It’s time now to focus on Arizona’s health-care system
Since last spring, the noisy and sometime rancorous health-care-reform debate has kept all eyes and ears on Washington. It now appears the probability is high that a health-care-reform bill will be signed by President Obama. Given what our state is contemplating with respect to the next round of budget cuts, I think some sharp focus on health care in Arizona is needed – now. Gov. Jan Brewer has rightfully placed all options on the table in her difficult and, at times, bruising work with other state leaders to address what is approaching a $2 billion shortfall in our state budget. This includes a request by the governor to all state agencies asking for plans that will cut each read more
Read MoreLa. can?t afford health-care bill
The United States Senate seems headed for a vote on a nearly $1 trillion health-care overhaul. We all recognize the need to change the current system of delivering and financing health care — in order to ensure quality and to make coverage more affordable. The problem is that there is no evidence that the current proposals in Congress will make those needed improvements for Louisianians. In fact, studies by respected organizations have shown that current congressional proposals would result in the people of our state paying significantly more for their health coverage. The Senate proposal would create an expensive new bureaucracy, levy more taxes on the backs of working citizens and read more
Read MoreKing will continue to fight health-care bill
U. S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said Democrats are working to create a “dependency class” in America in an effort to expand their political base and stay in power. “That’s part of the motive,” King said when discussing federal health-care reform efforts with reporters after a Tuesday taping of Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press. ”King, who represents Iowa’s 5th District, said he will do what he can to try stop a health-care bill from heading to President Barack Obama’s desk, and he urged others who opposed the bill to join him. He said Democrats are moving toward nation health care, whether a public insurance option is included in the final bill or not. “That’s read more
Read MoreHealth-Care Reform to Dump Poor Kids?
Oleta Fitzgerald, director of the Children’s Defense Fund’s Southern Regional Office, says she is concerned over the welfare of Mississippi children if either of the two health-care reform packages considered by the U. S. House and Senate ever make it into law. The House passed H. R. 3962 earlier this month, and Senate Democrats managed to beat back the threat of a Republican filibuster a few weeks ago, allowing the Senate to move forward with debate on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H. R. 3590. Both bills promise big reforms in the health-care and health-insurance industries. The Association for American Medical Colleges states that nearly 15 million read more
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