http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hillarycare/ en-us Thu, 7 Aug 2008 04:02:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057846/posts Cancer patients are to be denied drugs which could keep them alive after the NHS rationing watchdog ruled that they are too expensive. Patient groups said the decision, announced today by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice), would condemn many sufferers of kidney cancer to an "early death". Four prohibited medicines include Sutent, which can prolong life in kidney cancer patients by up to two years. Nice said the drugs were too expensive, at about £24,000/year per patient, for the benefits they offered and would mean the health service was less able to afford more cost-effective drugs... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057846/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 04:02:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045343/posts WASHINGTON — Senator Obama's endorsement of a proposal by Senator Clinton to give health care tax credits to small businesses marks the first policy-related olive branch he has offered to his vanquished rival. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee unveiled the plan during a speech yesterday in San Diego to the National Council of La Raza, where he touted its potential to expand health care and jobs for Latino businesses and families. Under the $6 billion-a-year plan, small firms that provide health care for their employees would be eligible for refundable tax credits covering as much as 50% of the cost... nysun.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045343/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:50:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044988/posts Gov. Jon Corzine enacted the first phase of New Jersey's universal health care plan yesterday by mandating coverage for all children within three years and offering affordable, subsidized policies to needy parents. The goal is to cover 1.3 million uninsured state residents by 2011 through a state program administered by private insurers at a lower cost. "For those who are cynical about government and say we don't move and we don't change, I assure you when you look back 10 years from today, you will say we made a great stride forward," Cor zine said before signing the legislation at... star ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044988/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:57:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044932/posts Barack Obama unveiled a $6 billion-a-year plan to provide tax credits for small businesses offering health insurance to employees, adopting an idea proposed by onetime rival Hillary Clinton and targeted at one of the most persistent challenges in achieving universal coverage. The tax credit offers an incentive for small businesses, which helped sink former President Bill Clinton's 1993 plan, which would have required all businesses to contribute toward health costs. Obama's proposed tax credit is an effort to bring this powerful constituency to the Democratic camp by offering carrots, not sticks, toward health coverage. Sen. Clinton concluded the same and... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044932/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:01:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039742/posts One year ago today, San Francisco became the first city in the nation to attempt to provide universal health care to its residents. Twelve months later, some city residents wonder why the program is billed as universal when they're still getting turned away. When the Healthy San Francisco program began at two Chinatown clinics July 2, 2007, public health officials said they would swing open the doors to all of the city's 73,000 uninsured residents on Jan. 1, 2008. They anticipated that people would enroll gradually at a pace of about 600 a week, and full coverage would be attained... San francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039742/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:48:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036483/posts As this presidential campaign continues, the candidates' comments about health care will continue to include stories of their own experiences and anecdotes of people across the country: the uninsured woman in Ohio, the diabetic in Detroit, the overworked doctor in Orlando, to name a few.But no one will mention Claude Castonguay — perhaps not surprising because this statesman isn't an American and hasn't held office in over three decades. Castonguay's evolving view of Canadian health care, however, should weigh heavily on how the candidates think about the issue in this country. Back in the 1960s, Castonguay chaired a Canadian government... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036483/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:44:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036428/posts What if we bought cars the same way we buy health care? The dealer would say, "Look, we don't really know the price of our cars, but we know you really need one. So, why don't you just come by and pick one up." Then three weeks later you would begin receiving a blizzard of bills — a bill from the people who made the chassis, a bill from people who made the transmission, a bill from the seat maker and the paint people and the folks who made the sound system. ... Gratefully, cars aren't sold that way. All... Investor Business Daily Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036428/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:59:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2035104/posts My lad is in America waiting for a visa to live there and marry a lovely American lass. He was taken ill and went to hospital where an appendectomy was performed. The bill is $28,000 minimum. We think he has medical cover but we don't know the datils ...is ths figure about right? Anyone out there with any advice? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2035104/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:34:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027817/posts THE medical establishment is in revolt against Labour's policy of denying National Health Service treatment to patients who pay privately for cancer medicines. The outcry from eminent consultants and doctors' leaders came as news emerged of two more patients whose NHS care was removed while they were dying of cancer. Baroness Ilora Finlay, president of the Royal Society of Medicine, said the issue went to the heart of the purpose of the health service. Finlay's intervention, in an article for The Sunday Times, comes after it emerged that a man dying of kidney cancer had to battle for NHS care... UK Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027817/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 06:49:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026351/posts IRONICALLY enough, the dangers of the liberal health-care agenda are being made clear by the care that a liberal icon, Sen. Ted Kennedy, has received since his brain seizure last month. One day after an MRI detected a tumor, Kennedy was quickly diagnosed with a malignant glioma - a rare and often-fatal form of brain cancer. Less than two weeks later, his tumor was being removed by one of the world's experts in brain cancer at Duke University Medical Center. He'll follow up with chemo and radiation therapy tailored to the genetic makeup of his cancer to keep the cancer... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026351/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 11:30:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024167/posts The former First Lady would get the chance to pilot Mr Obama's reforms of the American healthcare system if she agrees to clear the path to his nomination as Democratic presidential candidate. ... Dee Dee Myers, the former press secretary to President Clinton, said: "It seems clear to me from watching her, and talking to people, that she doesn't really know what she wants." But after 17 months of campaigning, and $150 million (£76 million) spent, the question that haunts the Clinton camp is: how did someone who a year ago had unrivalled name recognition, a legendary campaign organisation and... Telegraph UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024167/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 23:26:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019619/posts Imagine for a minute that Ted Kennedy lived in an America where the government ran health care, and he was what pundits and talking heads like to call a “working class” American. He’s sitting in his kitchen, reading the paper and eating his morning breakfast when he starts convulsing uncontrollably. His wife makes the call for an ambulance, only to be told that the ambulance would be there as soon as their government mandated break was complete. Unlike this British man, who died from a heart attack five minutes from an ambulance station while two ambulance crews took an EU-mandated... All American Blogger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019619/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 12:12:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017364/posts Eye specialist Sarah Anderson works at York Hospital. Her father Ian has been refused Sutent, a new cancer drug, which could provide the only real chance of prolonging his life. Sarah, 40, lives in York with husband, Bill, a computer programmer and their twins, Douglas and Ryan, five. As an ophthalmologist, I have spent my working life in the NHS. And for all its perceived failings, I have been proud of its fundamental role in our society - to provide equality of care for all. Of course, I've heard the term postcode lottery but as a doctor I've only ever... The Daily Mail (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017364/posts#comment Sat, 17 May 2008 14:58:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010642/posts SOUTH BEND, Indiana -- Well, it took nearly 12 years, but I finally convinced Sen. Hillary Clinton to speak with me on television. Emboldened by Barack Obama's "Rev. Wright" disaster, the senator is aggressively reaching out to independent voters, many of whom watch "The Factor." After meeting and speaking with her face to face, my assessment is that health care is Clinton's strongest issue and Iran is her weakest. Polls show that most Americans are fed up with exorbitant medical costs and a callous insurance industry. So any presidential candidate who offers relief from this mess will get a hearing.... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010642/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 12:30:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008345/posts Sen. John McCain on Monday rejected a "big government" takeover of the health care system, saying he wants to empower families to make more medical decisions. "I've made it very clear that what I want is for families to make decisions about their health care, not government, and that's the fundamental difference between myself and Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton," McCain told reporters in Miami, Florida, referring to the two remaining Democratic presidential candidates, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. "They want the government to make the decisions, I want the families to make decisions," he said. During a speech... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008345/posts#comment Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:02:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000541/posts Sixty Per Cent of Physicians Surveyed Oppose Switching to a National Health Care Plan Written by Cisco Monday, 07 April 2008 With apologies to the leftist anti-war crowd, I will steal and bastardize one of their favorite mantras: “Ackerman lied, health care freedom died.” Now that I have said it, I have to admit that it does not have all of the fluidity of the anti-war slogans. Maybe that is because “Ackerman” has three syllables and “Bush” has just one. Or maybe that is because you need to be a brainless leftist in order to construct a really enjoyable brainless... http://jaajoe.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000541/posts#comment Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:13:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997382/posts I've heard Hillary tell the story many times in campaign speeches, and it rarely fails to bring a horrified gasp from the crowd: An uninsured and pregnant Ohio woman, working for minimum wage at a pizza parlor, is turned away from a hospital because she can't come up with $100. The baby dies, and so does the woman. Clinton talks about how this woman haunts her, and how stories like this show the moral imperative - and the urgency - of fixing a badly broken health care system. (video) Except, it turns out, it didn't happen - at least not... Time http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997382/posts#comment Sun, 6 Apr 2008 00:49:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997163/posts Once they discover that she is Dr. Kate, the supplicants line up to approach at dinner parties and ballet recitals. Surely, they suggest to Dr. Katherine J. Atkinson, a family physician here, she might find a way to move them up her lengthy waiting list for new patients. Those fortunate enough to make it soon learn they face another long wait: Dr. Atkinson’s next opening for a physical is not until early May — of 2009. Now in Massachusetts, in an unintended consequence of universal coverage, the imbalance is being exacerbated by the state’s new law requiring residents to have... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997163/posts#comment Sat, 5 Apr 2008 14:32:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997057/posts Five myths of health care Fictions don't become facts through repetition. Keep that in mind next time you hear a politician breathlessly decry the horrors of the American health-care system and then explain how he intends to fix it. Some of the most popular talking points in the health-care debate pass as the gospel truth simply because, well, they're popular — not because they're true. Below, I debunk the five most prominent health-care myths: (1) Forty-seven million Americans do not have health insurance. This figure comes from the U.S. Census Bureau. What most people don't know, however, is that the... Pacific Research Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997057/posts#comment Sat, 5 Apr 2008 05:11:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994469/posts Among the debts reported this month by Hillary Clinton’s struggling presidential campaign, the $292,000 in unpaid health insurance premiums for her campaign staff stands out. Clinton, who is being pressured to end her campaign against Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination, has made her plan for universal health care a centerpiece of her agenda. The campaign provides health insurance to all its employees, their spouses, partners and children – and that wasn’t interrupted by any lag in payments to insurance providers, said Jay Carson, a Clinton campaign spokesman. He said the campaign this month paid off all outstanding bills to... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994469/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:16:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993150/posts The former congressman who shepherded the Family and Medical Leave Act through Congress sought Thursday to debunk Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) claim to the legislation, saying she “never had anything to do with it.” Former Rep. William Lacy Clay, Sr. (D-Mo.) is circulating an email disputing Clinton’s claim that the law is one of her more meaningful domestic accomplishments. The presidential candidate says she helped lobby for the bill’s passage and signing in 1993. But Clay, who was joined by Senate sponsor Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), said the bill had already passed by large margins when it passed in 1990... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993150/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:58:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992590/posts *** Next she'll say that she was threatened by Bosnian snipers disguised as little girls hiding Uzis in the flowers...... NAMES REDACTED Ozone Park *** The master of deceit, Bill Clinton, and his sidekick, Hillary. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" still rings in my ears. Lavallette, NJ ***What a sick lie. I'm sorry I ever voted for the Clintons and did so twice. If she gets the nod by conniving, I'll be voting for Sen. John McCain. Surfside Beach, NC *** I don't see how anyone can support Clinton now that she has been caught with... NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992590/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:16:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991883/posts Hillary Clinton regaled reporters for the umpteenth time with her fairy tale about a heroic landing through a hail of sniper fire 10 years ago.....This is pure, calculated fabrication. Lies, all of it. Fraudulence of this scope and severity makes Al Gore's claims that he invented the Internet look downright quaint. Throughout even the most polarizing of political eras, there is one thing both sides have always been able to agree upon: The Clintons lie with abandon......in the 1993 firing of the White House travel staff, investigators concluded Hillary's sworn testimony was "factually false." In 2000, The NY Times... NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991883/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:41:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990971/posts Maybe, just maybe, it’s now worth at least asking whether Hillary Clinton might wind up as the Democratic candidate for vice president. When the chatter about a Democratic “dream ticket” began last year, it was easy to dismiss. Either Clinton or Obama would win a clear victory in the primaries and, after what inevitably would be a contentious campaign, each would want as little to do with the other as possible. Clinton, if she emerged victorious, would instead choose some kind of national security graybeard to her political right, a retired general perhaps, or maybe even a Republican. Likewise, Obama... The New York Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990971/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:47:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984604/posts Inside Sylvia de Vries lurked an enormous tumour and fluid totalling 18 kilograms. But not even that massive weight gain and a diagnosis of ovarian cancer could assure her timely treatment in Canada. Fighting for her life, the Windsor woman headed to the United States. In Pontiac, Mich., a surgeon excised the tumour - 35 centimetres at its longest - along with her ovaries, appendix, fallopian tubes, uterus and cervix. In addition, 13 litres of fluid were drained during that October, 2006, operation. And there was little time to spare: Had she waited two weeks, she would have faced potential... Globe and Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984604/posts#comment Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:34:22 GMT