Healthcare Quality with new Reform

Posted by barbarahales

The following article was written Oct.30,2010 by David Rosenberg Again, healthcare reform is scrutinized and the picture that emerges is not a pretty sight. Health Reform Riddled With Problems In “What health care reform can do for you” (Oct. 7), David Berger presents a socialist utopia in which all get health insurance (though not necessarily care) [...]

Obamacare Repeal Pledge

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This article by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann discuss the fervor by which Obamacare opponents will be eyeing the polls this Election Day. Take The Pledge, Or Walk The Plank As congressmen and senators face the electorate next week, millions of votes will turn on one simple question: Did he (she) take the pledge? The pledge [...]

AMA speaks for themselves, not MDs in this country

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Back on April 27,2009, I posted an article on Who is this AMA? Apparently this was answered this week, along with a frank discussion of Obamacare by Jim Kouri.  It paints a picture of medical care going forward and it’s not a pretty sight! Physicians Form Society To Challenge AMA And ObamaCare Jim Kouri During [...]

Health Reform and Election Day-Make Your Vote Count

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This article, written by Jane M.Orient, M.D., is an important one to read and consider as we approach Election Day.  Our votes do make a difference in future outcomes and it is incumbent upon us to choose the person that will best represent our views. Healthcare Reform and the Election: Money, Power, and Death By: [...]

Un-insurance for Everyone

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This was found in the editorials of IBD this past week and shares my sentiments. It is an eyeful of things to come in the health arena. Bleak Prognosis Health Care: The more we know about ObamaCare, the more we find out it wasn’t designed to cut costs but to eventually eliminate private insurance coverage [...]

Preventive Healthcare May Be Prevented

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The article below hints at the healthcare rationing to follow. How Government Micromanagement Could Discourage Access To Some Preventive Services Kathryn Nix | October 14, 2010 A recent letter from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) reveals how Obamacare will erode patients’ access to certain preventive services. The new health care law requires insurers to cover [...]

Medicare Vouchers to Decrease Fraud

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The following is written by John R. Graham. He talks about medicare fraud and how to reduce it. An Easy Way To Reduce Medicare Fraud Congratulations to the FBI for busting the biggest Medicare fraud operation yet discovered. An Armenian gang defrauded Medicare of a reported $163 million. A key enabler of the fraud was [...]

Insurance hikes may start Death of Healthcare System

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The following article was written by Rick Moran about health insurance hikes.  It reveals the tip of the iceberg for all the problems with healthcare coverage yet to come. CT Health Insurance Hikes Up To 47%  October 16, 2010 You will be able to keep the insurance you already have – as long as you auction [...]

Greying Britain looks to reform assisted suicide

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There was a time when Dr. Kevorkian was arrested and tried for assisted suicide. This was to help people that were terminally ill and had no cure or hope for recovery. They were in tremendous pain and helping them with their decision to end life with dignity was aided. Yet with one out of every [...]

States to Assume Healthcare Costs

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The following is written by Dwight  Flax today, a colleague and fellow health reform information disseminator. ObamaCare Shoves Costs Onto The States According to the Wall Street Journal, the Medicaid expansion on which both H.R.3200 and the Baucus Bill in the Senate is predicated will create massive budget crises in all 50 states: Max’s Mad [...]