Obama's Healthcare Reform

I wanted to post some articles by The Review about the current Healthcare Reform bill that has been put forth by the Obama administration.


Healthcare debate brings out emotions on all sides

Lined up outside of Kirkbride Hall, three protesters stood with signs reading, “Abortion is not healthcare,” “No taxpayer-funded abortion,” and “As future nurses, don’t make us participate in abortion.”

Sophomores Maria Lort and Gina Paladinetti along with graduate student Nick Cotter protested the inclusion of abortions in President Barack Obama’s proposed healthcare plan at a College Democrats and College Republicans debate on Oct. 6 in Kirkbride.

Cotter said all three students are pro-life and do not believe the new healthcare bill should cover abortions.

“The Democrats keep saying that there’s nowhere in the bill that abortions are included, but, the fact is, without a specific exclusion of abortions, they would be considered healthcare,” Lort said. “It’s part of women’s services, so it would automatically be funded.”...

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Axelrod brings Oval Office insight to university

David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Barack Obama, visited the university Wednesday night to discuss healthcare reform with students, faculty and community members at Mitchell Hall.

The event was part of the fall Wednesday night public affairs lecture series held as a part of the “Assessing Obama's First Year” class taught by professors Elizabeth Perse and Gretchen Bauer.

At 8 p.m., 30 minutes after the event was scheduled to start, Provost Tom Apple took the podium to introduce Axelrod and explain the delay.

Mr. Axelrod called a little earlier and gave us that excuse that I must hear 50 times a day: ‘I’m meeting with the president of the United States’,” he said...

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