http://www.protectpatientsrights.org Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:04:22 EST Thu, 20 May 2010 12:00:00 EST A surprising Op-Ed by Dr. Gary Puckrein, President of the National Minority Quality Forum, appeared recently on the front page of AOL News. Thu, 13 May 2010 12:00:00 EST Douglas Elmendorf, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, recently sent a letter to representative Jerry Lewis (R-CA) predicting that the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would cost $110 billion more than was originally projected. This would put the total cost of the bill over $1 trillion. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST Just a few weeks after President Obama s health care summit, it has become clear that partisan lawmakers plan to attempt to force their unpopular health care legislation on the American people by exploiting the budget reconciliation process. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST Top lawmakers in support of the unwanted health care reform bills in Congress have made a concerted effort to prove to Americans that their legislation will benefit both the common man and the Main Street businesses they run. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST It looks like the health care reform bill Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST WASHINGTON, DC to permanently secure the Medicare payment formula system or to even temporarily extend the patchwork fix already in place (the Sustainable Growth Rate formula or SGR). Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST Coalition to Protect Patients s highly publicized bipartisan health care summit. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST As expected, one of the top issues discussed at President Obama But unfortunately, most members were unwilling to work towards meaningful, comprehensive medical malpractice reform. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST Dr.Palmisano discusses health care summit and reform efforts with Radio America s Greg Corombos. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST According to the Heritage Foundation, some of the money collected as a result of the Senate health care bill s increase in the Medicare payroll tax for high earners would not actually go into Medicare. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST Danny Williams, premier of the Canadian province of Newfoundland, will travel to the U.S. to undergo heart surgery. s decision to travel to the U.S. for treatment has ruffled some feathers in Canada, however Williams is just one of the many Canadians who choose to leave their country in order to receive the superior care that is available south of the border in the United States. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST The Virginia State Senate passed a bill stating that Virginians shouldn another clear message sent to Washington from the American people saying that the current health care reform bill in Congress has got to go. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST According to a recent blog The Senate bill (HR 3590) would create even more at 117. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST A recent poll in Arkansas showed that the state s aye-vote were almost identical. Interestingly, two Democratic congressman from Arkansas have announced retirement since January 15. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST With voting day now upon the people of Massachusetts, recent polls show that Republican Scott Brown still has a chance to pull off the upset special-election victory that many believed to be unthinkable only weeks ago. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST Researchers from the Heritage Foundation said this week that the Senate to the public option is not actually an alternative at all. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST It s desk as quickly as possible. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST According to the Wall Street Journal, prominent Republicans are challenging the constitutionality of the health insurance one of the most controversial components of the healthcare bill currently being put together by Democratic lawmakers. The mandate would require all Americans to either purchase health insurance or pay a tax or government penalty. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST Though it appears that the idea of a national public health insurance option is dead due to its lack of support in the Senate, Igor Volsky of thinkprogress.org notes that the possibility of smaller, state based public-options remains. House leaders, desperate to get any form of the public option into the final bill, could insist on the provision of federal funds for states that choose to run their own public option programs, a scenario that the Senate bill would permit. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST There are built in disincentives to getting married in both bills that are currently being merged by Democratic lawmakers in Congress. The disincentive would affect many of the people who would receive subsidized insurance though new exchanges that will be run by the government if the expected legislation becomes law. The CBO estimated that this would be around 17 million people.