Tag: Follow the Money

Health Republic is the largest of 24 state-level co-ops funded by a $2 billion Obamacare provision designed to provide competition to private insurers.ÃÂ

‘Luxurious’ funding lets Obamacare co-op undercut commercial rivals

Richard Pollock · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

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Ohio to repay Health and Human Services more than $3 million

Kelly Cohen · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

Reuters: The Pentagon’s bad bookkeeping

Reuters: The Pentagon’s bad bookkeeping

Washington Examiner · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

Federal Election Commission officials may take the nearly unprecedented step of exempting a Tea Party group from disclosing its donors due to concerns its supporters could face harassment and retaliation from government officials such as the Internal Revenue Service and private citizens. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)

FEC may exempt Tea Party group from donor disclosure citing harassment, intimidation

Luke Rosiak · November 15, 2013 5:00 am

A 44-year-old New Orleans man has been sentenced in Baton Rouge to 15 months in federal prison for his role in frauds alleged to have cost Medicare more than $2.5 million.

Man gets 15 months in Medicare fraud case

Associated Press · November 15, 2013 5:00 am

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National Security

Navy kickbacks schemer from Georgia to be sentenced

Associated Press · November 15, 2013 5:00 am

House Government and Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., sent letters to 15 insurers, including Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield and Cigna, demanding receipt by Dec. 13 of "all communications" between company employees and the Executive Office of the President, dating back to March 2010. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

FMCS under congressional fire after Examiner report on widespread waste and fraud

Luke Rosiak · November 14, 2013 5:00 am

Does the public have the right to see the science used by federal agencies to justify regulatory decisions that cost Americans hundreds of billions of dollars every year? That's the issue before a hearing today of a subcommittee of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology that will focus on "secret science" at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Think tanks tell court EPA using FOIA fees to hide public documents

Michal Conger · November 14, 2013 5:00 am

In this March 11, 2013 photo, the Amtrak Vermonter heads south in Middlesex, Vt. (AP File)

Amtrak serves free wine, $23 Mahi-Mahi dinners; loses millions on food

Washington Examiner · November 14, 2013 5:00 am

Bobby Thompson, who authorities have identified as Harvard-trained attorney John Donald Cody, looks at the jury during closing statements by the prosecution Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, in Cleveland. Thompson is charged with looting the United States Navy Veterans Association, a charity he ran from Tampa, Fla. The charity fraudulently registered with the state of Ohio in 2003 and made annual renewals, the prosecutor said. The charges include racketeering, money laundering, theft and identity theft.(AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Ohio jury convicts ex-fugitive in $100 million fraud case

Washington Examiner · November 14, 2013 5:00 am

The seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, Friday, June 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Not guilty plea in Cleveland VA corruption probe

Associated Press · November 13, 2013 5:00 am

Chicago Tribune: Spending with abandon

Washington Examiner · November 13, 2013 5:00 am