A number of countries report lower infant mortality than the U.S., but it has nothing to do with the source of payment for medical care.
For years, advocates of “single payer health care” have been warning that middle-class Americans are only “one serious illness away from bankruptcy”—even if they have insurance. Obama has claimed that medical costs cause a bankruptcy […]
It is frequently asserted, especially by groups such as Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), that a “single payer” (government) system could “save” enough money on administration to buy coverage for all the uninsured.
At a Tucson “tea party” on June 22, Steven Knope, M.D., opened the discussion with the remark that the U.S. just doesn’t have the money for the proposed “change” in American medicine—or anything else. This […]
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a cost estimate of $1 trillion over 10 years for the Democrats’ Senate bill, scheduled to be marked up in the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on […]
At the annual meeting of the AMA House of Delegates in Chicago, President Obama made an appearance to court physician support for his ideas for a comprehensive, government-directed “overhaul” of American medicine. Reportedly, he got […]
The President has kicked off the health care reform charge in the past week. Last Saturday, he used his weekly radio address to call for a quick solution to the crisis, while his Town Meetings […]
The Senate Finance Committee released three “policy options” papers, and accepted public comment very briefly. The details, filling more than 150 pages single-spaced, were not conjured up de novo, but owe much to the briefing […]
URGENT ACTION NEEDED! Stop the Senate From Sneaking Socialized Medicine into the Budget Today Contact your Senators NOW – the vote could come any time [SCROLL DOWN TO BOTTOM OF PAGE TO POST YOUR COMMENTS] […]
Obama presented Congress with an agenda described as “breathtaking in its scope and ambition,” “gutsy,” or “bold and courageous”—by his supporters. Passing it won’t be easy, Obama admits, because “it represents a threat to the […]
