani family testifying to Congress about their drone horrors claims he’s been blacklisted.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

On Oct. 29, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) is scheduled to host a Congressional briefing allowing Pakistanis to share their stories of survival and woe after their neighborhoods suffered devastation from U.S. drone strikes. The briefing will mark the first time that American lawmakers hear it from the mouths of civilian victims themselves just how

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