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An agonizing decision: vote against health care could end his career

For Rep. Anh Cao (R-La.), his vote against Democrats' health care bill may just be "the death of [his] political career." Rep. Cao represents an overwhelmingly Democratic district in New Orleans. Cao is one of seven Republicans whom Democrats...

Published 08-04-2009 11:37 AM by Despina Karras

Filed under: house, health care, universal health care, socialized health care, insurance, Democrats, health care reform, speaking truth to power, health care debate, public option, read the bill, government intrusion

Another Step In The Wrong Direction

The Democrats’ long-endured squabble for a socialized health care system tragically appears to be paying off. Today, the Senate health committee passed legislation eloquently entitled “Quality, Affordable Health Coverage for All Americans”...

Published 07-15-2009 12:52 PM by Grace Boatright

Filed under: health care, socialized health care

Socialized Health Care Horror Stories: Dental

I know that in the United States our medical and dental are usually separate but the situation in Great Britain demonstrates how government intrusion into health care often leads to unintended consequences which disrupt and harm patients. Man pulls out...

Published 07-10-2009 5:25 PM by Alexa Shrugged

Filed under: health care, United Kingdom, universal health care, socialized health care, public healthcare

Another Czar, Another Blow to States' Rights.

President Obama wants to add yet another czar, a Health Choices Commision czar this time, to the growing list of these unelected officials that are handpicked by the President and go through absolutely no confirmation process. A Virginia paper recently...

Published 07-07-2009 8:17 AM by Despina Karras

Filed under: health care, universal health care, socialized health care, public healthcare, regulation, government, Heritage Foundation, transparency, Freedom, insurance, government option, federal government, Obama promises, czar, state rights

Looking to the Founding Fathers for Answers

Yesterday, in his weekly address, President Obama called on Americans to "summon the same spirit that inhabited Independence Hall two hundred and thirty-three years ago". This is one time when I can get behind President Obama's sentiments...

Published 07-05-2009 8:26 AM by Despina Karras

Filed under: wasteful spending, cap and trade, capitalism, stimulus package, government spending, universal health care, socialized health care, public healthcare, economic crisis, government, cap and tax, government option, federal government, founding fathers

Celebrate Your Independence from England's Health Care

As you celebrate our independence from England this weekend, also celebrate our independence from England's health care system. Here's a run down of recent socialized health care horror stories from the UK: Girl, 3, has heart operation cancelled...

Published 07-03-2009 5:12 PM by Alexa Shrugged

Filed under: health care, universal health care, socialized health care, UK, socialized health care horror stories

Socialized Health Care Horror Stories: Cancer, Part 2

Before examining how socialized health care affects other conditions, I wanted to follow up on last week's cancer focus with two more cancer horror story articles from the United Kingdom. UK Telegraph: Patients with suspected cancer forced to wait...

Published 06-26-2009 8:24 PM by Alexa Shrugged

Filed under: health care, United Kingdom, universal health care, socialized health care, public healthcare

Socialized Health Care Horror Stories: Cancer

With Obamacare increasingly becoming the focus in Washington, it is important to highlight the horrors of government-run universal health care in other countries so it can be stopped here. Here's are two recent stories on how government health care...

Published 06-19-2009 11:13 PM by Alexa Shrugged

Filed under: health care, United Kingdom, universal health care, socialized health care, Canada

Obama's Failed "Reforms" Have All Been Tried

As with most of the ideas coming out of the Obama administration, with health care reform, we're looking at failed policies that have been tried before throughout. The stimulus package is a rehash of the New Deal, which made the 1930s the poorest...

Published 06-18-2009 1:54 PM by Justin Higgins

Filed under: health care, socialized health care

What We Can Learn From Venezuela

This week, the wacky government of Venezuela banned Coke Zero from being sold in the country. Citing harmful ingredients , it claimed to be protecting the health of its citizens, while the government purports to conduct an investigation into potentially...

Published 06-12-2009 10:14 AM by Despina Karras

Filed under: capitalism, free market, business concerns, health care, universal health care, socialized health care, public healthcare, government, insurance

Alzheimer's Patients Denied Care Under Rationing Soon to Come to U.S.

Included in the stimulus bill is more than $1 billion for research into the “comparative effectiveness” of health treatments. This could easily lead to a national board that rations which procedures or drugs will be allowed based on cost-effectiveness...

Published 06-12-2009 9:51 AM by Alexa Shrugged

Filed under: stimulus, health care, United Kingdom, universal health care, socialized health care, public healthcare

Our Physicians Say No to Socialized Medicine

When medical decisions happen, the two most important people involved are always the patient and the doctor, period. Proposed "public health insurance" and other socialized health care components take decisions out of the hands of patients too...

Published 06-11-2009 12:06 PM by Justin Higgins

Filed under: free market, Obama, health care, socialized health care, public healthcare, government, insurance

Government Health Care = Loss of Life, Liberty + the Pursuit of Happiness

A recent column on CBC.ca written as an open letter to Americans provides somewhat of a defense of the Canadian health care system. Much of what writer Neil Macdonald says betrays the insidious ways in which being beholden to the government, such as with...

Published 06-05-2009 7:56 PM by Alexa Shrugged

Filed under: health care, universal health care, socialized health care, public healthcare, government, Freedom, Canada

It's Now or Never for a True Conservative Health Care Alternative

President Obama said on Thursday that the time is now or never for health reform, which means it is also the time for conservative alternatives to Obamacare. Ryan Ellis, Tax Policy Director for Americans for Tax Reform , writes on Red State that the current...

Published 05-29-2009 5:33 PM by Alexa Shrugged

Filed under: congress, free market, health care, universal health care, socialized health care, public healthcare, regulation, Freedom

Health Care: U.S. vs. the Rest

John C. Goodman has an excellent piece in the May 25, 2009 issue of National Review magazine refuting many of the myths of U.S. health care compared to Western socialized health care. It turns out that people who utilize U.S. health care are better off...

Published 05-22-2009 5:53 PM by Alexa Shrugged

Filed under: health care, United Kingdom, universal health care, socialized health care

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