Stephen Lynch wants to ‘blow up’ rare government program that’s working
March 14, 2010 by Staff Reporter
Filed under Health
Rep. Stephen Lynch of the House Oversight Committee suggested during a hearing last week that Congress should “blow up” the federal health benefits program known as FEHBP. But a growing number of experts think that this scorched earth approach to a system that 8 million Americans rely on for health benefits is a bad [...]
Number Two: Dem Congresswoman confirms Shea-Porter’s bathroom story
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter now says she was just using “humor” when she accused men of holding up health care reform. But Florida Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is backing up Carol Shea-Porter’s story that she and Republican female members of Congress claim they could pass health care reform “by the weekend” if they just sent [...]
Shea-Porter goes rogue on health reform
ne thing is clear: Unless Sen. Harry Reid and President Barack Obama back down on the excise tax in the health reform bills being merged in a secret conference committee, Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) will not vote for the final bill, the New York Times reports.
And that’s not the only feature of the final [...]
Shea-Porter sounding less bullish on health bill
There was a time when Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) condemned opponents of President Barack Obama’s health care reform push as “tea baggers.” But these days it’s sounding more and more like Carol Shea-Porter herself opposes what Obama is trying to do.
On Thursday, Shea-Porter’s office criticized the so-called “Cornhusker Kickback” deal that would give the [...]
Sentinel editor disappointed in process, but blames Republicans for C-SPAN flip
An editor from the Keene Sentinel is placing partial blame for President Barack Obama’s C-SPAN flop-flop on Republican opponents of health care reform efforts in Washington, DC.
While campaigning for the presidential nomination in New Hampshire, then-Sen. Barack Obama told the editors of the Keene Sentinel, “we will have a public process for forming this [health [...]
Sentinel, Foster’s silent on Obama C-SPAN flip, Telegraph weighs in [UPDATED]
The editorial departments of two Granite State newspapers to whom then-Sen. Barack Obama made his now-infamous promise to broadcast health care reform negotiations on C-SPAN are silent in the wake of that broken campaign commitment.
Neither the Keene Sentinel nor Forster’s Daily Democrat responded to NowHampshire.com’s request for comment as to whether they feel presidential candidate [...]
Shea-Porter will vote ‘no’ on health bill without public option, blog reports
Influential liberal blog Fire Dog Lake is reporting that Democratic Congresswoman Carol Shea- Porter (NH-01) has “vowed to vote against any bill that does not have a public option.
If Shea-Porter’s vow stands it will symbolize a major break with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with whom Shea-Porter has voted over 95-percent of the time. Pelosi even invited [...]
Shea-Porter: “When you can pay for insurance, you must”
New Hampshire Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) had stern words for her audience in Alton on Friday. “I think when you can pay for insurance, you must,” Shea-Porter said to a small crowd of mostly skeptical constituents, according to the Laconia Citizen.
Shea-Porter has become an increasingly influential player in the health care reform debate. [...]
Did the Democratic Party attempt to silence critics of Pelosi’s health care reform plan?
The below excerpt is from the Concord Monitor’s story on yesterday’s Organizing for America rally, which attracted a group of counter-protesters who oppose Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s health reform measure (which passed the U.S. House on Saturday night at 11:00 PM).
We have contacted Democratic Chair Ray Buckley to see if the account is accurate and under [...]
Hi-Tech Help for High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients
October 14, 2009 by Staff Reporter
Filed under Health
The fight against breast cancer continues to rage on. According to the American Cancer Society, more than 1,000 women throughout New Hampshire alone will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009; across the nation, one in 50 women are currently at high risk for developing the disease. Breast MRI is recommended for these patients, as [...]
