Second, health care. Our budget repeals the president’s health-care law and replaces it with patient-centered reforms. It also protects and strengthens Medicare. I want Medicare to be there for my kids—just as it’s there for my mom today. But Medicare is going broke. Under our proposal, those in or near retirement will see no changes, [...]
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News Desk: Judge Blocks Bloomberg’s Signature Sugar Drink Ban
A judge invalidated New York City’s limits on large sugary drinks on Monday, one day before they were to go into effect, dealing a significant blow to one of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s signature public health initiatives and a marquee project of his third term. [New York Times] OUCH. Justice Milton A. Tingling Jr. of [...]
Democratic Maryland Governor Withdraws Opposition to Medical Marijuana
THIS IS very good news if you believe medical marijuana should be available to patients, without penalty or prejudice. From Huffington Post: Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration withdrew its opposition to legislation allowing doctors and nurses to dispense medical marijuana to patients through academic medical centers, raising prospects for passage this year. Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein, [...]
Medical Establishment’s “Superbugs” Warning, Fearmongering Global Society
ANOTHER DIRE health warning about “superbugs” that are coming to kill us and there’s little anyone can do about it. No doubt the global health network needs to be made aware, so for that the story has importance. But these kinds of hair on fire warnings do little to help the public at large. From [...]
Happy Anniversary Let’s Move! What are You Doing to Eat Healthy?
For years, America’s childhood obesity crisis was viewed as an insurmountable problem, one that was too complicated and too entrenched to ever really solve. According to the conventional wisdom, healthy food simply didn’t sell—the demand wasn’t there and higher profits were found elsewhere—so it just wasn’t worth the investment. But thanks to businesses across the [...]
NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll: Obama Creaming Republicans on Every Issue, with One Depressing Downside
Only 29 percent of respondents say they agree “with most” of what Republicans in Congress have proposed (versus 45 percent for Obama and 40 percent for congressional Democrats). An identical 29 percent have a favorable view of the Republican Party (compared with 49 percent for Obama and 41 percent for the Democratic Party). – NBC/WSJ [...]
Obama to Robin Roberts: “You’ve been an inspiration to all of us.”
WHAT A struggle it’s undoubtedly been for Robin Roberts, but she’s back. As always, some controversy swirled around the coverage of the GMA host’s battle with life-threatening cancer. From the New York Times: More recently, some media critics have censured “G.M.A.” for over-covering Ms. Roberts’s impending return; a steady stream of commercials featured a bevy [...]
Jon Stewart on Marco Rubio’s Saliva “Deportation” [Video]
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook OBAMA “may need a prompter, but at least he doesn’t need an I.V. bag.” …and that’s just Stewart for starters. Love it that Jon Stewart also calls out Senator John McCain’s convenient immigration flip flopping.
Age Rating and Obamacare, More Proof Medicare for All was the Answer
THERE’S BEEN no mistaking through my writing that I’m not a fan of the Affordability Care Act, though individual passages are very positive for people. The Act on whole is not, especially when compared to single payer, which will become more and more apparent next year. Ben Smith of Buzzfeed picks up on one of [...]
Obama, Democrats, Tea Party Extremists and Those Hapless Republicans
“When I think about what it means to be a Democrat in this day and age, I start with the basic proposition that we are all created equal, that we’re all endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights,” Obama told House Democrats on Thursday at a retreat in Virginia, offering a glimpse of what’s [...]
Chris Christie Confronts Doctor Critical of his Weight
DR. MARIANO, a woman who was the White House doctor for the entire Clinton presidency, as well as parts of both Bush presidencies, has been publicly critical of Gov. Chris Christie’s battle with obesity. It has now turned very personal. From a local Phoenix station: “I worry that [Gov. Christie] may have a heart attack, [...]
Obama Compromises with Catholic Church, Bishops Reject Offer, Catholics for Choice Respond
The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops on Thursday rejected the latest White House proposal on health insurance coverage of contraceptives, saying it did not offer enough safeguards for religious hospitals, colleges and charities that objected to providing such coverage for their employees. The bishops said they would continue fighting the federal mandate in court. [New York [...]
Religious Men in Catholic Hospitals have No Business Making Decisions for Women
Take one case detailed to medical sociologist Lori Freedman by the doctor involved. A woman 16 weeks pregnant with twins was diagnosed with a molar pregnancy, which can lead to cancer, and “didn’t want to carry the pregnancy further.” She went to the hospital with vaginal bleeding, but unluckily for her, it was a Catholic [...]
Michelle Obama Target of Offensive Misogyny, Coach Suspended
“Fat butt Michelle Obama,” said Bob Grisham, a high school football coach who was surreptitiously recorded by one of his students. “Look at her. She looks like she weighs 185 or 190. She’s overweight.” [Washington Post] THIS IS not the first time First Lady Michelle Obama has been the target of conservative misogyny. Rush Limbaugh [...]
WABC’s Hate Radio: Mark Levin Calls Obama Muslim Brotherhood “Sympathizer”
YOU CAN’T get anymore disgraceful than the vicious invectives that Mark Levin spews every day on WABC’s hate radio. Citing hard right Tea Party extremists in Congress, Reps. Bachmann and Gohmert, Levin once again quoted the outrageous charges that the U.S. government had been “infiltrated” by the Muslim Brotherhood, then claimed President Obama was a [...]
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