Healthcare

House Healthcare Bill: Medicare for a New Millennium

Congressman Eric Cantor of Virginia squeezes past a pillar at the back of the House Chamber and sits in an empty seat, his...

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. November 9, 2009

Healthcare Bill: Pay for a Plan or Go to Jail

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. November 7, 2009

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is prepared to jail any American who does not buy a qualifying health insurance plan if the...

AARP & AMA Support House Healthcare Bill

Steven J. DuBord November 6, 2009

AARP, 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...

Constitutional Healthcare

Jack Kenny November 6, 2009

The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives was apparently dumbfounded recently when a reporter asked about the constitutional authority for requiring people...

Obamacare and the Demise of Federalism

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. November 6, 2009

By the time of the founding, the definition of federalism was already so firmly settled and so deeply imbedded in the American understanding...

The Healthcare Bill’s Sops to the Mental-health Industry

Beverly K. Eakman November 5, 2009

Most 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....

Catholic Bishops: The Faithful Should Not Support Current Healthcare Reform Bills

Selwyn Duke November 3, 2009

Upset about the inclusion of abortion funding and mandates in the healthcare reform bills currently before Congress, the United States Conference of Catholic...

Republican Healthcare Reform Bill Coming

Steven J. DuBord November 3, 2009

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

House Democrats Unveil Healthcare Bill

Steven J. DuBord October 29, 2009

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

$60 Billion a Year in Medicare Fraud

Steven J. DuBord October 28, 2009

Medicare fraud is a $60 billion a year industry, and in places like Miami, Florida, it is actually bigger than the drug trade....

Swine Flu Emergency Declaration Elicits Questions, Criticism

Alex Newman October 27, 2009

President Barack Obama granted himself more broad powers late last week when he declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, announcing the...

Senate Healthcare Bill Will Have Public Plan

Steven J. DuBord October 27, 2009

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced on October 26 that Senate healthcare reform legislation will include a public option that would allow...

Study Finds Obama Is Focusing Upon Wrong Healthcare Waste

Thomas R. Eddlem October 27, 2009

A major healthcare study by Thomson-Reuters has concluded that the United States wastes between $600 billion and $850 billion on healthcare annually, a...