...paying for ObamaCare? These people make a lot more money & have a lot more bennies than the average American & they`re claiming they don1t have the money to pay for ObamaCare insurance.
Their arrogance is incredible since now what`s good for the goose is not good for the gander.
Did they...
Will this ridiculous debate on women and abortions by ignorant male lawmakers ever end? Tomorrow the Tennessee house committee will vote on a bill that could require certain information about women who have had an abortion to be made public, essentially treating women like they are criminals...
Some lawmakers in New York have finally decided that prosecuting teens under child pornography laws for sexting is ridiculous, and on Friday proposed the "Cyber Crime Youth Rescue Act" — which, if passed, would create a "educational reform program" to teach teens about the dangers of sexting...
The Wall Street Journal: "Many cash-strapped U.S. states are slashing budgets for tobacco-prevention programs, raising alarms among public-health groups as the nation's progress toward getting adult smokers to quit has stalled. The adult smoking rate was 20.6% in 2009, the same as a year earlier...
Massachusetts lawmakers may repeal a two-year old law requiring medical firms to disclose gifts to doctors, The Associated Press/Boston Herald reports. "Health care advocates say such a move could put a quick halt to efforts to rein in health care costs and increase transparency in the industry...
Supporters of legislation (A 11484, S 5808) to update a New York abortion statute are urging lawmakers to hold final votes before the end of the session, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports. The legislation, first introduced in 2007 by then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D), is before committees...
The Associated Press/The New York Times: Two Republican lawmakers in Mississippi want voters there to have the final say on whether purchasing health insurance should be required as mandated by the new federal health reform law. State Reps. Alex Monsour and Steven Palazzo are proposing a ballot...
Louisiana lawmakers and women's health advocacy groups are working to initiate and expand state programs aimed at reducing teen births, births to unmarried women and premature births, the Shreveport Times reports. Compared with the nation as a whole, Louisiana has higher rates of births in each...
Louisiana lawmakers and women's health advocacy groups are working to initiate and expand state programs aimed at reducing teen births, births to unmarried women and premature births, the Shreveport Times reports. Compared with the nation as a whole, Louisiana has higher rates of births in each...
Nebraska lawmakers voted 36-7 Wednesday to give second-round approval to a bill (LB 594) that would require abortion providers to perform extensive mental health screenings of women prior to the procedure, the Omaha World-Herald reports (Stoddard, Omaha World-Herald, 4/7). Before advancing the...
Roll Call: "Industry groups, labor unions and other stakeholders in health care reform offered up their parting shots on Monday, airing lingering grievances with the historic legislation or praising a bill that, after more than a year of tussling, now awaits President Barack Obama's signature...
Kansas Health Institute: "Republicans and Democrats were sharply divided Tuesday over a proposed constitutional amendment that sponsors said would let federal officials know Kansans don't want to be told by the government that they must buy health insurance. On a 12-9, party-line vote, the House...
A proposed cost-control commission would attempt to spread hospital costs more evenly across New Hampshire's population and protect the uninsured from high charges, but the state's hospitals are unhappy about the plan, The Concord Monitor reports. "The 4,700-word bill would create a three-person...
A proposed cost-control commission would attempt to spread hospital costs more evenly across New Hampshire's population and protect the uninsured from high charges, but the state's hospitals are unhappy about the plan, The Concord Monitor reports. "The 4,700-word bill would create a three-person...
Women's health advocates last week urged Arkansas lawmakers to compensate for budget cuts to the state Department of Health's Breast Care Program, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. Program supporters gave members of the state House and Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor committees a...
Newspapers report on the controversy about variations in individual state costs for a Medicaid expansion in health care overhaul legislation. "Gov. Phil Bredesen [D-Tenn.] said today that he is 'very distraught and concerned' about the direction health care reform is moving at the federal level...
News outlets report on deals struck with individual senators, in particular Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., in an effort to win support for health care legislation."With the approval rating of Congress sinking in the polls and public opinion of their health care plan going down along with it, Democrats...
News outlets report on deals struck with individual senators, in particular Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., in an effort to win support for health care legislation."With the approval rating of Congress sinking in the polls and public opinion of their health care plan going down along with it, Democrats...
Spain's Congress of Deputies on Thursday approved a bill that would legalize abortion up to 14 weeks' gestation, assert a woman's right to undergo the procedure and remove an existing threat of imprisonment for women who have an abortion outside of specific circumstances, the AP/Google News...