Do Trump's assertions about Obama's birthplace add up?

By FactCheck.Org

Donald Trump renews unsubstantiated claims about whether President Obama was really born in the United States

Excerpts from this story referencing "Philadelphia":

"… that Obama was born in Kenya had just been thrown out of federal court in Philadelphia. In a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals, Berg sought an "emergency" co …"

Newt Gingrich faces questions about consulting job and support for biofuels

By John Aloysius Farrell

Gingrich takes consulting fee from ethanol while getting big fossil fuel donations

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… t's why I took part in the ad.”At the same time, Gingrich’s committee, American Solutions for Winning the Future, raised hundreds of thousands of dollars …"

"… vative editorial page editors at The Wall Street Journal.Gingrich deplored America’s reliance on oil imports, and especially oil from the Persian Gulf. The …"

"… o a skirmish with Grover Norquist, the president of the conservative group Americans for Tax Reform.Norquist maintains that the elimination of any tax break …"

A timeline of who won and who lost in the decade since the worst terror attacks on U.S. soil

By Sandy Johnson

An analysis of the winners and losers over the last decade

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… have passed since Osama bin Laden orchestrated the worst terror attack on American soil. A pursuit that began under President George W. Bush was finally wra …"

"… a, who told the world Sunday night that bin Laden was killed.The relief of Americans was palpable as hundreds descended on the White House to chant "USA! USA …"

"… s overseas, chants in the coming days will likely carry a different tenor. America's war against the al-Qaida terror network is not over, even if its head ha …"

"… resident Obama cherishes the extraordinary moment to announce the death of America's most wanted terrorist for 10 years.Loser: Bush, who chased bin Laden for …"

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Telehealth bill aims to expand health IT access for home care providers

By Kimberly Leonard and Josh Israel

A proposed new Senate bill would give home care providers in rural areas access to Medicare payments for audio and video home monitoring. ..

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… at, hope the fourth try will yield success for the measure to help elderly Americans remain in their homes without increasing government health costs. The le …"

"… ich Brennan, executive director of the Home Care Technology Association of America, and vice president of technology policy for its parent organization, the …"

"… xecutive director at the Institute for e-Health Policy and chairman of the American Telemedicine Association Policy Committee. "If [the bill] gets scored as …"

"… the measure could theoretically reduce nursing home Medicare receipts, the American Health Care Association, which represents the industry, says the legislat …"

Back to school for the billionaires

By Rita Beamish

Business titans find reforming schools much harder than just writing checks

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… . Colarusso of Newsweek contributed to this story.  …"

"… bsolete," and were "limiting — even ruining — the lives of millions of Americans every year." The situation had become "almost shameful."Bill Gates, prep …"

"… a drop in the bucket when compared with the $600 billion spent annually on America's schools. But the city-to-state comparison is one that Broad's own founda …"

"… his office. Each dot is a student lost to gun violence — a dozen African-American and Latino boys gone since last summer, all slain on the hardscrabble str …"

Analysis — Insurers lobbying on the fine print may erase consumer protections

By Wendell Potter

One of the provisions of the health reform law that insurers hate most requires that they spend at least 80 percent of what we pay them in p

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… customers in plans with skimpy benefits and low MLRs. A growing number of Americans are now enrolled in these plans, which often don’t come close to c …"

"… e offering only mini-meds to employees, which helps explain why 25 million Americans are now under-insured, according to the Commonwealth Fund. Insurers li …"

"… t the money they spend on fraud-detection activities as a medical expense. America’s Health Insurance Plans president Karen Ignagni told the House Ways …"

"… nsider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans. …"

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Analysis — The insurers’ real agenda for change

By Wendell Potter

Former executive says big firms don't want reform law repealed, but they do want to strip key regulations and consumer protections....

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… ly what they wanted by including in the legislation a requirement that all Americans not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid buy coverage from a private insura …"

"… new coalition — as yet unnamed — because they were upset that America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), their umbrella trade association, h …"

"… in two massive class-action lawsuits, the for-profits formed a new group, America’s Health Insurers (AHI), designed to redirect scrutiny away from the …"

"… the New York Stock Exchange. I was CIGNA’s main representative to America’s Health Insurers. My counterparts from other big insurers and I met …"

Analysis — ‘Reframing’ the debate to make insurers look poor

By Wendell Potter

While the country was struggling to emerge from a recession, and more and more of us were struggling with no medical coverage, the big for-p

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… au delivered the troubling but hardly shocking news that almost 51 million Americans — nearly one out of every six of us — had fallen into the ranks of t …"

"… d.” This forced migration really picked up steam last year. According to America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the industry’s lobbying group, the nu …"

"… high-deductible plans rose 25 percent from 2009 to 2010. Millions of other Americans are now in plans with skimpier benefits. As a result, insurers last year …"

"… told us that the health insurance sector is among the least profitable in America—“with a mere 2.2 percent profit margin.”Just a little more than a we …"

Analysis – Pay much attention to the insurers behind the curtain

By Wendell Potter

Wendell Potter looks at the GOP budget plan

Excerpts from this story referencing "Philadelphia":

"… re to the public.Four years ago, in a secret insurance industry meeting in Philadelphia, I saw numbers that were similar to those in the NBC/Wall Street Journal p …"

Analysis – The ‘Front Group’ hall of shame

By Wendell Potter

Today is the day health insurers and their allies plan to launch their brand new front group the Choice and Competition Coalition.

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… track record that big corporations and their lobbyists have in getting the American public to buy the bill of goods they’re selling. They bring out the Pla …"

"… ition or front group, which, if at all possible, should have words like ‘American’ or ‘freedom’ or ‘choice’ in its name.”So, as you see, the cr …"

"… urse, will cause us to fear the loss of all we hold dear as freedom-loving Americans if the big, bad government restricts our choice of health plans and unde …"

"… pockets of trial lawyers, making health insurance less affordable for all Americans.” The campaign worked. No Patient’s Bill of Rights was ever enacted. …"

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