Tag Archives: Healthcare

States Assert Their Rights by Giving Them Up

Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:00 pm by JM Ashby

Today was the deadline for states to submit a plan to run their own health insurance exchanges under Obamacare, and now that the deadline has passed, over half the country has chosen to assert their rights by giving up their … Continue reading →

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Another Reason Why Raising the Medicare Eligibility Age Will Suck

Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:27 am by Bob Cesca

Hundreds of thousands of seniors would lose their healthcare. Obviously. Greg Sargent: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office recently concluded that a rise in the eligibility age could mean as many as 270,000 seniors are left uninsured in 2021. But that’s … Continue reading →

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Killing Medicare By Pretending to Save It

Posted on December 12, 2012 at 7:18 am by Bob Cesca

My Wednesday column: Here’s precisely why raising the Medicare eligibility age appears to be the only solution to keeping the program solvent: the Republican Party, which hates Medicare and always has, and the compliant DC news media, which self-consciously dittos … Continue reading →

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Sebelius: Expansion of Medicaid is All or Nothing

Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:30 pm by JM Ashby

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius reiterated today that a half-hearted or inconsequential expansion of Medicaid is unacceptable and that if states want to receive matching funds from the federal government, they must fully comply with the law. Health and Human Services … Continue reading →

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Not Political? Yeah. Right.

Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:43 am by Bob Cesca

Tennessee joins the ranks of red states that are literally demanding a government takeover of healthcare by refusing to set up a state-based insurance exchange. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) announced Monday that Tennessee would not create a health insurance … Continue reading →

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They Really, Really Hate Medicare and Social Security

Posted on December 10, 2012 at 9:18 am by Bob Cesca

Tom Coburn repeated the newly minted GOP line about rolling back the Bush tax cuts — but only if it’s accompanied by “significant entitlement reform”: “Will I accept a tax increase as a part of a deal to actually solve … Continue reading →

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Obamacare is Working

Posted on December 3, 2012 at 2:30 pm by JM Ashby

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that Medicare recipients have saved over $5 billion on prescription drugs, and that’s not all. The Obama administration announced Monday that the healthcare law has saved people on Medicare $5.1 billion … Continue reading →

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We’re Making Too Many Babies

Posted on December 3, 2012 at 7:18 am by Bob Cesca

My Monday column: If someone asks you what is the planet’s most dangerous problem, your immediate answer should be overpopulation. There are simply too many people and nowhere near the resources to adequately sustain the current population, much less the … Continue reading →

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Shocker: Abortions Decline As Contraception Use Increases

Posted on November 23, 2012 at 7:00 pm by JM Ashby

Shocking perhaps no one, and sending the perpetually frustrated anti-choice Right into a bout of non-soul-searching, new data released by the government this week shows that abortions have fallen five percent while at the same time use of contraception has … Continue reading →

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Michigan Republicans Push Tax Credit for Fetuses

Posted on November 23, 2012 at 8:28 am by Bob Cesca

Yes, they’re serious. And yes, they eliminated the tax credit for children last year — once again calling to mind the Barney Frank line: Republicans believe life begins at conception and ends at birth. Republican lawmakers in Michigan, a state … Continue reading →

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