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'Obamacare' bends cost curve the wrong way
Jul 17, 2009
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Any national health care reform must focus on increasing efficiency so that more Americans can have access to affordable coverage.
Sounds simple, but if it was all that easy we would have done it years ago. The debate over how to get health care coverage to all Americans, after all, goes back to ...
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Westmoreland announces federal grant for Carroll health center
Sep 24, 2007
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U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland is pleased to announce that Palmetto Health Council has received an annual $404,861 federal grant to develop and operate a community health clinic to serve the uninsured and underinsured in Carroll County. “This is great news for the people of Carroll County, particularly...
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Open up your wallet and say “Ah”
Aug 2, 2007
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Not one vote has been cast in the 2008 presidential race, yet Democrats in Congress are acting as if Hillary Clinton’s already in the White House. This week, House Democrats passed a huge new “Hillary Care” entitlement for children’s health insurance. The bill greatly expands the State Children’s He...
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Georgia doctors testify before House panel
Aug 1, 2007
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Testifying before a House Small Business subcommittee at the request of U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, Macon orthopaedic surgeon Frank Kelly and Carrollton oral surgeon Gordon Austin advocated for federal laws requiring health insurance providers to pay physicians promptly.“No industry would survive i...
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Medicare bill would reduce choice
Jan 12, 2007
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U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland opposed the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007.
Westmoreland explained his opposition in the following speech on the floor of the House:Mr. Speaker,
The U.S. Congress wields the power of the purse; it can declare war; it can create new laws...
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