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Abortion Activists Send H.H.S. Officials Condoms for Holidays

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 18, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – A pro-abortion and population control environmentalist group lobbied Trump appointees in the Department of Health and Human Services to “protect reproductive rights” and “address population growth” last week by sending them “Endangered Species Condoms for the Holidays.” Six Trump HHS appointees were sent “a colorful package” of the […]

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Author of Bill Would Welcome State Mandates

Sen. Bill Cassidy said he welcomes the possibility that blue states could voluntarily create their own individual mandates or enact other measures in response to Congress repealing the penalties from Obamacare. “Our big thing about federalism is that states are quite capable of doing that,” said Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican who has pressed for Congress […]

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How Tax Plan Could Affect Health Care

Companies should brace for change. The 30-plus-year drought since the last tax code overhaul may be over as Congress sets out to vote on and place a now-finalized tax bill on President Donald Trump’s desk. The bill slashes the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, and also includes massive changes to how income earned […]

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Net Neutrality Repeal Could Have Health Impact

The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 in favor of repealing net neutrality regulations, an expected outcome that prompted renewed concern from some about the impact on telehealth and remote monitoring. In a release (PDF) following Thursday’s vote, the FCC lauded the reversal of “heavy-handed utility-style regulations” that would promote network investment that is “key to […]

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Judge Blocks Birth Control Rules

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge in Philadelphia on Friday ordered the Trump administration not to enforce new rules that could significantly reduce women’s access to free birth control. Judge Wendy Beetlestone issued the injunction, temporarily stopping the government from enforcing the policy change to former President Barack Obama’s health care law. Read More

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CDC Chief to Staff: “No Banned Words”

The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reached out to alarmed agency staff over the weekend to tamp down fears incited by a report that the Trump administration has banned the CDC from using words like “fetus,” “evidence-based,” and “diversity” in its budget submissions. Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, who has led the […]

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GOP Steps Up Push for More Funds for Obamacare Marketplaces

Senate Republicans are increasingly resolved to infuse more funding into the Obamacare marketplaces, even as they work on a parallel measure to undermine the health-care law by erasing its mandate to buy coverage. In an email sent to senators Tuesday night, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) promised imminent action on a pair of measures […]

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Suits Target Diet Soda Industry’s Ads

Advertising campaigns behind diet drinks from Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Dr. Pepper have long promoted the idea that consumers are taking the healthier, more weight-conscious option when it comes to choosing their favorite sodas. Diet Coke emphasized its drink has “no sugar, no calories.” Diet Pepsi tried launching its slender “skinny” can only a handful of […]

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Ryan: GOP Targets Benefits for Poor and Aged

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) said Wednesday that congressional Republicans will aim next year to reduce spending on both federal health care and anti-poverty programs, citing the need to reduce America’s deficit. “We’re going to have to get back next year at entitlement reform, which is how you tackle the debt and the deficit,” […]

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Ex-Postman Helps Debut Alzheimer’s Stamp

A former mailman, who had to stop the job he loved when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, helped debut a USPS stamp Friday that will help fight the disease. Doug Peterson was a mail carrier in Escondido for 27 years before he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease — a brain disorder that destroys a […]

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Dentists: Trump’s Slurring Could Be Teeth Issue

President Donald Trump’s speech seemed thick and slurry during his speech about Jerusalem on Wednesday, causing some to question whether his dentures were slipping. In video posted on Twitter, the president’s lower teeth certainly seem to be doing their own way-out thing during the speech, particularly during the last 90 seconds and on the words […]

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N. Korea Nuclear Tests Linked to “Ghost Disease”

Speaking to NBC News, Lee Jeong-hwa claims that exposure to radiation is killing people who live in Kilju – the county where Kim’s testing site, Punggye-ri, is based. ‘So many people died we began calling it “ghost disease”,’ she said. ‘We thought we were dying because we were poor and ate badly. Now we know […]

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