Bloomberg.com is reporting that the health care overhaul legislation being drafted by House Democrats will include $600 billion in tax increases and $400 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid: June 12 (Bloomberg) — Health-care overhaul legislation being drafted by House Democrats will include $600 billion in tax increases and $400 billion in cuts to […]
Health Care
GOP Introduces Alternative to Obamacare
Republicans in the House and Senate today announced an alternative to Pres. Barack Obama’s universal health care proposal. The Patients’ Choice Act, will be introduced in the Senate by Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Richard Burr (R-NC), and in the House by Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Devin Nunes (R-CA) aims for universal coverage but without the […]
Reminder: We’re Done with Dodd Rally This Saturday
Just a quick reminder… The We’re Done with Dodd Rally sponsored by by Connecticut Resistance is this Saturday, May 16th from 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. outside Senator Dodd’s Office at 30 Lewis Street, Hartford, CT 06405 Town Hall Meeting on Health Care Reform Senator Chris Dodd and Congresswoman Rosa Delaura will be holding a […]
Hackers Break Into Virginia Health Professions Database, Demand Ransom
Hackers apparently broke into Virginia’s Health Professions Database last week and stole data on more than 8 million patients and replaced the site’s homepage with ransom note demanding $10 million. Brian Krebs has the details: Hackers last week broke into a Virginia state Web site used by pharmacists to track prescription drug abuse. They deleted […]
Christina Romer: Insurance Taxes Not Off The Table
One of President Barack Obama’s top economic advisers, Christina Romer, said during an appearance on “Meeting the Press” yesterday that the White House was opposed to taxing health insurance, but that she wouldn’t rule it out. When you couple Ms. Romer’s remarks on “Meet the Press” with this Sunday New York Times story you have […]
Healthcare Provisions of Stimulus Law Not Well Understood
CNSNews.com has two must read pieces on the stimulus laws healthcare provisions… The first deals with the plans National Medical Records System provisions: Stimulus Law Does Not Require All Americans to Enter Their Medical Records into National System, Dems Say By Josiah Ryan, Staff Writer, CNSNews.com, Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Two top House Democrats told […]
Stimulus Bill’s Healthcare Provisions Hazardous to Your Health
Buried in amongst all the questionable spending and policy provision of the democrats Stimulus plan is what amounts to a socialized medicine Trojan Horse. The bill calls for, among other things, the creation of a new government bureaucracy, called the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology. The goal of the new bureaucracy is to reduce […]
Wall Street Journal: Almost Everyone Would Do Better Under the McCain Health Plan
Robert Carroll has a must read Op Ed on John McCain’s health care plan in today’s Wall Street Journal. Carroll does and excellent job of explaining what may be the single most misunderstood and misrepresented proposal of this election… The bottom line is most of us would do better under McCain’s health insurance tax credit. […]