Veterans and Military Families for Obama

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Stephanie Cutter: Get the facts on Karl Rove's BS

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Congratulations Mitt Romney :: War on Women

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1.3 Billion in INsurance Rebates :: Thanks ObamaCare

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 3 million health insurance policyholders and thousands of employers will share $1.3 billion in rebates this year, thanks to President Barack Obama’s health care law, a nonpartisan research group said Thursday.

The rebates should average $127 for the people who get them, and Democrats are hoping they’ll send an election-year message that Obama’s much-criticized health care overhaul is starting to pay dividends for consumers. Critics of the law call that wishful thinking.

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Economists upping their forecasts for 2012

The U.S. economy will grow faster than expected this year, despite the headwinds of higher gas prices and Europe's financial crisis, according to USA TODAY's quarterly survey of economists.

The biggest reason: Consumers have bought more vehicles and gone out to eat more often, even though gas prices had been expected to make them spend less, says Jeff Rosen, an economist at Briefing Research in Chicago.

"Things are getting better," Rosen says. "The economy is picking up and hiring is going to be on the rise."

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