The House has some basic issues to address in the debate over H.R. 3962 which will reform health care in the U.S. in this rare Saturday session.
Additional taxes will come from health care reform on small business say dissenters on the House floor this morning - ironic since the GOP generally supports big business they are reminded by a House Democrat. Meanwhile, more lobbys representing doctors and seniors are lending support.
House discussion is taking place this morning on health care reform H.R. 3962 which likely goes to a vote in the House Saturday. Nancy Pelosi is gathering votes amid Democratic defectors and Republicans, who do not support it.
Kellogg's will remove immunity-boosting claims from the front of its cereal boxes of Rice Krispies and Cocoa Krispies after public scrutiny, rather than an FDA crackdown as some have received.
A visible and vocal GOP rally against the Democrats version of health care reform heated up when a banner of Holocaust victims was paraded among those in attendance. Meanwhile the AMA and AARP have both announced support of the Democratic plan.
Democrats plan to take health care reform to a possible vote in the House on Saturday with a plan that should offer health care insurance coverage to 36 million more Americans. The GOP effort is already underway to derail the plan with its own plan which covers 3 million more Americans.
Medical health insurance premiums are supposed to go primarily to pay medical claims, but a Senate Committee inquiry finds that a larger chunk, than previously suspected, of what you pay for medical insurance, returns to the insurer as profit.
Are there too many frivolous lawsuits? It's tough to find any backing to that claim that will be heard when health care debate begins later this week. But there is plenty of evidence that 100,000 to 200,000 Americans are dying every year from medical error - and most don't file lawsuits.
The 'Loser pays" proposal is just the latest in a long line of tort reform proposals, part of health care reform, that further erode an injured persons ability to seek a remedy in the court after medical malpractice.
While Kellog's tells consumers that Cocoa Krispies helps boost immunity, the respected Dr. Andrew Weil takes down mention of his Immunity Support supplement from his Web site.
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