By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Planned Parenthood executive admitted to
Forbes Magazine last week that the reason insurers want to cover abortion is because the procedure is cheaper than childbirth and saves them money.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest physician organization, has announced that it will not support President Obama’s government-sponsored insurance plan, a position that is considered to be a setback for advocates of a public insurance plan.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The former lieutenant governor of New York is warning the public that new health care rules that will adversely affect millions of Americans may have been intentionally hidden in the stimulus plan.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Tucked inside the President’s $825 billion stimulus package is a plan to create a new government agency that will evaluate new medical drugs and products for their “cost effectiveness” before citizens can get access to them. The job of the new agency will be to determine the best way to “save money and lives” when it comes to costly health care problems such as cancer.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Anyone wondering what universal health care might look like under President-elect Barack Obama won’t have to look very far. If Obama and Senator Ted Kennedy have their way, Massachusett’s disastrous health care plan may soon be imposed upon the rest of the nation.
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