Sen. Wyden says his plan will be the one
In a meeting with some directors of the Pima County Medical Society in May, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) said that his “health care reform” plan was the one with the best chance of passage. It […]
Single payer cat out of the bag!
Another Democrat – Rep Barney Frank of MA — finally admits that the “Public Plan” provisions in the health care bills are intended to lead the U.S. to a single-payer, socialized system. “The best way […]
Myth 14: We must choose between the “status quo” and the Democrats’ “reform” plan
The strategy during the August recess was outlined by Paul Begala, a Democrat strategist close to the White House: “Supporters of reform have to put the status quo on trial” (Politico.com 7/26/09).
More dangerous provisions identified in H.R. 3200, “America’s Affordable Health Choices”
The more carefully the bill is read, the more problems we find. Here is a collection from a variety of sources: Regulation of health insurance: Diagrams by Leading Edge Policy and Strategy, on behalf of […]
Myth 13. “Health care reform” is being enacted through a democratic process.
If “democracy” means a nationally televised speech by the Leader, the expenditure of tens of millions of dollars by pressure groups, and a frenzied process of voting on a short deadline, then this is a […]
Myth 12. The uninsured cause overcrowding in emergency rooms, and increase costs for the “rest of us” through cost-shifting.
The uninsured are frequently vilified as “free riders” who receive care but shift the cost onto others—when they are not being portrayed as victims who don’t get as much medical care as some think they […]
There are “no laudable parts” in the “health care reform” bill, say AAPS members
In a letter to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), which like many medical organizations has expressed some reservations about reform bills “in their current form,” AAPS President Mark Kellen, M.D., of Rockford, Ill., writes: […]
Myth 11. There are 46 million or more Americans without “health care.”
No one, to our knowledge, has actually come up with an estimate of the number of residents in America, legal or illegal, who are denied life-saving medical care—if indeed there are any. Even accusations of […]
ACTION NEEDED: President Obama insults doctors
AAPS Member, Tom Price, MD, Congressman from GA, says that the President insulted doctors during his news conference last night.
