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Orange County Blocks Federal Healthcare Funds
Will California be the poster child for the President's health insurance reform? Not if OC supervisors have their say. We hear from State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones.
By Warren Olney • • 53m ListenWill California be the poster child for the President's health insurance reform? Not if Orange County supervisors have anything to say about it. Chairman John Moorlach says he'll vote "no" on anything to do with what he calls "ObamaCare," and this week a majority of the board joined him to block a request for available federal money. We ask State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones about the consequences. Also, when California law protects mountain lions, should the head of the Fish and Game Commission boast about killing a cougar in Idaho? It's the Sierra Club versus the NRA. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, Rush Limbaugh, the Republican Party and women.
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3 storiesOrange County Blocks Federal Healthcare Funds
When President Obama's Affordable Health Care Act was passed two years ago, the state legislature passed laws to make California the poster child for successful implementation.
Read the story10 minFish and Game Commissioner Criticized for Killing Mountain Lion
Forty Democrats in the state Assembly have called for the President of California's Fish and Game Commission to resign. Daniel Richards has circulated pictures of himself with a dead mountain lion he killed on a hunting trip in Idaho. But in 1990, California voters made that illegal in California.
Read the story12 minRush Limbaugh and the GOP
Rush Limbaugh insists that reports of advertiser defections have been exaggerated, but liberal groups say he's taking a lot of hits. It's all about Limbaugh's attack on Sandra Fluke , who testified on Capitol Hill about the need for health insurers to provide birth control to liberate women for the work force and protect against disease.
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