Bioethike

Health care rationing, ultimately an effect of any attempt at socialized medicine, inevitably includes care limitations for those determined least likely to benefit from treatment. That usually includes the elderly and those with lifelong illnesses or injuries, including some of our true American heroes, our veterans. From The Christian Post: The nation’s largest faith-based organization [...]

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While this opinion piece is really worth the entire read, I’ll skip to the end. From The Wall Street Journal: Right now Mr. Obama’s gift is his curse, a Congress dominated by his party. While the country worries about the economy and two wars, the Democrats of Congress are preoccupied with the idea that this [...]

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Trusting that August was still a good month to go back into the water, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today switched from her “public option: not essential” belly flop on Sunday back to supporting the President. Noted Talk Radio News Service today, Speaking at the US Administration on Aging’s annual Senior Medicare Patrol [...]

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Warning: Dramamine required. House Democrats insisted today that the “public option” (read, socialized medicine) is an essential part of Obamacare. Notes Bloomberg: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said a health-care overhaul should include a government-run insurance program, reiterating her backing for the plan after an administration official suggested the president may back down.“There is strong support [...]

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As I noted below, comments made by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on CNN’s Sunday “State of the Union” program seemed to indicate that the administration was willing to compromise on the “public option” (a government alternative to private insurance companies, i.e. socialized medicine) of Obama’s health care agenda. Not so according to former DNC Chairman [...]

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Echoing the president’s comments yesterday signaling that the public option “is not the entirety of health care reform,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius indicated this morning on CNN’s “State of the Union” that a government-run program “isn’t essential” to Obama’s health care initiative.  Reports Bloomberg: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said [...]

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Some have questioned whether or not abortion, since it is not specifically mentioned, would be covered by the health care proposal now making its way through Congress. The Family Research Council has six proofs that it is covered: 1. The House bill specifically includes it. The Capps amendment explicitly allows abortion coverage in the public [...]

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From Craigslist: Grassroots Campaigns is currently hiring staff to work on Planned Parenthood Action Fund Campaigns in Chicago. Planned Parenthood is working to protect women’s rights and to make sure that family planning and reproductive health services are available to everyone who wants and needs them. This past election Planned Parenthood worked to get one [...]

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Listen carefully to the president’s remarks about diabetics and amputation: And now read the August 12 press release from the American College of Surgeons: The American College of Surgeons is deeply disturbed over the uninformed public comments President Obama continues to make about the high-quality care provided by surgeons in the United States. When the [...]

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