1. Victoria Hensley - July 1, 2013

   “As a result of this case upholding all eight major provisions of South Dakota’s Abortion Informed Consent Statute, pregnant mothers will now be informed: 1) that ‘an abortion terminates the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being;’ 2) that the mother’s ‘relationship with that second human being enjoys protection under the Constitution of the United States and the laws of South Dakota;’ 3) ‘that relationship and all rights attached to it will be terminated;’ and 4) the abortion places the mother ‘at increased risk for suicide ideation and suicide,’” he said.

2. Mel J. Bowers - July 9, 2013

   • Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Friday informed the federal government that the state will opt for federal government management of Ohio’s health care exchange, a key portion of health care reform. • Kasich wrote that Ohio will try to keep control of several features of the plan, such as determining who qualifies for Medicaid and enforcing rules on plan benefits. • The exchanges are meant to provide a market for individuals and the smallest of companies to buy affordable health care policies, with subsidies available for low-income consumers. • Kentucky, under Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear, has moved toward operating its own state exchange. • Indiana last week, like Ohio, also defaulted to a federal exchange at the direction of Gov.-elect Mike Pence, a Republican.

3. Barney Moss - July 11, 2013

   “Progressives” will cheer this demise of the fascist, private insurance market, which was their goal all along, leaving all health care to be paid for by the “single payer” government. But “liberals” never before cheered monopolies, all of whom are the single payers for their industries, maybe for good reason. Maybe they knew something back then that today’s wise guys don’t. We will see in any event whether the voting public enjoys the ride as much as the “progressives.” And so much again for if you like your health insurance you can keep it, and no one is going to take that away from you.

4. Mugsy - July 14, 2013

   One of the greatest problems with opponents of health care reform is the amount of misinformation that shapes their views of the subject.

   “Single Payer” is NOT a monopoly. That’s Socialized Medicine like they have in Canada, England, France, and just about every industrialized nation on the planet but us. If one entity paid all the bills, it wouldn’t be a privately run health care system any more, would it?

   The best example of “Single Payer” is Medicare. You can still purchase your own insurance if you have the money, but you are covered if you choose not to.

   During the health care debate, we actually saw protesters famously demanding the government “keep its hands off Medicare & Social Security”… both of which are of course government programs, so wildly successful that people that believe themselves to be opposed to “government run medicine” will take to the streets to defend it. And it is without question that Paul Ryan’s plan to turn Medicare into a “Groupon” played a large role in his Party’s defeat in 2012.

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