Notes Michigan House Republicans prohibited state Rep. Lisa Brown (D) from speaking on the floor after she ended a speech against a bill restricting abortions by referencing her female anatomy, the Detroit News reports.Unfurl
NotesAlthough current talk of national healthcare may seem new and revolutionary, it is far from the first time this issue has received national attention. Long before last yearâs debate on national healthcare, prior to the healthcare discussions posed by Hillary Clinton in the 1990s, concerns over rising costs and the provision of healthcare in the United States generated attention in the late 1960s.Unfurl
NotesThis is the true âbombâ contained in Obamacare and the one item that will have more impact on the future of how medical care is paid for in this country than anything weâve seen in quite some time. Indeed, it is this aspect of the law that represents the true âdeath panelâ found in Obamacareâbut not one that is going to lead to the death of American consumers. Rather, the medical loss ratio will, ultimately, lead to the death of large parts of the private, for-profit health insurance industry.
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If you believe that the end of private, for-profit health insurance is some type of nefarious step towards a socialist society, then you might want to attend church this Sunday to mourn the loss of health insurers being able to worm out of covering the bills of a cancer patient because she forgot to write down on her application that she had skin acne for three months when she was a teenager.FeedUnfurl
Notes"Senate hopeful Sue Lowdenâs plan for Healthcare reform is to barter chickens for medical procedures. But you may be unsure how many chickens are required for your medical care. This handy calculator converts many common procedures into chickens so you wonât look like an idiot at your next Doctorâs Appointment. "Unfurl
Notes"Republicans were for President Barack Obama's requirement that Americans get health insurance before they were against it.<br />
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The obligation in the new health care law is a Republican idea that's been around at least two decades. It was once trumpeted as an alternative to Bill and Hillary Clinton's failed health care overhaul in the 1990s. These days, Republicans call it government overreach."Unfurl
Notes"As a candidate for his party's gubernatorial nomination, Cox has every right to pander to the Tea Party adherents many believe will play a decisive role in August's Republican primary. As Michigan's top law enforcement officer, he should know better than to pursue his specious claim that Congress has exceeded its constitutional authority."Unfurl
Notes"For todayâs G.O.P. is, fully and finally, the party of Ronald Reagan â not Reagan the pragmatic politician, who could and did strike deals with Democrats, but Reagan the antigovernment fanatic, who warned that Medicare would destroy American freedom. Itâs a party that sees modest efforts to improve Americansâ economic and health security not merely as unwise, but as monstrous. Itâs a party in which paranoid fantasies about the other side â Obama is a socialist, Democrats have totalitarian ambitions â are mainstream. And, as a result, itâs a party that fundamentally doesnât accept anyone elseâs right to govern. "Unfurl
Notes"Republican leaders chose not to draft their own comprehensive bill, focusing instead on attacking Democrats' plans as too costly and bureaucratic. Some prominent Republicans now fear they are getting tagged as the "party of no," and they want the GOP to offer more solutions to the nation's health care problems."Unfurl
Notes"This problem is made worse by the fact that actually paying for your health care is a loss from an insurersâ point of view â they actually refer to it as âmedical costs.â This means both that insurers try to deny as many claims as possible, and that they try to avoid covering people who are actually likely to need care. Both of these strategies use a lot of resources, which is why private insurance has much higher administrative costs than single-payer systems. And since thereâs a widespread sense that our fellow citizens should get the care we need â not everyone agrees, but most do â this means that private insurance basically spends a lot of money on socially destructive activities."Unfurl
Walter P. Reuther on National Healthcare - Walter P. Reuther Library
The Bomb Buried In Obamacare Explodes Today-Hallelujah! - Forbes
Republicans lay groundwork for healthcare repeal (Noam N. Levey/Los Angeles Times)