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The Hidden Funding of ObamaCare, May 8, 2011, Illinois Review
By Dr. Arie Friedman
The revelations about ObamaCare seem to come on almost a daily basis. One of the most recent issues to come to light demonstrates the critical importance of stopping ObamaCare as a part of dealing with our country's spending and debt crisis. Representatives Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) and Steve King (R-IA) have recently publicized the fact that hidden within the ObamaCare laws are approximately $105 billion dollars in already appropriated funds. For that, we owe them a debt of gratitude. The reason this story is so important is that this cash represents the seed money for the actual implementation of ObamaCare.
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Durbin's Health Care Numbers are Wrong, February 7, 2011, Illinois Review
By Dr. Arie Friedman
Over the past few days, Senator Richard J. Durbin has begun touting a governmental study that claims the new health care law will save a low income family of four up to $14,900 per year. Anyone with even a passing knowledge of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) should find Durbin’s claims ironic in the extreme.
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The Death of Medical Privacy, September 20, 2010, American Thinker
By Dr. Arie Friedman
As I have read through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA, aka ObamaCare), I have been repeatedly struck by the disregard the law has for patient privacy. Time and time again, the PPACA authorizes the federal government to obtain information about patients directly from their health care providers. A particularly vivid example is Section 4302, "Understanding Health Disparities: Data Collection and Analysis." Section 4302 literally opens up almost every medical record in this country for government review and data collection. Let's go through the section with an eye towards patient privacy issues:
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A Dying Profession, June 6, 2010, American Thinker
By Dr. Arie Friedman
As a physician from a family of physicians, I frequently find myself being asked if I would recommend my profession to a young person. With the looming shortage of doctors faced by this country, I believe this is indeed a critical question. In the finest tradition of medical school instructors everywhere, I usually try to answer by proposing a thought experiment:
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H1N1 and Health Care Reform, April 8, 2010, American Thinker
By Dr. Arie Friedman
The government that mismanaged the H1N1 vaccine is stepping up to do an even worse job on ObamaCare. As a general pediatrician and medical practice owner, I have been surprised at our inability as a society to apply the lessons of the recent past to our current health care debate. Those who know me will recall that I was especially aggravated over the H1N1 debacle of late last year.
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