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Healthcare | Missouri Political News Service - Part 10

Entries Tagged as 'Healthcare'

Pew & Rasmussen: Public Wants Obamacare Repealed

July 15th, 2010 · No Comments

STL County executive Charlie Dooley rallying the Democrat faithful at an Obamacare astroturf rally last summer. More bad news for Obamacare: Almost four months after the passage of major health care legislation, the law remains unpopular with the public. Nearly half of Americans (47%) disapprove of the health care law while just 35% approve of […]

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Quote of the Day: ‘Healthcare Must Redistribute Wealth’

July 12th, 2010 · No Comments

In an editorial, The Wall Street Journal writes today, “Among Donald Berwick’s greatest rhetorical hits is this one: ‘any health-care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must—must—redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and less fortunate.’ Count that as one more reason that President Obama made Dr. Berwick a […]

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Dem Senate Leader Criticizes Obama Administration’s Confirmation End Run

July 8th, 2010 · No Comments

The Wall Street Journal editorializes today,“White House respect for the public’s health-care views dropped another notch yesterday, if that’s possible, with its recess appointment of Donald Berwick. Circumventing Senate confirmation to appoint the new Medicare chief is part of the same political willfulness that inflicted ObamaCare on the country despite the objections of most voters. […]

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Restaurant Chains Threaten Layoffs Because of Obamacare

July 7th, 2010 · No Comments

  It’s been a few days since the last story detailing the negative consequences of President Obama’s massive, unpopular health care law, which was the costly tanning tax hitting small business owners across the country going into effect last week. But sure enough, there was another one yesterday.  The Cleveland Plain Dealer has a must-read […]

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Change You Can Believe In? Employers Forced to Make Changes to Health Plans Under New Law

June 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Apparently, not even a weekend goes by without another story revealing yet another broken promise from President Obama on his massive, unpopular health care law. During the year-long health care debate, Obama repeatedly emphasized, “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan.” At one town hall meeting in North Carolina last summer, Obama […]

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Obamacare: Government Gives With One Hand, Takes Away With The Other

June 11th, 2010 · No Comments

It wouldn’t feel right to end this week without yet another press report of yet another broken promise about the Democrats’ costly, unpopular, and ill-conceived health care law. And sure enough, Politico reports today, “No sooner than the administration dropped the first batch of $250 Medicare rebate checks in the mail, they have already run […]

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Another Revelation About Democrats Unpopular Healthcare Law

June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

Today brings yet another revelation about the faulty promises of the White House and Democrats in Congress about their unpopular health care law. Earlier this week, the CBO director Doug Elmendorf announced that contrary to the claims by President Obama, the law won’t reduce government health care expenditures.  “In fact,” Elmendorf wrote, “CBO estimated that […]

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Tags: Healthcare · STL County Executive Charlie Dooley

Another Day, Another Promise From Democrats About Unpopular Healthcare Bill

June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

Another day, another promise from Democrats about their unpopular health care bill is exposed as mere rhetoric as reality shows the opposite to be true. Throughout the health care debate last year, Americans were assured by President Obama and Democrats that their health care plans would lower health care costs and reduce government spending on […]

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Medicare Nominee Calls Britain’s National Health Service “A Global Treasure”

June 1st, 2010 · No Comments

Throughout the year-long debate on President Obama’s massive, unpopular health care bill, opponents were lectured repeatedly that concerns about it resulting in rationing and decreases in the quality of care were ill-founded. Those are well-known hallmarks of the health care system in Britain, the National Health Service. But we’re now learning about the views of […]

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HHS Sends Obamacare Propaganda to Seniors

May 28th, 2010 · No Comments

  In a must-read editorial today, The Wall Street Journal blasts the Health and Human Services Department for its taxpayer-funded mailer touting the supposed benefits for Medicare under Democrats’ new health care law: “In the full-circle department, recall the moment last September when Senator Max Baucus and Medicare went after the insurer Humana for having […]

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