Category: Opinion

Dog bylaw should focus on bites, not breeds

… entrances, financial incentives to quit, while keeping the cost of cigarettes high and covering the packaging with health warnings and gross pictures of blackened lungs all work together to both deter new smokers and encourage longtime smokers to …

What if Trump-care works in California? What if it doesna t? Thomas Elias

One problem in having a president who operates without much regard for facts, truth or consistency – one whose staff has devised the concept of “alternative facts” – is that when he says or promises something, no one can know whether he means it. So it was with President Trump’s mid-January promise of “health insurance for everybody,” including better coverage, more choice among policies, lower deductibles and no one left behind – far different from anything his Republican allies in Congress ever promised in their many efforts to “repeal and replace” Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act .

What if Trump-care works?

One problem in having a President who operates without much regard for facts, truth or consistency – one whose staff has devised the concept of “alternative facts” – is that when he says or promises something, no one can know whether he means it. So it was with President Trump’s mid-January promise of “health insurance for everybody,” including better coverage, more choice among policies, lower deductibles and no one left behind – far different from anything his Republican allies in Congress ever promised in their many efforts to “repeal and replace” Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act .

Drug of choice could end up a deadly mix

… giving four to seven doses of naloxone to reverse the overdose. Sometimes it doesn’t work. In Columbiana County, the Health Department has made Narcan kits available to local EMS and law enforcement agencies in response to the presence of fentanyl …

Barack Obama Will Me Missed

… increase in healthcare costs since 1960. Medicare is stable until at least 2030, and 16.5 million more Americans have health insurance, reducing costs to the general population. He wasn’t always successful. The national debt has doubled. The poverty …

Great Expectations

… who rammed this law down America’s throat without knowing what was in it. A real replacement plan will emerge. Health care and health insurance should be two separate concepts. We can hope for holistic reform, such as interstate insurance sales to …

In Our View: Actions Speak on Obamacare

… Beutler has said many times in recent years that she wants to come up with a plan that better serves the nation’s health care needs before demolishing the ACA, which was passed in 2010 and colloquially is known as Obamacare. She repeated that claim …

Not too late for a flu shot

If it hasn’t affected you personally, it’s very likely that you at least know someone who has been struck by the flu bug in the past few weeks. Ohio health officials say influenza-like illness has become widespread around the state for the first time this flu season and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is widespread in at least 21 states, as of the end of the first week in January.

Greg Dill: Avoiding Medicare late penalties

… and preventive care services, when he was first eligible. At the time he declined his Part B benefits, he was in good health. He rarely saw a doctor, didn’t take prescription drugs, and never had been admitted to a hospital. Part B carries a monthly …

Required: Full, fast repeal of Obamacare

By keeping control of the Senate and House of Representatives in Washington after sending an Obamacare-repeal bill to the desk of the law’s namesake last January, Republicans won the White House on a message of dismantling the disastrous health-insurance policy. It didn’t hurt them in Kentucky, either, where the GOP won control of the House for the first time in nearly a century and now holds a supermajority in both chambers.

Having health insurance saved my life: Lauri Lebo

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office announced on January 17 that the repeal of major pieces of the Affordable Care Act would cost 18 million people their health insurance in the first year. In 10 years, it could increase the number of uninsured Americans up to 32 million.

Having health insurance saved my life: Lauri Lebo

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office announced on January 17 that the repeal of major pieces of the Affordable Care Act would cost 18 million people their health insurance in the first year. In 10 years, it could increase the number of uninsured Americans up to 32 million.

Defund Planned Parenthood

… women who use Planned Parenthood. In 2014, Planned Parenthood served 2.84 million clients. These services included health screenings for diabetes, high cholesterol, thyroid issues, anemia, and STDs (which they also treat), as well as providing …

Georgia editorial roundup

… on the economic-impact levers that government controls. Improving sub-par K-12 schools and addressing the state’s health care shortcomings top that list, in our view. Lawmakers should quickly begin work toward reinforcing the financial situation of …

Editorial: KanCare problems never seem to end

… . The Jan. 13 letter was written by James Scott, CMS associate regional administrator for Medicaid and Children’s Health Operation, and he summarized the agency’s concerns: “The results of our on-site review confirm that Kansas is substantively out …

Jim Slattery: Obama by the numbers

… 7. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) needs amendments. But today nearly 20 million Americans, many with pre-existing health care conditions, have health insurance for the first time. The ACA has been unfairly blamed for everything wrong with the health …

Letter: Portman has key role in vote

… years to develop an alternative to the Affordable Care Act that would maintain the patient protections and access to health services for millions of Americans. So far, all they can offer is repeal and debate. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, might be an …

COLUMN: Anti-LGBTQ Catholic bishop retires

Henry made headlines over the years regarding his intolerant views on LGBTQ rights and equality. His adamant opposition to LGBTQ rights has been well documented and he may count himself as one of the most vocal, intolerant critics in this country.

Enough of being politically correct

Enough of being politically correct OK, let’s be politically incorrect for a bit! Check out this story on eveningsun.com: http://evesun.co/2k2iCll Today people must be hyper-aware of what they say, do, how they act, display or even what they wear! If someone doesn’t like or agree with you, all they need to do is say they are “offended,” then turn and attack that “offensive” person and label them with any number of correctness labels such as racist, or homophobe or Islamophobe or sexist, hater and on and on it goes! If you don’t like or agree, cry that you’re offended.

Will Brownback fill revenue pothole?

… that good (even great) politics and good government aren’t the same. Good government keeps the schools, roads, health care, and the poor taken care of. Good politics boils down to not inconveniencing your voter base. That’s something that is a …

Uncertainty and opportunity in 2017

… to read, and endless mind bending hours in the Joint Budget Committee. I had fully intended to write in detail about health care or education funding or public land use this month. I came to the realization however, in drafting a column, that there …

Uncertainty and opportunity in 2017

… to read, and endless mind bending hours in the Joint Budget Committee. I had fully intended to write in detail about health care or education funding or public land use this month. I came to the realization however, in drafting a column, that there …

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