Health Reform
ObamaCare Falls In An Ohio Forest
- Published on Thursday, 10 November 2011 01:00
- Written by Investor's Business Daily Editorial
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Bias: The media are celebrating Ohio voters' rejection of GOP initiatives. Predictably, though, they are downplaying the fact that Ohio emphatically renounced ObamaCare. Why? It goes against the media's agenda.
Add a comment50% Of Those Who Know Ryan Medicare Plan Like It
- Published on Thursday, 09 June 2011 00:00
- Written by John Merline, Investor's Business Daily
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- Category: Healthcare
Earlier this month, a CNN poll found that just 35% supported Rep. Paul Ryan's reform plan for Medicare. The survey, in line with other polls, suggests that that the public has soundly rejected Ryan's proposal just two months after he unveiled it. But few of those surveyed know much, if anything, about it.
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Is Health-Care Tax Credit Unpopular?
- Published on Tuesday, 07 June 2011 08:39
- Written by Sarah E. Needleman, Wall Street Journal
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- Category: Healthcare
Are small-business owners taking advantage of a new tax credit made available last year under the Affordable Care Act?
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The Law Is For Presidents Too
- Published on Thursday, 17 February 2011 01:36
- Written by Investor's Business Daily Editorial
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- Category: Healthcare
Checks And Balances: A federal judge has told the government it can't implement ObamaCare because it's unconstitutional. Has the White House complied? No, it's knowingly breaking the law.
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Polls Apart
- Published on Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:00
- Written by Investor's Business Daily Editorial
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- Category: Healthcare
Opinion: "Raw feelings over health care law have eased, poll suggests," shouts an Associated Press headline that ran last weekend, just days before Congress was set to vote. Really? Our poll suggests just the opposite.
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The End Begins?
- Published on Saturday, 08 January 2011 01:41
- Written by IBD Editorial
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- Category: Healthcare
The Road To Repeal: The campaign to rid the country of ObamaCare got off to a running start Friday when a procedural hurdle was easily cleared in the House. So far, so good for the new majority.
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New Poll Confirms IBD's '09 Finding Of Doctor Exodus Under ObamaCare
- Published on Friday, 10 December 2010 01:09
- Written by Investor's Business Daily Editorial
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Reform: When we said nearly half of U.S. doctors might close their practices or retire early rather than live under the Democrats' health overhaul, we were heavily criticized. The critics, though, were wrong.
The Doctor Deficit
- Published on Wednesday, 06 October 2010 00:27
- Written by Investor's Business Daily Editorial
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- Category: Healthcare
ObamaCare: One of the marks of national health care is the waiting-list problem that plagues Britain and Canada. Delays in treatment have caused suffering and, in some cases, death. Soon, we'll be waiting for doctors too.
The Next Endangered Species: Doctors
- Published on Thursday, 23 September 2010 00:56
- Written by Jason Fodeman, National Review
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- Category: Healthcare
When President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act in 1973, it is doubtful anyone contemplated the "Humanis doctoris." But despite recent efforts to open new medical schools and increase the size of existing medical school classes, a severe physician shortage looms on the horizon.
Support For ObamaCare Fading Fast
- Published on Thursday, 26 August 2010 09:23
- Written by Investor's Busienss Daily
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- Category: Healthcare
Support for the health care reforms passed in March has fallen as details of the new taxes and red tape in the massive 2,600-page law come to light, data from the monthly IBD/TIPP poll show. Even support among Democrats has declined. But the biggest drop by far has taken place among independents. In April, 43% said they supported ObamaCare. Today that's down to just 27%.
Missouri voters could rebel against Obama's health-care reform law
- Published on Tuesday, 03 August 2010 00:00
- Written by Mark Trumbull, Christian Science Monitor
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- Category: Healthcare
The first chance for voters to weigh-in on Obama health-care reform comes Tuesday, as Missourians decide whether to ban the 'individual mandate' requiring those without medical insurance to buy it.
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Reform's Nasty Little Surprises
- Published on Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:00
- Written by Investor's Business Daily Editorial
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- Category: Healthcare
Health Overhaul: Many thought Nancy Pelosi was joking when she said, "We have to pass the bill so you can find out what's in it." But the more we learn about her 2,400-page horror, the more we realize the joke's on us.
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Dr. Galt
- Published on Tuesday, 06 April 2010 01:00
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On Strike: A Florida doctor has told patients who voted for Barack Obama that they should seek care elsewhere. His is a noble one-man fight against the soft tyranny of the federal takeover of the health care sector.
Truth Is A Casualty Of The Final Push
- Published on Saturday, 20 March 2010 01:25
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Health Reform: Not since the heyday of Bill Clinton have we had a leader play so fast and loose with the facts as President Obama. And as the health care debate reaches a crescendo, he's been especially reckless.
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To Repeat: Doctors Could Hang It Up
- Published on Wednesday, 17 March 2010 23:20
- Written by Investor's Business Daily Editorial
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Health Overhaul: We were harshly criticized last September for an IBD/TIPP Poll that showed 45% of doctors would consider leaving medicine if a health care takeover passed. A new poll has vindicated our findings.
Health Care Debate Or Proxy Fight Over Government's Rightful Role?
- Published on Tuesday, 16 March 2010 23:25
- Written by Raghavan Mayur in Investor's Business Daily
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- Category: Healthcare
"What's driving passions right now," President Obama said last fall on CBS' "Face the Nation," "is that health care has become a proxy for a broader set of issues about how much government should be involved in the economy."
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Why Health Bill Makes No Sense
- Published on Saturday, 13 March 2010 01:00
- Written by Investor's Business Daily Editorial
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Health Reform: So it's come down to this — desperate Democratic leaders strong-arming members on the worst bill ever before they go home to explain to constituents why they decided to commit political suicide.
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Of Rules And Rulers
- Published on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 01:00
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Health Care: The Democrats have two problems with their reform plan: One, they have sell it to the public, and two, they have to convince the public that the plan is so good, it's OK to skirt Senate rules to pass it.
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America On Health: Start Over Or You're Finished, Congress
- Published on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 01:00
- Written by Sean Higgins, Investor's Business Daily
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- Category: Healthcare
Lawmakers who back the health care bill are hurting their re-election chances, according to a new IBD/TIPP poll released Monday.
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The Doctor Shortage
- Published on Friday, 05 March 2010 01:50
- Written by Investor's Business Daily Editorial
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Health Reform: Democrats promise their plan will improve care at lower cost while thinning the ranks of the uninsured. How will they do this with fewer doctors?
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