Healthcare
Could it all be as simple as getting folks to think through their arguments? That’s an encouraging thought, but probably overly optimistic. Consider (emphasis added): In Amsterdam, where I spend part of the year, every time I go the pharmacy and take out cash to pay for a prescription, the pharmacist and all the well-insured…
I heard yesterday that the Obama Administration held a celebratory press conference about getting a couple billion dollars out of Pfizer for some thing or other. Except, as Glenn Reynold’s pointed out, it was the Bush Administration that actually extracted the dough. The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer agreed to pay $2.3 billion to settle civil and…
I’m not sure whether or not this constitutes a “death panel,” but it’s certainly got the “death” part: In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, a group of experts who care for the terminally ill claim that some patients are being wrongly judged as close to death. Under NHS guidance introduced across England to help…
On August 19, I attended the Town Hall Meeting called by Representative James Langevin for what was said to be an opportunity for him to gauge the pulse of his district during the summer recess. There was little doubt in anyone’s mind that Topic A for the evening’s exchange would be the proposed changes to…
Matt Allen and I touched on the legislative process on last night’sMatt Allen Show and the way in which it wears the public out as legislation moves toward law. After all this heat and energy, we still have multiple versions in the Senate over which to argue, likely with various provisions, all of which have…
An interesting comment was just made to my August 19 post looking at strange changes to language concerning the purchase of wheelchairs that the current healthcare “reform” would make: The supplier will no longer be able to get the lump sum payment for basic powered wheelchairs and have to wait 13 months for their 105%,…
Below is the text of an e-mail invitation to Congressman Langevin’s health care town hall in Westerly tomorrow. [Thanks to Scott Bill Hirst, a registered Republican in Hopkinton, for forwarding. I’m sure rumors that the RNC has now launched a full-blown investigation into the question of your party status, Scott, are completely exaggerated.] I wanted…
Last night, a friend forwarded me House Resolution 615. Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Members who vote in favor of the establishment of a public, Federal Government run health insurance option are urged to forgo their right to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and agree to enroll…
August has been a tough month for Team Obamacare Force and prospects look pretty grim for their version of “comprehensive” amorphous health care reform. But as current Democrat politicians are being put on notice that they are in trouble come 2010, the old Warhorses are coming out to buck up the whippersnappers and remind them…
It should be no surprise that great unrest arises when our representatives casually dismiss health care reform ideas that are contrary to their agenda. Senator Reed’s comment demonstrates this: Health savings accounts — another proposal dear to conservatives — are not effective for people who have lost their jobs, Reed wrote. “In addition, with the…
