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Tag Archives: Health care
TexMessage: Obama administration unveils national plan to fight Alzheimer’s disease
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius revealed a national plan to fight Alzheimer’s disease yesterday, which was initially called for by the January 2011 National Alzheimer’s Project Act.
San Antonio program wins health-care innovation award from Obama administration
A San Antonio program for homeless adults with severe mental illness received a “Health Care Innovation Award” from Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Tuesday.
The Center for Health Care Services in San Antonio received $4.6 million as part of the first round of national grants by the Obama administration designed to spark innovation in U.S. health care.
Read MoreTexMessage: Joe Barton says supporters of ObamaCare ‘are living in a dream world’
Twenty-seven of President Barack Obama’s corporate advisers said that the Obama health care mandate will increase costs, which Obama wrote off as a “partisan report.”
Joe Barton, who is on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, was featured on Fox News to defend the report.
“They have looked at the Obama health care law and come up with the obvious conclusions that it’s going to raise healthcare costs and cost a lot more money, not just to corporate America, but to average Americans who have to pay for the new mandates out of their own pocket,” said the Republican from Arlington.
Read MoreWhite House takes credit for health-insurance rebate due to 1.7 million Texans
More than 1.7 million Texans will receive an average of $194 rebate from their insurance companies, according to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit private organization that does research and analysis on issues relating to health care.
Sen. John Cornyn seeks crackdown on health care fraud
The “recent indictment of a North Texas doctor who allegedly certified over 5,000 patients for home health in one year, far above the typical 100 per year” serves as an example of poor and fraudulent Medicare billing activity that still persists today. Senator John Cornyn speaks about Medicare and Medicaid fraud that has been causing the federal government and taxpayers problems for years.
TexMessage: On BET ‘public service’ spot, Eddie Bernice Johnson says GOP’s opposition to ObamaCare is ‘inconceivable’
In 1915, Booker T. Washington declared April to be the National Minority Health Month (apparently), and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson used the opportunity to make a public service announcement on BET promoting ObamaCare.
“The Affordable Care Act is providing long-awaited support to the community health centers, research on minority health disparities and initiatives to increase the diversity and cultural competency of health professionals,” said the Democrat from Dallas.
Texas accused of ignoring FDA on stem cell rules
Texas’ proposed adult stem cell regulations, up for approval this week, are under fire for circumventing the Food and Drug Administration and making the experimental therapy commercially available before it’s been proven safe and effective.
The criticism of the Texas Medical Board draft policy, developed in the aftermath of Gov. Rick Perry receiving stem cell treatment for back problems, is coming from a host of pre-eminent scientists and institutions, including the influential scientific journal Nature and the International Society for Stem Cell Research.
Read MoreTexas pulls a ‘switcheroo’ to continue women’s health program funding
In a fiscal switcheroo, Texas could free up state dollars to fund the embattled Women’s Health Program by seeking federal block grants for other programs, the state’s health commissioner has written in a letter to House Democrats.
Texas conservatives question Obama’s constitutional law knowledge
On Monday, President Obama commented on the pending Supreme Court “ObamaCare” decision, and said overturning the law would be “unprecedented” and an example of “judicial activism.” Some took his words as an attack on the Court and, days later, conservatives continue to blast him on Twitter.
Houston professor: Impeach Supreme Court justices if they overturn ObamaCare
Could Supreme Court justices be ousted if they don’t support the Affordable Care Act? A law professor from Houston thinks that should be the case.
Political Cartoons of the Week: Healthcare hypocrisy at the Supreme Court
It’s all about ObamaCare this week and the fight to uphold or strike down the mandate. Also, did you know that over 600,000 registered voters in Texas are sans photo ID — but only four people have been fingered for vote fraud?
New poll shows country deeply divided — still — over ObamaCare
After three days of hearings inside the Supreme Court and protests outside the Supreme Court, it’s now left to the nine justices to settle the Affordable Care Act’s future.The American people, however, have already made up their minds.
Rep. Louie Gohmert says protesters against Obamacare have the ‘same spirit’ as the founding fathers
Rep. Louie Gohmert said those rallying against Obamacare have the ‘same spirit’ as the Founding Fathers.
Outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the Republican from Tyler briefly occupied the Tea Party podium as he addressed the Obamacare opponents in the crowd.
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Ron Paul says Supreme Court has ‘utterly abused’ Commerce Clause but hopes it will overturn ObamaCare ‘abomination’
Last week the Supreme Court heard arguments concerning the constitutionality of the Obamacare law, focusing on the mandate requiring every American to buy health insurance or pay fines enforced by the IRS. Hopefully the Court will strike down this abomination, but we must recognize that the federal judiciary has an abysmal record when it comes to protecting liberty. It’s doubtful the entire law will be struck down. Regardless, the political left will continue its drive toward a single-payer, government run health care system.
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