WASHINGTON (AP) — Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius says she has had no conversations with President Barack Obama about possibly joining his Cabinet as health secretary.
Sebelius (seh-BEEL’-yuhs) was in Washington on Sunday for the winter meetings of the National Governors Association.
Administration officials have said she is near the top of the list of people being considered to run the Health and Human Service Department. But Sebelius tells Read the rest of this entry »
– President Obama pledged Tuesday night to cure Americans from what he called “the crushing cost of health costs,” saying the country could not afford to put health-care reform on hold.
“This is a cost that now causes a bankruptcy in America every 30 seconds. By the end of the year, it could cause 1.5 million Americans to lose their homes,” Obama said in his speech to a joint session of Congress.
Obama pointed to the increasing number of uninsured Read the rest of this entry »
A day after he had to jettison the person he hoped would be the architect of a healthcare overhaul, President Obama this afternoon will get to claim a smaller victory.
He signed into law a bill, given final approval by the House today, to extend subsidized coverage to 4 million more children across the country. The bill on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program costs nearly $33 billion and covers children whose parents earn too much to qualify Read the rest of this entry »
the global economy collapsing all around us, the last issue US President Barack Obama wants to talk about is the ongoing War on Drugs. But if he doesn’t, and fast, he may well have two collapsed and haemorrhaging countries on his hands. The first lies in the distant mountains of Afghanistan. The second is right next door, on the other side of the Rio Grande.
Here’s a starter for 10 about where this war has led us. Where in the world Read the rest of this entry »
FDA pick coming soon, Obama spokesman says
President Barack Obama will announce his nominee for FDA commissioner in the next few days, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. The agency faces mounting pressure to address product safety, including recent cases of salmonella contamination in peanuts. Obama’s choice, who would take over for interim chief Dr. Frank Torti, has to be confirmed by the Senate.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday struck down the Bush administration’s ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information — an inflammatory policy that has bounced in and out of law for the past quarter-century.
Obama’s move, the latest in an aggressive first week reversing contentious Bush policies, was warmly welcomed by liberal groups and denounced by abortion Read the rest of this entry »
Does Obama Have Control of the DEA?
Perspective by Tim King Salem-News.com
Has the time arrived for Obama to take his gloves off and overhaul the DEA from top to bottom, or is it even an option?
(SALEM, Ore.) – The DEA is defying President Barack Obama’s word that the Department of Justice would no longer be used to harrass and arrest owners and operators of medical marijuana dispensaries.
“I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting Read the rest of this entry »
A good percentage of the premiums or catastrophic health insurance amounts is going to health care fraud every year. GAO est of minimum fraud have consistently been in 10% to teens. Comment by Comment by patient – January 27, 2009 at 11:01 pm
This comment leads in a direction mentioned several times here between us: FRAUD. I served on a Federal Grand Jury for 18 months and became intimately involved with details of Medicare/Medicaid Fraud. Most Read the rest of this entry »
By E.J. Mundell
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) — A broad swath of Americans support President Barack Obama’s anticipated overhaul of the U.S. health care system, especially such key proposed elements as government negotiation with drug companies to lower drug prices, or some form of a national health insurance exchange, a new
poll finds.
In fact, half of the 2,491 adults surveyed in the nationwide poll said they either “strongly” or “somewhat” Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON – Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) last week joined a majority in the House of Representatives in support of bipartisan legislation to provide health care to 11 million children from working families.
The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2) was approved by a vote of 289-139.
The bill is very similar to the legislation that President Bush vetoed twice in the 110th Congress.
“Investing Read the rest of this entry »