Mar 10 2010

The protest at the AHIP insurance company conference in DC was astroturfed

I knew it the moment I saw it on television and before I saw the signs, but it was just a gut feeling based on Obama’s, the SEIU’s, and HCAN’s history.

The SEIU and HCAN (Health Care for America Now) bused in activists from DE, CT, MD, MN, VA, NJ, NC, NY, OH, PA, RI. In [...]

Oct 21 2009

Britain’s cost-effectiveness watchdog to cancer sufferers: ‘No life-extending drugs for you’

Just as is expected under Obamacare (Obama even admitted to rationing), Britain’s cost-effectiveness watchdog - The National Institute for Health Clinical Excellence (NICE), has blocked the use of a life-extending breast cancer drug on the NHS, despite a fresh review of the medicine saying that it still did not feel GlaxoSmithKline’s drug Tyverb was a [...]

Aug 28 2009

Choosy Moms Don’t Choose Socialized Medicine

“I would far prefer American health care than I would health care in the UK any day of the week,” Minnesota Republican Michelle Bachmann said at townhall meeting yesterday, citing this Daily Mail report about 4,000 mothers who have been forced to give birth in bathrooms, offices, hallways, waiting rooms, and elevators due to an [...]

Jul 2 2009

Under UK socialized medicine, Disabled children wait up to two years for wheelchairs

And the Democrats want this kind of care for our children?
The NHS was told today to stop relying on charities to fill funding gaps after figures revealed many trusts would not pay the full cost of electric wheelchairs for disabled children.
Freedom of information figures obtained by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign found children were subject to [...]

Jun 20 2009

Bad Time To Be Out of Touch

I’ve been traveling on business this week and working way too hard. With everything going on, it’s a bad time to be out of touch with the news. So I’m going to ease back into the swing of things gradually, starting with easy posts like this one: Michael Ramirez’s comment on the [...]