ObamaCare vs Medicare and Insurance
Health Policy News Roundup Curated by Jane M Orient, M.D. Obamacare vs. Medicare This 5 minute video on what Vermont’s federal delegation is up to is very instructive. The plan is for Vermont state government […]
Ebola ‘Czar’ Appointment Politicizes Life-and-Death Issue
President Obama’s appointment of Ron Klain to coordinate the government’s attempt to combat Ebola signifies that the government’s main concern is to manage pre-election public perceptions, states the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. Sen. […]
The ‘Progressive’ Way: Cancel, Block, Spin
Health Policy News Roundup Curated by Jane M Orient, MD Remember how ObamaCare was supposed to be about keeping your insurance? The irony is that more health insurance policies have been canceled under Obamacare than […]
If You Want to Live, Ignore the CDC
By Richard Amerling, M.D. I almost feel sorry for Tom Frieden, director of the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). So many of his pronouncements have been eviscerated by events within hours or days. […]
Examining the U.S. Public Health Response to the Ebola Outbreak
Notes from Jane M. Orient, MD on House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing held October 16, 2014. Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy noted in summary that the only person assuming […]
ObamaCare Costs and Cover-up
ObamaCare News Roundup Curated by Jane M Orient, MD “The law has been successful so far according to the one metric that really matters to the Left: hiding its true cost from the American taxpayer,” […]
Why Accountable Care Organizations Are Failing
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), a key piece of the Affordable Care Act (“ObamaCare”) “reform” plan, are failing because they must fail. ACOs are based on faulty assumptions, poor economics, and junk science. They would not exist in a truly free market, and are best viewed as a product of government central planners and crony capitalism.
Protect Americans against Importation of Deadly Diseases Like Ebola, Says AAPS
On August 8, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola epidemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stated that a […]
More ObamaCare and EHR Failures
ObamaCare Roundup Curated by Jane M Orient, MD Even if you like your ObamaCare plan, you probably won’t be able to keep it, because of the unfathomable structure of the metallic bands, explains Robert Grayboyes […]
Will U.S. Keep Ebola in Check Here at Home?
By: Jane M. Orient, M.D. Some 3,000 American soldiers are arriving in Africa to fight an Ebola epidemic that is doubling about every 3 weeks, with the number of infections projected to reach 1.4 million […]
