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Healthcare protests create a GOP dilemma (LA TIMES)
Party leaders want to turn the conservative activism into votes, but
find themselves the target of ire from many of the protesters.
ok..I think I get it..Obama’s numbers are high..GOP is doomed..Obama’s numbers are down..GOP is doomed..GOT IT!! (Freep comment)
Orthopedic Surgeons respond to Obama on amputation comment (AMERICAN THINKER)
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if a family care physician works with his or her patient to help them
lose weight, modify diet, monitors whether they're taking their
medications in a timely fashion, they might get reimbursed a pittance.
But if that same diabetic ends up getting their foot amputated, that's
$30,000, $40,000, $50,000 -- immediately the surgeon is reimbursed.
Well, why not make sure that we're also reimbursing the care that
prevents the amputation, right? That will save us money. [President Zero in New Hampshire]
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First, surgeons are neither reimbursed by Medicare, nor any provider
for that matter, for foot amputations at rates anywhere close to
$50,000, $40,000 or even $30,000. Medicare reimbursements to physicians
for foot amputations range from approximately $700 to $1200 which
includes the follow up care the surgeon provides to the patient up to
90 days after the operation. Moreover ...
Obama Invokes Grandmother's Death In Health Debate
"I just lost my grandmother last year. I know what it's like to watch
somebody you love, who's aging, deteriorate and have to struggle with
that... ".
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think the Kenyan questioned whether the expense of her last years were
worth it. There is also speculation that he strangled her to prevent
her from revealing he was a Kenyan.-( Freep comment)
Official Party-Approved Slogans for the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock
Long live sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll - the tested and powerful weapon
against bourgeois cultural and reactionary generational influence!
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