Posted on 02/11/2010 7:33:24 PM PST by socialismisinsidious
Bipartisanship Equals Single-Payer-ship
davidlimbaugh.com ^ | 02/11/10 | david limbaugh
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:06:15 PM by lancer256
It's not a good idea for Republicans to accept President Barack Obama's invitation to a "bipartisan" health care summit, because it would not advance acceptable health care reform. The only thing it likely would advance would be Obama's propaganda message -- and, thus, his socialist agenda.
It's ba-ack! Health-care plan redoubles 'marriage penalty'
WND ^ | 2/10/09 | Bob Unruh
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:02:51 AM by hope
Bills pending in Congress that would nationalize health care by setting up mandatory insurance purchases and fines for not complying could penalize married couples $10,000 annually and are a direct attack on marriage, families and the church because of their discriminatory provisions, according to a congressional candidate. "This is as awful, I will say evil ... this is as evil as it gets," Allen Quist, who is running to unseat Democrat Tim Walz in Minnesota's 1st congressional district, told WND.
Ken Cuccinelli: Founders would cheer Virginia’s anti-Obamacare bill
Washington Examiner ^ | 02/11/2010 | Ken Cuccinelli
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:08:58 AM by ItMatters2Me
February 10, 2010 - Virginia is moving towards passing legislation that would make it unlawful to implement federal legislation to compel Virginia residents to buy health insurance, a/k/a, Obamacare. On Monday, February 1st, the Democratic-controlled state senate of Virginia passed a bill that would block the implementation of the individual mandate of Obamacare.
Cuban Healthcare: Doctors without band-aids
Cuba Verdad ^ | Feb 11, 2010 | Ruby Weldon
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:08:59 AM by GeronL
We had read and heard so much about Cuba's health system – one of the greatest successes of 'the Revolution' – and all of it good. More doctors per capita than even most western nations, health clinics in every neighbourhood, town, small village, health care free for all, and a world-renowned pharmaceutical industry.
On our first trip to Cuba, one of our friends was around seven months' pregnant. She'd been told her baby was breech, and would have to be delivered by Caesarean section. For her and her family, which included some medical practitioners, this was not just bad, but frightening news.
Poll Shows Eroding Support for Health Reform (but the Rats don't care)
Yahoo ^ | 2/11/2010 | Karen Pallarito/Healthday
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:19:43 AM by tobyhill
While half of Americans want some kind of health reform in the next two years, nearly 40 percent say it would be a good thing if the legislation proposed by the Democrats and President Barack Obama never materializes. And one-quarter aren't sure if health reform would be good or bad for the country, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll finds.
(MA Governor Deval) Patrick wants health cost veto
Boston Globe ^ | February 10, 2010 | Kay Lazar, Michael Levenson, and Robert Weisman
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:41:27 AM by reaganaut1
Governor Deval Patrick is seeking sweeping authority to review and reject rates charged by hospitals, physician groups, medical imaging centers, and insurers, in a broad new effort to make health care more affordable, particularly for smaller companies and their workers.
Obama’s ‘Academically Approved’ Approach to Health Care
Pajamas Media ^ | February 10, 2010 | Andy Wickersham
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:51:02 AM by KippLanham
From the president’s interview with Katie Couric prior to the Super Bowl:
Look, I would have loved nothing better than to simply come up with some very elegant, you know, academically approved approach to health care. And didn’t have any kinds of legislative fingerprints on it. And just go ahead and have that passed. But that’s not how it works in our democracy.
As you can clearly see, this man’s genius is being terribly underutilized here. All of these brilliant solutions to all of these great problems, but the delivery system is unfortunately quite antiquated. And as a result we have a terrifically wise and benevolent leader who is at the moment a bit hamstrung by a process that could certainly use some streamlining.
61% Say Congress Should Start All Over Again on Health Care
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/ ^ | Thursday, February 11, 2010
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:56:47 PM by Lucky9teen
President Obama this week called for a televised bipartisan summit to get his health care reform plan back on track, but 61% of U.S. voters say Congress should scrap that plan and start all over again.
Voters Want Democrats to Toss the Obamacare Bills and Start All Over
The Lid/Rasmussen ^ | 2/11/2010 | The Lid
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:31:28 PM by Shellybenoit
The President called for both parties to join with him for a summit to fix the health care bill at the end of February. The House leadership responded with a letter to Rahm Emanuel saying they welcome the opportunity but:
Jobs Bill Compromise Greases The Skids For Passage of Obamacare
The Lid/Politico ^ | 2/11/2010 | The Lid
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:14:27 PM by Shellybenoit
Jobs Bill Compromise Greases Skids For Passage of Obamacare
One of the budgetary "cheats" in the Obamacare bill revolves around medicare payments to doctors.
The US bishops' continued imprudence on health-care reform (even though some have opposed it)
CatholicCulture.org ^ | February 10, 2010 | Phil Lawler
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:47:10 PM by Salvation
In the continuing debate about Obamacare-- a legislative proposal which is still very much alive-- the American bishops continue to play a very dangerous game.
Health Reform in Limbo, Top Drug Lobbyist Quits
NYT ^ | 2/11/10 | DUFF WILSON AND DAVID KIRKPATRICK
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:03:57 PM by Nachum
Billy Tauzin, the former Louisiana congressman, is resigning as president of the drug industry trade group Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America amid internal disputes over its pact with the White House to trade political support for favorable terms in the proposed health care overhaul. As the industry’s top lobbyist, Mr. Tauzin brokered the deal with the White House and Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate finance committee, last summer to limit the drug industry’s total costs under the proposed health care overhaul to $80 billion over 10 years.
Medicine, Not Health Care Reform, Helps Bill Clinton Mend
Fox News ^ | February 11, 2010 | James P. Pinkerton
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:23:45 PM by USALiberty
Former President Bill Clinton, now in a New York City hospital room, under observation for chest pains, might be thinking to himself that it's a good thing that Clintoncare didn't pass in the early 90s. If it had, it's a safe bet that the sort of technological innovation that is keeping him alive tonight would never have advanced as far as it has. Clintoncare, after all, was about rationing; The explicit goal of that bureaucratic program was to reduce the cost of treatment, which is to say, reduce the amount of treatment. And Clinton needs more treatment, not less. As do many of us.
Head Shrinks paid by the drugs they prescribe
The New York Times ^ | February 10, 2010 | BENEDICT CAREY
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:20:45 AM by TheRevolution1776
"Some diagnoses of bipolar disorder have been in children as young as 2, and there have been widespread reports that doctors promoting the diagnosis received consulting and speaking fees from the makers of the drugs."
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