http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/healthcare/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:53:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286497/posts Read Obama's Lips; No new taxes on the Middle Class! Yeah right! So how does one defend the indefensible? Obama Press Secretary Robert Gibbs does it by a number of amateurish debating ploys when asked if his boss will break his word and raise taxes on the middle class. He defects, he demeans and he obfuscates. Some say that his antics are down right arrogant. Interestingly enough he has not had to defend his boss against a hostile press like the anti-Bush press. No on the contrary Obama’s press has been an awestruck and worshipping press. But apparently things are... Creating Orwellian Worldview http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286497/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:53:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286392/posts An active pensioner admitted to hospital for routine treatment for a stomach bug died six weeks later following a series of 'blunders' by overworked staff. Betty Dunn, 79, was taken to Tameside General Hospital in Ashton-under-Lyme, Greater Manchester, to be rehydrated with saline. But her horrified family watched helplessly as the widow's condition deteriorated over six weeks before she died after contracting the superbug C-diff. At one point her relatives, who battled to communicate with staff who apparently didn't speak English, were so concerned for the former Land Girl's welfare they called in police. Doctors then transferred the great-grandmother to... Daily Mail UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286392/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:04:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286389/posts Here is video of Sen. Mitch McConnell laying out the delays and denials that are commonplace in Canada's Government-run Health Care System - a precursor of what Americans can expect if President Obama succeeds in bringing socialized medicine to the United States. Some have argued that socialized medicine would work fine in America, much like Medicare for retired-age people. However, those who suggest it would be like Medicare forget that Medicare has functioned within the framework of a robust private health care system. Once Socialized Medicine becomes law, the private system will ultimately collapse, changing the landscape of medical care... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286389/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:55:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286287/posts Without drastic rationing, how can anyone hope to provide health care for everyone at lower cost − and at the same time allow unlimited immigration? This isnÂ’t a logical plan on which to base national policy. This is an irrational fantasy with which to take control of an additional one-sixth of the economy, as well as take control of peopleÂ’s lives. www.stolinsky.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286287/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:14:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286219/posts There she was in front of the camera for all America to see. Stricken with cancer, frightened, helpless, weeping. Then came the hug from the compassionate President Obama. It was one of the most poignant moments of Obama’s health care infomercial broadcast on ABC News. Who would not have voted to pass Obama’s nationalized health care plan right there at that very moment? Which was exactly Obama’s plan. Virtually everyone knows someone suffering with cancer like 53-year-old Debby Smith, and would do almost anything to ease their pain. But Ms. Smith’s unfortunate situation notwithstanding, it was soon found out that... Vocal Minority http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286219/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:36:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286165/posts Behind the bipartisan motives for employer-provided health insurance. On Tuesday the CEO of Wal-Mart, long the bête noire of the American left, issued a joint statement with SEIU head Andy Stern and Center for American Progress President John Podesta, two close allies of Barack Obama, supporting the administration's health reform efforts. The letter called for bipartisan reforms that include an employer mandate to purchase health insurance for their employees. An odd alliance? Maybe. But when two camps eye the same goal for separate reasons, they can become unlikely bedfellows. Forbes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286165/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 23:45:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286130/posts Jonah, you're missing the point. Those maggots are part of the treatment: The treatment for the cancer appeared to be working, but the bedsore continued to get worse despite attempts to treat it with "maggot therapy" in which maggots are used to clean out the wound National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286130/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 21:58:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285886/posts Here's a way for America to cut its spiraling healthcare costs: ice floes. This idea isn't mine. It's President Obama's. Or rather, it's where we're likely to end up if the president prevails on Congress to pass the adventurous healthcare reform proposal currently being discussed, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates will cost about $1 trillion over the next 10 years. That's on top of Medicare's annual $327-billion budget, whose massive deficits, if they continue at the same rate, are predicted to bankrupt the Medicare system by the end of the next decade. In looking for a way to fund... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285886/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 13:23:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285827/posts Arizonans will get a second chance to decide if they want residents here to be able to opt out of any national health insurance plan approved by Congress. Without debate, the state Senate on Monday voted 18-11 to put a proposal on the 2010 ballot that would constitutionally override any law, rule or regulation that requires individuals or employers to participate in any particular health care system. The House already has approved the measure. HCR2014, if approved by voters next year, also would prohibit any fine or penalty on anyone or any company for deciding to purchase health care directly.... East Valley Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285827/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 10:17:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285574/posts At my local Independence Day Parade the local Bolsheviks (aka DemocRATS) marched in the parade holding signs saying "One Nation, Single-Payer Healthcare". It was the most disgusting display I have ever experienced. I was the instigator of a heckling that shouted No Single Payer Healthcare. The Bolsheviks were stunned that anyone would heckle them in the parade, but I just could not let such a blatant partisan show go unchallenged. Did anyone else experince this in their local parade(s) ? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285574/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 19:32:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285474/posts Am I the only one outraged by the misinformation that has been spread around the internet as Obama's Exhibit "A" for healthcare reform??? The issue is the staged so called kidney cancer patient with no health insurance who supposedly had health insurance when she was again supposedly diagnosed with Renal Cell Carcinoma and rather than have her kidney removed which is the only effective treatment for kidney cancer, she was treated with radiation therapy which caused her more health issues now that she has no insurance. She claims that she did not have her kidney removed because she was caring... Personal Experience with Renal Cell Carcinoma http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285474/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:17:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285257/posts Cancer patients who face long waits in the NHS will be given cash to go private, in a radical shift of Government policy. Gordon Brown will unveil a significant expansion of private sector involvement in health provision as part of his much-hyped relaunch next week. For the first time, if a primary care trust (PCT) cannot give cancer patients a specialist appointment within two weeks of referral from a GP, it will have to provide equivalent funding for a private consultation. However, the principle of involving the private sector in acute treatment is regarded as a major change of approach.... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285257/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 03:56:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284535/posts In his recent speech to the American Medical Association, President Obama counseled Americans to beware "dire warnings about socialized medicine and government takeovers; long lines, and rationed care; decisions made by bureaucrats and not doctors." Unfortunately for the president, there are a few Cassandras whose warnings are worth heeding. Chief among them are the millions of Canadians who have received substandard care at the hands of a government-run health system. Before America emulates the Canadian model with a new trillion-plus-dollar health plan, it's worth examining whether government-run systems are all they're cracked up to be. As a Canadian by birth,... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284535/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 01:06:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285063/posts Huntsville Congressman Parker Griffith faced a crowd of more than 100 people Thursday night who wanted answers on plans for health care reform, an issue Congress is working on now. There were vocal advocates for a single-payer system similar to ones in Europe and Canada. Maybe a larger contingent - judging by the applause - was anxious that the government was going to take over health care. ...cut... The event at the Davidson Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center was spirited, with cheers for tort reform and boos for higher taxes and long-winded questioners. The audience also seemed... The Huntsville Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285063/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:56:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285053/posts Harry Reid Won't Commit to Giving Public a Week to Read Health-Care Bill Before Senate Votes on It Friday, June 26, 2009 By Monica Gabriel and Marie Magleby Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) at a pen-and-pad news conference, June 25, 2009. (CNSNews.com photo/Penny Starr) (CNSNews.com) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D- Nev.) will not commit to giving senators and the public a full week to read and review the final version of a health-care reform bill before he holds a final vote on it. Reid confessed at his Thursday news briefing that he did not have “a lot... CNS NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285053/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:35:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284940/posts America's health care system certainly has its share of problems — of which most emanate from politicians' tinkering, tempting frustrated consumers with promises of better benefits at someone else's expense. So the prospect of President Obama and Congress remaking American health care in their own image should scare the pants off anyone who looks not merely at the existing problems but at government's abysmal record as a problem-solver. Since last November, Obama and Congress have operated in crisis mode. They hastily passed a stimulus bill that still hasn't stimulated — only to be subsequently embarrassed by provisions that no one,... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284940/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:14:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284933/posts The Government has been accused of fixing the outcome of public consultations on health policy after it emerged that reviews were flooded with block votes from groups funded entirely by the taxpayer. Earlier this month the Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, announced that the display of cigarettes and tobacco in shops would be banned in England and Wales from 2011. He added that people wanting to buy cigarettes from vending machines would in future have to show proof of age to obtain a token to activate the machine, and machines could be banned altogether in the future. Mr Johnson boasted that... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284933/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:06:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284870/posts The real issue that brought many of the Revolutionary patriots into the fight was a lack of representation. The government was passing laws while remaining deaf to the protests of its constituencies. Is this 1776 or 2009? Our current Congress and administration are the most elitist, most distant governing bodies our nation has yet known. In the midst of the highest unemployment numbers in 26 years, our president exudes confidence. “I’m absolutely confident that we can, at this period of difficulty, prove, once again, what this nation can achieve when challenged,” Obama told reporters Thursday. Attempts to spread confidence in... The Constitutional Alamo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284870/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:13:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284859/posts According to link 1, the CPM rate for network television is $ 20 to 40 per thousand unique viewers. And link two outlines that ABC got 4.703 million viewers on that night. So if we treat this as a standard run of the mill advertisement(which it was, a pure political advertisement) we would have to come to the conclusion that in terms of campaign ad equivalency ABC donated 2,821,200 dollars to help out the effort. (I chose the lowest number; 20 CPM. I also didn't take into account for the length of said ad. Most ads are what.... 1 or... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284859/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:00:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284854/posts ...A notice from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) shows the Obama administration is seeking to lift a rule that forbids those infected with HIV from entering the country. If the HIV travel ban is lifted, the virus that causes AIDS will be removed from the list of "a communicable disease of public health significance" that disqualifies foreigners from passing customs. In the late 1980s, Republican Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina was a proponent of the ban, leading the effort to get it codified into law. Since then, it's been of particular concern to the gay advocacy groups... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284854/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:55:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284659/posts The new president of the American Medical Association, which represents the interests of the nation's doctors, said Wednesday the group is open to a government-funded health insurance option for people without coverage. Dr. J. James Rohack told CNN the AMA supports an "American model" that includes both "a private system and a public system, working together." In May, the AMA told a Senate committee it did not support a government-sponsored public health insurance option. "The AMA does not believe that creating a public health insurance option ... is the best way to expand health insurance coverage and lower costs across... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284659/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 05:21:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284572/posts <p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.</p> AP/Unite or Die http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284572/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 02:13:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284434/posts The Ruzh Hallat Primary Health Care Center will provide medical services for 30,000 residents of the Humer Kwer quarter of Sulaymaniyah province. USACE photo by Mike Scheck. SULAYMANIYAH — For the 30,000 residents of the Humer Kwer quarter of this province, access to healthcare just got a lot easier with the completion of the Ruzh Hallat Primary Healthcare Center. The $540,000 construction project was managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in Iraq. The U.S. Economic Support Fund provided funding for the project, and the USACE’s Sulaymaniyah Resident Office was the on-site construction manager.Dr. Ousman Younes, the Kurdistan... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284434/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:56:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284427/posts NHS trusts have for the first time barred women from routinely having elective caesareans because they cost too much. The procedure, which costs twice as much as a natural birth, will be rationed in Greater Manchester so that it is only available to women with specific medical conditions. Some top obstetricians condemn the decision, arguing that, while it will curb the fashion for choosing caesareans to reduce the pain of childbirth, it will also penalise those who opt for them on the grounds that they are safer for the mother. Caesareans have been placed on the same lists for rationing... The Sunday Times (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284427/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:38:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284422/posts EIGHT operations in the Lothians are cancelled every week because of equipment failures, bed shortages and staffing levels, it has emerged. In the last year, 420 elective procedures were cancelled, a significant rise on previous years. The ERI suffered the most cancellations, with hundreds also being postponed at the Sick Kids, the Western General and St John's Hospital in Livingston. Critics said not enough bed space was provided in hospitals for times of need, although NHS chiefs pointed out that the cancellations equated to little over 0.5 per cent of all operations in the area – 65,000 operations in total... The Scotsman (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284422/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:24:52 GMT