Health Care
ANGELINA JOLIE: My Medical Choice – NYTimes
By MB Snow at May 14, 2013 | 6:35 am
By ANGELINA JOLIE, Published: May 14, 2013 MY MOTHER fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was. We often speak of “Mommy’s mommy,” and I find myself ... Go To Article
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REVIEW & OUTLOOK,: The Health Spending Decline – WSJ
By MB Snow at May 12, 2013 | 4:37 pm
REVIEW & OUTLOOK, Updated May 12, 2013, 6:32 p.m. ET Why costs have been slowing, at least until ObamaCare kicks in. To the surprise of both political parties and planners of all types, American health-care spending appears to be slowing down. The health growth rate has flattened out at about 3.9% over the last three years—a record low since the 1960s and ... Go To Article
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ROBERT J. SAMUELSON: Overselling Obamacare – WaPo
By MB Snow at May 9, 2013 | 5:29 pm
By Robert J. Samuelson, Thursday, May 9, It’s the great moral imperative behind the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”): People should not be denied health care because they can’t afford insurance. Health status and insurance are assumed to be connected, and opponents have often been cast as moral midgets, willing to condemn the uninsured to unnecessary illness ... Go To Article
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OBAMACARE red tape burden surges to 189 million hours a year — and it hasn’t even started | WashEx
By MB Snow at May 8, 2013 | 12:05 am
Paul Bedard, May 7, 2013 The growing tower of Obamacare red tape flooding out of federal agencies will sock American businesses and families with nearly 200 million hours of paperwork compliance a year, a 50 percent jump in just the past three months as the administration pushes out more rules. The number of compliance hours is so staggering that three House ... Go To Article
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ABORTION:Why Was Kermit Gosnell’s Abortion Clinic Given A Pass By Oversight Agencies? | FoxNewsLatino
By MB Snow at May 7, 2013 | 12:10 am
By Grazie Pozo ChristiePublished May 06, 2013Fox News Latino Regulations for me but not for thee. A large percentage of abortion clinics in the United States are located in minority neighborhoods. My diagnostic radiology practice is too. Most of our receptionists and technicians are bilingual, although we have some that only speak Spanish. Many of us speak basic ... Go To Article
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL: Bad news just keeps coming for Obamacare | WashEx
By MB Snow at May 6, 2013 | 10:31 am
May 4, 2013 Obamacare goes fully into effect on Jan. 1, 2014, and the people who imposed it on a reluctant country -- President Obama and congressional Democrats -- are no longer celebrating their handiwork. The first prominent Democrat to wring his hands in public was Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., who two weeks ago voiced his fear that ... Go To Article
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OBAMACARE:: South Carolina House passes bill making ‘Obamacare’ implementation a crime – Washington Times
By MB Snow at May 3, 2013 | 8:04 pm
The South Carolina state House passed a bill Wednesday that declares President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to be “null and void,” and criminalizes its implementation. The state’s Freedom of Health Care Protection Act intends to “prohibit certain individuals from enforcing or attempting to enforce such unconstitutional laws; and to ... Go To Article
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THE HOUSE: CANTOR promises House vote to repeal ObamaCare soon – TheHill’sFloorAction
By MB Snow at May 3, 2013 | 11:08 am
By Pete Kasperowicz - 05/03/13 01:05 PM ET Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told House Republicans on Friday that they will soon get a chance to vote a full repeal of ObamaCare. "While we have not locked in the timing, I expect that the House will vote on full repeal of ObamaCare in the near future," he told members. Many Republicans have been eager to vote ... Go To Article
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AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM : Obamacare’s Tax Hike Train Wreck
By MB Snow at April 30, 2013 | 3:10 pm
The most destructive Obamacare tax increases are just around the bend Asked about Senator Max Baucus’s recent “train wreck” comments, President Obama today said, “A huge chunk of it [Obamacare] has already been implemented.” Unmentioned was the wave of destructive Obamacare tax increases that will begin to hit Americans during the 2014 tax filing season and ... Go To Article
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DANIEL P. KESSLER: The Coming ObamaCare Shock – WSJ
By MB Snow at April 30, 2013 | 2:34 am
OPINIONApril 29, 2013, By DANIEL P. KESSLER Millions of Americans will pay more for health insurance, lose their coverage, or have their hours of work cut back. In recent weeks, there have been increasing expressions of concern from surprising quarters about the implementation of ObamaCare. Montana Sen. Max Baucus, a Democrat, called it a "train wreck." A ... Go To Article
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