Tag Archives: Health Care Reform

Maybe Death Isn’t All That Bad: Trump’s Budget Proposal Slashes Spending by $3.6 Trillion Over 10 years – Guess Who Pays ?

Posted on 29 May, 2017 by AJ Layon

The “oil spot” theory of counter-insurgency asserts, in brief, that if we take an area and make it safe for the population, the effect of this improved safety would spread beyond the confines of the area made safe(er), kind of … Continue reading →

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Repealing the Affordable Care Act – Be Afraid

Posted on 10 March, 2017 by AJ Layon

Gentle Readers – this was published this morning in the Daily Item, the paper for this area of Pennsylvania. I grant that it is not measured and without passion. But then, if you have read anything I have written, you … Continue reading →

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The Tragedy of the Commons – Drug Shortages and Our Patients’ Health | The American Journal of Medicine Blog

Posted on 6 February, 2017 by AJ Layon

Gentle Readers – A brief editorial written by colleagues and me related to the abuse of the Commons by unbridled capitalism. Yes, we live in a capitalist country, but without proper regulation “..the weak become the meat that the strong … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Under Trump

Posted on 18 December, 2016 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – We are in for a rather wild ride, and I don’t mean that in the most pleasant or interesting way. The new administration – or should I say anti-administration since Trump has appointed government haters to his … Continue reading →

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G.O.P. Plans to Replace Health Care Law With ‘Universal Access’

Posted on 18 December, 2016 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – Here is Mr.Ryan’s plan. Allow people to find health insurance, if they want it. Thus, people who are sick, or become sick, will look desperately for insurance, while the healthy will stay  – if they so wish … Continue reading →

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Price – Empowering Patients First Act of 2015

Posted on 18 December, 2016 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – Soon to be Secretary of Health and Human Services Price’s vision of what will replace the Affordable Care Act. 44,000 words, that spell out less and more expensive coverage, unless you are young and healthy. —————————————– F:\M14\PRICEG\PRICEG_021.XML … Continue reading →

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The Sick and the Poor – Trump’s First Victims

Posted on 18 December, 2016 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – About 20 million of you, who were helped by President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Car Act (ObamaCare, The ACA) are about to be thrown to the wolves by an Administration – the Trump Administration – that … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Tax Plan: Massive cuts for the 1% will usher ‘era of dynastic wealth’

Posted on 2 December, 2016 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – It is this setup for the next 4 years – a tax cut that removes somewhere between 5 and 9 trillion dollars from the Federal Treasury, most going to the wealthiest 1% – that sets the stage … Continue reading →

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July 2004 to May 2005

Posted on 2 December, 2016 by AJ Layon

397 SECTION 9.3 JULY 2004 TO MAY 2005 Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………..398 July 2004 ………………………………………………………………………………………………….398 August 2004 ……………………………………………………………………………………………..403 September 2004 …………………………………………………………………………………………412 October 2004 …………………………………………………………………………………………….425 November 2004 …………………………………………………………………………………………444 December 2004 ………………………………………………………………………………………….454 January 2005 …………………………………………………………………………………………….460 February 2005 …………………………………………………………………………………………..467 March 2005 ………………………………………………………………………………………………474 April 2005 … Continue reading →

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Trump Health-Care Agenda Evolves Toward Core Republican Thinking – The Washington Post

Posted on 14 November, 2016 by AJ Layon

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-health-care-agenda-evolves-toward-core-republican-thinking/2016/11/11/a31858c4-a828-11e6-8fc0-7be8f848c492_story.html?tid=a_inl#comments   By Amy Goldstein November 11 During the brief period since his election, President-elect Donald Trump has begun to revise his health-care agenda in ways that conform more closely to the heart of Republican thinking in recent decades.On the … Continue reading →

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