By David Hogberg There are currently 60 to 65 physician-owned hospitals under construction. Those that aren’t finished and don’t have a Medicare provider number by Aug. 1 (Dec. 31 if the reconciliation bill passes) will probably never open their doors. Without a provider number, such hospitals can’t treat Medicare patients, which are usually essential to financial survival. The feud... 

President Obama last night hailed Congress for answering “the call of history” — minutes after the House gave final passage to his landmark health-care plan by a super-close 219-212 vote. “This is what change looks like,” Obama declared in televised remarks from the White House only weeks after some had called reform all but dead. “We didn’t give in to mistrust... 

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner The Democrats are assaulting the very pillars of our democracy. As the debate on Obamacare reaches the long, painful end, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is confronting a political nightmare. She may not have the 216 votes necessary to pass the Senate’s health care bill in the House. Hence, Mrs. Pelosi and her congressional Democratic allies are seriously considering using a... 

Apparently Joe Wilson isn't the only one who thinks Obama lies about his health care plans for America. Share/Save Read More →

The Obama administration, in a major shift on housing policy, is abandoning George W. Bush’s vision of creating an “ownership society’’ and instead plans to pump $4.25 billion of economic stimulus money into creating tens of thousands of federally subsidized rental units in American cities. Share/Save Read More →

President Obama today suggested that the health care reform legislation for which he’s pushing has been endorsed by the American Association of Retired Person. “We have the AARP on board because they know this is a good deal for our seniors,” the president said. Share/Save Read More →

Town hall meetings called to discuss proposed health care legislation turned violent Thursday, with a meeting in Tampa, Fla., descending into shouting and one in St. Louis ending in arrests.  Share/Save Read More →

The Obama administration is refusing to quickly release government records on its "cash-for-clunkers" rebate program that would substantiate — or undercut — White House claims of the program's success, even as the president presses the Senate for a quick vote for $2 billion to boost car sales. Share/Save Read More →

The National Endowment for the Arts may be spending some of the money it received from the Recovery and Reinvestment Act to fund nude simulated-sex dances, Saturday night "pervert" revues and the airing of pornographic horror films at art houses in San Francisco. Share/Save Read More →

Workers are rolling out the red carpet for the president at a Kroger grocery store in rural Virginia, but President Obama could get a chilly reception when he appears Wednesday for a town hall meeting on health care. Share/Save Read More →

With the public’s trust in his handling of health care tanking (50%-44% of Americans disapprove), the White House has launched a new phase of its strategy designed to pass Obamacare: all Obama, all the time. As part of that effort, Obama hosted a conference call with leftist bloggers urging them to pressure Congress to pass his health plan as soon as possible. Share/Save Read More →