Marguerite Bowling writes on health care, entitlements, taxes, federal spending and other pressing economic issues for The Daily Signal.
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Any working mom can attest that work never quite turns off. We don’t necessarily get to sleep in on the weekends or kick back and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
I’m excited to be in a new video that’s out today from The Heritage Foundation, featuring real-time mom reactions to “woke” children’s books that have… Read More
Health CareCommentary
I’m pretty sure there’s no worse feeling as a mother than seeing your child sick or injured. The amount of helplessness you feel—even if it’s… Read More
SecurityCommentary
I won’t lie: I am a big Elmo fan. Elmo keeps my 15-month-old daughter captivated and content when she is melting down in a car… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The new superhero movie “Wonder Woman” is blowing away expectations and crashing through glass ceilings with an opening weekend that brought in $100 million domestically—a… Read More
Health CareCommentary
As lawmakers furiously debate the American Health Care Act, a growing number of health policy experts and other conservatives are sounding their concerns with the… Read More
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A day after The Daily Signal reported on controversial reviews for Ryan T. Anderson’s new book on Amazon.com, the country’s largest Internet retailer said it has… Read More
SocietyNews
Is the debate about marriage over after the Supreme Court’s June decision to redefine marriage in all fifty states? That’s what some Amazon.com reviewers are… Read More
SocietyCommentary
When Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., took to Twitter last night to echo opposition and concern from the NCAA about Indiana’s new religious freedom law, some… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Vote-a-rama has started. This is a marathon voting session in the U.S. Senate budget process of addressing amendments that were not dealt with during the… Read More
Health CareNews
Releasing a pair of polls on the Affordable Care Act, Gallup noted Wednesday that the nation’s uninsured rate remained steady at 13.4 percent for the… Read More
Health CareNews
In another effort to clear up enrollment inconsistencies in Obamacare, the federal government announced that 310,000 enrollees will receive notices about questionable citizenship or immigration data. The… Read More
Health CareNews
More Americans are enrolled in individual health insurance plans. In part, though, that’s because under Obamacare fewer are enrolled in group plans. And one health… Read More
Health CareNews
Aetna has picked up 600,000 customers thanks to the Affordable Care Act. But is the company any more profitable? CEO and Chairman Mark Bertolini couldn’t… Read More
Health CareNews
New details about Obamacare insurance enrollment show that employer-based coverage is eroding, offsetting gains made in individual insurance enrollment, according to a report released today by… Read More
Health CareNews
Looking to require U.S. lawmakers to “play by the same rules” with Obamacare, this week U.S. Rep. Daniel Maffei, D-N.Y., introduced legislation that would eliminate… Read More
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With June bringing the best jobs report since the recession began, one economist says the time is now to eliminate abject poverty in America and abroad…. Read More
Health CareNews
After 33 years of marriage, Linda and Larry Drain of Maryville, Tenn., separated—but only so Linda could have health care coverage that was threatened by… Read More
Health CareNews
Little more than eight months ago, the bungled rollout of the government’s Obamacare website, HealthCare.gov, touched off an avalanche of bad news for President Obama… Read More
EconomyNews
As business leaders and members look to shift their strategy to gain back splintering support for reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank, Fox Business host John Stossel… Read More
Health CareNews
Insurance customers on HealthCare.gov will be automatically enrolled in their current plans for 2015 unless they buy new coverage through federal and state-run online exchanges,… Read More
Health CareNews
Obama administration officials insisted that Obamacare’s risk-management programs are temporary and budget neutral, but others at a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and… Read More
Health CareNews
President Obama has allowed 18 states to continue delaying a key part of Obamacare’s health insurance exchange for small businesses—“employee choice”—from being implemented until 2016,… Read More
EconomyNews
Small business owners in Texas, Utah, Idaho, Virginia and Louisiana rated their states as having the friendliest business environments, according to a study released this… Read More
SocietyNews
Prohibiting federal food stamp dollars from being used to buy sodas and sugary beverages could slash obesity and Type 2 diabetes in recipients, claimed a… Read More
Health CareNews
Obamacare prompts one huge headache right off the bat for Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the newly confirmed secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Vast… Read More
Health CareNews
Fewer Americans will pay a fine in two years for failing to buy insurance as mandated by Obamacare, according to revised numbers this week from… Read More
Health CareNews
More than 65 million Americans—about one in five—are enrolled in Medicaid or a government health program for children, according to new federal data. About 1.1… Read More
Health CareNews
Half the nation’s doctors admit to using Wikipedia as a medical reference at least some of the time. But the scary part, according to another… Read More
EconomyNews
More harrowing than gaining weight, public speaking or going to the dentist, running out of money in retirement is the biggest fear for wealthier Americans,… Read More
