Senator Harry Reid, Majority Leader of the Senate, has secured the 60 votes needed to start the debate on the Health Care Reform bill. This clears the way for the Senate to debate this bill. The two...
created by albertacowpoke | 2 days ago | updated 2 days ago 160 views | 36 recommendations | 12 comments
Ninety-two percent of the almost 2,000 physicians who responded to a Jackson Healthcare survey of physicians agree with Dr. Chad Hewitt. The number one way to reduce health care costs may be tort reform. While Dr. Hewitt, a podiatrist friend of mine in the Kansas City area...
The health care reform bill will finally be brought to the Senate floor by Democrats next week. Once more, the issue of abortion with regard to healthcare reform is causing divisions as was the case...
In the US Senate, opponents of abortion are looking to enact tough restrictions within the health care reform bill. This may make it difficult to pass the bill before January. Sen. Ben Nelson,...
Please help me with this. I have, so far, found what looks to me to be two very big problems with this new Health care Reform bill (found at: http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf ). The first is that it appears to cover children born to illegal...
created by TiredDem | 3 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago 489 views | 16 recommendations | 9 comments
Obama gets tough, frontally attacking insurance companies for corruption and lies. Calling these insurers "deceptive and dishonest", Obama claims that unless reform is pushed through,...
Recognizing Americans' pent-up anger, the insurance industry changed its tactics, but not its goals. ~ Huffington Post, 10/14/09 It may be high time to stop 'coddling' big Insurance companies,...
In a step forward for healthcare reform, the Senate Finance committee has passed one of the versions in a vote of 14 to 9: "The Senate Finance Committee approved its version of health care reform by a 14-9...
A 22 year old University of Miami graduate and Ohio resident is dead of swine flu. It is said that she delayed seeking medical treatment due to lack of health insurance. "A 22-year-old woman from...
The Make or Break Speech to Congress: GOP sits on its hands, but who cares now? (They shouted, "Why are you bothering us now, Jesus, you Son of God? Did you come here to...
"As he makes the case for health care reform, Richard Trumka, the incoming president of the AFL-CIO, talks about the nation at a "crossroads," with decisions looming in Washington that will affect workers and the...
Senator Kennedy died after a year long fight with brain cancer only a week after attending his sisters funeral. Senator Kennedy has had a long and distinquished career in the US Senate and will be known for his battle to pass a unirversal healthcare program. His illness...
"My family physician said that "We are close to socialized medicine. Most patients have to come in for free samples for their medications as they cannot afford them for one reason or another. Most don't qualify for assistance with their prescriptions. We give out many samples...
Will Obama's healthcare reforms create deadly doctors? New York Post writer Betsy Mccaughey, who coined the phrase "deadly doctors" certainly thinks so, as does Sarah Palin. Both argue that Obama's healthcare...
opinion by alia_d | 15 wks ago | updated 15 wks ago 515 views | 24 recommendations | 8 comments
For the past few days I have watched misinformation being bantered about in reference to the Canadian Health Care System. This article is not intended to sway anyone in the US on either side of the...
opinion by albertacowpoke | 18 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago 2004 views | 95 recommendations | 53 comments