Health Care Reform

HR 6201 House vote

Corona Spending Update

03/14/2020

Throughout the end of this past legislative week, Eagle Forum tracked the second Coronavirus supplemental’s negotiations on Capitol Hill. While Twitter started to announce that a deal was reached, Republicans quickly denounced it. In the meantime, President Trump declared a national emergency and invoked the Stafford Act, a request that came from Washington state’s Governor Jay Inslee, which freed up $42 billion to use against Corona.

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coronavirus

Democrat Pork in Corona

03/12/2020

While the White House had asked for $2.5 billion, the legislation totaled about $8.3 billion to combat the coronavirus. Specifically, more than $4 billion was allotted for diagnostic tests, treatments, and to help develop and disseminate a vaccine. The Centers for Disease Controls (CDC) was given $2.2 billion to help prevent, prepare, and respond to the disease.

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Coronavirus scare - empty shelves in Walmart

What Children Learn from Our Hysteria

03/11/2020

Reactions to the coronavirus (COVID-19) have created alarming ripple effects in ways that might not be apparent to many people unless someone thoughtfully points them out. No one wants to be dismissive of real health threats, but facts and clear thinking are important. Dr. Abdu Sharkawy, an Infectious Diseases Specialist at the University of Toronto, offers wise counsel in approaching this virus.

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Teen Smoking

Curbing Youth Tobacco Use & “Sin” Tax

02/27/2020

The Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 (H.R. 2339) seeks to curb tobacco use by minors. For many years, the tobacco industry has made a huge impact on the nation’s youth. In doing so, they have self-inflicted a lifetime tax on themselves in the form of addiction.

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gender transition

How Do We Stop the Mutilation Madness?

01/07/2020

“Gender transition clinics” were never in the public eye until now — a development that is both confusing and horrifying. As troubled teens flock to the fad, many parents feel pressured by “experts” to approve the hormone treatments and physical mutilations.

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Republican Study Committee

Socialism has No Place in Healthcare

10/24/2019

House members of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) released their healthcare plan. Entitled, “A Framework for Personalized, Affordable Care,” the plan’s main goal is to empower individual Americans in their healthcare decisions.

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drug prices

Socialism is Not a Solution

10/03/2019

Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats unveiled their plan to lower prescription drug prices. H.R. 3, or the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, lowers drug prices by forcing the Department of Health and Human Service’s Secretary (HHS) to negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies for Medicare beneficiaries.

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OBAMACARE FACT OF THE DAY

FACT: The American people know a bad deal when they see one. The most recent data shows that around 6.5 million Americans paid $3 billion in penalties to the IRS rather than buy unaffordable Obamacare plans.