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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2009
With one of the world’s lowest live-birth rates in the world (1.19%, far below the replacement rate), South Korea now appears to be concerned, albeit financially, about the hundreds of thousands of illegal abortions being performed each year. From The Examiner:
In what seems to be an ironic turn of events, South Korea has discovered that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2009
Mike Cannon at the Cato Institute smells gimmickery in the Democrats” health care reform proposals. Principle gimmicks include massive spending for ten years beginning in 2014, and in not calculating the individual and corporate costs of mandating health care insurance. You can read the rest of the story here.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2009
From The Washington Examiner:
. . . on Page 122 of the 2,079-page bill, the secretary [of Health and Human Services] is given the power to establish “the basic per enrollee, per month cost, determined on average actuarial basis, for including coverage under a qualified health care plan.”
The HHS secretary would also have the power to [...]
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves the Church as an editor at the denomination's publishing house. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Health Care Ethics at Creighton University. He is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas? and How Do You Start a Fire with Water? and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.