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SOCIALIZED MEDICINE DAILY DIGEST FOR 5/13/10
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Posted on 05/13/2010 7:47:16 PM PDT by socialismisinsidious

Health law’s heavy impact (Money Grab: 3.8% Real Estate Sales Tax in Health Care Bill)

The Spokesman-Review ^

Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 6:47:46 AM by quesney

"Tax on Home Sales. Imposes a 3.8 percent tax on home sales and other real estate transactions. Middle-income people must pay the full tax even if they are “rich” for only one day – the day they sell their house and buy a new one."

Schwarzenegger's revised budget plan is expected to eliminate health programs

LA Times ^ | May 12, 2010 | Shane Goldmacher and Evan Halper

Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 9:09:10 AM by Second Amendment First

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to present a revised budget plan Friday that would dismantle some of California's landmark healthcare programs after efforts to scale them back have been reversed by federal courts.

Obama’s Can’t Fail Way to Cut Healthcare Spending - Deny Services to Seniors

canada free press ^ | 5/13/10 | Fred Dardick

Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 12:32:10 PM by Nachum

Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) … remember the name. Sometime in the not so distant future, these are the people who will decide whether or not you qualify for knee replacement surgery, or if your expected lifespan is too short for that expensive heart medication, or you’re as good as dead, so why don’t you forget about chemo?

TIMING OF HEALTH CARE REPORT LEADS TO CHARGES OF DECEPTION

The Cypress Times ^ | 5/13/10 | Kevin Price

Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 12:51:52 PM by Patriot1259

The Department of Health and Human Services has finally released its controversial report on the costs that will surround the recently passed Obamacare legislation and questions are being asked as to why it was not released earlier, when it might have made a difference during the health care debate. The simple answer is that the report would only further damage a bill that passed by the thinnest of margins and with the most questionable of means.

Federal health care overhaul to strain state, legislators told

Sacramento Bee ^ | 5/13/10 | Bobby Caina Calvan

Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:25:10 PM by SmithL

Even after the federal health care overhaul is in place, 2 million Californians could still be left uninsured, and the budget-strapped state may find it difficult to absorb millions of others who will suddenly have coverage, experts told lawmakers Wednesday.

California has the nation's largest population of the uninsured – 7 million people.

Mark Levin Hammers Obama's Radical Pick to Oversea Medicare and Medicaid - Audio 5/12/10

Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | May 13, 2010 | Brian

Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 7:55:44 AM by Federalist Patriot

Here is audio of "The Great One" - Mark Levin - shining the light of truth on President Obama's nominee, Harvard Professor Donald Berwick, to head the agency that overseas Medicare and Medicaid. As you might expect, he is another in a long line of Obama radicals.

Obama's Rationing Man

The American Spectator ^ | 5-13-10 | Philip Klein

Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 7:38:47 AM by afraidfortherepublic

While much of Washington is focused on President Obama's Supreme Court pick, Republicans are gearing up for a confirmation battle over another Obama nominee who promises to put health care back in the spotlight.

At issue is Obama's choice to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Donald Berwick, a Harvard professor with a self-professed love affair with Britain's socialized health care system. In his writings and speeches, Berwick has defended government rationing and advocated centralized budget caps on health care spending.

Berwick and Obamacare Equal Socialism on Steroids

davidlimbaugh.com ^ | 05/13/10 | david limbaugh

Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 8:25:36 PM by lancer256

We knew Obama was prevaricating when he told us his purpose to cram through Obamacare was to provide universal access to coverage and reduce costs, but how many people did he manage to fool? How many are still fooled?

Donald Berwick, Tell These People Britain Chose Well When They Chose Socialized Medicine

All American Blogger ^ | 5-13-10 | Duane Lester

Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 10:47:49 AM by Bodhi1

President Obama's nominee to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) love Great Britain's single payer health system. A speech he gave in 2008, started with Berwick saying, "Cynics beware, I am romantic about the National Health Service; I love it. All I need to do to rediscover the romance is to look at health care in my own country."

The Federal Fat Police:Bill Would Require Government to Track Body Mass of American Children

CNSNews ^

Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 9:53:18 AM by Sub-Driver

(CNSNews.com) - A bill introduced this month in Congress would put the federal and state governments in the business of tracking how fat, or skinny, American children are.

"Nick" of Girls' Genitals Endorsed by American Academy of Pediatrics

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2987372/nick_of_girls_genitals_endorsed_by.html ^

Posted on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 9:32:25 PM by Maggie Maggie Maggie



TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: healthcare; obamacare; socializedmedicine

1 posted on 05/13/2010 7:47:16 PM PDT by socialismisinsidious
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2 posted on 05/13/2010 7:47:47 PM PDT by socialismisinsidious ( The socialist income tax system turns US citizens into beggars or quitters!)
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3 posted on 05/14/2010 6:23:59 AM PDT by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, retired Military, disabled & Seniors)
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56% favor repeal, 63% says it will cost more:

http://members.myheritage.org/site/R?i=lvZSexeydwdE6xYjjn9nVA


4 posted on 05/15/2010 9:37:52 AM PDT by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, retired Military, disabled & Seniors)
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