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SOTU 2019 and American Medicine
- By Dr. Jane M. Orient
While President Trump called for unity and cooperation in his 2019 State of the Union address, the views of the audience showed a sharp and bitter divide, especially on issues affecting the health and medical care of Americans. Most striking was the solid bloc of Democrat “suffragettes” clad in white like Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
When the President congratulated women for their increased representation in Congress, this bloc rose to its feet to applaud uproariously, as if the home team had scored the winning touchdown in the high-school championship game.
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So What If ACA Is Unconstitutional?
- By Dr. Jane M. Orient
Stocks of hospital and Medicaid-contracted managed-care companies plunged on the announcement of Judge Reed O’Connor’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional. Some advisors consider this a “buying opportunity,” expecting that the ruling will be reversed on appeal. This shows who the important stakeholders are.
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Epidemics, Fear and Denial: How Every American Is Threatened
- By Dr. Jane Orient
This is the one hundredth anniversary of the great influenza pandemic of 1918. In his book The Great Influenza, John M. Barry described it as the deadliest plague in history. It killed more people in a year than the Black Death of the Middle Ages killed in a century.
The lack of a vaccine did not cause the flu. All epidemics start with an index case—which may or may not be identified. The great influenza may have begun in a patient in Kansas. The significance of the case was reportedly recognized by a country doctor, who was ignored. As the nation mobilized for World War I, and draftees from across the country were thrown together, illness spread and became much more virulent. Transport ships became “floating caskets.” Troop trains were “rolling coffins.” But Woodrow Wilson denied the existence or severity of the epidemic, and effective public health efforts were thwarted.
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The Children, the Caravan, and Health
- By Dr. Jane M. Orient
There are three aspects to the caravan: what is shown by the media; what is there to be seen; and what is unseen.
The focus is on the innocent children, as in the widely circulated photograph of an obese woman with two children lacking pants or shoes, purportedly fleeing tear gas sprayed by cruel law enforcement agents. They are far from home, in a very dangerous place, in violation of the laws of Mexico.
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What To Do About A Caravan Of Rag-tag Migrants
- By Dr. Jane M. Orient
The narrative appears to be that thousands of oppressed peoples spontaneously decided, all at once, to flee a murderous, corrupt government in Central America, and walk to the U.S., in time for election day, to plead for asylum and begin to work hard for a better life in the U.S. (Take note: it is a “caravan” not an “army.”)
We see photos of a mass of walking people, including women, some carrying babies. There are photos of a resting crowd, some tending to infants.
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Can Democrats Save Entitlements And Healthcare?
- By Jane M. Orient
The Washington Post of October 18 says that the biggest issues in the midterm elections are the threat that Republicans will slash Medicare and Social Security, and maybe get around to repealing ObamaCare after all. It quotes a tweet from Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) that Republican statements about “adjusting” entitlements are “Washington-speak for cutting the Medicare and Social Security benefits you have worked hard to earn and making you pay for tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires.”
So, will rescinding the tax cuts and taxing the “rich” even more fix the problems?
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What The Election Means To Your Medical Care
- By Dr. Jane M. Orient
People are marching with “Health Care Voter” signs, and this is generally believed to be one of the most important issues in the 2018 midterm elections. Republicans who got elected on the promise to repeal ObamaCare, and reneged, may now get unelected. Voters who supported them are dissatisfied, and Democrats demand still more government involvement in medicine.
On Twitter, #HealthCareVoter posts warned that the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court would “rip health care away from people with pre-existing conditions.” This illustrates several profound misunderstandings.
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- Congress and the IRS Have Stranded Patients in SwampCare
- Socialism, Corporatism, and Destruction of Patient-Centered Medical Care
- Organized Theft in the Name of Government
- The Growing Assault on Private Property Are Single-Family Homes “Racist?”
- Radical Anti-Beef Greens Threatening Our Dinner Plate!
- The Anti-Trump Riots are a Smoke Screen
- Why Property Rights Matter: Prosperity - Stability - Freedom
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