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U.S. Seniors Opt for Mexican Healthcare | Print |  E-mail
Written by Steven J. DuBord   
Wednesday, 02 September 2009 10:45

elderly“Mexicare: $250 a year covers it all” declared the Arizona Republic website headline on August 29. The Mexican Social Security Institute, known as IMSS, provides healthcare with no limits and no deductibles for $250 or less per year, and American seniors are heading south of the border to take advantage while it lasts.

 
Mass. Health Bill Would Allow Warrantless Arrests, Quarantines | Print |  E-mail
Written by Alex Newman   
Tuesday, 01 September 2009 17:00

Massachusetts General Court (State Legislature)A pandemic and disaster preparation bill (S. 2028) passed unanimously by the Massachusetts Senate earlier this year is receiving wide-spread criticism as citizens mobilize to oppose its passage in the commonwealth’s House of Representatives.

 
A Town Hall Meeting Stacked to the Left | Print |  E-mail
Written by Catherine Mullins   
Monday, 31 August 2009 03:45

Peter DeFazio“Open borders, open hearts show humanity, Workers from all walks of life enrich democracy,” the Raging Grannies, a group of older women who protest everything from war to immigration laws, sang to the tune of “Jingle Bells.” I knew right then that this 1,200 person filled-to-capacity town-hall meeting I was attending on August 18 in Eugene, Oregon, was stacked in favor of the liberal-left.

 
Will Healthcare Reform Fund Abortion, Deny Life-saving Treatment? | Print |  E-mail
Written by Jack Kenny   
Monday, 31 August 2009 03:15

newborn babyDespite President Obama's assurances that healthcare reform will neither pay for abortions nor "pull the plug on grandma," conservative and pro-life organizations are opposing what they say is a thinly disguised provision for public funding of abortion. And at least one group contends that senior citizens will be denied live-saving medical care while taxpayer dollars go to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.

 
ABC, NBC Refuse Anti-Obamacare Ad | Print |  E-mail
Written by Gregory A. Hession   
Friday, 28 August 2009 11:39

Healthcare AdThe League of American Voters has sponsored a 33-second television commercial criticizing President Obama’s healthcare reform proposals, but ABC and NBC are refusing to run the ad in its current form, Fox News reported on August 27.

 
Should Republicans Save Medicare? | Print |  E-mail
Written by Jack Kenny   
Wednesday, 26 August 2009 15:50

senior citizen in wheelchairPeople used to say politics makes strange bedfellows. These days, calling any kind of  bedfellows strange might qualify as a hate crime. It is probably safer to say that the political highway allows for frequent U-turns, as politicians discover that policies and programs they once decried as ruinous to the republic are now true and righteous.

 
VA Wrongly Says Vets Have Fatal Disease | Print |  E-mail
Written by Steven J. DuBord   
Wednesday, 26 August 2009 07:30

VA hospitalThe Veterans Affairs Department has mistakenly told some veterans that they have ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, the Associated Press reported on August 24. This is no small misdiagnosis; the disease is usually fatal within five years.

 
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