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A Tax on Cosmetic Surgery — Love It or Leave It?
The Senate's proposed healthcare bill includes a novel approach to enhancing funding for reform: a five percent tax increase on cosmetic surgery. Procedures like tummy tucks, face lifts, hair plugs, collagen injections, Botox, or any other non-required procedure would get hit with the increase. The tax could raise as much as $6 billion.
If Women Have to Pay For Abortion, What Does It Cost?
The initial reaction to the Stupak amendment — which forbids coverage for abortion from a public insurance plan and prevents private insurers from covering abortions for anyone getting a tax credit — was not anger for many women, but "What? Health insurance covers abortions?!"
Looking into the issue, the Wall Street Journal found that eliminating abortion coverage would have almost no effect because so few women use insurance for the procedure.
Healthcare Bill Restricts Coverage For Abortions
If you thought Democrats were pro-choice, you might want to think again. The recently passed healthcare bill coming out of the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives could significantly decrease access to abortion even for Americans on private insurance plans.
After a 290-194 vote, the House passed an amendment Saturday that bans the use of federal funds to cover abortion for anyone using the public healthcare plan.
Rape Victim Denied Healthcare For Taking Anti-AIDS Drug
I'll admit that I didn't know anything about the anti-AIDS medication given to rape victims until someone I know had to take it. The preventative drug cocktail, which must be started within 72 hours of exposure and taken over 28 days, is given as emergency treatment to people who might have been exposed to the HIV virus, often victims of rape.
Thanks to the debate raging over healthcare reform, it has come out that health insurance companies deny patients health insurance because they took the medication.
Heather Graham Races For Public Option — Love It or Leave It?
In a new commercial called "Track Meet," actress Heather Graham flashes her toned bod and a bit of cleavage to make the case that America needs a healthy public healthcare option. The spot, sponsored by MoveOn, claims that insurance companies have gotten lazy and bloated from the profits — but a little competition from a fit and lean public option should get the system back in shape. With a new poll showing that the majority of Americans want a government-run health insurance plan that will compete with private insurance, this ad might convince the rest of Americans who oppose it.
Front Page: The Public Wants a Public Healthcare Option
- A majority of Americans want a public option for health insurance according to the latest poll. — WSJ
- George W. Bush will be giving talks as a motivational speaker.
Front Page: Democrats to Ban Domestic Violence as Preexisting Condition
- Democrats in Congress have vowed to ban all health insurance companies from using domestic violence as a preexisting condition. — CNN
- President Obama has told top lawmakers that there will be no troop cuts in Afghanistan. — New York Times
- Congress will have to sign off on Washington DC's bid to legalize same-sex marriage.
President Obama Gets Auto-Tuned
When I came across this video from last night's Jimmy Kimmel Live, I watched it over and over again. I thought I'd share it with you guys, in case you needed a good laugh to start off your weekend! In the clip, rapper T-Pain gives President Obama's healthcare rhetoric the auto-tune treatment.
E-Health Records Raise Privacy Concerns About Sexual Health
In February, the US government mandated that doctors and healthcare providers create an Electronic Health Record (EHR) for every American by 2014. This new system, which healthcare providers and government officials can access when authorized, promises to make health care more efficient and less expensive. But there's a growing concern that the adoption of a central, online system could compromise patient privacy.
A Mad Man & Funny People Try to Save Insurance Companies
Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell
Just when you thought it was impossible to make the country's debate about health care exciting, sexy Jon Hamm throws himself into the fray. The mad man is one of many celebrities starring in a new Funny of Die video that spoofs all the healthcare PSAs dominating the airwaves. Will Ferrell, Donald Faison, and Olivia Wilde join Jon in sarcastically asking "why is Obama trying to reform health care when insurance companies are doing just fine making billions of dollars in profit?"
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