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In case you missed it, last week D4PC's Dr. Hal Scherz, MD was a guest on a radio show in which he discussed the impact of ObamaCare on the doctor patient relationship and the future of delivery of medicine. 

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Our own Dr. Meg Edison, VP of the Michigan state chapter, has invested the time to create a stirring video about what we as doctors and concerned citizens should do about Obamacare. We hope you will invest the time to watch it: 

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Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds", your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice.  

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The federal government has begun to shape the basic health benefits package that will be offered to Americans through the ObamaCare exchanges.  As stated by one report, "until now, designing benefits has been the job of insurers, employers and state officials. But the new health care law requires insurance companies to provide at least the federally approved package if they want to sell to small businesses, families and individuals through new state markets set to open in 2014." 

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The U.S. House of Representatives draft legislation to fund HHS for the coming year contains numerous provisions to deny funding for the implementation of ObamaCare. Included in the bill is the proposed elimination of $8.6 billion of funding contained in ObamaCare and a provision that would block funding the bill for the implementation of ObamaCare for as long as the law is being challenged in the courts. 

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Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds", your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice. 

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While Washington elites made numerous promises about the benefits of ObamaCare, particularly in regards to the uninsured, the uninsured remain rightfully skeptical about the benefits of the law.  According to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll, "half (47%) of the uninsured do not expect to be affected at all by the health reform law.... [and 14%] expect to be hurt by the law, mainly because they worry they will be required to buy coverage they cannot afford." 

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Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds", your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice. 

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Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds", your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice.
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Senator John Thune (SD) has written a new opinion piece in the Washington Times detailing the call by former Obama Administration official, Peter Orszag, for the government to force Americans to begin buying long-term care insurance to ensure that the CLASS Act is fully funded.  The CLASS Act is a new entitlement program that created by ObamaCare whereby the federal government is selling long-term care insurance.  Under the CLASS Act, taxpayers can voluntarily pay premiums to the government in exchange for the government's promise to cover their long-term care costs later in life. 

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