Report: Five Percent of Americans Are Severely Mentally Ill
Five percent of Americans are severely mentally ill, a new report from the federal government says, while about 20 percent suffer some sort of mental illness annually. ...
Healthcare
CBO Report: Medicare Cost-saving Programs Fall Short
President Obama, along with the Democratic-led Senate and formerly Democratic-led House, touted the 2010 healthcare overhaul as a landmark law that would curb the rise in U.S. healthcare costs. However, according...
TSA to Test X-Ray Machine Operators for Radiation Exposure
Last year, the Transportation Security Administration reneged on a promise to conduct further studies into the safety of the radiation-firing body scanners used at airports nationwide. Now that there have been...
Union Workers Overwhelmingly Benefit from ObamaCare Waivers
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, more than 1,200 companies have been accorded waivers from the healthcare reform law, the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) disclosed Friday, the...
Obama Admin. Lawyers Defend ObamaCare in Supreme Court Brief
Attorneys representing the U.S. government submitted a brief to the Supreme Court on Friday, setting out their arguments in favor of the constitutionality of ObamaCare. ...
ObamaCare: More Government, Fewer Doctors
After asking 501 practicing physicians about the future of health care in the United States, The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions’ conclusions were hardly surprising: under ObamaCare: ...
Congress Asks IRS to Investigate AARP
Rep. David Reichert (R-Wash., left) along with two other House members has asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) for acting more like a...
Romney on ObamaCare in 2010: “Repeal the Bad, and Keep the Good”
“Everything we know about [Mitt] Romney’s record tells us to not trust anything he says while he’s campaigning for office, because his positions will change when he’s trying to appeal to...
Gingrich Was for Individual Mandate Before He Was Against It
Responding to criticism of his “nay” vote on a supplemental appropriations bill for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Sen. John Kerry said in 2004, “I actually did vote for the $87...
Half of Americans Opposed to X-Ray Scanners, Says Poll
A recent poll reveals that approximately half of Americans are interested in seeing the Transportation Security Administration do away with X-ray body scanners. The survey, conducted by the media group ProPublica,...
Charitable Healthcare: Taking Healthcare Backward to Move It Forward
Christmas time approaches, the season for giving, the season when people’s inclination toward charitable acts and other good works reaches its apogee. Preparations for the holiday are well under way, and...
Wisconsin Governor Walker Withdraws Emergency Rule to Implement ObamaCare
Last month, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker angered his supporters by signing an emergency rule to implement ObamaCare in the state. After the harsh public outcry, however, Walker has now withdrawn the...
Barney Frank Cosponsors Bill to Repeal Medicare Rationing Board
It seems the only way to find out what a politician really thinks is to wait until he leaves office. No longer concerned with obtaining either votes or campaign contributions, he...
CMS Chief Berwick Resigns; Socialized Medicine Lives On
Dr. Donald M. Berwick, the controversial administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) appointed by President Barack Obama during a congressional recess, announced that he will be resigning...
Medicaid “Coercion” Issue to be Settled by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court approved petitions last week to hear arguments in two cases challenging the constitutionality of ObamaCare. One of the issues that will be argued before the justices of the...