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Update: CNN Calls Doctors Racists
Well, I was just at the CNN website and their doctor hit job is now the leading story for the whole site.
July 25, 2009 Leave a comment
CNN Calls Doctors Racists, Joins Obama In Attacking The Doctor Patient Relationship
Yesterday it was the President of the United States who attacked the integrity of the doctor patient relationship. Today CNN joins Obama in the attack on doctor’s integrity by accusing them of being racists. The headline reads: “Does your doctor judge you based on your color?”
Select excerpts:
Studies show blacks and whites are treated differently.
While [...]
July 23, 2009 1 Comment
Obama’s New Strategy: Attacking The Doctor Patient Relationship
Filed Under: Politics
During his press conference tonight, the President wielded this attack against the doctor patient relationship:
You come in and you have a sore throat, or your child has a sore throat, or you have repeated sore throats. The doctor may look at the reimbursement system and say, “You know what? I make a lot more money [...]
July 22, 2009 3 Comments
Dems Want to Give Doctors $245 billion Medicare Sweetener
Filed Under: Other
From the AP:
House Democrats want to give doctors a $245 billion sweetener that helps ensure their critical support for a health care overhaul bill. Next up: Trying to explain how they could do it without breaking President Barack Obama’s promise that health legislation won’t increase the federal deficit.
Obama reiterated the pledge in a “CBS Evening [...]
July 22, 2009 Leave a comment
Update: Mayo Clinic Reacts To House Health Care Bill
Filed Under: Politics
Update
Tonight during the Obama press conference the president fielded a question about the Mayo Clinic’s reaction to the House health care bill. Over the past two days Mayo Clinic has posted two updates to their previous statement regarding the house health care bill. It will be interesting to see how this story plays out over [...]
July 22, 2009 Leave a comment
Are We Headed For A Health Care Brawl?
Is this video a preview of what we may see in the United States Congress as the health care debate heats up over the next few weeks? This video shows a brawl which took place in the South Korean parliament on July 22, 2009. Check out the background news story from the AP.
July 22, 2009 1 Comment
Paging Doctor Marx?
Filed Under: Other, Philosophy, Politics
Today, Investor’s Business Daily published a cartoon by political cartoonist Michael Ramirez. In this cartoon Karl Marx is pictured as a doctor making a house call on behalf of Government Health Care. Marx is pictured putting on the glove and telling the patient, “Hello, I’m your new doctor…bend over.” The cartoon is entitled, “The House [...]
July 21, 2009 Leave a comment
Mayo Clinic Reacts To House Health Care Bill
The Mayo Clinic, which has been cited and touted by President Obama as an authority as he has sought to gain credibility on the issue of health care, has put forth a policy statement regarding the current Health Care bill in congress:
Although there are some positive provisions in the current House Tri-Committee bill – including [...]
July 20, 2009 1 Comment
The Universal Health Care Bias
There will be a new bias inserted into the traditional Hippocratean practice of medicine if HR 3200 “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009″ (AKA ObamaCare) is signed into law. The liberal policy makers will disregard the originalist approach to the Hippocratic Oath just as they have the United States Constitution. The new approach will [...]
July 16, 2009 Leave a comment
ObamaCare’s Biggest Opponent Is Not The GOP, It Is The Medical Profession