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- Your life and death, and that of your loved ones, is as personal as it gets. Sowell, Thomas // Enterprise/Salt Lake City;8/24/2009, Vol. 39 Issue 9, p15
The author comments on issues related to the appointment of Ezekiel Emanuel as Special Advisor for Health Policy for U.S. President Barack Obama's administration. The author criticizes Emanuel's article in the June 18, 2008 issue of the "Journal of the American Medical Association" which states...
- Rationing Granny's Healthcare Still on the Table. Reiland, Ralph R. // Human Events;10/5/2009, Vol. 65 Issue 34, p14
The article presents a critique of the cover story of "Newsweek" magazine entitled "The Case for Killing Granny Curbing Excessive End-of-Life Care is Good for America." Doctor Ezekiel Emanuel explains that it is not discrimination to discriminate against older people in favor of young people...
- More Data + Less Care = Lower Cost + Better Health. Grunwald, Michael // Time;6/29/2009, Vol. 173 Issue 25, p36
The article reports on medical care reform in the U.S. U.S. President Barack Obama has proposed health care reform which aims to lower costs by rewarding quality care and cutting out treatments that aren't needed. Ezekiel Emanuel, U.S. health adviser, and U.S. budget director Peter Orszag are...
- The Obama Health Care Rationing Law. // National Right to Life News;Apr/May2010, Vol. 37 Issue 4/5, p9
The article examines the health care rationing law signed by U.S. President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The author notes that the law includes provisions that will limit the ability of Americans to spend for lifesaving medical treatment and consequent premature death. The rationing...
- Obama Will Try to Gut Medicare. Morris, Dick // Human Events;7/20/2009, Vol. 65 Issue 25, p1
The author talks about the health care proposal of U.S. President Barack Obama and its impact on the elderly population. He believes that the main impact of such a proposal is the sharp reduction of medical services for the elderly. He notes the irony behind the reaction of the elderly to...
- Obama rolls up sleeves in an effort to win over wary public. Berger, Liza // McKnight's Long-Term Care News;Sep2009, Vol. 30 Issue 9, p4
The article focuses on the efforts of President Barack Obama to clarify aspects of healthcare reform legislation to boost declining public support in the U.S. It states that Obama accused critics of using scare tactics to weaken reform efforts. According to the article, the president tried to...
- QUOTABLES. // H&HN: Hospitals & Health Networks;Jun2007, Vol. 81 Issue 6, p18
The article presents quotes from notable people on medicine-related issues. There are three phrases that should and can no longer be said about the U.S. health care system without qualification, embarrassment, criticism, or even denunciation, according to Ezekiel J. Emanuel of the National...
- Reform (and a side of baseball). Robeznieks, Andis; Zigmond, Jessica; Barr, Paul // Modern Healthcare;10/19/2009, Vol. 39 Issue 42, p14
The article discusses the highlights of the 83rd annual conference held by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) in Denver, Colorado on October 11 to 14, 2009. Ezekiel Emanuel, head of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center's Bioethics Department, opened the conference with...
- Are You Ready to Pay the Bill for Socialism? Miller, Harold // Business Journal (Central New York);11/6/2009, Vol. 23 Issue 45, p21
In this article the author discusses aspects on how the role of the federal government under the administration of President Barack Obama has been threatening the financial survival of U.S. He comments on the government's stimulus programs and health care reform campaigns. He ponders on the...
