Category: Health & Medical

According to the annual Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) fewer teens are having sex and using drugs or alcohol. In fact, today’s teenagers actually have the lowest rates of ecstasy, heroin, and meth use on record. Even more shocking is the declining number of teenagers who say they smoke cigarettes.

You get your eight hours of sleep, don’t skimp on breakfast, fill your plate with fruits and veggies and drink plenty of water throughout the day. By all accounts, you maintain a healthy lifestyle. So do you need to be taking extra vitamins?

The health reform framework that became the Affordable Care Act has a long history and many champions from all political philosophies. While the ACA will long be associated with Pres. Obama and is most often called Obamacare, many other politicians and policy makers had been working on similar plans for years including George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Mitt Romney. Sadly, full repeal of the Affordable Care Act would result in at least 18 million Americans losing health care coverage, and that would come at a political and economic cost.

“…look…once again, there is no sense of just what has to be fixed, the law is working as designed…we need a larger mandate penalty…”

It turns out, pretty much nothing that Obama and his healthcare “experts” predicted about Obamacare actually came true. With 2017 rates now finalized across the country, in fact, Obamacare premiums are expected to increase an average of 25% nationally according to data from the Kaiser Foundation. Meanwhile, the 10 hardest hit states will see premiums increase an average of 62% while Arizona is officially the biggest loser with rates in Phoenix soaring 145%.