How Health Care Reform Could Affect America’s Youth

February 3rd, 2010

The debate over health care reform continues to roil the nation, even though the recent election of Republican Senator Scott Brown has put passage of the legislation in doubt. Currently, the Senate version of the bill is idling in the House of Representatives, where Democrats are trying to decide on how best to proceed. If they pass the Senate bill as-is, with none of the revisions they wanted, it will go to directly to President Obama who will sign it into law. That scenario is far from certain, however, and what the final bill will look like remains to be seen.

Nonetheless, the essence of the bill seeks to fix America’s health care system – which costs much, much more than in other industrialized nations.

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How Scott Brown Could Affect the Nation’s Health Care Policies

February 2nd, 2010

Democratic Senators had been working diligently to sculpt a health bill that they thought would please enough of the nation to justify being passed. And even though it wasn’t satisfactory to Republicans, it didn’t matter because Democrats carried 60 seats – enough to overcome a Republican filibuster.

That is, until Tuesday, when a shocking event occurred – the Democrats lost their easily-won Senate seat to Republican Scott Brown.

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The Story Behind the U.S. and Universal Health Care

January 29th, 2010

With all of the debate over health care in recent months, many have questioned whether our current health care system – or the many proposed versions of the health care overhaul – are sufficient enough to provide satisfactory care for the country. In fact, some believe that the United States should operate under a universal health care system like most other countries instead of sticking with private care options. (See our comparison of U.S. health care and the rest of the world)

In the countries that operate under this type of health care system, all citizens are required to receive some type of care, which is not the case in the United States.

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Health Care Reform Affects Dallas Salons

January 6th, 2010

In a recent development or should we say another modification for the federal health care bill, salon owners (especially in Dallas) are the ones targeted as the proposed 5 percent tax on cosmetic medical procedures was replaced with a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning services.

Dallas is indeed a huge selling point for both cosmetic surgery and fake tans. That being said, the area would have been affected either way.

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Trouble in Passing Health Care Bill

January 3rd, 2010

With all the pressure that this health care bill has brought upon the White House and the Senate, it seems that another dilemma’s arising. Last Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders, the liberal Independent from Vermont, said that he cannot say yes to the bill as it is presently shaping up because it does not monitor costs or restraint in health insurance companies.

“I’m struggling with this,” Sanders said Wednesday evening on Fox News. “As of

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