Opinion Forum

The Little Victories

May 21st, 2010

By Brian Bagent I recently left the full time employ of the hospital where I worked for a little more than two years on a medical/surgical floor to take a job with a hospice agency. Patients can be put on hospice only if the medical diagnosis is such that an ordinary progression of their terminal […]

Articles written by Brian Bagent
Tags: cancer, death, dying, families, health care, hospice, nursing
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A Modest Proposal to Promote Domestic Tranquility

May 20th, 2010

By Dan Miller Huff and Puff and down fall the houses of falsehood Here is a truly fascinating article from Huffington Post by Jim Taylor, PhD in psychology and lecturer at the University of San Francisco, a well known bastion of unbiased intellectual thought. Mr.* Taylor complains that the sources of information nowadays are too many, […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: extremists, facts, global warming, health care, information, puppies, truth
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Implementation Timeline

April 7th, 2010

By Tom Carter The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has produced a handy implementation timeline for health care reform. The first few years are devoted mostly to new taxes and other ways to raise money. Among those other ways are taxes and fees on businesses that will be passed on to consumers, which in reality is […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: health care, implementation, legislation, reform, timeline
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Health Care Fears

April 3rd, 2010

By Tom Carter There are lots of concerns about the new health care law, some valid and others not. Confusing media reports, partisan pundits, and hysterical chain e-mails have created an environment of fear, at least among some people. Kaiser Health News has published an interesting article addressing some of the specific fears people have, […]

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Tags: false, fears, health care, Law, Limbaugh, true
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For the Greater Good

April 2nd, 2010

By Larry Ennis My mother and I share the dubious distinction of both being senior citizens, her at 90 and me at 70. Both of us receive Social Security and Medicare. We are both concerned about what our status will be under the new health care law. As more information emerges it’s beginning to appear […]

Articles written by Larry Ennis
Tags: costs, health care, Law, Medicare, seniors, Social Security
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