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Constitutional Healthcare | Print |  E-mail
Written by Jack Kenny   
Friday, 06 November 2009 09:04

pelosi health careThe Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives was apparently dumbfounded recently when a reporter asked about the constitutional authority for requiring people to buy health insurance, as mandated in the healthcare reform bills before Congress.

 
AARP & AMA Support House Healthcare Bill | Print |  E-mail
Written by Steven J. DuBord   
Friday, 06 November 2009 07:00

doctorAARP, the 40-million-member senior-citizen lobbying group, and the American Medical Association, representing 250,000 physicians, on November 5 threw their support behind the healthcare reform bill being proposed by House Democrats.

 
The Healthcare Bill's Sops to the Mental-health Industry | Print |  E-mail
Written by Beverly K. Eakman   
Thursday, 05 November 2009 18:00

hospital corridorMost people (including Members of Congress and the press) won’t read the nearly 2,000-page healthcare bill (“Affordable Health Care for America Act”: H.R. 3962). Consequently, like most Americans, they are oblivious to the elephant in the living room that’s about to transform the nation. While legislators shadow-box over public-versus-private options, trillion-dollar debts, and socialized medicine, tucked away in the bill under warm and fuzzy labels are numerous sops to the mental-health industry.

 
Republican Healthcare Reform Bill Coming | Print |  E-mail
Written by Steven J. Dubord   
Tuesday, 03 November 2009 09:58

House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio) announced on November 1 that his party is preparing a healthcare reform bill to compete with the Democratic alternative.

 
Catholic Bishops: The Faithful Should Not Support Current Healthcare Reform Bills | Print |  E-mail
Written by Selwyn Duke   
Tuesday, 03 November 2009 04:10

Upset about the inclusion of abortion funding and mandates in the healthcare reform bills currently before Congress, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is blanketing 19,000 parishes across the nation with a bulletin insert instructing the faithful to oppose the bills in their present form.

 
House Democrats Unveil Healthcare Bill | Print |  E-mail
Written by Steven J. DuBord   
Thursday, 29 October 2009 12:00

PelosiDemocrats in the House of Representatives unveiled their version of healthcare reform legislation today.

 
$60 Billion a Year in Medicare Fraud | Print |  E-mail
Written by Steven J. DuBord   
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 06:30

Medicare fraudMedicare fraud is a $60 billion a year industry, and in places like Miami, Florida, it is actually bigger than the drug trade. The 60 Minutes CBS news program reported this on October 25, saying: “This story may raise your blood pressure, along with some troubling questions about our government’s ability to manage a medical bureaucracy.”

 
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