March 10, 2010 The president needs to be aggressively pushing a jobs bill along with healthcare. This country is smart enough to tackle both difficult issues at once. Besides, there is some synergy working on jobs and healthcare at the same time. ... FULL STORY
March 09, 2010 The federal regulations currently in place that prohibit nurse practitioners from acting as primary-care providers when ordering home healthcare and hospice services prohibit us from delivering healthcare throughout the lifespan of our patients. ... FULL STORY
March 08, 2010 Game-changing tax laws were passed via reconciliation under former administrations, so healthcare legislation is not a first. While not true reform, it could be a step in the right direction by curtailing insurance company greed and increasing coverage. Reform is an ongoing process. ... FULL STORY
March 05, 2010 The American public expects its elected officials to ensure their safety and well-being. Now is the time to demonstrate this by having the moral courage to pass healthcare insurance reform. ... FULL STORY
March 04, 2010 So, we are going to pass the most comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system in more than 40 years, something that many have been trying to accomplish since well before that, and we are going to do it via a legislative loophole... ... FULL STORY
March 03, 2010 The sustainable growth-rate formula jeopardizes more than the elderly. Smaller rural practices will not be able to survive a 21% cut and will have to close. ... FULL STORY
March 02, 2010 I might suggest that Congress stay home permanently. The harm they are doing to this country by allowing year after year to pass without fixing the Medicare payment formula is without doubt unconscionable. ... FULL STORY
February 26, 2010 It is extremely arrogant on the part of the president and his colleagues—both Democrat and Republican alike—to waste one day of Senate legislative work to discuss healthcare reform with SGR not even being discussed on the Senate floor. ... FULL STORY
February 24, 2010 President Barack Obama's plan is a “Trojan horse” and will not only further bankrupt our economy, but also take away our freedom... ... FULL STORY
February 23, 2010 If the Democrats are serious about passing a bipartisan healthcare system overhaul law, they need to incorporate the following into the current bill: ... FULL STORY
February 18, 2010 Health insurance does not mean healthcare, as insurance companies are only in business to make money, and the easiest way to make money for their investors is to figure out some way to not pay a medical bill. ... FULL STORY
February 12, 2010 I think it is good the Food and Drug Administration is going to require some “controls” to be built in. However, I hope they don't generate another burdensome amount of paperwork. ... FULL STORY
February 11, 2010 Bipartisanship is not the same as caving in to President Barack Obama's wants. Trying to ram a bill through when you have 60 senators is not the same as working with Republicans. ... FULL STORY
February 09, 2010 As if Illinois medical costs were not high enough and Illinois citizens had not suffered enough from the hands of their officials. The question of capping awards comes down to a simple reality: too few physicians practice in Illinois to afford the monetary size of awards to injured patients. ... FULL STORY
February 08, 2010 In response to freelancer Linda Wilson's "Med students not ready to use EHRs: study":Ditto Drs. David M. Polaner and Leland Berkwits. I no longer feel like a voice crying out in the... ... FULL STORY
February 04, 2010 The lawyers—and judges—are proving again that they are a major cause in the financial collapse of our healthcare system by driving up the cost of liability and health insurance. ... FULL STORY
February 02, 2010 In response to freelancer Linda Wilson's "Med students not ready to use EHRs: study":The challenge with most electronic health records is the expanse of functions that are available to the... ... FULL STORY
February 01, 2010 In response to freelancer Linda Wilson's "Med students not ready to use EHRs: study":The average medical student of today has used the computer since preschool. The student also uses it for... ... FULL STORY
January 29, 2010 In response to freelancer Linda Wilson's "Med students not ready to use EHRs: study":I am not at all surprised by this, and, in fact, would bet a substantial portion of my income that most of their... ... FULL STORY
January 26, 2010 My hope is that enough professional organizations and providers will submit comments to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS regarding this and other similarly proposed and administratively burdensome requirements, and that the comments will be taken into... ... FULL STORY
January 25, 2010 If Nancy Pelosi can't get a majority of the House to pass the Senate bill, which matches the House bill in 80% to 90% of the key provisions, then she is a poor leader indeed. ... FULL STORY
January 22, 2010 I think the Republicans do not represent the majority of Americans on healthcare reform. They represent the health insurance companies and big money that wants to continue exploiting the common man. ... FULL STORY
January 21, 2010 Thank the Lord for Massachusetts. Stopping President Barack Obama's socialist agenda has pulled this country back from the edge of disaster. People in this country are finally starting to come to their senses. ... FULL STORY
January 20, 2010 The election of Scott Brown to serve as U.S. senator from Massachusetts signals a turn toward a bipartisan effort to reform healthcare. The deals crafted by the administration, the speaker of the House and the Senate majority leader are dead. ... FULL STORY
January 19, 2010 This whole bill and the process are a travesty of the political system to make special deals and push for a bill that will very likely raise our deficit... ... FULL STORY
January 06, 2010 HHS needs to make it crystal clear and concrete, or otherwise small physician practices will take their usual stance on new technology and “wait.” It seems to me, they should make the original buy-in in 2011 easily achievable, such as requiring only a certified electronic medical record... ... FULL STORY
December 29, 2009 The “historic passage” of the healthcare reform bill by the Senate falls short of my expectations. As a practicing OB/GYN, I hoped and lobbied for the addition of tort-reform language to this bill. The cost of defensive medical practices plays a significant role in the high cost of... ... FULL STORY
December 28, 2009 I agree reform is needed, but there is a lot of research that has been missed. They need to talk to people down here in the trenches—rural health—and real-life people. ... FULL STORY
December 22, 2009 Just another reason I'm so glad I don't belong to the American Medical Association. I oppose the use of federal funds for abortion and this bill does nothing to prevent that. ... FULL STORY
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