At the federal level, through the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, women are supposed to have access to safe and legal abortions in all of the United States. Separately, states are legally prevented from enacting laws that contradict federal laws. However, as has been demonstrated in Mississippi, there are ways to get around the implications of these two facts. According to a story reported this week…
Month: June 2012
A Helpful Summary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
A Facebook friend pointed out this very helpful summary of what the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act actually has done and will do. The portion referred to is the material posted by a user identified near the top of the page as CaspianX2.
Health and the Unexpected
It really is simple. No one plans to become ill or injured. If a person becomes ill or injured and needs medical care that he/she cannot afford to pay for, should that person should receive that care? Unfortunately, many people without insurance become ill or injured, and they show up in emergency rooms and doctor's offices expecting medical care, and they…
Romney Doesn’t Want Good Economic News to Hurt Him
Former Governor and current presidential candidate Mitt Romney apparently does not want the good economic news in states like Ohio, Florida and Michigan to distract from the message that he’s spreading that the economy is horrible and President Obama has only “made it worse.” In late May, several news reports surfaced that Romney’s operatives were asking those governors to pipe…
Romney — The Great Unknowns
There is so much about Romney that we do not know.
A Tax Cut Reality Check
I was extremely impressed by Fareed Zakaria's recent GPS program broadcast that opened with a very clear and lucid description of tax cuts. He reminds us that not only has US Presidential candidate Romney promised more tax cuts if he's elected, but that tax cuts have constituted a large portion of the economic stimulus measures that the Obama administration has…