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Obamacare misconceptions,10-13, Macon Telegraph
Obamacare misconceptions,10-13, Macon Telegraph According to Rep. Paul Broun’s recent CNN comments, “Obamacare will destroy America” and cause an “economic collapse.” If my party, the GOP, permits radical elements like Broun to stop the debt ceiling from being raised, he will prove to be right. But it will be on his shoulders, not President Obama’s.…
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Expand Medicaid; 2-28-14; Macon Telegraph
Expand Medicaid;2-28-14;Macon Telegraph Medicaid expansion and helping more poor people get essential medical care is a no-brainer, technically. The feds pay 100 percent for three years. After that, the state only pays 10 percent of the cost, a great deal for any matching grant. In normal times, the governor, who now has sole power to…
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REPRESENTIVE GINGREY’S HYSTERIA- ajc, 8-30-09
True today as it was in 2009. Gingrey and the Tea Party types are a disaster for Georgia. REPRESENTIVE GINGREY’S HYSTERIA- ajc,8-30-09 Rep. Gingrey has been one of the more hysterical voices in Congress, crying out against real health care reform, saying: ” we won’t have a country’’ (6-18-09 press release); “under socialized medicine patients…
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Obama not who people thought he was; Letter to the Editor, AJC; Monday, Sept. 28, 2009;Jack Bernard
Note- A weak President took what he thought was the easy way out on healthcare reform. It turned out to be the hard way. He believed in single payer and should have gone with what was right (expansion of Medicare) versus playing politics and adopting a conservative GOP plan originally out forth by the conservative…
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Beware of modern ‘libertarians’-Athens Banner Herald, 7-30-13
Note- The opposition to Medicaid and Medicare expansion comes from conservatives, such as the Koch funded Tea Party people, masquerading as libertarians. Beware of modern ‘libertarians’ I’m older than most voters. I still remember the original meaning of libertarian, per Webster, as “a person who upholds the principles of individual liberty especially of thought…
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Health care system needs help,Atlanta Journal Constitution, Letter to the Editor- January 22, 2009
Note: Think how much better off the nation would be today if Congress had just expanded Medicare rather than taking corporate contributions from big Rx and insurance companies to expand private insurance under Obamacare. Health care system needs help –>JACK BERNARD Atlanta Journal ConstitutionLetter to the EditorJanuary 22, 2009 Given the upcoming stimulus package,…
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Letter to Editor: Gov. Deal’s views incorrect; Georgia Health News; 3-31-14
Letter to Editor: Gov. Deal’s views incorrect By: Jack Bernard; Published: Mar 31, 2014 As a retired health care executive and former state employee, I appreciated the GHN interview with Gov. Nathan Deal. So much so that I would like to comment on a few of the remarks he made. Jack Bernard He indicates that…
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Georgia’s governor is letting down his state’s citizens; Florida Times; 3-24-14; Jack Bernard
Guest column: Georgia’s governor is letting down his state’s citizens Mon, Mar 24, 2014 ;Florida Times Union Does Georgia’s governor truly care about the health and well-being of the citizens as he said in his State of the Union message? Or is he just interested in the special interests that contribute to his…
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My party’s little burning tent: March 21, 2014, Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer
Jack Bernard: My party’s little burning tent March 21, 2014, Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer Ronald Reagan is the darling of my party, the GOP. He and his legacy are often cited as the shining example of how a truly conservative politician can win office and accomplish his goals. What seems to have been forgotten is that…
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Bernard: Here’s how to get America’s fiscal house in order; 3-12-14, Athens Banner Hearld
Note: Medicare is under attack by those who want to turn it into a voucher program. This is unacceptable for seniors and will result in lower quality and higher prices. How to fix America’s fiscal house I am a fiscal conservative and a former two-term Republican elected official in Georgia. As such, I believe that…