Health
Baby Boomers Expected to Drain Medicare (Not mentioned, millions of welfare mooches on Medicaid)
The first baby boomers will turn 65 Jan. 1, beginning a flood of applications for Medicare benefits that experts fear could drain the economy and hold political repercussions for President Obama.
The baby boomer generation marked a huge reproductive uptick between 1946 and 1964, when 76 million children were born, creating a […]
Palin eyes ‘Take Back the 20′ targets (Targeting 20 House Democrats Who Backed The Health Care Legislation)
http://www.takebackthe20.com/
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is commemorating the six-month anniversary of the passage of health care reform with a new campaign targeting 20 House Democrats who backed the legislation.
Palin has launched “Take Back the 20,” an online effort in which she asks supporters to join her “in standing against those […]
Thousands of patient health records ended up in a pile at public dump in Massachusetts
Four Massachusetts community hospitals are investigating how thousands of patient health records, some containing Social Security numbers and sensitive medical diagnoses, ended up in a pile at a public dump.
Read the whole story at Boston.com
Obama’s Own HHS Says Health Care Bill Will Cost More Than Projected (Government has no good track record)
President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law is getting a mixed verdict in the first comprehensive look by neutral experts: More Americans will be covered, but costs are also going up.
Economic experts at the Health and Human Services Department concluded in a report issued Thursday that the health care remake will achieve Obama’s aim of […]
Med Schools Can’t Keep Up (# of Insured Expands, Shortage of 150,000 Doctors in 15 Years)
The new federal health-care law has raised the stakes for hospitals and schools already scrambling to train more doctors.
Experts warn there won’t be enough doctors to treat the millions of people newly insured under the law. At current graduation and training rates, the nation could face a shortage of as many as 150,000 doctors in […]
Florida doctor tells Obama supporters to go elsewhere for medical care
A doctor who considers the national health-care overhaul to be bad medicine for the country posted a sign on his office door telling patients who voted for President Barack Obama to seek care “elsewhere.”
“I’m not turning anybody away — that would be unethical,” Dr. Jack Cassell, 56, a Mount Dora urologist and a registered Republican […]
NY Daily News:President Obama starts a revolution: He chose health care over the theater of politics (unblievable)
The Democrats had to do it alone. On a number of occasions, President Obama asked for reform ideas from the Republicans. But their idea of reform was no compromise, no fresh thoughts, no backing away from protecting the health care industry to which they had sold their souls during the presidency of George W. Bush.
As […]
Bart Stupak meets his match (Dr. Dan Benishek)
Meet the doctor who symbolizes the nationwide rebellion against Obamacare.
His name is Dan Benishek. He’s a 57-year-old surgeon from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and he’s never held political office at any level. He announced on March 15 that he was running as a Republican for Michigan’s First Congressional District - that’s Bart Stupak’s district, in case […]
Health care law too costly, most say (Nearly two-thirds of Americans say the health care overhaul signed into law last week costs too much)
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say the health care overhaul signed into law last week costs too much and expands the government’s role in health care too far, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, underscoring an uphill selling job ahead for President Obama and congressional Democrats.
Those surveyed are inclined to fear that the massive legislation will increase […]
Andrew Napolitano: Supreme Court to Strike Down Obamacare
In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV’s Ashley Martella, judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano says the president’s healthcare reforms amount to “commandeering” the state legislatures for federal purposes, which the Supreme Court has forbidden as unconstitutional.
“That’s called commandeering the legislature,” he says. “That’s the Congress taking away the discretion of the legislature with respect to regulation, and […]
Hospitals Under the Knife : New York City System Aims to Cut 2,600 More Jobs as State Funding Drops
The nation’s largest public hospital system plans to slash its work force—including doctors and nurses—by about 10% over two years as government aid drops and …
No hospital system in the country is exempt from the crushing economics facing the health-care industry,” said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg…
Officials in New York City have told hospital employees’ […]
If this is true about the health care bill, then we are all doomed (Wake up from sleep America)
HB3200 highlighted pages most egregious
Please read this…….. especially the reference to pages 58 & 59
JUDGE KITHIL wrote:
“I have reviewed selected sections of the bill, and find
it unbelievable that our Congress, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, could come up with a bill loaded with so many wrong-headed elements.”
“Both Republicans and Democrats are equally responsible
for the financial […]
AP: Say, guess what we just found in ObamaCare! (retirees likely to drop prescription drug coverage)
Congress passed the bill without knowing what was in it. Barack Obama signed it without reading it. Now it looks as though the Associated Press reported on ObamaCare without comprehending its content. Readers will have to scroll far down to discover that the elimination of a key tax break that kept retirees on company prescription-medication […]
Napolitano: Supreme Court to Strike Down Obamacare
President Barack Obama is one of the worst presidents ever in terms of respecting constitutional limitations on government, and the states suing the federal government over healthcare reform “have a pretty strong case” and are likely to prevail, according to author and judicial analyst Andrew P. Napolitano.
In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV’s Ashley Martella, Napolitano […]
Let The Layoffs Begin:AT&T will take $1B non-cash charge for health care
AT&T Inc. will take a $1 billion non-cash accounting charge in the first quarter because of the health care overhaul and may cut benefits it offers to current and retired workers.The charge is the largest disclosed so far. Earlier this week, AK Steel Corp., Caterpillar Inc., Deere & Co. and Valero Energy announced similar accounting […]
Double Trouble Brewing for Anti-Abortion Democrats? [Healthcare Vote Leaves Them as Targets]
Just days after the historic health care bill became law, abortion activists on both sides of the political aisle are preparing the battleground for November’s mid-term election, which could see a revival of the hot-button issue.
Just days after the historic health care bill became law, abortion activists on both sides of the political aisle are […]
30 million kids get vaccine tainted with pig virus
Federal health authorities recommended Monday that doctors suspend using Rotarix, one of two vaccines licensed in the United States against rotavirus, saying the vaccine is contaminated with material from a pig virus.”There is no evidence at this time that this material poses a safety risk,” Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg told reporters […]
The Business Insider Guide To Gaming ObamaCare And Ripping Off The Taxpayer (It’s DOA Alert)
Actually, it doesn’t take too much.
Bryan Caplan explains:
Awhile back, Krugman loudly insisted that if you ban pre-existing conditions clauses, you also have to mandate insurance. While the new bill has a mandate, it doesn’t begin until 2014, and the penalty clause is absurdly small. Here’s what passes for “promoting individual responsibility”:
Requires most individuals to obtain […]
20 Ways ObamaCare Will Take Away Our Freedoms
With House Democrats poised to pass the Senate health care bill with some reconciliation changes later today, it is worthwhile to take a comprehensive look at the freedoms we will lose.
Of course, the overhaul is supposed to provide us with security. But it will result in skyrocketing insurance costs and physicians leaving the field in […]
Health Care Calculator:What does the health care bill mean to me? (Find Out Here If You’re Going To Win Or Lose From Healthcare Reform)
The health-care overhaul will change the way millions of Americans get health insurance and require nearly everyone to have health insurance or face penalties. A number of factors - including income, age, location and family size - will determine how it specifically impacts your life. This tool looks at what it could mean for your […]