Opinion: Sweeney Starts to Gather Strength for Possible Governor Bid (via NJSpotlight)
When Senate President Steve Sweeney took a victory lap in celebration of the Democrats’ maintaining their legislative majorities, it served also as the start of an effort to cast himself as a credible candidate for his party’s gubernatorial nomination…
Obama predicts US will see woman president ‘very soon’ (via AFP)
A woman in the White House? President Barack Obama says that will happen “very soon,” according to remarks released Friday. “We have some amazing female [public] servants all across the country and there is no doubt that sometime very soon, we’re going…
Chris Christie holds early lead for 2016 Republican presidential nod, new poll shows (via NJ.com)
TRENTON — With a little less than three years to go before Election Day, Gov. Chris Christie is suddenly the early frontrunner for the Republican nomination for president in 2016, according to a new national poll. The CNN/ORC International survey,…
Congressman: Autistic Marlboro teen Michael Karwan found safe in Ohio Demolition contractor faces murder charges in Philadelphia building collapse (via NewsWorks)
Michael Karwan, the autistic Marlboro teeanger who left his home more than week ago after an argument with his parents, was found safe in Ohio Tuesday evening, a congressman said. “Michael Karwan has been found safe in Cleveland and will soon reunite…
James Hertler, below, shut down Lucky Break Billiards in September, a month after police cracked down over BYOB issues. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD How’s this for an auspicious start for a business?• In early 2011, in an effort to spice up…
N.J. court bars sex offenders from Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media (via NJ.com)
File photo TRENTON — A state appeals court ruled today that sex offenders on parole don’t have the right to use popular online services such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. The three-judge panel said that opening up social media to those parolees…
Chris Christie will let insurance companies decide whether to extend 800,000 policies (via NJ.com)
Gov. Chris Christie will allow insurance companies in New Jersey to decide whether to reinstate the insurance policies of 800,000 people who received recent letters saying they would be canceled because they did not meet the standards of the Affordable…
Philippines Country Representative Joe Curry walks with Congressmen Al Green, Trent Franks, and Chris Smith through areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan during a congressional visit to Leyte, Philippines. Photo Credit: Kent Truog
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) and his bipartisan congressional delegation (CODEL) which traveled to the region devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan, locally called Typhoon Yolanda, meeting with victims of the typhoon, emergency workers and U.S. and Filipino government officials, are set to depart the Philippines today.
“It’s mind numbing and heart numbing,” Smith said. “I’ve been to many places around the world when there have been catastrophic typhoons hurricanes, earthquakes and even more. It is powerful to witness the Filipino people’s resiliency in the face of devastation, in the face the loss of life.”
Smith, who is joined on the trip by Reps. Al Green (D-TX-09), and Trent Franks (R-AZ-08), saw for himself the typhoon’s devastation in Tacloban City and surrounding areas in Leyte.
Posted: November 26th, 2013 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Smith, Press Release, Typhoon Haiyan | Tags: Congressman Chris Smith, Press Release, Typhoon Haiyan, Typhoon Yolanda | Comments Off on Smith’s Delegation Meets With Typhoon Victims, Rescues Helicopter Crash SurvivorsBy Stuart J. Moskovitz
Once again, there are rumblings of “death panels” in the Affordable Care Act. This happens when a bill is passed as massive as this one that not a single member of Congress read prior to approving it. We are slowly learning of the myriad of difficulties buried in this bill simply because it was jammed down our throats with the goal of not airing it carefully beforehand. But the death panels do not exist.
There are two provisions to which Sarah Palin, Mark Halperin and even Howard Dean have referred as “death panels.” The first, Section 1233, involves counselling (voluntary, not mandatory) of “end of life” provisions. These include Living Wills, Health Advisory Statements, etc., all of which are standard documents every trust and estates attorney prepares for his/her client. There is nothing sinister about these. The second provision involves the Independent Payment Advisory Board whose sole function is to make recommendations regarding ways of cutting Medicare costs in the future. Those recommendations are not self-implementing. They must be submitted to Congress and approved by the President. This means first, there is no review of any individual case. Second, whatever recommendations are made need to be passed as if they were a new law. Oddly, there are so many serious harmful provisions of this Act, it is curious that everyone is fixated on two provisions that are relatively benign.
There are provisions that are not benign that are harmful to this nation and not just to its health care. What is amazing is that while everyone is obsessed with something that is not in the Act, they are totally ignoring a provision of the Act that is as unconstitutional and unAmerican as any provision of any Act in our lifetime. The Act provides in section 3007 for a “value based payment modifier.” This means health professionals get reviewed by the Administration and a calculation is made measuring the average cost for treating a patient for the physician or “group” of doctors versus the “success” of the treatment. It would be difficult to dream of a more subjective measurement so subject to abuse. I stand awestruck by the teachers who support the ACA (having not read it, of course) while screaming that it is not fair to “measure” their performance by the success of their students. This calculation leads to a “mathematical” payment modifier that reduces the payments given by Medicare to each group of health practitioners. But that’s not the bad part.
Posted: November 25th, 2013 | Author: admin | Filed under: Obama, ObamaCare, Opinion | Tags: ACA, Affordable Care Act, ObamaCare, Stuart J. Moskovitz | Comments Off on IT’S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN BURY IN 2000 PAGES
Israel slams ‘bad’ deal between Iran, world powers (via AFP)
A nuclear deal struck between Iran and world powers in Geneva was “bad” as Tehran had obtained “what it wanted”, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Sunday. “This is a bad agreement that gives Iran what it wanted: the partial lifting…
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