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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While U.S. lawmakers argue over funding of "women's reproductive health" services, cutting these services may one day be inevitable in a government-run health care system such as the UK's, where recent budget constraints are forcing them to ration these - and many other services - in an effort to control costs.
Administration Asks Supreme Court to Deny Request for Expedited Review of ObamaCare
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff JournalistÂ
In legal papers filed with the Supreme Court late Monday night, officials in the Obama Administration asked the high court to delay taking up a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ObamaCare.
Controversial Health Care Czar on the Ropes
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The future of Dr. Donald Berwick, the man put in charge of Medicare who supports rationing health care, is unable to gain the support he needs to be confirmed and may have to give up his position by the end of the year.
Lawmakers Fume Over Hidden Funding in ObamaCare
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Conservative lawmakers are fuming over the discovery of $105 billion that was hidden in ObamaCare that will enable the unpopular law to be funded in spite of any plans to defund it.
Florida Judge Rules ObamaCare Can be Considered Invalid Within Seven Days if No Appeal
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Florida judge who ruled that the individual mandate in ObamaCare renders the law invalid has given the Obama Administration seven days to appeal his ruling or states can consider the law invalid.
Lost Conscience Protections Can be Restored!
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Even though the Obama Administration has rescinded most of the conscience protection provisions that were in force since the end of President Bush's second term, a bill that could restore many of these provisions is scheduled for an important Committee action tomorrow.
Kidney Rationing: Facing the Inevitability of "Death Panels"
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Anyone who doubts the inevitability of the emergence of "death panels" doesn't need to wait until ObamaCare is in full force. The rationing has already begun.
Report Unveils Appalling Care of Elderly by UK National Health Service
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
What could be viewed as a harbinger of things to come when the government takes over the U.S. health care system, a new report has found that elderly patients in the UK's National Health Service (NHS) received such appallingly negligent care one family member said it amounts to "euthanasia."
Bill Designed to Starve ObamaCare to be Introduced Next Week
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A major showdown is looming on the Hill as House Republicans announce plans to use a vital bill intended to keep the government running past March 4 as a vehicle to launch legislation that will strip the health care law of all funding.
ObamaCare Legal Challenge May be Fast-Tracked to Supreme Court
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Virginia's attorney general announced yesterday that he will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the legal challenge to the individual mandate now rather than wait for what could be a lengthy and costly appeals court review.