Healthcare
ObamaCare Cooks up an Unhappy Meal for McDonald’s Employees
McDonald’s has just served up a not-so-happy meal to its employees, courtesy of ObamaCare: Because of the federal government’s new rules governing limited-benefit...
Dr. Mark Baxter Speaks Out Against ObamaCare
Dr. Mark E. Baxter is a former urgent-care and emergency-room physician and a Senior Airman Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration. He...
Read moreDoctors for Freedom
The Choose Freedom — Stop ObamaCare tour is a nationwide speaking tour/media tour of physicians sponsored by The John Birch Society. It is...
Read morePhysician-legislator Dr. Ritze Speaks Out Against ObamaCare
Dr. Mike Ritze is a physician and surgeon in private practice in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He is also an adjunct professor, a state...
Read moreTed Kennedy: Protector of American Healthcare?
Ah, the ironies of politics. The late Sen. Edward Kennedy, an early and steadfast proponent of national health insurance, turns out to have...
Read moreThe FDA: Neither Safe nor Effective
Once upon a time, so the story goes, the American pharmaceutical industry was a “wild West” in which greedy, unscrupulous snake-oil salesmen preyed...
Read moreFirst Lady Sets Her Sights on Restaurant Menus
First Lady Michelle Obama has been touted as a “champion” in her efforts against childhood obesity. However, her labors have been criticized for...
Read more“Superbug” Makes its Way to U.S.
An unwelcomed visitor has made its way into the United States from India: the “superbug.” Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1) has...
Read moreMovement to Repeal ObamaCare Tax Requirement Gains Momentum
On March 9, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), referring to the then-pending ObamaCare legislation, said that Congress “[has] to pass the bill so...
Read moreObamaCare Brings Insurance Rate Hikes
Back in 2008, candidate Barack Obama said that his healthcare reform plan “would bring down premiums by $2500 for the typical family.” In...
Read morePeddling Flu Vaccines Despite Criticism
Despite a series of vaccine-related scandals and the recent admission from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that its flu-death estimates...
Read moreWelcome Back Gerald Ford: Obama Redirects Defense Funds for Vaccinations
For the first time since the administration of President Gerald R. Ford, in 1976, the White House is prioritizing an expansion of vaccinations...
Read moreBPA Dangerous in Dental Care?
According to MSNBC.com for September 7, a new study concludes that BPA (Bisphenol A) derivatives, increasingly used in dental resins and sealants, are...
Read morePatients: 1, Bureaucrats: 0 — For Now
Consumers have won a rare, if possibly temporary, victory for their own freedom to take a drug that has worked for them even...
Read moreDoctors Prescribe ObamaCare Repeal
Everyone is familiar with the routine when visiting a doctor’s office: The doctor or his assistant checks the patient’s vital signs, then discusses...
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