Thursday, May 4 – Hour 1 Podcast

House Passes Obamacare Repeal Bill | The Daily Caller

The House passed an Obamacare replacement bill 217 to 213 Thursday, in a successful second attempt to deal with the health care law.

Backed by GOP leaders, Mich. Rep. Fred Upton offers health bill revision

The existing version of the health care legislation would let states get federal waivers allowing insurers to charge higher premiums to people with pre-existing illnesses who’d let their coverage lapse. That infuriated many moderates, who have promised to continue protections for such people. Under Obama’s law, insurers must charge healthy and seriously ill customers the same rates.

Congressional exemption from GOP healthcare plan to be addressed separately | TheHill

Rep. Tom MacArthur’s (R-N.J.) office said separate legislation would close that loophole.

Republican health care bill: What’s in it? | Fox News

Here’s what’s the bill does:

The FDA Might Make Too Many Pizza Toppings Illegal | Truth Revolt

The rule will require, among other mandates, that all restaurants and other retail food outlets, such as movie theaters, operating as one brand with at least 20 stores display a calorie count in addition to other nutritional information for all standard menu items on the establishment’s “menus and menu boards.”