Federal Judge Henry E. Hudson ruled Monday in favor of Virginia’s claim that the requirement for people to purchase health care exceeds the power of Congress under the Constitution’s Commerce Clause or under the General Welfare Clause. “It is not … Continue reading
Category: Health Care Reform
You Get What You Pay For
One of the dirty little secrets of Obama’s health ‘care’ debacle is that Medicare reimbursement rates are set to go down for all health care providers effective December 1. This means that the medical professionals to whom you trust your … Continue reading
Stomach Ache
Michelle Obama is demanding that Americans eat healthier. In a way, this makes sense. If government is to fully control medical care, and pay for all of it, then it’s responsible and logical for government to force people to become … Continue reading
Socialized Medicine is Here
The new head of Medicare — appointed by Obama without so much as a Congressional hearing — has been a proponent of rationing and holds up the British model of socialized medicine as both the moral and practical model for America … Continue reading
What America Looks Like With Bad Guys in Charge
The President of the United States is throttling health insurance companies. Health insurance companies, after the passage of ObamaCare, are naturally passing their costs along to customers. This means premiums for everybody, especially those purchasing their own health insurance, will … Continue reading
Why ObamaCare Isn’t New Coke
Prominent Democrat Patrick Caddell recently wrote a column in the Wall Street Journal (4/24/10) about how ObamaCare is, he says, like New Coke. New Coke was put on the market by Coca Cola back in 1985. It was Coca Cola … Continue reading
Doctors in a Health Care Dictatorship
I read a comment online about Jack Cassell, M.D. — the Florida urologist telling patients who support Obama to go away. The comment said, in essence, that doctors should not “force” their political opinions on their patients. Now wait a … Continue reading
Fascist Censorship of Doctors
A physician in Florida recently posted a sign in his office opposing ObamaCare. A liberal/socialist Congressman attempted to file a complaint against him with the state of Florida, but the state replied that there’s no law against a doctor expressing … Continue reading
“Victory” Over WHAT?
The advocates of socialized medicine won the big battle; but they cannot win the war. This is because advocates of socialized medicine, or socialism and statism more generally, are at war with reality. What they seek cannot work because it … Continue reading
ObamaCare: Wishing Will Never Make It So
The fields of ethics, knowledge and general philosophy are more fundamental than psychology. These fields refer to the nature of ideas; psychology deals with ideas as people hold them in their minds, along with the attendant emotional consequences when contradictory … Continue reading
It’s Time for Doctors to Strike
‘I quit when medicine was placed under State control some years ago,’ said Dr. Hendricks. ‘Do you know what it takes to perform a brain operation? Do you know the kind of skill it demands, and the years of passionate, … Continue reading
Pelosi’s Law
Under the Constitution, two houses of Congress are required to pass a bill into law so that the President may sign it. Under the Pelosi Congress, the House merely needs to ‘deem’ a bill into law without even being concerned … Continue reading