Category Archives: Health Care
The Cruel Hopelessness Of “Single Payer”
In the current debate over the Affordable Care Act, we really are in the midst of a great proxy war over single payer health care. Sure, its not on the table with this Congress, and Obamacare, while a bureaucratic monstrosity, … Continue reading
Chris Sununu Sounds Like and Sides With the Democrats on Obamacare
Earlier this week Governor Chris Sununu released a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell regarding the Senate GOP’s health-care legislation, the Better Care Reconciliation Act, advising that, “the current version of the BCRA goes beyond addressing Obamacare’s flaws. This is … Continue reading
The Obamacare Enrollee Lie
They start with a faulty 2016 baseline that predicts that 18 million people will be covered by Obamacare in 2017, when the people who are actually in charge of tracking Obamacare enrollments, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services,report that the … Continue reading
Et tu, Sen. Shaheen?
While I am a strong advocate for repealing Obamacare, I have yet to analyze the replacement plan, and so my opinion on it is simply not yet developed. This is about the misleading propaganda and tactics Sen. Shaheen invoked in … Continue reading
Inspectors find 24 violations at White River Junction VA Hospital
Federal inspectors have ordered the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction to improve its standards for patient care in 24 areas. The Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs described the issues at … Continue reading
Shaheen and Hassan are intentionally lying about cuts to Medicaid
Last Friday, New Hampshire Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan held an “emergency field hearing” about the health care bill Republicans are trying to pass in order to fix the Obamacare mess Democrats (including Shaheen and Carole Shea-Porter) created. They … Continue reading
Heartless Maggie Hassan Has No Moral Authority on Health Care
Maggie goes to DC and forgets that her last proposed state budget as governor of New Hampshire cut $58 million dollars out of the New Hampshire Department of health and human services budget. Seven million of that from nursing homes. | … Continue reading
Video: Why Is Healthcare So Expensive?
The Affordable Care Act was supposed to lower healthcare costs, but it has done just the opposite. Why? Because it ignored the realities of how markets work. | Prager U
Syphilis Outbreak Reported In New Hampshire
Not everyone in New Hampshire suffered from a “drought” last year. (Patch) In 2016, the highest number case ever — 104 — were reported. The outbreak in New Hampshire is consistent with national trends and is being seen mainly in … Continue reading
Senator Shaheen suddenly cares what her constituents think? Not likely
Today, New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen actually posted one of the most hypocritical and ironic memes she could possibly post in regards to the American Health Care Act (AHCA). Shaheen claims she’s heard from over 5,000 Granite Staters that oppose … Continue reading