A hot topic of debate, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often referred to as “ObamaCare,” has taken center stage. While much of the debate appears to perpetuate a deep, partisan divide, fair-minded individuals across the political spectrum are eager to accept a model of health care reform that increases coverage, contains costs, preserves the private sector and state-oriented solution, and decreases the debt load.
If we start with a ban on pharmaceutical advertising to mitigate harm to Americans, where will it end?
Representative Paul Ryan has a reputation for taking bold steps to balance the budget. However, his partisan budget plan does not meet his own standards for a solution to our nation’s woes.
In the last decade, the United States has seen a massive increase in prescription drug usage and abuse, the cause of which can be traced to irresponsible advertising and lobbying by pharmaceutical companies, collectively known as Big Pharma.
The opinion forum in the April 22 online edition of the Denver Post posed the question, “Should health-care insurers be forced to pay for contraception?” The operative word here is forced, making the answer to this question an unequivocal “No”.
The possibility that the Supreme Court will overturn portions, if not all, of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), has brought into sharp focus the entire rationale for health care reform and the need for alternative solutions.
The cost of rising health insurance is due to the use of emergency rooms by those who don’t have any ability, nor inclination, to pay for health care.
The government has good arguments based on precedent to uphold the individual mandate but the comments of conservative Justices at the oral argument signal the chance of a different outcome.
The fact that Mitt Romney is well on his way to the Republican Party’s nomination despite his history with mandates signals just how deeply in disarray the GOP is.
As the US Supreme Court convened regarding the Affordable Care Act, local leaders in Northern California announced they are taking steps to implement one of the law’s biggest initiatives – the promotion of preventive care through improved diet.
As the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments this week concerning the constitutionality of “ObamaCare,” Assembly Health Committee Vice-Chair Dan Logue (R-Marysville) today introduced legislation that would urge the federal government to repeal ObamaCare and instead create a fiscally-sustainable and consumer-directed system.
