Bipartisanship: No recess appointments for Obama

Ed Morrissey HotAir.com 9/30/2010

…with Democrat Barack Obama in the White House, one might expect Reid to allow for recess appointments again, or at least the White House might expect it.

Surprise!

Senate Democrats agreed Wednesday night to a Republican demand to block President Obama from making recess appointments while Congress is out of town […]

Obama’s Recess-Appointed Medicare Czar Refuses to Answer Questions

HumanEvents via Breitbart.tv 9/22/2010

Medicare Czar Flees ‘Rationing’ Query

It’s been three months now since his recess appointment, and still no word from the new CMS director, Donal Berwick. In fact, Berwick hasn’t granted any interviews, refuses to testify before Congress, and doesn’t take any questions at public events.

To put this in perspective, Donald […]

In Britain virginity repairs and an NHS that’s lost its way

Amanda Platell The Daily Mail [UK] 31st July 2010

Three months ago, Bill Phelps became a widower — he watched, helpless, as his cancer-stricken young wife Nikki’s life slowly ebbed away.

Nikki, 37, a former teacher and mother of two-year-old twins, was denied the drug that might have saved her life, as it was […]

Ready or not, here’s your new health care

Good luck with this, America! ~CAJ

America’s New Health Care System Revealed Updated Chart Shows ObamaCare’s Bewildering Complexity

Senator Jim DeMint Press Release dated 7/28/2010

Washington, DC – Four months after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously declared “We have to pass the bill so you can find out what’s in it,” a congressional […]

In UK axe falls on NHS services

NHS bosses have drawn up secret plans for sweeping cuts to services, with restrictions on the most basic treatments for the sick and injured.

Laura Donnelly Telegraph [UK] 24 July 2010

Some of the most common operations — including hip replacements and cataract surgery — will be rationed as part of attempts to save […]

Surprise: Obama sends Berwick nomination to Senate

Allahpundit HotAir.com 7/19/2010

I’m honestly shocked. Wasn’t the whole point of the recess appointment to avoid questions in a high-profile forum about Berwick’s fondness for NHS’s rationing authority and his views of health care as redistribution? Now, suddenly, Obama’s going to force Reid and company to deal with the Berwick headache three and a half […]

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