Miami-based Orthodox Jew Philip Esformes has been convicted of America’s largest ever health care fraud which saw him steal more than $1.3 billion from American taxpayers. He has been officially described as a “parasite” by investigators from the US Department of Justice. According to a statement released by the US Department of Justice, a federal jury found Esformes guilty “for his role in... 

A woman demonstrates against US President Barack Obama’s health care reforms in ‎front of the US Supreme Court in Washington DC on March 27, 2012.‎ The US Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the US President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform plan which “mandates” all American citizens to obtain health insurance or face hundreds of dollars in penalty fine. With a 5-4 decision, the Court’s... 

Almost half of all Americans live in a household where at least one member received government benefits in the first quarter of 2011, according to a new report. Data from the Census Bureau revealed that 49.1 per cent of the population live in a household which gets at least one kind of government benefit with many likely to receive more than one. The figure marks a steep rise in the amount of people... 

The Foreskin Man Web comic advocates for a ban on circumcision in California. Colorado lawmakers have decided to cut out Medicaid coverage for newborn circumcision, making them now the seventeenth state to stop subsidizing the snip. Officials in Colorado claim that the move to skin the procedure from Medicaid-covered procedures would save the state an estimated $186,500 a year. With a budget shortfall...