Articles tagged with: health care
Ryan Plan Backers Face Angry Constituants At Home
The so-called Paul Ryan Budget Plan, passed last week by the House Republicans, calls for a $4.0 trillion reduction in the U.S. National Debt over the next ten years, which is similar to the debt reductions called for in the Obama Administration’s plan. The biggest difference in the two plans is the handling of the highly popular Medicare program. …
The Health Care Debate Rages On
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Most Democrats realize all-too-well how much “political capital” was expended by the Obama Administration in getting health care reforms through Congress. During the year or so that was dedicated almost exclusively to fighting with Republicans (and each other) over the each and every provision, the Administration had little time or energy to tackle other items …
Welfare : The “Soma” of the Masses
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AskCherlock recently received from a reader a copy of a letter sent to President Obama, concerning the “health care crisis” in America. The letter was sent by an emergency room physician, who talked about a Medicaid (i.e. welfare) patient he had recently treated. He described the patient as being covered in elaborate tattoos, wearing expensive …
The Chinese “Bear” Will Be De-clawed
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It wasn’t so long ago, during the “Cold War”, that Americans viewed China as an impoverished, Communist nation without much hope of feeding its burgeoning population, and without much export production to sell to the rest of the world. How times have changed! Over the last ten years China’s economy has surpassed those of Germany, Canada, Spain, Italy, …
The Obama Agenda: Good For America
For some reason, it feels like the the waning few months of the Bush Administration happened ages ago. I remember it well; those were the “not so good old days” when the financial services industry and the American auto industry were crashing and burning. Those were the days when the stock market, along with everyone’s 401-K plans, was losing over …
Obama and The Age of Enlightenment
We must not allow latent racism to put our country into a backward mode. The Age of Enlightenment called upon individuals to freely use their own intelligence. Intellect must surmount prejudicial attitudes toward any given population. “This is our time,” Obama has said and he is correct. This is our moment to move forward and to learn from our failures.
History Today: The Making and Unmaking
The politics of strange bedfellows, deals, handshakes and a few whips by Nancy Pelosi have already made this an incredible journey with obstacles of dubious intent.
The MAN-UP SUMMIT
Oddly, Cannon and I agree on another issue, that of purchasing health insurance from other states. Cannon wrote on October 21, 2009, “Congress should break up state monopolies on insurance and clinician licensing. Allowing consumers to purchase health insurance licensed by other states could cover one-third of the uninsured without any new taxes or government subsidies.”
‘Twas The Night Before An Obama Christmas
As dry leaves that fall before new public option,
When met with an obstacle, they threw their old stocks in.
So up to the house-top discoursers they flew,
With a sleigh full of toys and Tiger Woods too.
