News Briefs – Volume XIX It’s All About Healthcare Baby
News briefs are a collection of interesting news stories and this edition is all about Obamacare…
Brief 1: Many seasoned citizens were shocked at AARP’s support of the Obamacare legislation which contained a significant cuts to doctor’s fees and cuts in allowable payments to hospitals. The fear, of course, is that many provider would simply stop accepting Medicare patienst, a majority of which are the aforementioned senior citizens. One had to wonder who the AARP, a membership organization, was actually lobbying for? Just recently the AARP had announced that their employees will see a rise in their health care costs in a statement from an AARP spokesperson;
Around television ratings weeks investigative reporters pull out their eye-raising stories that are typically about government waste and abuse. They often use “gotcha” tactics to surprise government workers who are not really working. A favorite is the story about some item that you or I could buy at the local Home Depot for under ten dollars, but our government has paid hundreds or even thousands for. I, like many have asked why the government pays so much for stuff and even more for any work that it wants performed. 
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Betsy McCaughey is the former lieutenant governor from New York. It is unclear how a Pittsburgher ended up in New York, but we will forgive her as she has become one of the most articulate voices for sanity in the health care debate. In a nutshell, she has been speaking against the massive overhaul proposed by the Obama Administration. She has had the nerve to use facts and figures to dispute claims by Pelosi, Reid, and Obama to scare folks into supporting their efforts. With all of their efforts, however, 