Paul Hsieh, MD: Why Doctors Should Not Ask Their Patients About Guns
A local colleague, Dr. Matthew Bowdish, has declared, “I will not undermine the Second or Fourth Amendment rights of any of my patients who are lawful gun owners. Nor will I record my patients’ gun ownership status in any medical records that could be accessed by government officials unless relevant to a specific medical issue.” This should be the credo of all freedom-loving physicians. Continue reading
Obamacare’s not-so essential benefits
“As healthy young people flee the insurance market, sick patients will disproportionately fill insurance pools, driving premiums up across the
board.” Continue reading
The Threat Posed by Gun Magazine Limits
Bans on “large capacity ammunition feeding devices” could endanger victims instead of saving them. Continue reading
In 2013, Get Ready For An ObamaCare Tax Onslaught
At Forbes.com, Grace-Marie Turner summarizes the new taxes imposed by Obamacare: (1) Medical Device Tax; (2) A new Surtax on Investment Income; (3) A new Medicare Tax; (4) The new Flexible Spending Account Tax; (5)ObamaCare also tightens the screws on Itemized Medical Deductions. Continue reading
Obama: Lifetime Secret Service protection for me, at your expense. We might grant you permission to own a gun.
While the President contemplates a gun control agenda that could restrict American rights to own guns, the President quietly signed legislation on January 10 that provides the “lifetime Secret Service protection of former Presidents.” Continue reading
Fiscal Cliff: To Revive the Economy, Cut Federal Spending
The best [new years] gift the president and Congress could give the country is to spend the final weeks of 2012 working on an honest plan to cut spending here and now. Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court Allows New Challenge To Obamacare To Go Forward
The two issues: The employer mandate & the contraception mandate. Continue reading
The Democrats’ Fallback Plan For When Obamacare Inevitably Fails
Will Single Payer Healthcare Emerge as the Next Battleground? Continue reading
GOP Vows to Keep Fighting IRS’s Illegal ObamaCare Taxes if Obama Wins
House and Senate Republicans will hold votes on rescinding his illegal IRS rule that unlawfully taxes employers and individuals in the 30 or so states that do not create their own health insurance exchanges Continue reading
Educate yourself on health care policy and Obamacare
Benjamin Domenech of the Heartland Institute has put together two helpful blog posts for those interested in learning about health care policy & Obamacare. Continue reading
Ten Reasons ObamaCare is a Government Takeover of Health Care
Some argue that ObamaCare isn’t a government takeover of health care. Here are ten reasons why it is: Continue reading
Get Ready For Obamacare’s Medical Rationing
ObamaCare supporters are now waging a high-profile public relations campaign to make medical rationing palatable to the general public. Continue reading