A recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) report calls for expanding the authority of nurses to practice medicine and for increasing their pay. Besides helping a loyal unionized constituency, the report claims that allowing nurses to do more can alleviate the physician shortage. In reality this will likely have the exact opposite effect by disincentivizing individuals from becoming medical doctors in … [Read more...] about A doctor is a doctor is a nurse
Pro & Con: Is health care reform a ‘government takeover’? YES: The law gives government the power to determine ‘essential’ services.
PolitiFact.com, the online oracle of all things true and untrue in America's political debate, is wrong in saying it is the "lie of the year" to call "Obamacare" a government takeover of health care.The proclamation shows that its editors need a Truth-O-Meter of their own. Obamacare is a uniquely American government takeover of health care. Its 2,801 pages of legislation and insidious regulatory … [Read more...] about Pro & Con: Is health care reform a ‘government takeover’? YES: The law gives government the power to determine ‘essential’ services.
ObamaCare’s Unraveling Begins
U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson's ruling last month that Obamacare's individual mandate is unconstitutional was a huge rebuke of the president's health law – but it was just the beginning.And in another federal courtroom in Florida the same week, U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson also was skeptical about the federal government's authority to require everyone to purchase government-approved health … [Read more...] about ObamaCare’s Unraveling Begins
ObamaCare Is a Government Takeover
Calling Obamacare a government takeover of health care is the "lie of the year," according to the self-proclaimed oracle of all things true and untrue in the political debate. That outrageous proclamation from PolitiFact shows that its editors need a Truth-O-Meter of their own.Obamacare is a uniquely American government takeover of health care. Its 2,801 pages of legislation and insidious … [Read more...] about ObamaCare Is a Government Takeover
First Step in Dismantling ObamaCare?
A federal judge in Richmond has struck a serious blow to ObamaCare, validating the fears of the majority of Americans who want to see the law overturned before it destroys the world's premier health delivery system.In its first major court test, District Judge Henry Hudson ruled Monday that the law's mandate to make individuals buy health insurance is unconstitutional on two crucial grounds.First, … [Read more...] about First Step in Dismantling ObamaCare?
A Very Bad Week for ObamaCare
ObamaCare continues to take on water, starting last Monday with Federal Judge Henry Hudson's ruling that the law's individual mandate is unconstitutional. But that was just the beginning: Federal Judge Roger Vinson was skeptical about the mandate during a hearing on Thursday in Florida on the 20-state/NFIB challenge. Judge Vinson said he paid cash for the delivery of one of his children when he … [Read more...] about A Very Bad Week for ObamaCare
Confronting ObamaCare: GOP needs to battle the bill on many fronts
A vote to repeal Obamacare will be high on the agenda of the House of Representatives when the new Congress convenes in January, and the bill is very likely to pass the House with support from both Republicans and conservative - or at least frightened - Democrats.But the repeal bill likely will stall in the Democrat-controlled Senate and certainly would hit a brick wall with President Obama's … [Read more...] about Confronting ObamaCare: GOP needs to battle the bill on many fronts
ObamaCare Is Unconstitutional
In its first serious court test, the most unpopular provision in Obamacare — the individual mandate — has been declared unconstitutional on two crucial grounds.First, U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson ruled that Congress exceeded its constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce by compelling people “to involuntarily engage in a private commercial transaction.”Second, he said the … [Read more...] about ObamaCare Is Unconstitutional