Tag: obamacare
May. 12, 2017
New healthcare: a major scare
On May 4 the House of Representatives voted to replace the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. The American Health Care Act of 2017…
Apr. 28, 2017
The Bigly failure of Trump’s first 100 days
This Saturday will be the 100th day of the Trump presidency. “No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100…
Apr. 14, 2017
Lies trump the truth
Orson Welles, the great American filmmaker, loved a good joke. He began his career with a radio broadcast about a Martian invasion of New Jersey…
Feb. 13, 2015
Obamacare, tax incentives don’t help everyone equally
The New York Times carried a pair of stories over the past week that tells you all you need to know about the present state…
Nov. 14, 2014
Panel talks on Obamacare after Republican take over
A panel of three experts in the healthcare field gathered Nov. 6 in the Thomas R. Kline School of Law to discuss “Obamacare After the…
Feb. 7, 2014
Experts give talk on health law and government
Drexel University School of Law presented a lecture and discussion on health law Jan. 30 with professors Robert I. Field and Barry R. Furrow. A…
Nov. 13, 2013
Economists are to blame for Obamacare woes
Because Mitt Romney pioneered health care reform and the Obama administration supported the federal legislation that established it, maybe we should call it Robamacare. It’s…
Nov. 12, 2013
Students debate merits of Obamacare
Far from the halls of Congress, the Drexel chapter of the American Medical Student Association met Nov. 7 in Disque Hall to debate the merits…
Nov. 1, 2013
Obama’s had a bad year
It seems an age ago that Barack Obama, after his convincing defeat of Mitt Romney in 2012, began his second term in office. The president…
Oct. 25, 2013
ACA good for economy
One of the U.S.’ most hot-button topics today is health care reform, which was recently brought to the forefront of debate on the floor of…