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Companies Would Save Billions by Dropping Health Coverage

Cindy — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:58:46 +0000

The House Ways and Means Committee recently released a report that shows that the most successful companies would save billions of dollars if they stopped offering coverage to their employees and dumped them into the taxpayer-funded Obamacare exchanges. Continue reading…

Obamacare In Pictures

Cindy — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:47:58 +0000

“Obamacare in Pictures: Visualizing the Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” shows in detail the impact of the sweeping health care law for Americans. CLICK HERE…

THE WHOLE TRUTH ON OBAMACARE

Cindy — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:37:32 +0000

A response to the Democrat ad showing Paul Ryan throwing grandma off a cliff. Get the whole truth on how Obamacare will impact the health and welfare of your loved ones at www.AmericanDoctors4Truth.org.

Hospitals Scramble on the Front Lines of Drug Shortages

Cindy — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:37:13 +0000

Hospitals increasingly find themselves facing daily shortages of crucial drugs. While shortages are not a new story, the frequency of shortages that hospitals are forced to overcome has grown rapidly, which contributes to mistakes and subpar medical care, says the Washington Post.

Shortages of prescription drugs nearly tripled from 2005 to 2010 and reached record [...]

If Health Spending Is Increasing Slower, Why Are Premiums Rising Faster?

Cindy — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:59:17 +0000

The financial crisis of 2008, which resulted in a significant jump in unemployment, meant that the number of Americans with private coverage dropped. As a result, the overall rate of private health spending has decreased, compared to recent years, says John Graham, director of health care studies at the Pacific Research Institute.

According the federal [...]

Obamacare’s Other Unconstitional Provision

Cindy — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:37:18 +0000

Central to the passage of the federal health-care law was the Obama administration’s assertion—ludicrous on its face yet convincing to enough members of Congress to provide the bill’s razor-thin margin of victory—that the law would contain health-care costs. Central to that assertion, in turn, is the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Congress invested IPAB with [...]

Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obama’s health-care overhaul

Cindy — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:17:40 +0000

The Supreme Court decided on Monday to review President Obama’s 2010 health-care overhaul, promising a high-profile hearing on the question dominating American politics: the constitutional limits of the federal government’s power.

No initiative has exemplified Obama’s progressive domestic agenda or inflamed his conservative opponents like the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The [...]

83% of Obamacare Grants Awarded to Local Health Centers in States That Supported Obama in 2008!

Cindy — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:40:14 +0000

Earlier today, the Department of Heath and Human Services announced it was writing $29 million in checks to “expand access to health care”. These Obamacare funds would support “community health center programs across the country”, though it would appear Blue states did decidedly better than Red States. Of the $29 million HHS awarded, $24 million [...]

Obamacare to the Supreme Court

Cindy — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:34:20 +0000

In short, the Obama administration has lost its battle to delay review of the individual mandate until after the 2012 election. Until today, there was at least a chance that the Supreme Court would pass on the case until after its forthcoming term, but now, with a split between the Eleventh Circuit and Sixth Circuit, [...]

Obamacare: No Presctiption for Economic Recovery

Cindy — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:01:28 +0000

The economy is recovering at an unusually slow pace. Typically, employment grows strongly after a severe recession. Not this time. Unemployment remains stuck above 9 percent more than two years after the recession officially ended. What is going on?

Initially, the economy appeared on track for a steady recovery. The economy went from losing 841,000 [...]