http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/healthcare/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:47:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419130/posts Republicans hope a push to repeal the Democrats' health care bill will inspire voters to turn out for them in the 2010 elections — even though some of them admit that it has no realistic chance of working. “We have to repeal very substantial parts of it and that’s not going to be easy,” said Republican Pat Toomey, who's running for the Senate in Pennsylvania. “I’m not sitting here predicting that a president who signs this into law in 2010 is likely to sign a repeal in 2011.” The repeal-or-bust strategy is designed to give Republican candidates a powerful talking... POLITICO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419130/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:47:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419086/posts For years our military has been in search of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) in Iraq and Afghanistan, and our intelligence agencies have also been scouring the world to unearth these threats. The heart and core of their plan is based on the most inhumane and unethical means of cutting costs: the rationing and denying of care. Even worse, the death panels that will ration and deny care, according to the Obama-Pelosi-Reid plan, will be unelected and unaccountable Federal bureaucrats. On Sunday, November 22, Fox News Sunday interviewed Senator Arlen Specter, who was a Democrat before he was Republican before... To The Point News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419086/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 19:31:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419095/posts Several state attorneys general have been asked, or plan, to investigate the deal struck by Senator Ben Nelson to permanently exempt Nebraska from paying Medicaid expenses in exchange for his voting for Obamacare. An investigation of the Nelson deal would likely have two focuses. First, is the Nebraska exemption unconstitutional under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution, which requires “all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States?” Secondly, did the deal constitute a form of corruption? biggovernment.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419095/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 19:49:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419089/posts 2009 was definitely a year of political turmoil… just think of what the past 12 months has given us: Pork-infested Stimulus package rammed down our throats while we were sleeping and while Obamanauts were still celebrating “Hope and Change”Multiple World-Wide Apology Tours by “The One”ObamacareEtc. ...But this is New Year’s Day. Time for a break from the “Bleakness of Barack.” We all need a day away from “The Drama That’s Obama.” Grand Rants http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419089/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 19:37:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419030/posts "Low reimbursements have led one West Valley medical facility to stop taking certain Medicare patients, a pilot program that an Arizona health-care expert says may become a long-term trend in the industry." "For Mayo Clinic, the cost of providing services to Medicare patients exceeded the total amount paid on behalf of Medicare patients by $840 million in 2008, according to the hospital." "Mayo Clinic was the first health-care system to go in this direction, and I don't think they will be the last," Rivers said. "Everyone else is facing the same pressures as Mayo Clinic, and I won't be surprised... The Arizona Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419030/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 17:52:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418967/posts The Mayo Clinic, praised by President Barack Obama as a national model for efficient health care, will stop accepting Medicare patients as of tomorrow at one of its primary-care clinics in Arizona, saying the U.S. government pays too little. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418967/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 15:54:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418950/posts EJIDO MODELO, Mexico — On the two-hour bus rides from her village on Lake Chapala to a dialysis clinic in Guadalajara, Monica Chavarria’s thoughts would inevitably turn to the husband and son she left behind in Georgia. A decade after crossing illegally into the United States, Ms. Chavarria returned home in September after learning that Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta was closing the clinic that had provided her with dialysis, at taxpayer expense, for more than a year. Grady, a struggling charity hospital, had been absorbing multimillion-dollar losses for years because the dialysis clinic primarily served illegal immigrants who were... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418950/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 15:01:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2364409/posts Levi Hill for the News Sun---Hobbs--The nation is facing an energy crisis where rolling blackouts, gas hoarding and high energy prices will become everyday occurrences. That was the message Tuesday from former Shell Oil Co. President John Hofmeister during a one-hour talk titled “Affordable Energy in the 21st Century: Enablers and Disablers” at Tydings Auditorium. New Mexico Center for Energy Policy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2364409/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:00:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418926/posts About 3,000 Medicare patients who’ve been getting care at a Mayo Clinic facility in Arizona will have to pay out of their own pocket or find another doctor. Starting in 2010 (i.e., next week), the five primary care docs at a Mayo outpost in Glendale, Ariz. will stop accepting Medicare. Patients in the program who choose to stick around will be on the hook for about $1,500 per year, Mayo spokesman Michael Yardley told the Health Blog. The clinic expects that most of the patients will find another place to get their primary care. “We know it’s been incredibly difficult... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418926/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:19:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418924/posts Will Rewrite Health Care 'Bait & Switch' Bill in 2011, Vows Congressional Candidate Paul Schiffer by Staff December 29, 2009 CANTON, Ohio, christiansunite.com) -- Paul Schiffer, Republican candidate for Congress in Ohio's 16th Congressional District, accused Congressional Democrats of enacting a "BAIT & SWITCH" health care bill and promised to rewrite the bill in 2011 to match Americans' priorities. Schiffer claims: "The Democrats' health care bill is largely unrelated to what the public was told would be its goals. Democrats sold the bill as fixing specific problems which Americans - and I - all want to see fixed. When elected... Absolute News -- Christians Unite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418924/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:17:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418819/posts Just had folks over...watching the New Years Eve countdown. Heard Carson Daly talking about great things happening including historic health care reform? Anyone else hear this? Turned channel after that... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418819/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 05:20:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418792/posts Here is video of Sean Hannity replaying what he calls the "most memorable moments" from the Health Care Debate that raged through the second half of 2009. . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418792/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 04:22:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418759/posts No matter what version of the new national health care plan finally emerges from Congress, Florida will find itself required to pay more of its scarce tax dollars to expand a federal program -- Medicaid. The St. Augustine Record http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418759/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 02:51:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418672/posts The Mayo Clinic will stop accepting Medicare patients at one of its primary care clinics in Arizona. Why? The government doesn’t pay enough: [snip] This is nothing compared to what might happen under Democratic health overhaul plans, which would slash Medicare spending by nearly $500 billion over 10 years. IBD's Capital Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418672/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:44:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418639/posts Florida’s attorney general questioned the constitutionality of the federal health care bill on Tuesday, calling on states to study whether to file suit to kill a provision requiring that individuals buy health insurance or pay a fine. The attorney general, William McCollum, a Republican who is running for governor in 2010, said that the so-called mandate was “an affront to our country’s principles.” He added that the fine might be illegal because, in his view, it is disconnected from any commercial act. “It’s a tax on living,” Mr. McCollum said in a telephone conference call with reporters. “It’s a tax... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418639/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:32:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418449/posts I picked up Going Rogue at Target a couple of weeks ago. It has a number of surprises, some pleasant, some just startling. It tends to confirm my belief that Sarah Palin, while perhaps not qualified to be president or vice president last year, was certainly more qualified than McCain, Obama, or Biden. My biggest surprise was that Going Rogue was apparently not “ghostwritten.” In a few places, I noticed sentences with “I” instead of “me” for the direct object — a mistake that a professional writer wouldn’t make. There is also a bit more use of “I” (at least,... PAjamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418449/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:20:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418592/posts Biggest Misreported/Unreported Stories of 2009   6.  Van Jones ResignationAppointed the Green Jobs Czar by Obama, Van Jones came under attack (mostly by Glen Beck) for being an advocate for Marxism and signing a petition that suggested the US government was involved in the 9-11 terrorist’s attacks.   After several weeks and numerous controversial tapes, Van Jones resigned at midnight on a Saturday.  The mainstream media barely touched the story, which was only a blip on some of the Sunday news shows after his resignation. 5.  ACORN TapesJames O’Keefe and Hannah Giles, investigative journalists, posed as a pimp and a prostitute to... Various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418592/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:48:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418504/posts Okay, sometimes you have to think like a dem. You know they are already putting together talking points: "We just want to provide everyone with the same healthcare that Rush has access to." "Rush can talk all day about being against healthcare, but he can get it when he needs it......millions cannot." Adam http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418504/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:35:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418410/posts So many rants, too little time. According to today's Rasmussen report, 58% of Americans approve of waterboarding to secure information from the Christmas Day Pantie Bomber. Yet, President O's Administration refuses to waterboard. An interesting aside, two of the Pantie Bomber's Yemeni Al Quaeda collaborators were released from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia to attend art school. Mark Stein refers to this new terrorism policy as going from waterboarding to watercoloring. Now that's progress. In the opening days of Constitutional Guardian I wrote of Davy Crockett's speech on the floor of the House during his first term. Congress was considering a... Constitutional Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418410/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:45:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416855/posts New reasons emerge almost daily as to why Obamacare can and must be defeated. 1. The American people oppose Obamacare by almost two to one in the latest CNN poll. Other polls show lopsided opposition to passing either the Senate or House health care bill. Public opinion is against the bill because of its obscene costs in higher taxes, burdensome debt, anti-freedom mandates, rationing and reduced care for seniors. The American people have awakened to the fact that Obamacare is transformational legislation that will drag us against popular will into European-style socialism. 2. The Democrats' double-counting of Obamacare's financial benefits... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416855/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:06:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418271/posts In a letter to Rep. Bruce Braley, the Congressional Budget Office further explains some of its analysis regarding the effects of medical malpractice reform on health costs and health outcomes. The letter as a whole is worth reading for a number of reasons, but one point stuck out to me. Pessimists regarding malpractice reform have pointed out that it would save the federal budget only around $54 billion over ten years. I say “only” because this is nevertheless almost half as much as the entire Senate health bill would purportedly save, even leaving aside well-justified uncertainties regarding whether the Senate... American Enterprise Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418271/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:07:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2418202/posts In response to national and local liberals who continually bash former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, I, as a conservative along with millions of conservatives across the country, would like to set the record straight. Palin has more common sense solutions regarding the problems facing our country than the entire administration of President Barack Obama. An example: Palin understands that the health care system needs to be fixed, but also understands as do most people that the Nancy Pelosi-Harry Reid 2,000-pages of smoke and mirrors is not the answer. Common sense says you don't destroy the system to fix it. Palin... The Evansville Courier & Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2418202/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:17:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418142/posts Voter Attitudes Towards Health Care Plan Harden--58% Opposed Rasmussen Reports ^ | 12/30/2009 | Scott Rasmussen Posted on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 12:50:50 PM by timesthattrymenssouls Voter Attitudes Towards Health Care Plan Harden - 58% Opposed Wednesday, December 30, 2009 Many have questioned whether those who favor or oppose the health care plan in Congress really know what’s in it. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey suggests that they have a decent understanding of the bill and that voter attitudes towards the legislation have hardened. Rasmussen : Opinions on ObamaCare hardening (58% Opposed) Hot Air ^ | December 28,... varies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418142/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:26:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418125/posts Senator Ben Nelson took to the airwaves in his home state on Wednesday, trying to defend his decisive 60th vote in favor of broad health care legislation. In the days since,Nelson has faced scathing political cartoons, busy phone lines and criticism of his position, even from some former supporters. To explain his vote, he appeared in an advertisement scheduled to be broadcast statewide on Wednesday evening during the one occasion when most Nebraskans were certain to be found before a television — the Holiday Bowl, in which the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers faced the Arizona Wildcats. “With all the distortions... NY Slimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418125/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:28:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418083/posts The more pro-abortion leaders attempt to silence opposition to the pro-abortion Senate bill, the more people speak out. Rep. Bart Stupak informed Greta Van Susteren of FOX News that the White House told him to keep silent on abortion until the President had a chance to walk him through the pro-abortion Nelson-Reid Amendment. Stupak responded, "I don't need you to walk me through the amendment. I can read, and this amendment is unacceptable." He went on to explain his objections to the Senate bill: -- It recognizes abortion as a benefit covered under disease prevention (by this logic, the baby... Susan B. Anthony List (SuzyB.org) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418083/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:13:56 GMT