Rating U.S. health care
September 4, 2010 - 10:31 am
CNN. June 17, 2009. Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen and Tony Harris talk about how the U.S. stacks up compared to the rest of the world.
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Universal Health Care = Socialism?
September 3, 2010 - 5:14 pm
Why does America have such a hard time embracing Universal Health Care? Why does ensuring everyone access to health care have so many Americans their pants? And, why is Shona Holmes a major douche?
Shona Holmes exposed : http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/reality+check+reality+check/1783177/story.html
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Oh. Canada?!
August 29, 2010 - 5:35 pm
With Canadians enduring pain for months and years while they wait for surgery, traveling to the U.S. for treatment, entering “lotteries” to get a doctor, and getting “wait list insurance,” is Canada really a model for U.S. health reform?
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Top insurer tells 1,000 GPs NOT to give swine flu vaccine (AUDIO VERSION)
August 29, 2010 - 4:41 pm
Top insurer tells 1,000 GPs not to give swine flu vaccine
An insurance company has warned 1,000 GPs not to administer the swine flu vaccine.
The HSE plans to enlist family doctors to give the swine flu vaccine to patients with pre-existing medical conditions.
But an insurance company which covers around 1,000 of the 2,200 to 2,500 GPs in the country advised them not to sign up for the work because of legal indemnity issues.
The HSE has given GPs until today to sign up to give the vaccine to 400,000 of their patients with certain medical conditions from next week.
Medisec Ireland, which covers around 1,000 GPs, told their members yesterday not to sign up until all indemnity issues were resolved.
GP sources said last night this may lead some doctors who have signed up to withdraw their participation in the programme.
In a letter to the doctors Medisec said it was unclear where a GP would legally stand if they exercised their discretion not to give the vaccine to their patients.
There are also unresolved legal issues around the doctors identifying and offering the vaccine to at-risk patients.
The company said the Irish Medical Organisation had been trying to negotiate an acceptable resolution to the serious medico/legal issues with the HSE, but had not been successful.
Other concerns relate to the cost of legal representation for doctors who may find themselves before their disciplinary body the Medical Council if they fail to give the vaccine to a patient.
They could also have to go before the same body for exercising their clinical judgment not to administer the vaccine to a patient of another doctor who had been referred to them.
Concern
The letter to GPs said that while the administration of the vaccine would be deemed normal work and covered by a doctor’s policy, the outstanding issues of concern
might not fall into this category due to the amount of work involved and could lead to “adverse indemnity consequences”.
It added: “Accordingly, in the circumstances, we do not recommend our members to sign up for the programme until all issues have been resolved.”
The other company indemnifying doctors, the Medical Protection Society, is believed to have indicated GPs could go ahead with the vaccinations.
The HSE may have to extend today’s deadline for more clarification. It plans to publicise the rollout of the vaccine to at-risk patients tomorrow.
- Eilish O’Regan, Health Correspondent
Irish Independent
http://www.independent.ie/health/swine-flu/top-insurer-tells-1000-gps-not-to-give-swine-flu-vaccine-1912502.html
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Michael Steele: Yes, Obama’s Plan Is Socialism, Next Question
August 29, 2010 - 4:11 pm
RNC chairman Michael Steele tells Chris Matthews that he defends calling President Obama’s health care plan socialism at the National Press Club as evidenced by his, “Yes, next question” remark.
“This plan is not in the best interest of this nation,” Steele says.
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FASCIST SWINE FLU BILL PASSES WAKE UP WORLD!!!!
August 29, 2010 - 3:52 pm
1) UPDATED Vaccine Kills Girl Dies after Cervical Cancer Vaccine HPV jab GlaxoSmithKline Pharma Mafia
2) Forced Vaccine Prevention – WHATEVER YOU DO GET YOUR SHERIFF BEHIND YOU!!!
3) H R 2596 EVERY CHILD TO BE VACCINATED
4) URGENT American Police Force – President Obamas new law to privatize the local police force
5) AMERICA IN DISTRESS – VACCINE MANAGED BY GESTAPO FASHISM
6) URGENT – New Jersey Mandatory Vaccine is here!!!
7) Forced Vaccines Refused By Nurses In New York
60 Minutes, Swine Flu Vaccine Warning, 1979 pt 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nPdY-dtqIg
9) They have planned to take kids from schools for Mass Vaccinations and Quarantines WAKE UP !
10) THE SWINE FLU AND THE LAW WHICH NOW APPLIES TO YOU !
9) FLU VACCINE will cause 60 000 deaths in France alone
10) URGENT!!! SWINE FLU MASS QUARANTINES and FORCES VACCINES!!!
11) Flu Pandemic FEMA Camp Hoax and the Chinese threat 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YleYenLhmnI
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Cheap Term Life Insurance
August 29, 2010 - 3:17 pm
Cheap Term Life Insurance | Life Insurance | Critical Insurance | Non medical or medical Insurance everything is available under one roof. With lowest rates in Canada. Punjab Insurance guides you to have one as everyone needs to plan future.
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World Health Organization’s Swine Flu Vaccine Scam
August 29, 2010 - 3:14 pm
1) UPDATED Vaccine Kills Girl Dies after Cervical Cancer Vaccine HPV jab GlaxoSmithKline Pharma Mafia
2) Forced Vaccine Prevention – WHATEVER YOU DO GET YOUR SHERIFF BEHIND YOU!!!
3) H R 2596 EVERY CHILD TO BE VACCINATED
4) URGENT American Police Force – President Obamas new law to privatize the local police force
5) AMERICA IN DISTRESS – VACCINE MANAGED BY GESTAPO FASHISM
6) URGENT – New Jersey Mandatory Vaccine is here!!!
7) Forced Vaccines Refused By Nurses In New York
60 Minutes, Swine Flu Vaccine Warning, 1979 pt 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nPdY-dtqIg
9) They have planned to take kids from schools for Mass Vaccinations and Quarantines WAKE UP !
10) THE SWINE FLU AND THE LAW WHICH NOW APPLIES TO YOU !
9) FLU VACCINE will cause 60 000 deaths in France alone
10) URGENT!!! SWINE FLU MASS QUARANTINES and FORCES VACCINES!!!
11) Flu Pandemic FEMA Camp Hoax and the Chinese threat 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YleYenLhmnI
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Should Healthcare Reform Begin at State Level? – T.R. Reid
August 29, 2010 - 3:09 pm
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/14/TR_Reid_The_Healing_of_America
Reporter and author T.R. Reid examines the success of Canada’s universal health insurance system, which won over Canadians one province at a time. “I’ll bet you next January, there will be bills in 25 state legislators looking for a way to do this,” he says of healthcare reform in the United States.
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T.R. Reid talks about The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper and Fairer Health Care.
NY Times-bestselling author Reid shows how other industrialized democracies have done something the U.S. can’t seem to do: provide healthcare for everybody at a reasonable cost. – Commonwealth Club
T.R. Reid is a former foreign correspondent for The Washington Post, a commentator for National Public Radio and the author of nine books, including three in Japanese. His 10th book, The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care, was published by Penguin Press in the summer of 2009.
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Paul Watson’s Article About Obamacare: Taxing The American People Into Oblivion on Alex Jones Tv
August 29, 2010 - 3:05 pm
Obamacare: Taxing The American People Into Oblivion
Steve Watson and Paul Watson
http://www.prisonplanet.com
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
H.R. 3590, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to give it its full title, is rammed full of tax increases which will further economically cripple Americans already laboring under the worst financial crisis since the great depression.
The partnering Reconciliation Act, currently in the Senate, also contains a raft of pork barrel and tax hikes, there to fund the trillion dollar cost of nationalizing medicine.
As reported by Bloomberg News today, analysis by the nonpartisan congressional Joint Committee on Taxation reveals that the bill will generate $409.2 billion in additional taxes by 2019.
In addition, the Congressional Budget Office states that the bill also levies almost $69 billion more in penalties for those who fail to meet mandates to buy insurance.
The Journal of Accountancy boils down some of the tax hikes and penalty fees in H.R. 3590 and the Reconciliation Act the highlights include:
Excise Tax on Uninsured Individuals Individuals who fail to maintain minimum essential coverage will be subject to a penalty equal to $750. The fee for an uninsured individual under age 18 is one-half of the adult fee.
Excise Tax on High-Cost Employer Plans The federal government would impose a 40% tax on the value of employer-sponsored health coverage exceeding certain thresholds. Those levels are projected to be $8,500 for self only and $23,000 for any other level by the year 2013. This excise was announced with fanfare by the White House and labor unions in January and remains in the final bill.
Increase in additional tax on distributions from Health Savings Accounts and Archer Medical Savings Accounts not used for qualified medical expenses An increase from 10% to 20% on taxes of money in a health savings account not used for qualified medical expenses. For Archer medical savings accounts, an increase from 15% to 20%.
Additional Hospital Insurance Tax on High-Income Taxpayers High income tax payers, making on a joint return over $250,000 and a standard return over $200,000, are required to pay an additional 0.5% of wages. This applies to both self-employed, and regularly employed individuals.
Fees on Health Plans A fee applied to all health insurance providers based upon net premiums and any third party fees associated with the administration of those programs. The fees will total $6.7 billion annually. This figure begins at $8 billion in the Reconciliation Act and rises to $14.3 billion by 2018.
Tax on Indoor Tanning Services The act imposes a 10% tax on amounts paid for indoor tanning services. Like a sales tax, the tax will be collected from the person tanning when payment for the tanning services is made.
Business Insider boils down 15 more tax hikes here highlights include:
Tax on individuals without acceptable health care coverage A 2.5% income tax on individuals who do not have health care coverage, limited to a cost less than the average national health care premium.
Excise tax on elective cosmetic medical procedures A tax of 5% is levied upon the am mount paid for any cosmetic surgery. This does not include the need for such surgeries created by trauma or a disfiguring disease. If the tax is not collected by that professional completing the procedure, their business is still liable for the requirement.
The Reconciliation Act also legislates for the following surcharges: 1% surcharge on individuals making more than $350,000, 1.5% surcharge on individuals making more than $500,000, 5.4% surcharge on individuals making more than $1 million.
Yet more tax provisions in the bill are highlighted by INvestors Business Daily in their piece titled 20 Ways ObamaCare Will Take Away Our Freedoms highlights include:
Taxes On Employers If you are a large employer (defined as at least 101 employees) and you do not want to provide health insurance to your employee, then you will pay a $750 fine per employee (It could be $2,000 to $3,000 under the reconciliation changes) (Section 1513).
Taxes on Pharmaceutical Companies The government will extract a fee of $2.3 billion annually from the pharmaceutical industry (Section 9008 (b)).
Taxes on medical device manufacturers The government will extract a fee of $2 billion annually from medical device makers (Section 1405).
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