Category Archives: Healthcare

White House Quietly Admits Joe Wilson Was Correct. Wait, What?

In the wee hours of Friday night, at the end of a long Friday, the rememberence of September 11th, and going into a weekend of protests – from which Obama did his best Holy Grail impersonation – the White House made a very quiet hush hush admission The White House tonight is providing the below clarification on what […]

Paul Krugman Vs Sarah Palin On Health Care

Oh, my, with Congress back in session doing things to restrict and mess up our lives (unless you are basically a ward of Los Federales. Then you get free big screen TVs), it is getting hot and heavy in the opinion pages. Let’s start with Krugman But what is one to make of the practical, […]

The Next Stupid Health Reform Idea: Fees On Insurance Companies

Once again, Democrats are proving that they do not understand the free market nor the law of consequences A leading U.S. senatorseeking to forge agreement on healthcare reform will put forward a plan that includes sweeping insurance market changes and a fee on companies that will help pay to cover the uninsured, a source familiar […]

Steny Hoyer: “There’s No Way I Can Vote For This Craptacular Health Bill”

Of course, he didn’t actually say that, but, that is the meaning A participant at the town hall meeting that was held in Waldorf, Md., asked Hoyer if he believed the health care bill would cause a “tax increase or an increase to the deficit?” “Neither,” Hoyer replied. “The fact of the matter is, though,” he added, a […]

Execution Of Policy Tanking? Give A Speech, Sparky!

So, after outsourcing the health care insurance something or other out to Congress, and seeing it tank badly because people realize that this is neither the policy nor change they really wanted, El Presidente Sparky goes back to the only thing he truly knows how to do, give a speech! President Barack Obama is considering […]

Is Prostate Cancer Screening Going Overboard?

That’s the question that ABC News, as well as others, are asking, after a new report has come out Routine screening for prostate cancer has resulted in more than 1 million U.S. men being diagnosed with tumors who might otherwise have suffered no ill effects from them, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They said prostate […]

Betsy Markey Tells The Truth In Front Of Large Astroturf Audience

I bet Betsy got a few ugly calls from folks like Nancy Pelosi and Rom Emanuel after this little bit of “woops, I told the truth” Some people, including Medicare recipients, will have to give up some current benefits to truly reform the nation’s health-care system, Rep. Betsy Markey told a gathering of constituents in […]

Big Bottomed Girls Safer From Hip Injuries

Bubble butts rejoice! (and, before I get outrage, I could stand to lose about 20, and I tend to accumulate it in my butt) A major decline in the proportion of Canadians suffering hip fractures may be partly due to people weighing more and having bigger buttocks, researchers say. The additional weight provides more cushioning […]

“Say, About That Appendix We Said We Removed…..”

Just another day under British government health blockage After weeks of excruciating pain, Mark Wattson was understandably relieved to have his appendix taken out. Doctors told him the operation was a success and he was sent home. But only a month later the 35-year-old collapsed in agony and had to be taken back to Great […]

Southern Governors Ask About ObamaCare Costs, Enter Underwear Gnome Episode

What does it say about a United States President and his administration that the best explanation for their ideas and plans can be explained by watching the South Park underwear gnome episode? Well, nothing good. Case in point Governors from across the South told President Barack Obama’s health care reform czar Monday they need to […]

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