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Did HHS Divert Ebola Money Shoring Up Obamacare?

Posted on October 15, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Today’s news includes charges that government budget limits have harmed the CDC’s ability to protect Americans from Ebola. Protecting Americans is a basic function of the Federal government.  The ObamacareTruthSquad notes, however, that CDC’s parent agency, the Dept. of … Continue reading →

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Obamacare’s Electronic Health Records Nearly Unleash Ebola Outbreak in U.S.

Posted on October 7, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Obamacare requires detailed, tedious, mind-numbing “electronic paperwork” in the form of EHRs (Electronic Health Records). The time doctors and nurses are burning up typing useless information into EHRs has left them practicing distracted medicine, with less time to listen … Continue reading →

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Serfs, Meet Your New Obamacare Tax Forms

Posted on September 8, 2014 by OCTS4

New tax forms: Obamacare in real life, in your face, and in your business. BEHOLD THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE IN ALL ITS GLORY! Courtesy of Chief Justice ‘It’s Not a Tax, It IS a tax’ Roberts (OCTS original reporting) Below, newly … Continue reading →

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Single-Payer Government-Run Medicine Unraveling in Europe

Posted on August 22, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Single payer is not better.  It’s brutal, it takes your money and your choices, it puts your life in the hands of people who don’t care as much as you do, and who don’t work for you. Single-payer means … Continue reading →

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Single-Payer Health Breakthrough: Eliminate Paperclips!

Posted on August 12, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Folks, they can’t even use paperclips without hurting themselves. Do we really want these idiots picking our health care? “Manchester NHS Trust officials made the decision to stop the use of the metal stationary item after a member of … Continue reading →

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Shattered Lives: Detailing the Horrors of Government-run Health Care

Posted on July 2, 2014 by OCTS1

[…] “In this book are documented stories from Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Japan, Australia and elsewhere – countries in which citizens literally die waiting for health services. Among other horrifying takes, you will cringe over tales of expectant … Continue reading →

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The VA Demonstrates GovErnment-Run Medicine (Deadly GERMs)

Posted on July 1, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Ever wonder what government-run, single-payer, national socialized medicine would look like in the US?  We don’t have to, it’s already here: the Veteran’s Administration.  Here’s the American version of Sam’s Story–Doug was denied, delayed, dishonored, and discarded. And the … Continue reading →

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UK’s NHS – 1/4 of Emergency Room Users Couldn’t Get Doctor’s Appointment

Posted on July 1, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Government-run (“single payer”) systems reduce emergency room costs, saving money, right? Isn’t that what President Obama promised? Think again… “Almost six million patients a year are turning to Accident & Emergency departments because they cannot get an appointment with … Continue reading →

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UK’s NHS — Medical Privacy Not Included

Posted on July 1, 2014 by OCTS4

Hundreds of private companies were sold NHS patient records Comment: Obamacare–run by the people who said you could keep your plan–promises to protect your privacy.  Don’t believe it. “The NHS has been guilty of “significant and unacceptable lapses” in the … Continue reading →

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UK’s NHS — Little Sam’s Story (warning–very sad)

Posted on July 1, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Medical neglect, blunder after blunder,  a precious child is lost, two years’ investigation, no one cares, and no one’s responsible. Welcome to government-run medicine. “A damning investigation has found that a three-year old boy died after systemic and catastrophic failings by … Continue reading →

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