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Obama Care

Obama Cuts Long Term Care Option For Seniors

November 10, 2011

One of the few benefits of Obama care for the middle class has gone on the chopping block–long term care.  CLASS, the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program has been abandoned by Obama’s Administration leaving a void in a health care system that specifically hits the working class. CLASS was seen as an initial [...]

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For 2012 Democrats Must Ask Themselves ‘Do They Want ObamaTo Run?’

August 2, 2011

The debt ceiling debacle represents another loss for Obama in a long list that shows his presidency rolling  over on liberal ideals and caving in on the promises he made in 2008.  The learning curve for the inexperienced President has been a costly process for his base and for the most vulnerable of our nation. [...]

Tagged as: Challenge to Obama Candidacy, Debt Ceiling Crisis, Democratic Party, Election of 2012, Leadership Failure, Obama and 2012, Obama Losing Base, Reformed Liberal, Renomination of Obama

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Michele Bachmann Delivers Tea Party Response (VIDEO)

January 25, 2011

Telling NBC that she had been approached to give a response  to the President’s State of the Union speech to a Tea Party audience, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) corrected the portrayal by the media that her speech signified a split in the Republican Party.  Armed with charts, she attacked Obama’s Stimulus Package as a failure, [...]

Tagged as: Media Portrays Tea Party and GOP, Michele Bachmann's Response To State of Union, Tea Party and Michele Obama

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To Become A Real Player In Reform, Tea Party Should Make Term Limits Its’ First Order Of Business

January 12, 2010

The Ohio Valley Tea Party has announced its’ formation as a political action committee in time for  the upcoming election year.  This will enable the group to raise money and support candidates for office.  Although it’s still in the development stage, the potential of becoming a political party is there.  To grow this grassroots movement into [...]

Tagged as: Campaign Reform, citizen legislators, fiscal responsibility by government, grassroots campaign, Harry Reid, Health Care Reform, Lawyers and Government, lobbyists, Pelosi, Republican Contract With America, special interests, term limits, The Tea Party, Third Party, U.S. Congress

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While CDC Projects That The Peak of H1N1 Is Over, Reports Of Person-to-PersonTamiflu Resistance Found In The U.S.

November 21, 2009

In  the midst of CDC reporting in a decline in the number of H1N1 patients, what would seem like good news, is being kept in check by new cases that are resistant to the current  popular antiviral Tamiflu. By Steve Sternberg, USA TODAY Epidemic experts say they are investigating the apparent spread of Tamiflu-resistant swine [...]

Tagged as: Antiviral resistance, CDC, Duke University, H1N1, North Carolina, Pandemic, Person-to-Person Transmission, swine flu, Virus reassortment

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Hunting For Swine Flu Vaccine

November 19, 2009

By Maggie Mertens for NPR The swine flu vaccine remains scarce, but is slowly becoming a little less difficult to find. Some people are getting the vaccine at doctors’ offices, some at college health centers, and some at public flu clinics. You’re best bet will depend on where you live. As KQED’s Sarah Varney reports [...]

Tagged as: CDC, Distribution of vaccine, flu.gov, H1N1 flu vaccine, Health and Human Services, Health Care, Lieberman, Location of Swine Flu vaccine, NPR, Obama, swine flu, vaccine

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Death Without Mourning

November 12, 2009

Tagged as: ARRA, Change To Believe In, Economic crisis, Economy, Health Care Reform, Main Street, Obama Administration, Reformed Liberal, Stimulus Package, Taxes, unemployment, Wall Street

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Distribution of H1N1 Vaccine: A Real Test Of Government’s Access To Health Care?

October 16, 2009

As Congress is moving toward reforming the current health care system, the H1N1 pandemic offers a real time test of the efficacy of a government run system. For example, the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus has an enrolled student body of approximately 10,000+ students . Primarily a commuter campus, students health care coverage is [...]

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Jobless Report Is Worse Than Expected; Rate Rises to 9.8% — 17% Rate Including Laid-off Workers Taking Part-time Work or Given Up…

October 2, 2009

from the NY Times: The American economy lost 263,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent, the government reported on Friday, dimming the prospect of any meaningful job growth by the end of the year. The Labor Department’s monthly snapshot of unemployment dashed hopes that the pace of job losses would [...]

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Hey, Mr. President! Here’s Just One Suggestion On Reforming Health Care…

August 26, 2009

It is apparent to many news observers that Americans see the necessity of reforming our current health care system, but are reticent about adopting another enormous entitlement program at this economic vicissitude. Perhaps townhall meetings would have produced more than anger if instead of making the meetings an opportunity for photo ops, sound bites, and [...]

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Timing Is Everything!

August 17, 2009

The Health Care Reform packages being railroaded through Congress gives one pause especially given that we have just inched back from the precipice of a global economic implosion. Universal Health Care is a subject worthy of investigation, debate, and eventual implementation. However, its’ timing at this juncture is neither prudent, nor imperative. The rush for [...]

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