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Published Physician Joins Health Care Debate Via The Internet
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The following is a letter which was brought to my attention by a member of the ALS community but originally posted on www.freerepublic.com causing a fair amount of contraversy over the internet concerning the health care debate. It was authored by Dr. Zane Pollard, pictured left, who has been published on numerous occasions in medical journals, with over 90 scientific papers to his credit, and operates out of Children’s Healthcare in Atlanta, GA.
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Consumers, Lenders, and New Year's Resolutions I don't plan on writing much today as I suspect that most computer users are either hung over, watching football, trying to lose weight, or cleaning up all of the holiday mess. Mr. ToughMoneyLove has been informally surveying New Year's Resolutions posted by various internet users, particularly in the personal... -
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Health Care Reform Bills As you might have known, America is now divided and in chaos about the government proposed health care reform bills. Government and government supporters say it is good while other say that it is bad. The bill is more than a thousand pages in length but the topic which is...... -
40 Year Mortgage Is Usually A Bad Idea Although they have become much rarer thanks to rapidly-falling real estate prices, the 40 year mortgage is here to stay. Once prices begin rising and home affordability again becomes an issue, I have no doubt 40 year mortgages will become more popular than ever. I don't think this is necessarily...... -
Keeping your Closet Clean The closet is a part of your home that is easily capable of becoming overwhelmingly cluttered and dirty without a lot of work. Keeping your closet completely organized is truly essential to making sure that it stays clean and healthy. Here are some tips that are going to help you...... -
A less than Expected Bonus - What should you do? I wasn't going to write about this subject but why the heck not! As indicated in the left side bar, I work for a Fee Based Financial Planning firm, that being said we have clients that we don't charge fees because of the compensation coming in somewhere else (i.e. money...
Is Health Care Reform Legislation Justified Cause for Concern?
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Proposed Congressional health care reform legislation, H.R. 3200, supported by the White House, is currently over a thousand pages in length, knee-deep in legalese, with an annual budget of $104.2 billion. The bloated proportions of this proposed legislation (among other things) has some politicians, bloggers and a cross-section of the American populace up in arms. With more than a few vocal constituents angrily expressing frustration and concern at town-hall meetings.
Does the excessive length and convoluted language of this particular bill, compounded by the daunting size of its budget, justify at least some of this concern?
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Why Health Insurance Is An Important Part Of Retirement Planning Many people that are planning to retire assume that a great deal of their healthcare costs will be taken care of after they have retired from their job. Others fail to take into account how much medical bills may cost if they become really sick. Planning for your health care... -
Updating the Government's Vision into our Economic Future The Congressional Budget Office this week issued its Summer Update of projections for our national economy. Although the White House has seized on one piece of positive data ( a slight downward adjustment of the projected 2009 deficit), the overall picture being painted is quite unpleasant to look at. Let's... - Predicting the Costs of Long Term Care Imminent health care reform may include a long term care plan that consumers can buy into. The benefits offered are likely to be helpful but inadequate. How inadequate? You can find out by using an online long term care cost estimator. First, consider these statistics regarding the actual need for......
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Should We Adopt a National Sin Tax on Junk Food to Reduce Obesity Epidemic? I'm not a fan of paying higher taxes. Nor am I a fan of people going without health insurance. As we've heard over and over on the 6 o'clock news and political debates, our current health care system cannot continue along its present course and represents a serious threat to...... - Could Wall Street be Warming to the Idea of Health Insurance Reform? Should it be viewed as a positive sign for health insurance reform that CNBC, well known for its pro-business bias, is interviewing a former health insurance executive who is in favor of government run health care? Could that be the final coffin nail for the insurance industry's current business model......
Chris Matthews Has Officially Become The “Bill O’Reilly” Of MSNBC
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Humorus representation of msnbc's Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s Hardball, has ceased being a serious network news figure and become the cartoonishly vigilant attack dog of proposed health care reform legislation, currently known as H.R. 3200.
Every time Matthews moderates a segment on this proposed legislation, it follows the same basic format: He’ll typically have two guests, one for and one against, and the dissenter (predictably) is not afforded the professionalism or civility one would expect on a network news program.
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- Health Care Spending in 2016 According to a WebMD article Health Care Spending will reach 20% of all spending in 2016. This is an amazing number to me, but it's really not that surprising. As baby boomers get older it makes sense that more money would go towards health care. Medical advances should continue at......
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Health Care Bill: Is It Doomed? The Health Care Bill is being delayed. That's not a bad thing. A report from the Washington Post informs us that Congress is taking a second look. We can only hope it will be a longer, more informed look this time. There are many questions which need to be answered... - Separating Retirement Wants from Retirement Needs I'm guessing that when not-yet-retired baby boomers dream ahead into their retirement future, they spend much of their time thinking about retirement "wants." I'm referring here to travel, hobbies, entertainment, and other activities that we expect to bring us pleasure in our retirement leisure but also cost money. Thinking...
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Health Care Costs That Drain Your Budget A hot topic in the news today is health care. Whether or not you agree with the President's health care reform, most people will agree that something has to be done. Americans continue to see health care costs rise making it impossible for some families to afford coverage. There are......
Three Arguments Against A Public Option For Health Care Coverage In America
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The various manifestations of legislation detailing a federally funded public option for health care coverage proposed by Congress and the Senate, endorsed by the Democratic Party and the Obama Administration, continues to divide politicians along partisan lines.
Proponents of a public option fundamentally believe that health care in America should not be based on profit and that a single payer system, ie, the federal government pays for everyones health care expenses with tax revenues, should be implemented legislatively, similar to Cuba, Canada and the European Union. Opponents are steadfast in contending that such a system would plunge the government further into debt, and could deal an already ailing economy a fatal blow.
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Is the Health Care Bill Constitutional? The Country is going nuts with the recently passed health care passage. If you have read ANY of my political posts before you could only imagine how much this bill makes me sick, literally it is a feeling of lost like the Country is taking a piss poor turn. But... -
Beginning a Fitness Program Beginning a fitness program is not something that has to be inherently overwhelming. The way to make sure that you are not overwhelmed by your brand new fitness regimen is simply to make sure that you are armed with all of the proper tools in order for you to get...... -
Health Care Reform - Personal Reality Check It's too soon to know exactly how health care reform will look when Congress is finished with it. That isn't stopping politicians and pundits from commenting about how good or bad it is. Stop listening to them. Perform your own reality check. Take 15-20 minutes to at least scan through...... -
Taking Control of Your Health Care You should take your health care seriously and a chiropractor in Canada decided to do just that and started planing a Marathon of Health. He wanted to bring to the attention of people across America and Canada that you need to be in charge of your health care, with...... - Obama's Health Care Reform Brings Hope For His Middle East Policy Once in a while there is a great article, and for every person that article will be different. For some this is going to be one of them, and for others you will want to just set it aside and pretend you never saw it. Don't just read the content......
My Advice To The Networks
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There is strong evidence to support a claim that mainstream American media turns a blind eye to human rights violations committed by U.S. Allies. The civil unrest and subsequent violence in Iran, a country that has long had strained relations with our government, has received extensive network coverage here in the U.S. I find it puzzling that similar incidents in the Middle East, in places like Gaza and the West Bank, do not garner similar exposure on network television.
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States Put Federal Lawmakers in Their Place If you think that the federal government has gotten out of control, losing touch with real America, and only serves themselves and special interest lobbyists, then you are not alone. It seems that several states in our union agree with you! Since the beginning of this year more than 21...... -
Are You Being Fooled by Stealth Re-Branding? NPR has a fascinating report on a Starbucks owned coffee shop which has completely ditched any association to the Starbucks franchise. No human sized Starbucks logo on the windows. No logos on the coffee cups. No mention of Starbucks whatsoever. Just a Plain Jane, "15th Ave. Coffee & Tea" sign...... -
United States Eliminated from Davis Cup In the first round of the long-anticipated Davis Cup tournament, the US is already out of the running marking the first US first round elimination since 2005. The American team was going after their 33rd Davis Cup victory, but Serbian Novak Djokovic didn't allow it to happen. With the...... -
Terror Attack on U.S. Soil - Obama Silent - Media Complicit WedNEWSday - June 3rd, 2009 While GE's family of NBC networks and their hardcore America-haters were busy celebrating the life of late-term abortionist George Tiller, a real terror attack took place. A convert to Islam accused of having "political and religious motives" in a deadly Arkansas military center shooting pleaded...... -
Different Banking Cultures Around the World If you're in the U.S., you may be justified in blaming your banking industry (you definitely are), but just make sure that you know you're talking specifically about U.S. banks. Not all banks around the world screwed everyone over. Let me remind you that banking cultures are very different around......
NIH Guidelines Prohibit Funding For Disease Specific Stem Cell lines
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines as currently proposed prohibits federal funding for somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), Somatic cells being adult stem cells. The SCNT technique involves removing the nucleus of an egg cell and replacing it with the nucleus from a different cell in order to create an embryonic stem cell line genetically identical to the donor nucleus. In the case of a donor with a condition such as Lou Gehrig’s disease, the process would yield an embryonic stem cell line that could be used to test specific therapies for that particular patient.
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Healthy Monounsaturated Fats The fact about fats is that we all need them. Fats are capable of helping in nutrient absorption as well as cell maintenance and nerve transmission. When we consume fats in unhealthy amounts, they can contribute to heart disease, weight gain and even certain types of cancer. All fats are...... -
Seeking superior stem cells New technique produces one hundred-fold increase in efficiency in reprogramming human cells Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have today (10/10/2011) announced a new technique to reprogramme human cells, such as skin cells, into stem cells. Their process increases the efficiency of cell reprogramming by one hundred-fold and generates...... -
Maryland in the biotechnology spotlight: Cancer stem cell research gains traction, tackles new targets Image via Wikipedia In the decades-long war on cancer, as of late, researchers had been making little progress in comparison to colleagues treating other conditions, such as cardiac or infectious diseases. "Cancer research has really plateaued out," William Matsui, an associate professor of oncology at Johns Hopkins University's School...... - Getting a TAN When I wrote about The Next Bubble two weeks ago, I didn't mention any of the companies involved in solar power. Part of my reason for that is I am not really a stock picker, and randomly suggesting companies in the industry would do my readers no justice. Last week......
- Protandim Scam? [About a year ago, I wrote an article about LifeVantage Protandim. I noticed some things that looked fishy about the company. However, my main goal with writing about it was to point out how sleazy the MLM industry can be. The guy that was begging me to buy into his......
Don’t Be Fooled: Our Gov’t Doesn’t Want A Free Iran, It Wants ‘Dat’ Oil!
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Many Americans are under the impression that our government is concerned with improving the fragile state of democracy in Iran. Political pundits combined with slanted network coverage of the civil unrest in Iran is much to blame, in my opinion, for the pervasiveness of this misconception.
A good litmus test for this belief might be to look at some of our Allies in the region, Saudi Arabia and Egypt for example, and see how much criticism is levied by government officials toward our Middle Eastern comrades who have yet to fully embrace democracy.
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Related Websites - Why Jim Rogers Hates Investing In India Here's an excerpt from a recent interview with Jim Rogers on why he prefers investing in China over India. High oil prices, inflation, food prices etc have hit countries like India very hard. How should counties like India tackle the situation? ⢠Inflation affects everyone. Not just India. We pay......
- Financial Overhaul: Consumer Effects The financial overhaul we've been hearing so much about lately has some interesting effects on consumers. While the changes are not targeted directly at us, we will definitely see them in action. Credit Card Minimums Do you ever see stores with minimum credit card purchases? Some merchants say no credit......
- Is the Health Care Bill Constitutional? The Country is going nuts with the recently passed health care passage. If you have read ANY of my political posts before you could only imagine how much this bill makes me sick, literally it is a feeling of lost like the Country is taking a piss poor turn. But...
- What is Judaism? What is Judaism: Although Judaism only accounts for 1/3 of 1% of people on earth, it remains a significant world religion due to its relationship with Christianity and Islam. Identifying a belief system of Judaism can be difficult, primarily due to the evolution of Judaism from largely a religion to......
- Stories from His-Story Often times on gaming forums you’ll see someone post asking for story ideas for their next RPG session (because they’re novice GM’s and too cheap to buy a module). A poster on RPG.net wanted to know how to handle the loss of two players in his Firefly game. After suggestions......