Public health officials have been warning for years about the constant threat of a worldwide pandemic like the “Spanish flu” of 1918. About 100 million people died, or 5% of the world’s population. The U.S. […]
This Tuesday, May 5th, the Senate Health & Human Services Committee will hear SB 2336 (the companion bill to HB 3816), in order to rein in the abusive power of the Texas Medical Board. SB […]
The Senate had a flurry of voting on amendments to the Budget Bill yesterday, including one extremely important vote that could have helped to stop government rationing of medical care. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) offered […]
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Another invitation apparently lost in the mail was that for Rep. Tom Price, MD (R-GA) – not only one of the handful of doctors in Congress, but also chair of the influential, right-of-center Republican Study […]
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In his State of the Union message, Barack Obama used the phrase “healthcare” 15 times, calling healthcare reform a “necessary move to help salvage the sagging economy.” He blamed the “crushing” cost of medical care […]
As it was physically impossible for congressmen to have read the mammoth “stimulus bill” (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) before voting on it, or for the President to have read it before signing […]
Even before Obama’s team gets started, the bailout package tops $8.7 trillion in taxpayer commitments for loans, guarantees, and other goodies for businesses and distressed homeowners. This includes: More than $1.5 trillion in Federal Deposit […]
Seniors may think they save money when they buy AARP insurance, but if they take the trouble to compare competing products, they may be paying twice as much. AARP brought in nearly half a billion […]
