Senator Harry Reid secures 60 votes for Health Care Reform Bill

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...

Survey: 92 Percent of Physicians Back Tort Reform

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...

Abortion now dividing Senate Democrats on healthcare reform

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...

Abortion a big obstacle in Senate healthcare reform debate

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,...

Healthcare Reform coverage for illegals and penalties for parents

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...

Obama's frontal attack on big insurance

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,...

Exposed: Big Insurance's Blatant Greed

 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,...

Senate committee passes healthcare reform 14 - 9

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...

22 year old from Ohio dead of swine flu: No Insurance

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...

Obama calls present moment "season for action"

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...

Labor Unions hang in the balance with public option

"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...

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy dies at 77

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...

In Obama-Care debate , Mental Illness should be kept in mind

"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...

Deadly Doctors? What It Means for Health Care & If It Will Happen

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...

The Misinformation About the Canadian Health Care System

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...

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