Senator Steven Oroho, Republican member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, said he is deeply troubled by published comments questioning whether Corzine administration employment data released yesterday accurately reflects what went on in the New Jersey economy in July. The report said the state had private sector job growth even as the unemployment rate rose to 9.3 percent, the highest level in 32 years. A prominent Rutgers economist quoted by Newhouse News Services said, \”There are some elements of the data that are hard to believe.\” In a Bloomberg article, that same economist is quoted as saying that reports of job growth in the state \”are very surprising results … and let’s hope that they don’t disappear when the data revisions occur.\”

A former health insurance executive says the disruptions taking place at lawmakers\’ town halls around the country are the result of stealth efforts by health insurance companies.

Wendell Potter, a former CIGNA vice president, detailed what he said were past covert efforts by the industry. Though he said he does not have specifics for what is occurring now, because he\’s been out of the business for a year, it follows the same pattern.

via thehill.com