Tag Archives: Healthcare
Ed Gillespie: Ideology Motivates Obama
By: Ronald Kessler Unlike most politicians, President Obama is an ideologue who sees his presidency as a way to extend government control over Americans’ lives, Ed Gillespie, former counselor to President George W. Bush, tells Newsmax. “I believe that he and the people around him see this as an opportunity to seize control of one […]
Massa Details Naked Shower Fight With ‘Son of the Devil’s Spawn
Embattled Rep. Eric Massa used his final hours in office to settle scores with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and other Democrats he claims are pushing him out of office to clear the way for health care reform. It sounds like the kind of bad dream that only […]
36 States Fight Obama’s Socialized Healthcare
States have an extensive and complicated shared power relationship with the federal government in regulating various aspects of the health insurance market and in enacting health reforms. As part of state-based responses to federal health reform legislation, individual members of at least 36 state legislatures are using the legislative process to seek to limit, alter […]
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Posted by Erick Erickson I am hearing from multiple, prominent people that the Republicans in Washington are seriously thinking of caving and having an on camera sit down with Barack Obama even though their pre-conditions for a meeting will not be met. Why? Because the GOP does not want to be seen as the Party […]
The Obama Trap and the GOP
Posted by Erick Erickson That picture above is a Reuters picture from this Politico column back in September. Remember that? Democrats returned to Washington after being battered all of August over the health care plans. Barack Obama decided to rebuild their energy and so he spoke at a joint session of Congress to talk health […]
Obama, GOP Slug It Out in Heated Political Debate
From Newsmax.com: In a remarkably sharp face-to-face confrontation, President Barack Obama chastised Republican lawmakers Friday for opposing him on taxes, healthcare and the economic stimulus, while they accused him in turn of brushing off their ideas and driving up the national debt. The president and GOP House members took turns questioning and sometimes lecturing each […]
Pelosi: House Lacks Votes for Health Care Bill
WASHINGTON – Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she lacks the votes to quickly move the Senate’s sweeping health overhaul bill through the House, a potentially devastating blow to President Barack Obama’s signature issue. Pelosi, D-Calif., made the comment to reporters after House Democrats held a closed-door meeting at which participants vented frustration with the […]
Spain Bears Brunt Of ‘Health Tourism’
Most countries in the European Union offer universal health coverage for their citizens. And when citizens of one EU country travels to or lives in another EU country, they also are covered. Now Spain says that rule is making it a victim of “Health Tourism” as more northern Europeans choose to retire to its Mediterranean […]
STUDY SHOWS REAL HEALTH CARE REFORM SHUNNED BY ADMINISTRATION
thelastcrusade–Americans are paying highly inflated prices for pharmaceuticals that have been repackaged and sold for 1,000% or more of their cash worth. The General Accountability Office has discovered that a pill that can be purchased in Mexico, Israel, and France for $.50 is sold by leading drug companies in the United States for $50.00 and […]
