President Obama’s new mandate requiring all employers to purchase insurance coverage for their employees that includes abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization and contraception is an outrage, of course. But what kind of outrage is it? Most of the public outcry has understandably centered around the mandate’s assault on religious liberty. The mandate forces every businessman or non-profit … [Read more...] about Sen. Jim DeMint: Obamacare versus individual freedom
Two Montreal cardiologists accused of taking bribes for faster treatment
MONTREAL — Two Montreal cardiologists are facing disciplinary charges over allegations of medical kickbacks, the Montreal Gazette has learned. The Quebec College of Physicians has concluded a 14-month investigation after the Gazette reported doctors at several Montreal hospitals routinely accepted bribes from patients to fast-track services to publicly funded health care. Patients told the … [Read more...] about Two Montreal cardiologists accused of taking bribes for faster treatment
America’s Healthcare Advocate
Grace-Marie discusses Why ObamaCare Is Wrong for America with host Cary Hall. Listen now... … [Read more...] about America’s Healthcare Advocate
Kathryn Nix and Kevin Dayaratna: Turner Lays Out the Case Against Obamacare
Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, was among a number of experts who recently convened at The Heritage Foundation on a panel entitled “Beyond the Individual Mandate: Why Obamacare Must Be Repealed.” Turner is one of the authors of Why Obamacare Is Wrong for America, along with James Capretta, Thomas Miller, and Heritage expert Robert Moffit. At the panel, Turner highlighted a … [Read more...] about Kathryn Nix and Kevin Dayaratna: Turner Lays Out the Case Against Obamacare
ACNation at CPAC
Grace-Marie Turner talks with host Butch Porter about the details of the health overhaul law, why it violates basic civil liberties, pushes up health care costs, and hurts the most vulnerable among us. … [Read more...] about ACNation at CPAC
Cigna Study Shows Consumer-Driven Health Plans Can Save $9,700 Per Employee Over Five Years
When American workers engage in health-smart habits offered in consumer-driven health plans (CDHP), they reduced their health risks and lower their total medical costs an average of $9,700 per employee over a five-year period, according to a recent study of health care claims representing 1.1 million Cigna customers in consumer-driven health plans, PPOs and HMOs. The Sixth Annual Cigna Choice … [Read more...] about Cigna Study Shows Consumer-Driven Health Plans Can Save $9,700 Per Employee Over Five Years
Joe Antos on The American: Medicare Reform Faces Reality
Let’s face it. Medicare reform is a phrase that scares the daylights out of politicians. They know that Medicare is in deep financial trouble, but they also know (or think they know) that seniors and people nearing age 65 will punish them at the polls if they even hint that the program might have to change. What most politicians are unwilling to admit is that the program is changing for the worse, … [Read more...] about Joe Antos on The American: Medicare Reform Faces Reality
The Heritage Foundation: Obamacare Anti-Conscience Mandate: An Assault on the Constitution
The Anti-Conscience Mandate: Under Obamacare, all insurance plans must cover, at no charge, abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives, sterilization, and patient education and counseling for women of reproductive age. Religious employers such as Catholic hospitals, Christian schools, and faith-based pregnancy care centers will have to provide and pay for such coverage for their employees regardless … [Read more...] about The Heritage Foundation: Obamacare Anti-Conscience Mandate: An Assault on the Constitution