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Singer: How Government Killed the Medical Profession

I am a general surgeon with more than three decades in private clinical practice. And I am fed up. Since the late 1970s, I have witnessed remarkable technological revolutions in medicine, from CT scans to robot-assisted surgery. But I have … Continue reading

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Seven million will lose insurance under Obama health law (1)

President Obama’s health care law will push 7 million people out of their job-based insurance coverage — nearly twice the previous estimate, according to the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office released Tuesday. CBO said that this year’s tax … Continue reading

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IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family (1)

(CNSNews.com) – In a final regulation issued Wednesday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) assumed that under Obamacare the cheapest health insurance plan available in 2016 for a family will cost $20,000 for the year. Under Obamacare, Americans will be required to buy health … Continue reading

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Richter: Paradigm Shift For The Healthcare Expense Monster

A sadly familiar theme in the US—the growing ranks of the working poor—was fleshed out today. But the report, “Low-Income Working Families: The Growing Economic Gap,” did something else: it added graphic details to the conundrum of US healthcare spending. While … Continue reading

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Chen: Where Have All the Primary Care Doctors Gone?

More and more, my family and friends are asking for my help in finding a primary care doctor. That they would be having trouble finding one doesn’t surprise me. We’ve all been reading warnings about an impending doctor shortage for … Continue reading

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Steyn: The Doctor Won’t See You Now

A few years ago, my small local hospital asked a Senate staffer if she could assist them in obtaining federal money for a new building. So she did, expediting the process by which that particular corner of northern New Hampshire … Continue reading

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Atlas: The Democrats’ Fallback Plan For When Obamacare Inevitably Fails (1)

With the reelection of President Obama, the Affordability Care Act known as ObamaCare will begin its implementation. The voters have ensured that ObamaCare will now move forward, even though this election was really not a referendum on the unpopular law; … Continue reading

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Orient: Healthcare Is Personal, It’s Not for Sharing (3)

Congressman Barney Frank, in an unusual flash of common sense, told New York Magazine that he thought Obama made an error in pushing healthcare reform too hard. Not that he disagrees with the law—it’s the politics, not the principle. People … Continue reading

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Henninger: ObamaCare’s Lost Tribe: Doctors

The practice of medicine is the Obama health-care law’s biggest loser Back at the at the dawn of ObamaCare in June 2009, speaking to the American Medical Association’s annual meeting, President Obama said: “No matter how we reform health care, … Continue reading

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