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As Healthcare Reform Takes Hold, 74% of Physicians Will Retire or Seek Other Alternatives
Healthcare reform, should it survive legal challenge, repeal, and/or non-funding, will usher in a new era of medicine in which physicians will, according to a report in Modern Medicine, “largely cease to operate as full-time, independent, private practitioners accepting third party … Continue reading
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ObamaCare Repealed in the House
The House of Representatives resumed debate this morning on H.R. 2, legislation to repeal ObamaCare. A final vote came this evening, and it, as expected, passed easily with the new GOP majority in control. Also, in the “breaking news” category … Continue reading
Bedside Economics and Healthcare Reform – A Christian Doctor’s Response
My dear friend, Al Weir, MD, is an oncologist in Memphis, TN. He has served in Africa as a missionary and served with the Christian Medical Association. He’s just written a wonderful devotional called, “Bedside Economics” It is based upon … Continue reading
The Cat’s Out of the Bag on the True Costs of the Healthcare Reform Bill
My friend, Congressman Doug Lamborn, sent me a just published report from the nonpartisan, independent actuaries at the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Their analysis of the newly enacted Democrat health care overhaul … Continue reading
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NOW the healthcare reform debate begins
Healthcare Reform that Most Americans Support Christian Medical Association Labels House Healthcare Bill an “Overdose” That Threatens Patient-Physician Relationship Yesterday, the United States Senate began debating Harry Reid’s 2,074-page healthcare “reform” bill. Declaring that the nation is facing a “real … Continue reading
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The Grass Is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World – Part 10 – Switzerland
In the midst of our national debate about healthcare reform, people on both sides of the debate seem to pick and choose among the facts and myths about the nationalized healthcare available in a number of other countries. The fact … Continue reading
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The Grass Is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World – Part 9 – Italy
In the midst of our national debate about healthcare reform, people on both sides of the debate seem to pick and choose among the facts and myths about the nationalized healthcare available in a number of other countries. The fact … Continue reading
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The Grass Is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World – Part 8 – Spain
In the midst of our national debate about healthcare reform, people on both sides of the debate seem to pick and choose among the facts and myths about the nationalized healthcare available in a number of other countries. The fact … Continue reading
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Christian Medical Association Labels House Healthcare Bill an “Overdose” That Threatens Patient-Physician Relationship
The 16,000-member Christian Medical Association, the nation’s largest faith-based associaation of physicians, today said that the 2,000-page healthcare overhaul bill (HR 3962) introduced in the House of Representatives last week far exceeds the need for targeted reforms, instead injecting massive … Continue reading
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The Grass Is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World – Part 7 – Norway
In the midst of our national debate about healthcare reform, people on both sides of the debate seem to pick and choose among the facts and myths about the nationalized healthcare available in a number of other countries. The fact … Continue reading
Do You Want the Federal Government Paying for All Abortions?
Just moments ago, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi revealed the federal healthcare “reform” bill that pro-abortion legislators have been working on behind closed doors. In just a few days, the Speaker wants Congress to vote on the bill. So … Continue reading
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What Lessons Massachusetts Holds for U.S. Health Care Reform
Mark Trumbull of the Christian Science Monitor has an article, reprinted by ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=8899142, that I found instructive as we here in the U.S. consider national health care reform. A mandate on individuals to buy health insurance can work … Continue reading
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The Grass Is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World – Part 6 – Japan
In the midst of our national debate about healthcare reform, people on both sides of the debate seem to pick and choose among the facts and myths about the nationalized healthcare available in a number of other countries. The fact … Continue reading
Christian Doctors Refuse Bribe from Senate Leader
The Christian Medical Association (CMA), the nation’s largest association of faith-based physicians, today spoke out against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) reported offer to get physicians to drop their opposition to pending healthcare legislation in exchange for more money.
The Grass Is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World – Part 5 – Germany
In the midst of our national debate about healthcare reform, people on both sides of the debate seem to pick and choose among the facts and myths about the nationalized healthcare available in a number of other countries. The fact … Continue reading
ObamaCare Full of Contradictions
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has an excellent column in Human Events analyzing the obvious contradictions in ObamaCare. Here are a few excerpts:
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The Grass Is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World – Part 4 – France
In the midst of our national debate about healthcare reform, people on both sides of the debate seem to pick and choose among the facts and myths about the nationalized healthcare available in a number of other countries. The fact … Continue reading
Prevention may not cut healthcare costs
Bloomberg News is reporting that while both Democrats and Republicans are asserting in the healthcare debate that “prevention saves money.” However, “economists and policy analysts who study the issue have a different message: Sorry, it doesn’t work that way.”
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The Grass Is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World – Part 3 – Great Britain
In the midst of our national debate about healthcare reform, people on both sides of the debate seem to pick and choose among the facts and myths about the nationalized healthcare available in a number of other countries. The fact … Continue reading
An uninsured gorilla in Colorado Springs receives specialist service faster than a Canadian human might
There’s been big news at our local zoo, the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, here in Colorado Springs. Rafiki, a 25-year-old silverback lowland gorilla, took ill. When he did, medical attention was available immediately. Some of the finest doctors in the world … Continue reading
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The Grass Is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World – Part 2 – Canada
In the midst of our national debate about healthcare reform, people on both sides of the debate seem to pick and choose among the facts and myths about the nationalized healthcare available in a number of other countries. The fact … Continue reading
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The Grass Is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World – Part 1
In the midst of our national debate about healthcare reform, people on both sides of the debate seem to pick and choose among the facts and myths about the nationalized healthcare available in a number of other countries. The fact … Continue reading
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How many uninsured people need additional help from taxpayers?
To my surprise, the most popular blogs I’ve ever written are on healthcare reform. So, now that we are on the eve of the Senate unveiling its healthcare proposal, I want to put you in the decision-maker’s seat. Which of … Continue reading
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More Outrage about President Obama’s “Misrepresentations” in His Healthcare Reform Speech Last Night
Last night, after the President’s speech to Congress on healthcare reform, I asked, “Did He Lie?” Then, I shared with you a number of misrepresentations he made. Today, more of his inaccuracies are being exposed. Here are some more.
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President Obama’s Speech on Healthcare Reform – Did He Lie?
Earlier today, I gave you a report card you could use to grade the President’s speech tonight on healthcare reform. By my count, the president failed (with a grade of 30 out of 100). Early returns showed others agreed with … Continue reading
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Sarah Palin Bashes Rationing in Health Care Bills
Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has penned an opinion column running in the Wall Street Journal that again bashes Obama and Congress. She expands on her previous comments about “death panels” by saying that the bills wrongly endorse health care … Continue reading
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Healthcare Reform that Most Americans Support
Readers have sent notes to this blog asking, in essence, “Dr. Walt, what healthcare reform do you support?” And, in his labor day speech about healthcare reform, President Obama had sharp words for those of us who have loudly opposed … Continue reading
Grade the President’s Healthcare Reform Speech Tonight
President Obama has had a month to listen to the American people on the topic of healthcare reform. For a month, thoughtful Americans have gone to town hall meetings in large numbers to oppose more spending, more government, and more Washington … Continue reading
Congressional Research Service says Obama Bearing False Witness
In this time of bitter partisanship, there are still a few issues that Republicans, Democrats and Independents can agree on. One of those issues is providing taxpayer-subsidized benefits to illegal aliens. The American people are overwhelmingly opposed to the idea. … Continue reading
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Christian Doctors Group Warns of New Pro-Suicide Bias in Law and Policy
The Christian Medical Association (CMA), the nation’s largest faith-based organization of physicians, today warned of the potential for pro-suicide ideology to seep into law and government policy. The organization pointed to pro-suicide influence in a controversial Veterans Administration (VA) manual … Continue reading
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