Archive for the ‘Health Care’ Category
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
It is either a blithe naivete or a sinister intent. The left continue to put forth that government can solve what they identify as "problems". They are willing to say anything, propagate any lie in order to do this. The only reasonable "fix" to health care challenges is to REMOVE ...
Posted in Economics, Government, Health Care, Internet Reviews, Politics, Reviews | 1 Comment »
Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Remember, "stroke of the pen, law of the land. Kinds cool"? That was a Clinton White House-era staffer's commentary on the issuance of executive orders, a power much abused by Presidents of both parties for a generation or more. Declaring 'national emergencies' is another way to exercise dictatorial powers without ...
Posted in Government, Health Care, Law, Medicine, Politics | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Michigan's lack of leadership is on display again. This time, in the face of a prolonged and deepening budget crisis, the State House has passed a 'Doctor Tax' to help fund Medicaid, which suffers from reductions in federal support via tax dollars repatriated to Michigan. The plan, which must still pass ...
Posted in Government, Health Care, Taxes | 4 Comments »
Friday, September 25th, 2009
from www.politico.com:
September 25, 2009
Categories: Senate
Ensign receives handwritten confirmation
This doesn't happen often enough.
Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) received a handwritten note Thursday from Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staff Tom Barthold confirming the penalty for failing to pay the up to $1,900 fee for not buying health insurance.
Violators could be ...
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Hope and change aren't built on printing presses. I may be the only one who reads here that believes Government can benefit society but I'm worried. I am discouraged that ways to provide for our citizens are only considered that use enormous amounts of borrowed money. Can't regulations be improved? ...
Posted in Economics, Government, Health Care, Law, News | 1 Comment »
Sunday, August 30th, 2009
Not Nancy Pelosi. Andy Diillon (D-Redford) of Michigan. He's going up against public employee unions (one official caled it 'an act of war') by proposing that all public employees - state civil servants, teachers, county and municipal employees, and so on - be placed under a uniform health care plan. ...
Posted in Government, Health Care, labor | 1 Comment »
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
The VA is already pushing 'quality-of-life' death counseling. "Your Life, Your Choices" outlines what one commentator termed a 'push poll' type of analysis (p. 24) of what a veteran should consider in determining if their life is worth living. This booklet predates Obama, but perfectly encapsulates the philosophy that would ...
Posted in Culture Wars, Health Care, Medicine, Politics | Comments Off
Saturday, August 15th, 2009
I was in high school in 1976, during the last swine flu panic. The vaccination program was a fiasco. (President Ford at least practiced what he preached, taking a shot himself at a public ceremony.) The (London) Daily Mail reports that the British (whose health care system ...
Posted in Health Care | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
"Dear Congressman:
Greetings. I oppose any and all health care/insurance 'reform' legislation, and will continue to do so until said legislation, in something resembling its' final form for a floor vote (I understand that parliamentary rules allow for last-minute amendments, etc.) is available far enough in advance for both the ...
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Looking at the Donkeycrat plan for "Health Care Reform" would be disgusting if it weren't so maddening and frightening. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.Collectivists seem to think that people with high incomes just somehow luck in to it, steal it or ...
Posted in Government, Health Care, History, News, Politics | 1 Comment »
