Daily Archives: January 21, 2014

Target to Drop Health Insurance for Part-Time Workers

Target to Drop Health Insurance for Part-Time Workers – Bloomberg. Target Corp. (TGT) said it will end health insurance for part-time employees, joining Trader Joe’s Co., Home Depot Inc. and other retailers that have scaled back benefits in response to … Continue reading

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Oregon spent $200 million and all they got was a lousy website

Video: CoverOregon has cost $200 million so far without any successful signups « Hot Air.   Repeated warnings, however, even to senior officials in the governor’s office and elsewhere and multiple layers of intended oversight, went unheeded. Winning. There’s a … Continue reading

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This is a failure by President Obama’s own standard.

The Young and the ObamaCare-less – WSJ.com. The Health and Human Services Department still won’t say how many people have enrolled in a plan by paying the premium. But even assuming an implausible 100% success rate, the exchanges are still … Continue reading

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Common Core: Making a simple thing complicated

‘They’re making kids stupid now’: Check out this Common Core math problem | Twitchy. I am so so glad my younger daughter is finishing high school on-line. At one time she was very enthusiastic about math (and good at it). … Continue reading

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