By: Keith Smith, M.D. http://surgerycenterok.com The recent failure of an ObamaCare repeal effort in the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate reminds me of a Mark Twain quote: “If voting mattered, they wouldn’t let us do it.” The […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. Senator John McCain of Arizona sequentially played the role of superhero, villainous traitor (to Republicans), and savior (to ObamaCare) as the McConnell “skinny repeal” lost by one vote—his. First, he […]
This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Dr. Jane Orient. Senators applauded Sen. John McCain’s call for bipartisanship as he cast the deciding vote against the skinniest of repeals—not a trace of bipartisan support […]
This week’s health policy roundup, curated by Jane M. Orient, MD: The crucial pressure to renege on ObamaCare repeal may have come from Republican governors. One of the people Sen. John McCain of Arizona met […]
While the Senate is said to be voting on something related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA or ObamaCare), it is time for both Democrats and Republicans to tell Americans just what they support or […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. As Congress struggles to do something about the ObamaCare disaster, Senators may be getting calls pleading, “Don’t take my healthcare away!” But the more influential voices will be whispering, “Don’t […]
This week’s health policy news roundup, curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. ObamaCare hurts a lot of people, but Republicans could be in terrible political trouble over efforts to repeal it because that will hurt […]
Volume 73, no. 7 July 2017 In the Vietnam War era, the body count meant actual corpses with a clear cause of death: gunfire, explosion, fire, etc. Each one had a name and could be […]
This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane Orient, M.D. The Washington Post predicts: “There will be dead bodies one way or another, regardless of which way the Senate swings on its health-care bill.” […]
By Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D. California’s state senate’s unipartisan passing of a sweeping single-payer health care bill, the Healthy California Act, has drawn attention to single payer as a solution to the decaying Affordable […]
