Category: Health

National Center for Public Policy Research Proposes 5-Point Plan for Achieving Repeal of ObamaCare and Replacing It with a Free-Market Alternative

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"First You Win the Argument, Then You Win the Vote" Washington, D.C. - Saying Congress needs to be more aggressive about repealing ObamaCare, a Washington D.C. conservative think-tank is proposing a 5-Point Plan to help Members of Congress engage with ...
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July 30 Marks the 50th Anniversary of Medicare

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Unfortunately for All Too Many, the Program Fails to Live up to Its Promise Medicare Often Denies The "Healing Miracle of Modern Medicine" to Seniors Medicare Constantly Interferes in the Doctor-Patient Relationship Washington, D.C. - "A week from today, Medicare ...
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ObamaCare + Illegal Immigration + California = Insanity

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I’m not really sure where to start with this, so let’s just start with the basics.  From the San Jose Mercury News: A first-in-the-nation bill aimed at expanding health care for illegal immigrants sailed through the Senate on Tuesday even ...
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Medicare Pits Doctors against Patients

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A quick note:  Tomorrow I’ll be presenting my book, Medicare’s Victims, at the Heritage Foundation at Noon.  Details here. Today the Washington Examiner has run my article, “Medicare’s midlife crisis: Catastrophic finances pit doctors against patients.”  In it I examine ...
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As Medicare Turns 50 on July 30, New Book Exposes Medicare’s Problems and its Victims

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"Medicare's Victims: How the U.S. Government's Largest Health Care Program Harms Patients and Impairs Physicians" Tells Tales of Harm to Patients, Struggles by Doctors Explains Why "Medicare-for-All," as Proposed by Some Politicians, Won't Work Washington, D.C. - "As Medicare nears ...
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Dissecting Medicare

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Thanks to PJTV, which has aired the first television interview about my new book, Medicare’s Victims: How the U.S. Government’s Largest Health Care Program Harms Patients and Impairs Physicians. It’s part of a series called “Keeping Your Gold In Your ...
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Pointing Out Harm Reduction Gains

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Tobacco harm reduction is one of the most important issues to the Risk Analysis Division. We believe that proper (limited) regulation of reduced risk products such as e-cigarettes and snus, a type of smokeless tobacco, can save more lives than ...
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Does Medicare Impoverish the Disabled?

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In my new book, Medicare Victims: How the U.S. Government’s Largest Health Care Program Harms Patients and Impairs Physicians, I examine how the disabled fare with Medicare’s cost sharing. One disabled woman that I interviewed for the book was Francine ...
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Government Interferes with the Religious Liberty of Christian Colleges

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After the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, many Christians expressed concern that the decision might result in government interference with the religious liberty of Christian institutions.  As it turns out, federal ObamaCare mandates are doing that already. My ...
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Medicare Helps the Disabled–Or Not

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As noted in an earlier blog post, the leftist Commonwealth Fund is publishing a series of papers this month under the heading “Medicare at 50 Years.” The first report released under this series is entitled, “Medicare: 50 Years of Ensuring Coverage ...
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