3M Co. on Friday informed retirees and workers it will stop offering a group health-insurance plan to retirees not old enough for Medicare by 2015, citing the federal health overhaul as a factor.
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Health reform to worsen doctor shortage
“The United States already was struggling with a critical physician shortage and the problem will only be exacerbated as 32 million Americans acquire health care coverage, and an additional 36 million people enter Medicare.”
MichelleO wants nurses to propagandize Obamacare
In a “listen only” telephone conference call on Tuesday, First Lady Michelle Obama told nurses they need to help Americans learn about the benefits of the new health care law.
ObamaCare at Six Months – higher taxes, higher deficits, and, ultimately, rationed care
“The American people are going to be very upset with higher taxes, higher deficits, and, ultimately, rationed care. Because that’s what’s going to happen under ObamaCare, as we move down the path to government-run Medicare-for-all.”
Cuccinelli: Federal health-care position ‘truly radical’
The Obama administration is putting forth a “truly radical” argument in defending the federal health-care act, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli argues in court papers filed yesterday in Richmond.
ObamaCare at Six Months
How liberals will exploit the failures of government health care to push for government-run health care.
Medicare Czar Flees ‘Rationing’ Query
He’s publically romanticized Britain’s government-run healthcare and is on the record arguing that most cities should ration the “number of centers engaging” in “cardiac surgery,” “neonatal intensive care” and “cancer care.”
GOP Aims to Erode White House Agenda
Preparing for a Potential Congressional Majority, Republican Leaders Say Repeal of Health-Care Law Tops Their Priorities
The Constitution’s AG
Regardless of his wishes about tangling with the federal government, those battles are making Cuccinelli — elected attorney general in 2009 as part of a GOP sweep in the commonwealth — a national name in the Republican Party and the conservative movement.
Rep. Taylor becomes first Dem to back repealing health reform
Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) signed onto a discharge petition drafted by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), Taylor’s office confirmed. His office would not offer any additional comment. Taylor is the first Democrat to sign onto the petition, a reflection of the tough electoral climate facing Democrats this fall, especially over healthcare reform. – The Hill