The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear five and one half hours of arguments on the constitutionality of President Obama’s far-reaching and bold health care law. The date for this hearing is March 26, after which the nine justices will have several months to deliberate on several issues which the Affordable Care Act will bring…
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Republican Lawmakers Attacking Obamacare on the Freedom Front
Republican lawmakers in several states around the country are defying the Obama administration’s 2010 healthcare reform bill with proposals to allow insurance companies in their states to refrain from the covering of birth control if they object to such types of services on moral grounds. Compromise for Religious Organizations The Obamacare plan requires that businesses…
Keeping Healthcare Costs Down
One of the major goals of Obama’s 2010 Healthcare Reform Act was to “bend the cost curve” downward over time. The methods used to bring costs back down to earth include increasing the efficiency of the healthcare system, shifting the focus of the system to outcomes and patient health instead of the wasteful ‘fee-for-service’ model,…
Bishops Unhappy with Birth Control Compromise
On Friday night, just a few hours after President Obama presented his compromise plan that would place the burden of paying for contraceptive health care on the insurance companies and not on the religious institutions that oppose such coverage, Catholic bishops said they would not support the compromise. The new law which was passed as…
Scientists Question US Censorship of Information
Two scientists who created a deadly form of bird-flu virus question whether the United States should be the one country deciding what information can or cannot be published for scientific research. The US is concerned that the information, which could fall into the wrong hands regarding the development and spread of highly lethal forms of…
Plates Replace Pyramids in New USDA Food Guide Launched by First Lady Michelle Obama
Depending on how much you weigh, you have either come to love or hate the ubiquitous food pyramid which has been magnetized to our refrigerators since the early 1990s. The pyramid told us in a geometric visual the dos and don’ts for healthy heating. Pyramids Belong in Egypt But that will all change as of…
Migraine Headache Triggers
Anyone who has ever had a migraine can tell you how debilitating they are. Migraines are caused in part by changes in the serotonin levels in the brain. When your serotonin levels are low, the blood vessels dilate (swell) and this can cause pain and discomfort.There are many ways to try to deal with migraines…
Reaping Teen Screen Benefits
Most people these days are aware of how important it is to cover up with sun screen in an effort to facilitate the protection of skin against skin cancer. But there are still some people – often teenagers who might not be as responsible as their parents would like – who are not taking this…
Obamacare Takes a Hit as Government Prepares to Shutdown
The Senate took some time off from debating the direction that next year’s budget should take to unite in a rare show of bipartisanship to hack off a much un-loved part of the famously controversial Obamacare bill. Parties Agree to Disagree Republicans declared that Tuesday’s revocation of significant elements of the health care bill is…
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