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On June 27, 2014, Obama's Deputy Chief of Staff, Rob Nabors, reported "significant and chronic system failures" and a "corrosive culture" inside the Veterans Health Administration. [17] In August 2014, Obama signed Congressional legislation regarding funding and reform of the Veterans Health Administration.
There were a number of different health care reforms proposed during the Obama administration.Key reforms address cost and coverage and include obesity, prevention and treatment of chronic conditions, defensive medicine or tort reform, incentives that reward more care instead of better care, redundant payment systems, tax policy, rationing, a shortage of doctors and nurses, intervention vs ...
Defenders of the plan indicated that the proposed legislation H.R. 3200 would allow Medicare for the first time to cover patient-doctor consultations about end-of-life planning, including discussions about drawing up a living will or planning hospice treatment. Patients could seek out such advice on their own, but would not be required to.
Image credits: stillinbutout #2. Am doctor. But this is a Med school story. During ER rotation i guy came in with a banana up his butt. It went in too far and he needed medical attention.
The bill was expected to be vetoed by President Obama should it pass the Senate. [27] In early December, the Senate passed an amended version of the healthcare reconciliation bill, sending it back to the House. [28] [29] It was passed by the House on January 6, 2016, and vetoed by President Obama on January 8, the sixth veto of his presidency. [30]
Betsy McCaughey. On July 16, 2009, former lieutenant governor of New York, Betsy McCaughey, a longtime opponent of federal healthcare legislation [9] [10] said Section 1233 of HR 3200 was "a vicious assault on elderly people" [11] because it would "absolutely require" Medicare patients to have counseling sessions every five years that would "tell them how to end their life sooner". [12]
Obama and Trump had what appeared to be a warm conversation ahead of former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral, but a professional lipreader told The Post their smiles and laughter belied more ...
In the article, Obama reviews the effects of his signature health care reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, widely known as "Obamacare". He concludes that since the law took effect, 20 million more Americans have gained health insurance under it, and the uninsurance rate has dropped to 9.1% (as of 2015). [8]