Man Accused in Abortion Doctor Threat
Federal prosecutors say that statements from a Washington man accused of threatening the family of a Colorado doctor specializing in abortions should be admitted in court. Donalt Hertz has said that authorities did not read him his rights before questioning him, and has said that his statements should not be admitted. Hertz is accused of [...]
Family Wants Court out of Son’s Cancer Case
The parents of a teenager in Minnesota who fled the state to avoid chemotherapy have asked a judge to end the court’s role in the case. Daniel Hauser, age thirteen, is now undergoing radiation for Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He finished his chemotherapy treatment in early September. An affidavit filed says Daniel’s mother, Colleen, is following the [...]
Anti-Abortion Activist Spurs Protest
Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry has called on people to burn effigies of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid this afternoon as part of a “Burn in Hell” protest against health care legislation. Terry is the founder of Operation Rescue. He said Tuesday that the protest, which is taking place in the form of a video contest, [...]
Democrats Need Unity on Health Care Bill
Democrats are still attempting to find a strategy that will allow them to push the planned health care overhaul through by the end of this year. One day after Harry Reid, Majority Leader, announced that the health care bill would include the option of a government health insurance plan, a number of moderates in his [...]
House Dems Divided Over Abortion in Health Care Debate
House Democrats have reached an impasse regarding whether the overhaul of the nation’s health care system would allow federal funding of abortion. Two dozen anti-abortion Democrats believe that it would – while this opposition will likely not stall the legislation, it does mean the Democratic party is divided just weeks before the bill hits floor [...]
New York Officials Rescind Mandatory H1N1 Vaccine
Health officials from New York have recently suspended a ruling that would have forced health care workers statewide to get vaccinated against swine flu. The order would have been effective by the end of November, and those refusing to comply with it could have lost their jobs. Health officials said they rescinded the order because [...]
Pelosi says Health Bill to Address Antitrust
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said that she’ll be including a measure that removes health insurers’ federal antitrust exemption in the upcoming sweeping health care legislation. Pelosi made her announcement on Thursday, which was a day after Senate Democratic leaders said they would take the same step with the Senate’s health care overhaul bill. [...]
Health Overhaul Vote in Senate
President Obama’s plan to revamp the nation’s health care system is about to become even closer to reality. The Senate Finance Committee was poised on Tuesday to approve legislation that would require virtually every American to purchase insurance, as well as a host of other changes to the nation’s two and a half trillion dollar [...]
Insurers Attack Health Care Reform
After having been behind the scenes for months concerning the reformation of health care, the insurance industry has begun to attack the emerging plan. Several insurers have released a report that suggests the Senate legislation for nationalized health care would increase the cost of the average policy by hundreds, perhaps even thousands of dollars per [...]
Health Care Bill Is Badly Needed
Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on November 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
It seems that wherever you turn these days, you cannot escape talk on the proposed health care plan wending its way through Congress. First, I think that everyone agrees that we need an overhaul of the current health care system. It just isn’t working. The costs are so prohibitive that many Americans cannot afford any [...]
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