Healthcare

Health Insurance Lobby Speaks Out

Karen Ignagni, president of America’s Health Insurance Plans, told reporters during an August 4 conference call that critics of private health insurance providers...

Steven J. DuBord August 5, 2009

All Doped Up

R. Cort Kirkwood August 5, 2009

Between 1996 and 2005, Reuters reports, the use of anti-depressants doubled to nearly 10 percent of the American population. In 1996, the figure...

Abortion and Public Health Insurance

Steven J. DuBord August 5, 2009

Associated Press reported on August 5 that “health care legislation before Congress would allow a new government-sponsored insurance plan to cover abortions, a...

Obama Claims “Historic Step” on Health Reform

Steven J. DuBord August 4, 2009

The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 31-28 on August 31 to approve its version of healthcare reform. “This historic step moves us...

Obama’s Doctor Pessimistic on Reform

Steven J. DuBord July 31, 2009

The Huffington Post reported on July 29 that Dr. David Scheiner, a physician who has treated Barack Obama for more than 20 years,...

Health Reform & Illegal Immigration

Steven J. DuBord July 31, 2009

“Health care reform could end up bailing out employers who hire illegal immigrants and skimp on their health benefits,” Fox News reported on...

Blue Dog Dems Strike Deal on Health Care

Thomas R. Eddlem July 30, 2009

Members of a coalition of moderate House Democrats called the “Blue Dogs” have struck a deal to move Obama’s health care legislation forward after...

Defense Officials Worry About H1N1 Outbreak This Fall

Steven Yates July 29, 2009

Defense Department officials, in collaboration with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), are considering a proposal whose stated purpose is to assist civilian...

CBO on House Democrats’ Health Reform Plan

Steven J. DuBord July 28, 2009

The Congressional Budget Office on July 26 published a preliminary analysis of the House Democrats’ healthcare reform proposal known as America’s Affordable Health...