http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/socializedmedicine/ en-us Mon, 4 Jan 2010 03:58:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420364/posts Why the Health-Care Bills Are Unconstitutional American Thinker ^ | January 3, 2010 | Rick Moran Posted on Sunday, January 03, 2010 10:14:36 AM by yoe Orrin Hatch, Ken Blackwell, and Ken Klukowski have penned an excellent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal where they detail the unconstitutionality of health care reform: Their reasoning with regard to the legality of the individual mandate is devastatingly clear and logical: On Healthcare Reform, Democrats Take the Fifth The Illinois Review ^ | January 3, 2010 | John F. Di Leo Posted on Sunday, January 03, 2010 11:40:13 AM by jfd1776 Taking the... varies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420364/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 03:58:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420158/posts Phoenix - The Mayo Clinic in Arizona, as of tomorrow, will no longer accept patients who are on Medicare. Medicare patients are no longer going to be accepted due to the fact that the compensation paid out by Medicare is apparently not adequate to make up for the cost of care taken on by the clinic. What this means is that many patients on Medicare are either going to have to begin to pay in cash, or be turned away to go elsewhere outside of the Mayo Clinic. The Mayo Clinic has roughly 3,000 patients on Medicare who see their... Smart About Health.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420158/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:34:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420142/posts Former Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean said on December 8 that "cooperation" between European socialists and the Democratic Party has "intensified significantly" over the last several years and involves "regular contact" at "Congress, Senate, party and foundation levels." He added that "efforts have been remarkable from both sides." But at a "Global Progress Conference" in October, President Barack Obama's pollster, Joel Benenson, acknowledged that socialized medicine in the U.S. faces a serious obstacle. He said that while Europeans are receptive to the expansion of government in their lives, in America there is an anti-government culture which prevents people from "expecting... AIM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420142/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:02:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419821/posts Ben Nelson to Henry McMaster: 'Call off the dogs' Politico ^ | January 1, 2010 | ALEX ISENSTADT Posted on Friday, January 01, 2010 4:38:39 PM by maggief Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) reached out Thursday evening to South Carolina GOP Attorney General Henry McMaster, the leader of a group of 13 Republican state attorneys general who are threatening to file suit against the Senate health care bill, and urged him to forgo any legal action, POLITICO has learned. Nelson's office asked AGs to 'call off the dogs' on health probe The Hill ^ | 1/02/10 | Tony Romm Posted on... varies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419821/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 04:04:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412310/posts Of all the falsehoods and distortions in the political discourse this year, one stood out from the rest. "Death panels." The claim set political debate afire when it was made in August, raising issues from the role of government in health care to the bounds of acceptable political discussion. In a nod to the way technology has transformed politics, the statement wasn't made in an interview or a television ad. Sarah Palin posted it on her Facebook page. Her assertion — that the government would set up boards to determine whether seniors and the disabled were worthy of care —... St. Petersburg Times/Politifacts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412310/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:19:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419342/posts Rasmussen: Obamacare Disapproval at New High (More than 2:1 among independent likely voters) Weekly Standard ^ | December 30, 2009 | Jeffrey H. Anderson Posted on Thursday, December 31, 2009 5:44:59 AM by Zakeet Rasmussen's health-care polling results since Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid orchestrated the Christmas Eve vote are full of undeniably bad news for Democrats. In roughly ascending order of bad news (if one is a Democrat)... 13 Republican Attorney Generals Threaten Lawsuit Over Health Care (Bribes To Other States) Fox News ^ | 12/31/2009 | AP Posted on Thursday, December 31, 2009 6:26:21 AM by tobyhill Republican... varies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419342/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 04:42:03 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-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/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/2418025/posts (snip) Hoping to pull in some more cash for the final stretch of the general election, the Brown campaign also circulated a fundraising letter penned by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R). Romney touts Brown's credentials as a fiscal conservative while also noting, in bold, that he would become the critical 41st Republican vote against the health care bill when it comes back to the Senate for final passage. Democrats passed the bill on Christmas Eve with 60 votes, just enough to overcome the prospect of a GOP filibuster. (snip) CQ Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418025/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:35:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416796/posts (snip) The long-odds contender for the right to wage an up-hill fight against Teddy Kennedy bases his campaign on something rare among current Republican office-seekers: a positive, innovative and daring proposal. Tuesday in historic Faneuil Hall, at the fourth debate between the two contestants in the Sept. 20 GOP primary, heavily favored Mitt Romney mixed Republican boilerplate with me-too liberalism ("Sometimes I'll vote with Ted Kennedy"). His opponent, John Lakian, opened by commenting that Romney, in emphasizing crime and welfare, did "the traditional things that politicians do." (snip) When other Republican stars also proved reticent, the 47-year-old millionaire business-consultant son... The Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416796/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:53:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416769/posts GOP Wants Democratic Defectors On Health Bill [1/7th of National Economy At Stake!] Reuters via MSNBC ^ | December 27, 2009 Posted on Monday, December 28, 2009 12:07:58 AM by Steelfish GOP Wants Democratic Defectors On Health Bill Republicans hopeful in rival party’s ‘great unrest’ before arduous revision WASHINGTON - The White House sought to downplay differences on Sunday between the two versions of healthcare legislation passed in Congress as Democrats prepared to meld them into one, while a top Republican saw "great unrest" and perhaps more party-switchers among Democrats. Gibbs Passes On One Last Chance to Make Health Care... varies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416769/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:09:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416589/posts Hundreds of millions of pounds of charity donations to hospitals are to be “nationalised” under an NHS accounting change, which critics say will make it easier to slash health budgets. Ministers are imposing new rules on NHS charities requiring all donations — including those to specialist children and cancer units, local fundraising campaigns, teaching hospitals and local community trusts — to be listed on a hospital’s balance sheet. Money raised by fun runners for NHS charities could be "nationalised" The Charities Commission says that this is “wholly inappropriate” because combining the trust and charity accounts will jeopardise the charity’s autonomy... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416589/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:43:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416514/posts The NHS arouses international interest because it is an especially stark example of a state-run and publicly financed medical-care system. Along with countries like Sweden, Britain uses tax finance to pay for over 80% of health spending. Elsewhere in Europe—in Germany, for instance—social-insurance schemes shoulder most of the financial burden. As an increasingly affluent electorate became dissatisfied with a bargain-basement health system, the state of the NHS rose to the top of the political agenda during the 1990s. Since Tony Blair brought Labour to power in 1997, the government has thrown everything it can at the NHS, love-bombing it with... Economist.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416514/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:15:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416059/posts Latinos Unhappy With Senate Health Care Plan (Barf Alert!!!) The Canada Free Press ^ | December 25, 2009 | Jerry McConnell Posted on Sunday, December 27, 2009 4:08:44 PM by adanaC MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE JUST DROOLING FOR THIS REID/OBAMA HEALTH CARE FARCE Now that Christians have once again celebrated the birth of their savior Jesus Christ with love and sharing it’s sad that we must return to the mundane and seriously imperfect world of political correctness where lies and fraudulent promises are everyday fare for the pretenders. But those who are the most guilty of such deceitfulness have... varies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416059/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:55:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415674/posts Among conservatives, the GOP is often referred to as the "Stupid Party" for its tonedeaf, ham-handed, wrong-footed management of key issues like taxes and government spending. With the Senate's passage of government-run health care legislation, Democrats are making their bid to replace the GOP as not just the Stupid Party, but the stupidest party since the Whigs owned the title in the first half of the 19th century. But conservatives need to insist that the GOP press its opposition to big-government health care right through the 2010 elections. Think it's unnecessary to insist? Think again. Moderate Republicans have very little... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415674/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:51:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415657/posts They are objects of derision.  Influential government officials refer to them as unproductive, of less value than others in society. The political party running the government aggressively denies them access to health services while putting in place bureaucracies devoted, in effect, to ending their lives. The Jews in Nazi Germany?  In the Soviet Union of Stalin? In a socialist paradise set up by the rabidly anti-Semitic United Nations? No, seniors in a United States governed by the party of President Barack Obama and his allies on the Democratic left. The Democratic Party senate healthcare bill makes it official: Seniors are... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415657/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:36:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415626/posts The health-care-reform bill has passed in the Senate, but it has fallen short of the real reform President Obama promised on the campaign trail. The bill is now headed to a conference committee where it will be amended further. Meanwhile, a majority of Americans (55 percent, according to recent polls by Rasmussen Reports) disapprove of the Democrats' reform efforts. From its inception, the movement toward health-care reform has suffered from a dearth of leadership. The powerful Obama campaign machine that once gauged the pulse of the young, Internet-savvy generation has broken down, leaving in its wake the hordes of young... The Orlando Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415626/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:43:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415623/posts Spending on NHS bureaucracy has risen by 50 per cent in just four years, according to "heartbreaking" government figures. The increases include a 43 per cent rise in the costs of managers, while spending on clerical staff rose by 78 per cent at Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), which decide how NHS funds should be used. Meanwhile, their expenditure on management consultants and temporary staff more than doubled. Patients' groups accused the Government of wasting "ludicrous and heartbreaking" sums expanding an army of administrators while starving the frontline of resources. In 2006, ministers promised to cut NHS administration costs by halving... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415623/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:35:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415585/posts As haggling between House and Senate versions of national health care reform gets under way in Washington, Massachusetts residents may be feeling a bit of dejà vu. The insurance mandates and cost controls being negotiated on Capitol Hill are the same polarizing issues that echoed in Beacon Hill chambers three years ago. In 2006, then-Gov. Mitt Romney signed the nation's most ambitious and complex health reform initiative with the goal of providing universal health care coverage to all Massachusetts residents. Like the bill taking shape in Congress, the state's health legislation required all residents to obtain health insurance or face... The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415585/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:21:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415372/posts Last week, during a bit of banter on Fox News, my colleague Jonah Goldberg reminded me of something I’d all but forgotten. Last September, during his address to Congress on health care, Barack Obama declared: “I am not the first President to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last.” Dream on. The monstrous mountain of toxic pustules sprouting from greasy boils metastasizing from malign carbuncles that passed the Senate on Christmas Eve is not the last word in “health” “care,” but the first. It ensures that this is all we’ll be talking about, now and... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415372/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:54:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415230/posts "For all of America's cherished belief in choice and freedom, it remains an astonishing fact that the U.S. government forces citizens over the age of 65 into a subpar health plan of its choosing. And so it is with some hope that we greet a new federal lawsuit that aims to allow senior citizens to flee Medicare. The suit comes courtesy of Kent Masterson Brown, a lawyer who has previously tangled with the government over Medicare benefits. Mr. Brown represents three plaintiffs who are suing the federal government to be allowed to opt out of Medicare without losing their Social... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415230/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:21:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415217/posts Santa came early on Christmas Eve 2009 for the embattled Democrats of the Senate who passed the Obama Healthcare bill as expected. Being forced to buy healthcare by the U.S. government will hardly be seen as a gift from Santa by the citizens of this country and even now, some republicans are planning to test the constitutionality of the bill. Special sweetheart deals for Florida and Connecticut are overshadowed by what may be the most expensive and openly public bribe in U.S. history for the state of Nebraska. The Corn Husker’s are mostly insulted by Sen. Nelsons last minute deal... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415217/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:25:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414816/posts [Senate Vote Update: Passed 60 Aye 39 No] Senate Poised to Pass Health Care Reform (Live 7AM) FOX NEWS ^ | 24 December 2009 Posted on Thursday, December 24, 2009 6:58:44 AM by SE Mom WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are poised to pass a landmark health care bill that could define President Barack Obama's legacy and usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in U.S. history. Ahead lie complex talks with the House to reach final legislation in the new year. "We stand on the doorstep of history," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat. "We... variest http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414816/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:48:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414702/posts Former Governor Sarah Palin via Twitter said that this morning’s vote to takeover healthcare by the Senate will “ awaken a sleeping giant” and action will be taken. She then says Americans will take action when light begins to shine on big government growth and corruption. c tomrrw's Healthcare Takeover vote=the sleeping giant will awaken&action will b takn by"average"Americans as lite shines on big govt growth - Sarah Palin The Senate joined the House this morning in thumbing their noses at the American people by passing healthcare reform. The bill actually has nothing to do with reform and more to... The Admonition http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414702/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:23:28 GMT