by Jane Richey | Feb 8, 2013 | Health Care
A growing bipartisan cadre of Congressional lawmakers is behind an effort to repeal a component of the Affordable Care Act they say will adversely impact manufacturers of heart valves, cardiac defibrillators, knee implants and other medical devices. Lawmakers say that...
by Jane Richey | Feb 8, 2013 | Voting Issues
The plaintiffs in the voter ID case are set to file papers today asking the Commonwealth Court to extend the block on the voter ID law. It was stopped only for the November election. “Even though there is not a big presidential election, the right to vote is...
by Jane Richey | Feb 8, 2013 | Health Care
After 25 years of practicing medicine, Dr. Tamzin Rosenwasser packed in her dermatology practice in 2011, barely a year after the passage of President Obama’s health care initiative. The timing wasn’t coincidental. “I have interrupted practicing medicine because of...
by Jane Richey | Feb 8, 2013 | Agenda 21
Sally Jewell, the woman President Barack Obama has nominated to be the next Secretary of the Interior, said in a 2007 interview that she was “not proud of our employee commuting footprint” during her time at the helm of outdoor retailer REI. “Is there anything you’re...
by Jane Richey | Feb 8, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Under the broad banner of “health,” the federal government not only is telling Americans what to eat, it’s also telling us to make our homes safer. This week, the Obama administration released a “bold new vision for addressing the...