In Support of The Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act

U.S. Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) and Joe Heck, D.O. (R-NV) introduced bipartisan legislation today permanently repealing the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and setting out a clear path toward comprehensive reforms of Medicare payment and delivery systems. The following have come out in support of the legislation… “We enthusiastically support this legislation. It not [...]

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Insufficient Sleep Affects 30% Of US Workers

Written by Catharine Paddock PhD Medical News Today The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 30% of the nation’s workers are sleeping under 6 hours a day, which is less than the 7 to 9 hours that the National Sleep Foundation recommends for healthy adults. To assess the prevalence of insufficient [...]

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IAVA Demands Accountability As VA Underreports Mental Health Care Delays

President, VA Secretary Shinseki Silent as Inspector General reports VHA Mental Health Records had “No Real Value” in Tracking Care for Injured Veterans NEW YORK—Today, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the nation’s first and largest nonpartisan, nonprofit organization representing veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, released the following statement expressing outrage [...]

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Obama Has No Serious Plan To Strengthen Medicare

Boston, MA – Romney for President Policy Director Lanhee Chen today made the following statement on the Medicare Trustees Report: “Today’s report reminds us that Medicare must be reformed and strengthened or it will soon collapse. It also reminds us that President Obama continues to play shell games with the health care of our seniors, [...]

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Sarah Palin statement – Is it in support of Limbaugh – or – an attack on hypocrasy?

When asked about the Rush Limbaugh / Sandra Fluke dust up last week she said… I think the definition of hypocrisy is for Rush Limbaugh to have been called out, forced to apologize and retract what it is that he said in exercising his First Amendment rights and never is that… the same applied to [...]

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Shelley Berkley Allows Washington Bureaucrats to Deny Care for Seniors

Just the facts… Shelley Berkley voted to preserve a fifteen-person panel of Washington bureaucrats with the power to decide whether or not seniors get the treatment they need. The name of this panel is Independent Panel Advisory Board (IPAB) and purpose of this panel, is to cut Medicare spending. Yes, just one day after she [...]

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Fair Foundation – National Advocates Speak Out About Bio-medical Research Priorities

Americans must demand priority for bio-medical research with the clear focus on a greater parity in funding for chronic conditions. Bill Remak, FAIR Foundation member and patient advocate, passionately urges all patients to take action and voice their concerns by writing and calling their representatives about the disparities in research funding. The new prepared sample [...]

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Cardinal Raymond Burke Encourages Catholics to Sign Online Petition to Stop the Birth Control Mandate

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 6, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — Cardinal Raymond Burke, Cardinal Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, sent a written message of support to St. Gianna Physician’s Guild over the weekend encouraging Catholics to sign the organization’s online petition ( www.StopTheBirthControlMandate.org) to protest the assault on religious liberty that is happening [...]

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Consumers may get relief under new Nevada insurance law

Nevada Division of Insurance CARSON CITY, Nev. – Consumers who have suffered an “extraordinary life event” may now ask their insurance company to provide an exception to the use of their credit information for underwriting and rating purposes, which may otherwise result in an increase in their premium rate. “This is an important chance for [...]

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Planned Parenthood A ‘Slaughterhouse For The Unborn’

ABC News’ Michael Falcone, Jonathan Karl and Amy Bingham report: Presidential candidate Rick Perry spoke at the Values Voter Summit, a gathering of hundreds of social conservatives in Washington, on Friday, but the evangelical pastor who introduced him stole the show, sparking a controversy in the process. It was no ordinary opener from the prominent [...]

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EU $220 Million Grant Supports Mayo Clinic Czech Research Using ‘Space Station’ Approach

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic will receive $10 million in research funding from the European Union (EU) as part of a $220 million grant to its collaborator, the St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno, the Czech Republic. The overall award will be used to support clinical research and education at the International Clinical Research Center [...]

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Radiation Monitors Continue to Confirm That No Radiation Levels of Concern Have Reached the United States

WASHINGTON – During a detailed analysis of four west coast RadNet air monitor filters, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified trace amounts of radioactive iodine, cesium, and tellurium consistent with the Japanese nuclear incident. These levels are consistent with the levels found by a Department of Energy monitor last week and are to be [...]

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The Raw Food Diet

The raw food diet is not so much a diet as it is a lifestyle. It is based on the idea that consuming unprocessed and uncooked plant foods is best for the body in terms of nutrition, digestion, and absorption of the food. Heating food above a certain temperature apparently kills essential enzymes necessary for [...]

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How to be “Pain Free at Work”

Physical Therapist Chantal Donnelly, Creator of New DVD “Pain Free at Work,” Shares Which Muscles Should Be Exercised to Prevent Pain From Sitting All Day LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwire – February 8, 2011) – “Do you really need to train your body for sitting? Sitting all day is not natural for our bodies,” says physical therapist [...]

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Congressman-elect Heck’s Veterans Day Statement

Las Vegas, NV – Today, Congressman-elect Heck issued the following statement in observance of Veterans Day. Congressman-elect Heck is a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, an emergency room physician and a small business owner. “Today, on Veterans Day, we pause to honor our veterans: past, present and future – those who served, those who [...]

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