January 2, 2010 – 10:00 am
Quietly, under the radar The Mayo Clinic, praised by President Barack Obama as a national model for efficient health care, will stop accepting Medicare patients as of tomorrow at one of its primary-care clinics in Arizona, saying the U.S. government pays too little. Funny how Medicare and Medicaid seem to about the only programs that […]
January 1, 2010 – 7:59 am
The question is, is this something they will actually do, and, why are they doing it now? Republican attorneys general in 13 states say congressional leaders must remove Nebraska’s political deal from the federal health care overhaul bill or face legal action, according to a letter provided to The Associated Press Wednesday. “We believe this […]
December 24, 2009 – 8:07 am
Amazingly, after Democrats have crafted bill to replace bill to replace bill in the dark of night, in closed session, which only included Democrats, after they shut Republicans and Republican ideas completely out – not to mention any ideas, such as came from John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods – it is somehow, in Grey […]
December 22, 2009 – 3:00 pm
Via The Jawa Report through Confederate Yankee, from The Weekly Standard, we learn (blockquote is from CY, subsection comes from TWS) The language of Section 3403 seems rather explicit: SUBSECTION.—It shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that would repeal […]
December 22, 2009 – 10:00 am
The Fish Wrap of Record goes with a front page story about how the Dems are going to be challenged in merging their bills Even as the Senate took a significant step toward passing its version of a sweeping overhaul of the health insurance system before Christmas, Democrats were grappling Monday with deep internal divisions […]
December 21, 2009 – 8:37 am
Y’all remember William “Cold Cash” Jefferson? Do you remember what happened? A private individual promised to give him $400K if Jefferson would help a high tech company called iGate by persuading the Army to test iGate’s products, as well as attempt to influence officials in 3 countries. He was caught on tape taking $100K. Obviously, […]
December 13, 2009 – 7:22 pm
Denial of service? Check. Turning people away? Check. Rationing of mammograms? Check. Waiting lists? Check. Government in charge? Check. Poor Turned away from cancer screenings? Check As the economy falters and more people go without health insurance, lowincome women in at least 20 states are being turned away or put on long waiting lists for […]
December 12, 2009 – 10:18 am
I have a feeling that a few folks are going to be called to the White House for a little sit down dressing down shortly Democrats trying to push President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul plan through the Senate got a sober warning Friday that costs will keep going up and proposed Medicare savings may […]
December 4, 2009 – 8:42 am
This is the kind of issue that, if the GOP leadership was smart, will very shortly be showing up in commercials and talking points from now till the 2010 elections In the first showdown over the Senate health care bill, Democrats on Thursday successfully defended more than $400 billion in Medicare cuts, turning back a […]
November 30, 2009 – 7:49 pm
One way or another, Democrats are determined to sneak a way into the health bills to make sure illegals are covered. Why? Three reasons. First, because they are idiots. Second, to create more Democrat voters. Third, they despise the law. Fourth, they are jerks. Okay, four reasons Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants could receive […]
