Topic: obama
Just when you thought their noses couldn't grow any more, Obama and Sebelius are tag teaming their way to blaming someone else for problems they caused. Rising health insurance premiums can't be blame ... moreUpdate: Florida pastor says imam lied to him about Ground Zero mosque deal: Original post If this doesn't make you fist-slamming, foot-stomping, mad as hell, nothing will. This guy planning to build ... more
I just finished reading Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott's Manchurian President. I have only one thing to say about it - read it. It will leave you slack-jawed. As pointed out in Front Page Magazine ... more
The Associated Press: "Even if Republicans succeed beyond any current predictions and capture both the Senate and the House, they wouldn't have enough GOP votes to overcome President Barack Obama's ve ... more
Favored treatment for Muslims, courtesy of Obama's Departiment of Justice, paid for by U.S. Taxpayers, and targeting anti-Muslim behavior and speech. It's essentially sharia law here in the U.S. - imp ... more
Irfan Al-Alawi, of the Center for Islamic Pluralism (which appears to be an organization of genuinely moderate Muslims), offers a surprisingly critical, must-read, commentary on Barack Obama, the "Gro ... more
Worthy of mention is that although General Petraeus has expressed his concern over the Florida evangelical church vowing to burn the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary (which I personally do not approve o ... more
The Annals of Internal Medicine published an article ( see here for full text) authored by three current or former members of the Obama administration .It is difficult to consider it anything other t ... more
Full disclosure: several years ago, I had the privilege of being interviewed by the NY Times' Reed Abelson, a very nice lady. She apparently has (or shares) the "health beat" for the "Paper of Record, ... more
As the old saying goes, there's none so blind as those that will not see. Such is the case today with Richard Cohen at the Washington Post, in which he clearly recognizes that Barack Obama's presidenc ... more
As DBDP points out, the Obama administration's concern about a planned September 11 Koran burning by the Dove World Outreach Center, in Gainesville, Florida, by Pastor Terry Jones. However, somehow ko ... more
David Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, says that he is encouraged over America's reaction to the Groun ... more
Americans ought to take a break from their labor day activities, long enough to reflect on the kind of people their day off from work and our president are celebrating: [...] To mark Labor Day 2010, ... more
Under Obamacare, the folks in Washington are given the task of finding ways to make health care more affordable. Medicare Chief Donald Berwick, a fan of Brittain #39;s failing National Health Service, ... more
News outlets are following the politics and rhetoric surrounding the new health law. NPR reports on six myths perpetuated by some critics of the law. They include: the law helps President ... more
�Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the funding of a project in New York that will improve wastewater services for the Village of Monticello, create construction jobs and support co ... more
Stella Paul suggests at The American Thinker that this video could very well depict the future of Ground Zero, should the Ground Zero mosque/Muslim community center be allowed to go forward. Watch the ... more
You really gotta hear this to believe it. Former liberal and Acorn Whistleblower Anita Moncrief talks about how Obama and Acorn rigged elections all over the country. She even says she has the Obama c ... more
Members of the Prostate Cancer Roundtable, consisting of America's Leading Prostate Cancer Organizations, are asking President Obama to place a blue ribbon on the White House and light the White House ... more
If an editorial in Arutz Sheva is even close to correctly assessing the likelihood of Obama's attempt to force the Israelis to accept terrorists as peace partners being successful, the Left's messiah ... more
As Ed Morrissey suggests over at Hot Air, with the economy continuing to deteriorate during what was suppose to be "Recovery Summer," and jobs growth slipping ever further behind the number of new wor ... more
Sitting here slack-jawed and scratching my head, I can't help but wonder why the President of the United States and the Democrats in Congress completely ignore a Mexican invasion of the sovereign U.S. ... more
Spiff points out over at Red County that the Lamestream media is all abuzz with headlines gleefully screaming: Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe. Yet, while Maricopa County Sheriff Joe A ... more
An "October Surprise" is coming, for sure. We know it is, these are Chicago-machine style politicians we're dealing with at the WH. So it's a good thing that, via Hugh Hewitt, Jim Geraghty "the Indis ... more
U.S., Other Countries Must Develop Strategy To Ensure Honest, Transparent Pakistani Rebuilding A Washington Post editorial encouraging the U.S. to generously support Pakistan as it recovers from ... more
Some airplane reading, catching up with RSS Feeds on a program that is one of my "favorite things", Netnewswire. File under: What happens when you forget to add value to the customer. From Phillip Mil ... more
The Wall Street Journal: "The Obama administration asked a federal judge Tuesday to allow the government to continue funding embryonic stem-cell research while a case challenging the program makes its ... more
"In a true peace it is impossible that a purely Jewish state of Palestine can endure. . . . In a true peace, Israel will, in our lifetimes, become one more Arab country, with a Jewish minority" - Imam ... more
Obama Administration Appeals Judge's Order Banning Stem Cell Research Cough Medicine Ingredient May Get New Restrictions: FDA Diabetes Top Reason for Vietna ... more
The tangible effects of some early-arriving health overhaul policies are beginning to surface. The Wall Street Journal: "Almost 2,000 employers and unions will be eligible to submit retirees' medical ... more
Kaiser Health News: Public support for the new health law slipped in August, "a development sure to stir concerns among the Obama administration and congressional Democrats seeking to shore up support ... more
Why is it and how is it that liberals, especially prominent media hosts, equate Christian violence with Muslim violence. While I've often wondered this myself, but have always placed the blame on stup ... more
If you thought it was bad enough that the Feds are providing tax-exemption status for mosques to send money to Hamas, you'll be even more p**sed off to learn that the Obama administration is paying fo ... more
The Los Angeles Times: Obama administration officials at a meeting in Los Angeles Thursday touted their efforts to crack down on health care fraud, "saying quickly expanding criminal enterprises are c ... more
We need policy that allows the research to proceed, with federal dollars and with appropriate oversight.By Margaret AndersonExecutive Director, FasterCuresOn August 23, a federal judge blocked NIH fro ... more
The Obama administration has touted the report as proof that the health system overhaul is helping Medicare's finances. ... more
by Jaan Sidorov, MDAccording to the Washington Post, it is highly unlikely that Congress will undo the planned #8220;sustainable growth rate formula #8221; (SGR) mandated Medicare fee schedule cuts ... more
Doug Farrago is a family physician in Maine, and the editor of the entertaining Placebo Journal.He uses his Placebo Journal media platform to show his audience what primary care is all about. In this ... more
For seniors addicted to smoking mdash; whether they got that way from a YouTube video or not mdash; Medicare is expanding its coverage to include tobacco-cessation counseling for those who haven €™t ... more
If you guessed that's a no brainer, you're absolutely right As a group, Muslim Americans give Barack Hussein Obama the highest job approval rating of any major religion.: A new Gallup Poll of 275,00 ... more
Readers will be doing themselves a favor by taking the take the time to watch David Beamer, father of Flight 93 hero the late Todd Beamer, articulate in this You Tube Video what concernsan increasing ... more
In yet another disgraceful act of the Obama "Department of Social Justice," the Washington Post reports that the feds are "shelving" prosecution of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged coordinator of ... more
The Hill: "The Obama administration on Wednesday expanded Medicare to cover more seniors hoping to kick their tobacco habits." Previously, Medicare rules allowed the program to cover tobacco-related c ... more
Newspapers across the country published editorials reacting to U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth's recent ruling challenging the legality of the Obama administration's guidelines allowing feder ... more
The Obama administration's "recovery summer" continues to roll down hill at an ever-increasing rate. Now the AP is reporting that one in 10 American households with a mortgage is at risk of foreclosur ... more
Your boss may be a jerk and life at the office may really suck, but at least you don't suffer the kinds of physical abuse that many foreign workers do in Saudia Arabia: A Saudi couple tortured their ... more
Since 2004, CIMIT has partnered with longtime MIT mechanical engineer and professor Alex Slocum to offer the MIT 2.75 fall-term class. With the goal of engaging graduate students and accelerating i ... more
If you like your Medicare Plan D (prescription drug coverage), too bad, you will probably have to make a change come next year.So much for Obama #39;s promise that "if you like your plan you can keep ... more
The Department of Justice on Tuesday said it would appeal a U.S. District Court ruling that challenged the legality of the Obama administration's guidelines allowing federal funding for embryonic stem ... more
Experts say judge's injunction on using federal funds effectively halts work in labs across the country ... more
On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction that prohibits NIH from funding embryonic stem cell research under the new guidelines issued by the Obama Administra ... more
Obama administration officials say economic forces unleashed by healthcare reform will accelerate the trend toward physicians becoming hospital employees and joining large group practices. Medscape ... more
As Drew aptly warns over at Ace's, if you're on blood pressure medication, be sure you take it before reading this. If one took the time to count the number of jaw-dropping moments in the past 10 adm ... more
Joint Replacement Company Warned About Illegal Marketing: FDA Judge Calls Halt to Obama Policy to Expand Stem Cell Research Doctors Puzzled Over Muscle Dama ... more
The New York Times: "The Obama administration is rewriting new rules on medical privacy after an outpouring of criticism from consumer groups and members of Congress who say the rules do not adequatel ... more
On Friday, President Obama updated his pending fiscal year 2011 HHS budget request to include $400 million more for HIV/AIDS programs, high-risk insurance pools and health worker training, CQ HealthBe ... more
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced more than $32 million in FY 2010 funds to increase access to health care for Americans living in rural areas. The funds reach across seven programs administer ... more
John Derbyshire makes it clear at The Corner that Obama's lying, immigration law-breaking, Aunt Zeituni Onyango that's been living off the American taxpayers was granted asylum in the U.S.A. three mo ... more
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, responded to today's announcement by the Obama Administration that it will allocate $30 million in funding to address the nation ... more
Yep, it is indeed all about priorities - and for Barack Obama that means putting for a bogey trumping being the Commander in Chief ... or being the Christian he claims to be by going to church on Sun ... more
It turns out there's tapes, and if they're everything they're purported to be, they prove that all the crap about the GZ mosque being about building bridges and the so-calledimam behind it being a mod ... more
by Jeffrey Hall Dobken, MDHard choices and healthcare reform are here. Donald Berwick, M.D., has been installed as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services as a €œrece ... more
Forever on the campaign trail, in his cutesy attempt to be like the rest of us by giving a speech at the North Side home of architect Joe Weithman in Columbus, Ohio - our Fuhrer unsurprisingly attribu ... more
The AP reports on a Pew poll showing Americans increasingly are convinced -- "incorrectly" (?) -- that President Barack Obama is a Muslim, and a growing number are thoroughly confused about his religi ... more
When I first saw the title over at Ace's, I thought it had to be satire. After all, one would logically assume that there would be calls into the funding behind the GZ mosque, and not even a loony, f ... more
The Los Angeles Times: "The Obama administration is sending $1-million grants to state insurance regulators to help increase oversight of rising health insurance premiums, a key step in implementing t ... more
Double standard for big pharma bribes By Shelley DuBois, reporterAugust 17, 2010: 11:44 AM ETFORTUNE -- Legally, of course, companies can't bribe anyone to do anything, whether the kickback is takin ... more
Double standard for big pharma bribes By Shelley DuBois, reporterAugust 17, 2010: 11:44 AM ETFORTUNE -- Legally, of course, companies can't bribe anyone to do anything, whether the kickback is takin ... more
As the old saying goes, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. And for the millions of American taxpayers that had to sit and watch the Obama administration use their money to essentially take General ... more
Apparently, the clueless dhimmi liberals are still digging deep to find some rationale for their support of the proposed mosque just a 600 yards from ground zero - the latest ploy in behalf of Islamis ... more
In a clear case of a union being unhappy with facts and attacking the messenger for lack of an excuse for its members' ineptitude, the Los Angeles Times is facing a boycott from the city's teachers un ... more
A study of the disclosure-and-offer program at the University of Michigan gives impetus to the Obama administration's search for a way to resolve malpractice cases speedily and fairly outside of court ... more
First of all, it's a staff report from a Republican - Rep. Darrell Issa, (Calif.), the ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, so keep this in mind - it's not a b ... more
From the Republican Study Committee (via Nice Deb), we have the best comunicator, Ronald Reagan, telling America just why we need to rid Congress of Democratic control: "Those Voices Don't Speak For T ... more
News outlets covered various conflicts about how to interpret the new health law. Kaiser Health News, in collaboration with USA Today, reports on insurers who are defending less generous "l ... more
Pat Buchanan, on Nancy Pelosi's rush to pass recent $26 billion stimulus that could not wait until September, and the Democrats putting government first: [...] If you would know where the heart of the ... more
When I read the first paragraph of Timothy Carney's Washington Times column today, I thought it was satire. Unfortunately, it's not. Apparently, the least transparent "transparent" administration in r ... more
Yesterday we posted on two pieces by pundits addressing the ruling class elite's overreach, one by Peter Kirsanow at NRO in which he wrote of the contempt for ordinary Americans displayed by the rulin ... more
In so many words, more or less. This just goes to show you the delusional state of mind liberals are in these days, best exemplified by not only AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka but even the premise ... more
As Dan Riehl points out, this is the guy who was going to be the big difference for his party in the mid-terms, and, along with Pelosi and Reid convinced fellow Democrats to jump over a political clif ... more
The New York Times: The Obama administration is investigating widespread practices that don't pay nurses and other employees at hospitals and nursing homes properly for overtime they work. "Hospitals ... more
More on the ongoing skirting and breaking of the law at the Obama/Holder Department of (in)Justice -- the shenanigans go FAR beyond the Black Panther case: From the Washington Times (via Quinn Hilly ... more
On Saturday, news outlets covered President Barack Obama's weekly address. This week the topic was Medicare. The Washington Post: "President Obama on Saturday took credit for placing Medica ... more
The Washington Post reports on the Obama administration's efforts "to bring thousands of young primary care doctors to underserved areas ... and keep them there. The administration recently invested ... more
The Wall Street Journal: Health insurance companies are moving to help doctors and hospitals adopt electronic medical records with subsidies, bonuses for adoption and, in some cases, digital products ... more
The Associated Press: While President Barack Obama "has set a high priority on battling health care fraud and waste" in Medicare, private contractors are slow in referring cases to law enforcement. " ... more
CQ Weekly Reports On Advocates' Response To Obama Administration's Domestic, Global HIV/AIDS Efforts
Victor Davis Hanson manages to succinctly identify the real problem with Michelle Obama's lavish vacations: The problem with Michelle Obama's Marabella-to-Martha's-Vineyard August is not that the fir ... more
After rumors arose last week of the Obama administration's "Hail Mary plan" to forgive portions of the principal in underwater mortgages at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Rasmussen decided to poll on the ... more
Two recently released projections of what Obama Care (PPACA aka ACA) will do paint different pictures.The paper by the Medicare Trustees take the provisions as written,assume that the provisions will ... more
The Obama Administration awarded $159.1 million in grants for training of nurses and geriatric specialists. The Washington Post: "The grants, which include new and continuing funding, build on multimi ... more
The Obama administration in July unveiled an HIV/AIDS strategy that aims to reduce HIV infections and provide better care to people living with HIV. ... more
As Frank Ross points out over at Big Journalism, you know things are tough all over when even the media start noticing what's wrong with this picture... Roger Simon puts the Obama's lifestyle and M ... more
I read something the other day that blew my mind! Something unbelievably difficult to believe, really.We all know the health of our society is just plummeting. Obesity... oh, my, check this out an ... more
A company chosen by Massachusetts to provide health coverage for immigrants has few doctors who accept new patients, researchers said on Wednesday, saying this could indicate what may happen under hea ... more
The Obama administration announced "Recovery Summer" in June to highlight the expected gains in jobs and economic strength resulting from the stimulus. But as J.D. Foster quips at NRO, maybe next summ ... more
First Lady Michelle Obama recently disclosed her tendency to undergo "an occasional dietary €™cleanse €™" to clear her palate and change her mindset" to Women €™s Home Journal (WHJ). ... more
I've been wondering how long it would take for the blogosphere and the media to begin to heat up more critically over the Obama's lavish lifestyle and frequent vacations, at least to the point that ev ... more
In the category of a "please tell me it isn't so," there's a rumor from James Pethokoukis that the increasingly frantic White House is scheming to partially bail out people with underwater mortgages ( ... more
News reports cover the progress and challenges of rolling out the sweeping health overhaul law. Associated Press: Health care reform hits another milestone next month, with new provisions t ... more
The Kansas City Star: "Missouri law now contains a direct challenge to the federal health care law passed earlier this year. Primary voters approved Proposition C by a wide margin Tuesday. ... The mea ... more
During a gathering of over 100 young African business and civil leaders at the White House on Tuesday, President Barack Obama "urged [them] to help spur economic development and fight corruption, dise ... more
Missouri voters sent Barack Obama and the Democrats in Washington a loud and clear message yesterday by voting no to Obamacare's mandate: About 71 percent of Missouri voters backed a ballot measure, P ... more
The Hill: A report issued Monday by the Obama administration found that the new health care law "will save Medicare $8 billion by the end of 2011, and $575 billion over the next decade, largely by imp ... more
Missouri voters Tuesday are weighing in on a ballot measure that would ban laws from requiring people to have insurance in a vote that is sure to send a political message but may not have much legal i ... more
Call me slack-jawed and amazed at the outlandishness of our federal government. Apparently the one and only reason the Department of Justice went after universities that took part in an experimental p ... more
I don't recall anyone electing this Michelle Obama to give us her two-cents worth, do you? Nevertheless, she's givin' it, and she wants to liberate parents from their basic fundamental role of feedin ... more
The White House says the new health law will save Medicare about $8 billion by the end of next year and $575 billion during the rest of the decade, according to a new report the Obama administration i ... more
Republicans may not have the numbers to repeal the health overhaul, even after the election, but they are increasingly likely to try to "deny the Obama administration the money it needs to implement t ... more
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is trying to soothe the fiscal and administrative concerns of officials in states who have considerable power in implementing the nation's attempt ... more
I suspect we will be hearing more and more about paying for "quality" since the recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to be the head of CMS. His views on central planning of medical care are the ... more
by Edward Pullen, MD Since 1997 the number of US medical students choosing to go into primary care has decreased by more than 50%. It seems that sources as diverse as the Obama Admini ... more
Philip Klein points out over at American Spectator that both the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Congressional Budget Office have said that the Obama administration cannot claim tha ... more
Mondoreb has an interesting piece over at DBKP discussing Barack Obama's obsession with controlling the Internet - just one of the many power grabs in Obama's multi-faceted attacks on our freedoms - a ... more
Yesterday, President Obama delivered a major speech on education in an effort to garner support for his Race to the Top grant program and his push for national education standards and tests. As the He ... more
Obama can run his "Recovery Summer" tour around the country claiming "the stimulus worked" all he wants, but it doesn't change the facts. As AJStrata points out, contrary to those lame brain fools ( ... more
Media outlets continued to reflect on news from the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010, which attracted over 19,000 participants from 197 countries to Vienna last week, according to the conferenc ... more
Health insurers have started to back down "on their decision to pull out of the child-only coverage market after the Obama administration addressed their concerns about the potential damage to their b ... more
If you harbor any doubt whatsoever as to the extent that the Obama administration is egregiously determined to go in order to preserve and extend the nation's de facto amnesty, think again. Via NRO ... more
Despite various legislative and courtroom setbacks, FTC commish Jon Leibowitz insists there is reason to be optimistic that so-called pay-to-delay deals may soon be a thing of the past. In testimony t ... more
Last week, several public interest groups filed a complaint with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights alleging the Obama Administration €™s US trade policy violates international huma ... more
House Passes War Supplemental Spending Bill; Includes Fund For Haiti The House on Tuesday passed a $59 billion war supplemental spending bill by a vote of 308-114, which will now be sent to Presi ... more
Robert Spencer, on U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron's endorsement of Turkish membership of the EU while in Turkey yesterday, and Cameron's joining the "very long line of Western politicians who assu ... more
Victor Davis Hanson discusses why the president's poll numbers have declined: [...] According to a popular myth, President Obama's declining poll numbers are a consequence of his failure to be libera ... more
Federal judge Susan Bolton has issued a temporary restraining order against the most controversial portions of the Arizona immigration-enforcement law. Although her ruling keeps much of the Arizona la ... more
Some advocacy groups that traditionally oppose abortion rights but were divided on health care reform are now trying to influence the re-election of Democrats, who oppose abortion rights and voted for ... more
Go here to see the labyrinth of provisions, regulations, deadlines,subsides and cross subsidies from the hundreds of thousands of words from PPACA that will transform American medicine. Read through ... more
Nothing lasts forever, even in the LaLa world of Washington. The land where money seemingly grows on tree #39;s has at least for now seen a halt in reckless spending. U.S. workers who lost their jobs ... more
As America slowly moves towards full government-run health care, rationing, and the destruction of the bond and relationship between the patient and his/her doctor, Britain, a country with a long expe ... more
Update: Rusty Shackleford points out: [The] Obama [Administration] Didn't Green Light Lockerbie Bomber's Release -- But it Looks like the BP Oil Deal Exchange Theory is True:... it looks like they kn ... more
Star Parker asks a question that I've been thinking about ever since the NAACP first started accusing the Tea Party of being racist: Why is race suddenly the hot topic of national discourse? [..] Acc ... more
Via Ed Morrissey at Hot Wir, while Mexico likes to blame its gun violence on the US, and gun-control advocates love to repeat the canard that 90% of the weapons in Mexico come from the US. (although ... more
The First Lady will be vacationing in Spain on a "private visit" with friends (emphasis added):Michelle Obama has reserved about 30 rooms for herself and her daughter, their friends and bodyguards at ... more
The Obama administration plan does not propose significant increases in HIV/AIDS funding but instead calls for better coordination of existing resources. ... more
Several public interest groups will file a complaint today with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights alleging that the Obama Administration #8217;s US trade policy violates internatio ... more
As though we needed further evidence that the liberal media is deep in the tank for their 'messiah' and that there really was a vast liberal media conspiracy to defend Barack Obama in 2008, now we lea ... more
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) supports the federal regulations issued on July 14 requiring new private health plans to provide free preventive health services to thei ... more
"With the AIDS epidemic still spreading rapidly around the globe, public health programs have to use their resources a lot more effectively," the New York Times writes in an editorial. New strategies ... more
Abortion-rights advocates are criticizing an Obama administration decision to prohibit most abortion coverage in the state-run, high-risk insurance pools set up under the federal health reform law (PL ... more
An essay that is receiving much attention as it should is available here .The author is Angelo M. Codevilla, a professor emeritus from Boston University. His characterizations of the" Ruling Class" a ... more
Simple: When it's a tax.If that's difficult to follow, don't be alarmed - our esteemed leaders in DC can't seem to keep it straight, either:"When Congress required most Americans to obtain health insu ... more
The Christian Science Monitor: Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee want more information on if Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan would recuse herself from considering a health reform case be ... more
News outlets report on abortion coverage restrictions in state high-risk pools. "Elective abortion services will not be covered in state high-risk pools set up to provide coverage for sick people who ... more
Sanofi-aventis Group, a pharmaceutical company, said that the health system in Turkey was better than the one in the United States. Sanofi-aventis Group Turkey Director Olivier Guillaume told the A.A ... more
Sanofi-aventis Group, a pharmaceutical company, said that the health system in Turkey was better than the one in the United States. Sanofi-aventis Group Turkey Director Olivier Guillaume told the A.A ... more
The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) praises first lady Michelle Obama, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and Dr. Jill Biden for their support of new HHS regulati ... more
The government run health insurance plan for seniors continues to lose money every year and fraud continues unabated. The Miami Herald reports that Florida has become the Medicare fraud capital of th ... more
As incredible and ridiculous as it sounds, Dear Leader is indeed taking what everyone knows is undeserved credit for capping the oil. The first clue was his striking change of pronouns - the "I" (he a ... more
by Glenn Laffel, MD, PhD The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts that by 2025, the US health system will have 46,000 fewer primary care physicians than it needs. If the ... more
Pandering to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender lobbyists, the Mass. legislature not only increased funding for the GLBT agenda, but did so ONLY for this group, and at the expense of most othe ... more
The recommendations of a federal task force on preventive care - once just suggestions for doctors - will soon become coverage requirements for private insurers under regulations unveiled Wednesday by ... more
The Obama administration's strategy to combat HIV/AIDS in the U.S. will use new communication methods, such as social media and medically accurate school-based programs, to address the epidemic, Reute ... more
Via Jim Foster, Ed Morrissey points to the latest survey by the Democratic Party-affiliated polling firm PPP that pits President Obama against five potential Republican challengers. Obama's best perfo ... more
Martha Rosenberg - Writer Pfizer is best known for Lipitor, a drug that brings cholesterol down and Viagra, a drug that brings other things up.But the "world's largest research-based pharmaceutica ... more
Martha Rosenberg - Writer Pfizer is best known for Lipitor, a drug that brings cholesterol down and Viagra, a drug that brings other things up.But the "world's largest research-based pharmaceutica ... more
During a Wednesday news conference, the Obama administration unveiled regulations for implementing provisions of the new health that will require insurers to fully pay for some preventive services... ... more
In the run-up to ObamaCare©, we were promised that abortions would not be covered. This made sense, since it's not a medically necessary procedure, and because it would constitute an end-run around t ... more
Wednesday afternoon, Obama administration officials will announce new rules on preventive services that new health plans must cover without cost-sharing practices, such as charging copayments, under t ... more
"The national strategy for combatting HIV and AIDS the Obama administration released Tuesday credits the Bush-era international campaign against AIDS for setting clear targets and ensuring a variety o ... more
Finding My Way To Electronic Health Records The New England Journal Of Medicine Having lost the Bayou Clinic three times, I knew we had to have a better way of practicing. I needed to find a way to de ... more
During a Wednesday news conference, the Obama administration unveiled regulations for implementing provisions of the new health that will require insurers to fully pay for some preventive services. ... more
On Wednesday, July 14, the Obama Administration joined medical professionals and leaders from the health community to announce preventive health care coverage made available under the Affordable Care ... more
The Associated Press: "President Barack Obama said Tuesday a new strategy for combating HIV and AIDS fulfills America's obligation to stopping the spread of the virus and rooting out the inequities an ... more
On Wednesday, July 14, the Obama Administration joined medical professionals and leaders from the health community to announce preventive health care coverage made available under the Affordable Care ... more
Obamacrap is coming and with that comes new benefits. The folks at Google News provide some insight into upcoming changes.First lady Michelle Obama is announcing better health insurance coverage for p ... more
Victor Davis Hanson makes the point that we've arrived at the point where we've got an unpopular president trying to convince the wary, time-out private sector that what he said so emphatically in the ... more
When I see the words "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show," I don't think of Neil Diamond (although I'm a big fan of his music), I immediately think of Barack Obama. I think of Obama out on his ... more
Today in the New York Post, John Podhoretz argues that the coming political shift in November will bring an end to the "getting things done" phase of the Obama presidency, and mark the beginning of a ... more
The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) issued the following statement on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Informa ... more
The Associated Press: "The Obama administration unveiled a new national HIV and AIDS strategy Tuesday that officials said reflects a nation at a turning point in its fight against the epidemic. While ... more
President Barack Obama plans to "unveil the first formal national HIV/AIDS strategy on Tuesday, a plan that aims to reduce the number of new cases [in the U.S.] by 25 percent in the next five years, o ... more
The Washington Post: "It is a sign of the economic times: Nursing students at Howard University work part-time jobs and still cannot keep up with tuition. ... At the start of the month, the game chang ... more
Physician and Harvard professor Donald Berwick was sworn in to become the next administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Monday, The Boston Globe reports. Chris Hager, the agenc ... more
Marking the six month anniversary of Haiti's major earthquake, President Barack Obama thanked Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez on Monday for his country's help, Agence France-Presse repor ... more
The Obama administration has officially released the first ever domestic National HIV/AIDS strategy for the United States. Medscape Medical News ... more
The Obama administration has committed itself to cutting the nation's stubborn HIV infection rate by 25% over the next five years. ... more
Veterans serving in combat zones are no longer required to submit specific evidence of trauma to receive help with posttraumatic stress. Medscape Medical News ... more
FOX News Radio reporter and best-selling author, Todd Starnes, provides the details of Helena, Montana's public school system controversial sex education plan, and proof of Barack Obama's support for ... more
Initiative #8217;s success will depend on implementation and necessary resources The HIV Medicine Association applauds the Obama administration #8217;s release of a National HIV/AIDS Strategy that sig ... more
Well, he isn #8217;t a former member of Congress. Instead, the PhRMA board chose a different kind of insider - John Castellani, who spent the past nine years as chief executive of the Business Roundta ... more
In his must-read article at The Washington Times today, Andrew Boston has a message for John Brennen: Jihad means one thing and one thing only - violence. Here's an excerpt to pique your interest: A ... more
Yep, as Peter Wehner notes, sometimes the sky really does fall; take for example, the case of Barack Obama's approval. From the WaPo, public confidence in President Obama has hit a new low: Public co ... more
Our self-serving, narcissist-in-chief and his delusional spinmeisters extraordinaire, are at it again. This time, the Obama administration has launched a new, informational Web site that puts a positi ... more
Radical Reformer Has The Right Message On Medicare The Baltimore Sun In an ideal world, Berwick would be Medicare's Winston Churchill, a prophetic voice who emerges from the wilderness and ends years ... more
Today, The Department of Veterans Affairs is scheduled to announce it will ease requirements for service members to qualify for post traumatic stress disorder benefits. The change was announced Saturd ... more
On Sunday's talk shows, top Obama adviser David Axelrod said the president's decision to appoint Donald Berwick, a doctor and Harvard professor, to run the federal Medicare and Medicaid agency, was me ... more
Kaiser Health News: "Federal officials plan to announce Tuesday a national strategy designed to ramp up and better coordinate the government's attack on the country's HIV/AIDS epidemic." Many HIV/AIDS ... more
The Associated Press: The two chairman of President Obama's debt commission told the National Governors Association Sunday that Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are sucking up the entire federal ... more
The Obama administration on Tuesday is expected to unveil the first-ever coordinated national strategy to combat HIV/AIDS, The Hill's "Healthwatch" reports. The approach includes three main goals: red ... more
Dan Riehl points to some useful idiocy from NYC Mayor Bloomberg, noting that yes, we have freedom of religion in American. I get that. But with so many charitable organizations that have proved to be ... more
When the WH's Counter-terrorism Adviser John Brennen announced the Administration's nonsensical notion back in May that jihad is "a holy struggle ... a legitimate tenet of Islam" and that we shouldn't ... more
Reuters: In an interview with Reuters, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius "said she is pushing [insurance] companies to help people gain insurance in the gap between now and 2014. T ... more
With Donald Berwick's Appointment, The Doctor Is (Finally) In The Washington Post President Obama got serious this week about the ticking time bomb in his new health-care legislation -- the lack of an ... more
The Hill reports that Republicans are charging the Obama administration with evading questions on Dr. Donald Berwick's ties to the health care industry. President Barack Obama used a recess appointmen ... more
The New York Times Prescriptions Blog: "The Obama administration is sending $250 checks to more than 300,000 older Americans who paid higher drug costs in the Medicare coverage gap known as the 'dough ... more
H/T to Keithhennessey.com for calling attention to the fact that Dr. Donald Berwick did not reply to Senate Democrats questions regarding who funded his foundation, the Institute for Healthcare Improv ... more
Finally, A Medicare / Medicaid Chief The New York Times President Obama made a sensible move Wednesday when he bypassed the Senate and appointed Dr. Donald Berwick, an expert on reducing health care c ... more
President Obama has appointed Dr. Donald Berwick as head of CMS during Congress's recess .If you like central planning and the notion of redistribution of wealth, you should love Dr. Berwick at least ... more
Once again, the Obama administration proves it is incapable of common sense judgement and decision making. This time, the administration has appointed a terrorist defender to represent the federal gov ... more
nincompoop: (n) - A silly, foolish, or stupid person. (Example - Nancy Pelosi) Now that I have your attention, although "nincompoop" wasn't the exact word Summers used, what she did say essentially m ... more
Just now being reported on Fox News, it looks like the 10 Russian spies held by the U.S. will be exchanged for 4 spies held by the Russians. Apparently, it's not clear how many of the 4 to be released ... more