Aug 1, 2021 ~ The AMA said "U.S. jurisdictions should remove sex designation on the birth certificate." The anti-science trans hysteria has taken over the AMA even though quality medical care requires a fact based understanding of biology. Its not transphobic to acknowlege biological reality [Anti-Science, Health Care, Trans]
Aug 1, 2021 ~ Following TX Goveror Abbott's lead, FL Governor Ron DeSantis issued an Executive Order banning schools from requiring students to wear masks in the upcoming school year. Abbott and DeSantis are two of the few leaders looking out for the well being of children. [Coronavirus, Health Care]
Aug 1, 2021 ~ Karen Townsend , 'Biracial doctor demoted for objecting to BLM-inspired segregation policy, files lawsuit against hospital' "Dr. Tara Gustilo, chair of the OB-GYN dept. She "objected to a hospital policy of racially segregated care – black caregivers assigned to black patients." [BLM, Cancel Culture, Health Care, Identity Politics, Racism, Silencing]
Aug 1, 2021 ~ Katie Herzog, "Med Schools Are Now Denying Biological Sex. Professors are apologizing for saying ‘male’ and ‘female.’ Students are policing teachers... activism [is taking] over medicine." "The denial of sex doesn’t help anyone, perhaps least of all transgender patients." [Anti-Science, Cancel Culture, Health Care, Trans]
Mar 3, 2021 ~ Alabama Senate passes Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act which banns puberty-blockers, hormone therapy or surgery for children under the age of 19. [Health Care, Trans]
Nov 17, 2020 ~ NY Post exposes 'Biden Cancer Initiative' charity FRAUD. 'Tax filings reveal Biden cancer charity spent millions on salaries, zero on research' In 2 yrs, it raised $4,809,619, spent $3,070,301 on salaries, $956,196 on travel and conferences. $0 on grants for research, treatment. [Biden, Health Care]
Oct 21, 2020 ~ Vanderbilt University scientist Heather Caslin Findley says "'academic freedom' upholds white supremacy, racism, and prejudice." Also, 'higher education and healthcare and feminism and science are all built on white supremacy.' Everything is 'white supremacy' say the loons. [Anti-Science, College, Fake Racism, Feminism, Health Care]
Oct 20, 2020 ~ Average Obamacare premiums and deductibles doubled under Obama admin but thanks to Trump admin reforms, exchange premiums have fallen for the third year in a row. And new insurers entering. CMS Administrator Seema Verma, 'The President has delivered, lower cost and more choice.' [Health Care, Obamacare, Trump Win]
Jul 25, 2020 ~ The Hill 'Trump signs executive orders aimed at lowering drug prices' 'allowing states to develop plans to import cheaper drugs from Canada, eliminate a system of drug discounts known as rebates in a bid to simplify the system, and seek to make EpiPens & insulin more affordable'. [Trump Win, Health Care]
Jul 9, 2020 ~ Supreme Court upholds Trump Administration rule exempting conscientious objectors from Obamacare's birth-control and abortifacient mandate. The Little Sisters of the Poor celebrate. Biden promises if he is elected, he will restore the mandate forcing the sisters to fund abortion. [Abortion, Health Care, Obamacare, Religious Freedom, SCOTUS]
Jul 5, 2020 ~ JK Rowling speaks out for girls who she believes are being steered toward trans, 'a new kind of conversion therapy for young gay people, who are being set on a lifelong path of medicalisation that may result in the loss of their fertility and/or full sexual function.' Cancel her! [Trans, Cancel Culture, Health Care]
May 19, 2020 ~ NBC 'Seeking to secure the nation's supply of critical medications, the Trump admin. has signed a $354M contract that would create the nation's first strategic stockpile of key ingredients needed to make medicines' Navarro 'onshore its pharmaceutical production and supply chains' [Trump Win, Health Care]
Apr 28, 2020 ~ Rich Lowry, 'The Hospital Crisis of Our Making' One purpose of shutting down was to protect health care workers. But they're being laid off by the tens of thousands due to stopping 'elective' medical care. 'We had to destroy the hospitals to save them.' Unintended consequences. [Coronavirus, Economics, Health Care, Rich Lowry]
Jan 6, 2020 ~ Young voter calls Biden on what PolitiFact called 'Lie of the year'. Obama said 'if you like your plan you can keep your plan' and plans would be 'cheaper' but the voter said his dad's heath insurance cost doubled after Obamacare. Biden said 'no one did understand Obamacare.' [Biden, Health Care, Obamacare, Politics]
Jul 18, 2019 ~ As other dems tell you that you can't keep your insurance plans if you like them, Biden recycles the famous line from his own Obama, Biden administration 'If you like your plan, you can keep your plan' which just so happened to be the PolitiFact 'Lie of the Year' in 2013. [Politics, Biden, Health Care]
Jun 24, 2019 ~ Trump signs executive order requiring 'unprecedented transparency about healthcare prices'. 'American people have a right to know the price of services before they go to the doctor.' Hospitals required 'to publish prices for their services in a clear and straightforward manner.' [Trump Win, Health Care]
Jun 12, 2019 ~ California dems extend health care coverage to over 100,000 illegal immigrants becoming the first state to cover illegal adults. American citizens often struggle to make ends meet due to health care costs, but break our laws and come here illegally and you'll get it for free. [Illegal Immigration, Health Care]
Jun 1, 2019 ~ CO Gov. John Hickenlooper said 'socialism is not the answer' at a Democratic Convention. Was booed the looney left for over 30 seconds. Also got boos for saying we ought not get rid of private health insurance and promise everyone a guaranteed job. Can't be sane and a dem anymore [Silencing, Socialism, Health Care, Cancel Culture]
Mar 8, 2019 ~ The Iowa Supreme Court struck down the state's Medicaid ban on transgender surgeries. Supreme Court said Medicaid must pay for transition surgeries which can cost $100,000 as well as daily hormone drugs for life even though it is cosmetic and not 'medically necessary'. [Trans, Health Care, Entitlements]
Feb 27, 2019 ~ Kevin Williamson article, 'Health Care Is the Opposite of a Right' explains why no good or service could ever be a right. The Scandinavian countries Sanders says he models does not provide free health care. Citizens pay high out of pocket. [Health Care, Kevin Williamson, Sanders]
Feb 8, 2019 ~ Study by the CEA, Council of Economic Advisers, shows Trump's Obamacare Reforms Will Save Americans $450 Billion over 10 years - combination of individual mandate repeal, the expansion of more flexible plans like AHPs and short-term plans. [Trump Win, Health Care, Obamacare]
Feb 1, 2019 ~ Dems say the majority of Americans want Medicare For All - but support plummets to around 30% when told it would increase taxes and wait times - median time in Canada to see a GP is 20 weeks, median time to see a specialist is 39 weeks. [Health Care, Entitlements]
Feb 1, 2019 ~ Kamala Harris and other dems embrace 'Medicare for all' - no more 'if you like your insurance you can keep your insurance' which was a lie anyway - doctors and hospitals would have to take huge pay cut - long waits, would still be unaffordable. [Entitlements, Harris, Health Care]
Jan 24, 2019 ~ Ocasio-Cortez says 'I do think that a system that allows billionaires to exist when there are parts of Alabama where people are still getting ringworm because they don't have access to public health is wrong'. She decides who gets to exist. [For the record, it’s Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, Health Care]
Jan 16, 2019 ~ Over-the-Counter Contraception Is Immensely Popular. But thanks to Democrats, you can't obtain birth control pills without a prescription from a doctor. GOP has been trying to free women from unnecessary medical care to prevent pregnancy. [Health Care]
Jan 16, 2019 ~ 'Alarming' burnout is driving doctors to despair - 44% thinking of leaving the profession - biggest cited problem is the amount of data entry since digital records requirements, 45 min per patient - 'most of their day is spent typing codes' [Health Care]
Dec 31, 2018 ~ Trump enacts the Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule - starting January 1, Hospitals will have to post the price of services - The much needed transparency allows customers to comparison-shop. Will start to shame hospitals out of excessive hidden costs. [Trump Win, Health Care]
Dec 27, 2018 ~ Betsy McCaughey, 'Trump is Making Health Insurance More Affordable. Allows 'short term plans' not allowed by Obamacare. 'These plans cost 80 percent less than Obamacare on average, according to eHealth, Inc.' Blue states like NY, NJ, CA outraged they can't take advantage. [California, Health Care, Obamacare, Regulations, Trump Win]
Dec 19, 2018 ~ Walter Williams article, 'FDA Policies Kill'. Professor Williams explains why each drug delayed or not approved by the FDA can cost 100,000+ lives but they'll never get in trouble for being too cautious. They will get in big if a drug gets through that kills far less people. [Walter Williams, Health Care, Regulations]
Dec 16, 2018 ~ Stupendously Ignorant Tweet From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the $21 Trillion that the DOD wasted in 'accounting errors' could have funded 66% of Single Payer Healthcare - The DOD hasn't received $21T total over all of US History. Her ignorance knows no bounds. [For the record, it’s Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, Ocasionomics, Health Care]
Dec 16, 2018 ~ 143 left wing 'protesters' arrested outside of Pelosi's office - chanting, singing, acting like idiots - demanding we use 100% renewable energy, universal basic income and universal health care. 'gimme gimme'. Good to see these clowns harass their own side occasionally. [Loathsome Left, Climate Change, Health Care]
Nov 17, 2018 ~ Stossel analyzes the problems with 'Single Payer Health Care'. Its unaffordable, requires rationing, lines, inferior care. The longer life expectancy stats of other nations are not due to health care. They save money by freeloading off US innovation but no innovation without US. [Health Care, Economics, John Stossel]
Nov 8, 2018 ~ Hal Scherz, "The Fallacy of 'Pre-existing Conditions'" - most people have health issues that qualify as a pre-existing condition - almost all were already covered before Obamacare - there are far better options than Obamacare for those that weren't. [Health Care, Obamacare]
Oct 24, 2018 ~ Trump signs SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act - bi-partisan, passed Senate 98-1 - aimed at Opioid Epidemic - makes medical treatment for opioid addiction more widely available while also cracking down on illicit drugs. [Trump Win, Health Care]
Oct 21, 2018 ~ Dems keep pushing 'Medicare-for-All' - would be a fiscal disaster and create health care rationing - It's easy to be a democrat - just promise everything for free - doesn't matter if it is affordable or sustainable. [Health Care, Politics, Entitlements]
Oct 8, 2018 ~ Thanks to Obamacare, Health insurance deductibles have skyrocketed. Deductibles have grown by 212 percent since 2008 - eight times faster than wage growth, and 12 times faster than inflation - went from $300 to $1300 on average. [Health Care, Obamacare]
Sep 2, 2018 ~ Gavin Newsom campaigns for free health care for illegals, while Americans struggle with medical bills. Would cost CA additional $400 Million. Would bankrupt the state just like he left San Francisco deep in debt - Trump mocks, the whole world will illegally move to CA. [Illegal Immigration, Health Care]
Aug 25, 2018 ~ 2109 will be lowest increase in premiums since ObamaCare started due to Trump reforms - media predictably ignores this good news - Obamacare has already made healthcare unaffordable for many but at least the premium growth is slowing. [Health Care, Obamacare, Trump Win]
Aug 19, 2018 ~ George Will, 'The Scourge of Domestic Protectionism' - North Carolina Doctor wants to offer low cost MRIs but NC 'certificate of need' law prevents him from getting his own machine - hospitals back those regulations so they can charge 4 TIMES as much. [Regulations, Health Care]
Aug 13, 2018 ~ Justin Haskins, 'Trump Is Quietly Destroying Obamacare While Helping Millions of Americans' get off of the sinking ship of Obamacare - dems want to try to patch the leaks but it's destined to go down anyway, the best that can be done is get as many as possible off the ship [Health Care, Obamacare, Trump Win]
Aug 13, 2018 ~ Charles Blahous, 'The Fiscal Implausibility of Medicare for All' - Total annual federal health spending under M4A would be $4.2 trillion in 2022 and rise to $6.9 trillion by 2031 but even that is an underestimate - article explains reasons why [Health Care, Politics, Entitlements]
Jun 9, 2018 ~ President Trump passes 'right to try' legislation whereby terminal patients can try experimental treatments that might save their lives. Unreal that this was not already allowed. Embarrassing that liberals and democrats are against it because Trump is for it. [Trump Win, Health Care]
Jun 9, 2018 ~ 6 ways Obamacare has made things worse - premiums have more than doubled, deductibles have skyrocketed also, health care costs have risen dramatically, fewer choices, 30 million still uninsured, Medicaid rolls exploding [Entitlements, Health Care, Obamacare]
May 6, 2018 ~ Emmett Tyrrell, 'The Health Care Mountain' - Milton Friedman called it decades ago - knew health care was 'elastic' - If money and time for it are available, patients will keep going to the doctor - no wonder its become unaffordable to the country. [Health Care, Economics]
Feb 21, 2018 ~ Trump administration to allow sale of cheaper, more flexible alternatives to Obamacare - little by little keeping his promise to repeal and replace Obamacare. [Health Care, Obamacare, Trump Win]
Feb 18, 2018 ~ Foreign Freeloading To Blame For High Drug Prices - Betsy McCaughey explains that many foreign countries put price caps on drug prices meaning drug companies can only recoup their costs from the US Market making US prices much higher than they should be. Trump says 'very unfair' [Economics, Health Care]
Dec 27, 2017 ~ The GOP Tax Bill Repeals the unpopular Obamacare's Individual Mandate [Health Care, Obamacare, Trump Win]
Dec 10, 2017 ~ Obamacare continues to implode - A wave of hospital and other medical company bankruptcies have already begun with many more to come - more than triple the previous rate - democrats celebrate stopping Republicans from fixing. [Health Care, Obamacare]