Blog posts with "Chuck Grassley"

“The Obama administration is forcing employees to sign written pledges of secrecy, known as nondisclosure agreements, without including the whistleblower exceptions mandated by [the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act], according to a congressional review by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley.” The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act “requires such agreements to contain an explicit statement notifying employees the agreements do not trump an employee’s rights and obligations under ...

“The Affordable Care Act is the biggest new health care program in decades, but the Obama administration has ruled that neither the federal insurance exchange nor the federal subsidies paid to insurance companies on behalf of low-income people are ‘federal health care programs,’” which will exempt “subsidized health insurance from a law that bans rebates, kickbacks, bribes and certain other financial arrangements in federal health programs, stripping law enforcement of a powerful to...