Drudge is reporting that ABC is turning over its programming to the White House on the night of June 24 so that President Barack Obama can push his dangerous health care reform plan (For background, see posts here,...
opinion by BMCWrites | 3 years ago 516 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
In a post yesterday, I shared a video about the “real goal” of the so-called “public” health care reform plan conceived by Dr. Jacob S. Hacker and embraced by President Barack Obama. Today, I offer another video, “The Public Plan Deception: It’s Not About...
opinion by BMCWrites | 3 years ago 160 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
A health care reform plan developed by Dr. Jacob S. Hacker is, according to this article at The New Republic, widely considered the rough model for the reform plans many Democrats, including President Barack Obama, have embraced. If it winds up putting private insurers out of...
opinion by BMCWrites | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 188 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
“Don’t get too excited yet.” Delivered to an audience of doctors and other medical professionals at the Annual Conference of the American Medical Association in Chicago this morning, those five words are...
opinion by BMCWrites | 3 years ago 134 views | 16 recommendations | 1 comment
In his latest weekly address, President Obama says health care reform must no longer mean “reform that throws good money after bad habits”.
An usually wide array of interest groups that have lined up...
Attendees arrived at the annual meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Liverpool yesteday, amid fierce protest from human rights watchdog the 'Citizens Commission on Human Rights' (CCHR), whose supporters...
First, there was Republican pollster Frank Luntz passing his scripted anti-heath care reform talking points to Republicans who dutifully parroted it. Now we have corporate healthcare fraudster Rick Scott leading...
Johnson & Johnson will buy Cougar Biotechnology for nearly $1 billion. The world's largest healthcare company is after Cougar biotech's newest array of experimental cancer medicines. This is the easiest and fastest way for Johnson & Johnson to get into oncology...
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Call for International Action to Combat Epidemic of Non-communicable DiseasesThe International Diabetes Federation (IDF), International Union Against Cancer (UICC) and World Heart Federation (WHF) issued a joint statement on 19 May 2009 that calls on the international...
If you are one of the 47 million Americans that have joined the ranks of the uninsured, what you may not know is that you may have to pay more for your medical treatment than your privately insured counterparts.
When individuals without insurance get sick, they...
In today's fast paced world, business owners don't often have the time to thoroughly check out the companies they rely on to provide goods and services. In many cases, a determination of product/service quality can be made at the time goods are delivered or services are...
Engaging healthcare providers in tobacco control on 'Safe Saturday'"The healthcare providers, particularly the young nursing and medical students can potentially strengthen tobacco control in all healthcare facilities. This was the key thought expressed at the 'Safe Saturday'...
created by bobbyramakant | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 141 views | 12 recommendations | 0 comments
Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, Wal-Mart's new PR strategy, industry plans for healthcare...
During the past two years, 87 million Americans went with out health insurance. That's one third of the population. I was one of them, and it's no fun when your version of healthcare is taking vitamins and looking both ways when crossing the street. " The report assessed how...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1724 views | 50 recommendations | 2 comments
Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, corporate healthcare gets the vapors, GM's new spinmeister and...