You don’t know Steve H. but he knows pain … the pain in his back and the pain of healthcare costs. Steve H. was profiled in the Steven Brill’s Bitter Pill article in the March 4th edition of Time. Steve H. is an Oklahoma City man whose doctor thought he needed a RestoreUltra neurostimulator to [...]
QUERY Which Adage Best Describes John Kline : – If you’re not a part of the solution, there’s good money to be made in prolonging the problem. – If you’re not a part of the solution, you are the problem. – Both “As long as uncertainty hangs over our economy, small businesses and entrepreneurs will [...]
Paraphrasing Abraham Maslow’s “If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” – “If your only issue is Repealing the Medical Device Excise Tax, then every job loss can be blamed on MDET.” Investors woke up to read the quarterly report and guidance from Medtronic with this headline — [...]
If you are a man, you wonder about prostate cancer. Should you have the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test ? If you are a woman, you wonder about breast cancer. Should you have a test for BRCA1 or to a related gene BRCA2 ? The medical community seems to be divided on the PSA test – [...]
An optimist sees the glass half full. A pessimist sees the glass half empty. An extremist sees the glass contains poison. Reading this tweet, does Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) seems to be evoking the extremist claim : Sad to learn Labcorp is reducing its staff. #DeviceTax cited as one of the reasons. #RepealDeviceTax #4jobs #4MN ow.ly/l4dKg [...]
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If your only source of news was John Kline’s (R-MN-02) press releases, the Republican-controlled House is doing a fantastic job. Take, Thursday May 16th and his two press releases : John Kline Statement on Passage of Legislation to Repeal Health Care Law John Kline’s Legislation Preventing Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Receives Bipartisan Support Of [...]
With a simple FACEBOOK posting, Representative Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) echoed the words of Representative Steve King (R-IA-04) who explained his reasoning in declining his chance to run for the Iowa Senate seat : This week, I made a simple device to put toothpaste back in the tube. But a device to put the Leftist genie [...]
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Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03), the co-chair of the Medical Technology Caucus {which really needs to update its Membership listing as many listed are no longer serving in Congress}, is focused on repealing the Medical Device Excise Tax. For those that are unfamiliar with the MDET, it is a 2.3% Excise Tax assessed on applicable (not all) [...]
Jobs ! Jobs ! Jobs ! Repeal Obamacare ! Repeal Obamacare ! Repeal Obamacare ! That was the mantra from the House Republicans once John Boehner grabbed the Speaker’s Gavel after the 2010 elections … but since the November 2012 jobs report was issued, the Republicans have been relative silent on jobs. But with the [...]
Eight weeks ago, Representative Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) press release seemed so optimistic : Paulsen Bill to Repeal Medical Device Tax Gains Critical 218th Cosponsor “The message from the House is clear: it’s time to repeal the medical device tax,” said Rep. Paulsen. “Not only is repeal important to the 400,000 Americans whose jobs this vital [...]
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