March 12, 2010
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Basic Web Registration When examined through the lens of a jobs bill, the current healthcare proposal can only be viewed as an impediment to job creation, at best, or a job killer, at worst. FULL STORY »
March 11, 2010
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Basic Web Registration Most of the problems for which patients present to healthcare professionals do not need a “Moses who can part the Red Sea.” FULL STORY »
March 10, 2010
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Basic Web Registration The president needs to be aggressively pushing a jobs bill along with healthcare. This country is smart enough to tackle both difficult issues at once. Besides, there is some synergy working on jobs and healthcare at the same time. FULL STORY »
March 09, 2010
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Basic Web Registration The federal regulations currently in place that prohibit nurse practitioners from acting as primary-care providers when ordering home healthcare and hospice services prohibit us from delivering healthcare throughout the lifespan of our patients. FULL STORY »
March 08, 2010
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Basic Web Registration Game-changing tax laws were passed via reconciliation under former administrations, so healthcare legislation is not a first. While not true reform, it could be a step in the right direction by curtailing insurance company greed and increasing coverage. Reform is an ongoing process. FULL STORY »
March 05, 2010
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Basic Web Registration The American public expects its elected officials to ensure their safety and well-being. Now is the time to demonstrate this by having the moral courage to pass healthcare insurance reform. FULL STORY »
March 04, 2010
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Basic Web Registration So, we are going to pass the most comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system in more than 40 years, something that many have been trying to accomplish since well before that, and we are going to do it via a legislative loophole... FULL STORY »
March 03, 2010
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Basic Web Registration The sustainable growth-rate formula jeopardizes more than the elderly. Smaller rural practices will not be able to survive a 21% cut and will have to close. FULL STORY »
March 01, 2010
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Basic Web Registration Regarding “Insurance market needs competition”:Keep in mind that the reason competition in the insurance market is so restricted is because the government passed legislation back in the 1940s that exempted insurance companies from antitrust laws. That piece of congressional meddling set up near-monopolies for the few companies in each state. FULL STORY »
February 26, 2010
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Basic Web Registration It is extremely arrogant on the part of the president and his colleagues—both Democrat and Republican alike—to waste one day of Senate legislative work to discuss healthcare reform with SGR not even being discussed on the Senate floor. FULL STORY »
February 24, 2010
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Basic Web Registration President Barack Obama's plan is a “Trojan horse” and will not only further bankrupt our economy, but also take away our freedom, depress our initiative, and place us in the Marxist/Socialist campground of total dependency on big government for our every need. Please wake up, America. Doug PetersCharlevoix, Mich. FULL STORY »