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Nation’s Largest Movie Theater Chain Cuts Employee Hours To Evade Obamacare

After earning record profits in the last year, Regal Cinemas is facing an enormous customer backlash after it was revealed that the company will be slashing staff hours in order to prevent some employees from being covered under Obamacare. The country’s biggest movie theater chain has stirred a hornets’ nest of controversy after announcing in a company memo that it’s …

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New Gallup Poll On LGBT Issues

Gallup reports: While 53% of Americans support legalizing same-sex marriage, significantly higher percentages support the idea of equal rights for partners or spouses of gays or lesbians when it comes to inheritance rights and employee benefits, and making it legal for gays and lesbians to adopt children. Support for all three issues is up at least slightly from three years …

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HRC Issues 2013 Corporate Equality Index

Via press release: In the 2013 CEI, released today, a record 252 businesses achieved the top rating of 100 percent, earning the coveted distinction of “Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality.” As a point of comparison, 13 businesses earned a 100 percent in the inaugural CEI 11 years ago, demonstrating that a new normal has arrived. The policies, benefits …

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DEBATE WATCH: Mitt Romney Lied About Pre-Existing Conditions

During last night’s debate, Mitt Romney promised that his repeal of Obamacare would protect people with pre-existing conditions. His campaign is already backtracking. Via Talking Points Memo: After the first presidential debate at the University of Denver in Colorado on Wednesday night, one of Mitt Romney’s top advisers acknowledged that, as a result Romney’s plan to repeal Obamacare, people with …

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Luxury Cars Fail New Crash Test

Many of the most expensive luxury cars have failed a new crash test sponsored by the Insurance Institute. The new test examines the results of front-corner crashes, one of the most common angles of crashes in two-way traffic. Most midsize luxury cars — including the Mercedes-Benz C-Class — performed poorly in a new frontal crash test developed by the Insurance …

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Feds May Grant Insurance Benefits To Children Of Same-Sex Partners

The Office of Personnel Management has announced a proposal under which federal employees can include the children of same-sex partners on their insurance. Under the proposed regulation, children will be eligible for coverage if a parent is in a domestic same-sex relationship with a federal employee who receives coverage through federal programs. These children would be eligible for coverage — …

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ARIZONA: Gov. Jan Brewer Asks SCOTUS To Overturn Health Benefits For Partners

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that allows state employees to place their same-sex partners on their health insurance. Chris Geidner reports: After the 2011 decision, lawyers for the state asked the Ninth Circuit to re-hear the case en banc, or by an 11-judge panel. On April 3, the Ninth Circuit denied the …

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NORTH CAROLINA: Move Already Underway To Revoke Insurance

The passage of Amendment One is less than a day old and already North Carolina Republicans are moving to revoke domestic partners insurance. From an email issued by Mecklenbug County Commissioner Bill James to legal staffers: Since Amendment One has passed when will we get a memo or something that outlines what changes we need to make to our health …

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MONTANA: Supreme Court To Hear Partner Benefits Case For Same-Sex Couples

On Friday the Montana Supreme Court will hear the case of six same-sex couples who have sued to have their partners covered by their package of employee benefits. The Montana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Donaldson & Guggenheim, et al. v. State of Montana on Friday at the University of Montana. The session will start …

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Obamacare Helps Women

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GOProud: Screw The Poor On Insurance

“At the end of the day, we don’t think gay Americans should have to rely on a benevolent corporation or government to provide a plan that meets their needs. We want a system where individuals and couples can make their own health-care decisions. Health-care needs are too important to be left to the discriminatory whims of a third party. When …

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Bachmann: People Don’t Buy Insurance Because They Don’t Feel Like It

And not because they’re poor or uninsurable.

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The Cost Of Severing The Mandate

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Crazy Eyes Tweets From SCOTUS

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Frothy Mix Speaks Outside Supreme Court Battle To Deny Health Care To The Poor

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Teabaggers Rally Outside Of Supreme Court As “Obamacare” Repeal Case Begins

The Supreme Court today began hearing the case to repeal the Affordable Care Act on the basis of its constitutionality. The public sessions started Monday with 90 minutes of lively debate on a legally dense, but nonetheless important, question. It boils down to whether the health care law’s key provision is a “tax” that could prevent the court from considering …

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Obamacare Infographic

Today is the two year anniversary of the bill’s passage and Think Progress provides the above infographic.

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Patricia Heaton Apologizes

Right wing actress Patricia Heaton has resurfaced on Twitter days after suspending her account in the wake of widely-criticized tweets backing Rush Limbaugh’s “slut” comments about Sandra Fluke. As least Heaton’s apology is a real one, unlike Limbaugh’s.

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RANKED: Healthiest States

Insurance giant United Healthcare has ranked the “healthiest states” according to factors like diet, exercise, smoking, obesity, etc. For the fifth year in a row, Vermont is the nation’s healthiest state. States that showed the most substantial improvement include New York and New Jersey, both moving up six places, largely because of improvements made in smoking cessation. Idaho and Alaska …

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Quote Of The Day – Dr. Julio Montaner

“Despite the tough fiscal climate in which our government finds itself, working to provide access to care is no longer simply a moral imperative, it is essential if we are to truly end this epidemic. We stand with this administration in its efforts to fight this terrible disease, but urge those at all levels of government to rise to the …

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