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A Quarter Century of Democrat Control in VT …

January 2, 2025 Rob Roper

As we reach the quarter-century mark in the new millennium, it’s worth looking back on what the politics of this era have done for (or, spoiler alert, “to”) Vermont. First, some important historical context: The last time Vermont Republicans had a majority in the Senate was 1996. The last time Vermont Republicans had a majority … Read more

Slippery Slope of Transgenderism Hot Air FI

Silly Me …

July 15, 2024 Skip

The Left is always yammering about “Reproductive Healthcare,” which ALWAYS requires Government intervention, even as the baby killers keep saying that only women and doctors should be involved in such a decision to kill a baby.

Supermajority Votes for Even Higher Health Insurance Costs

May 10, 2024 Rob Roper

Ask people why Vermont is unaffordable, and health insurance is one of the main pillars of our unaffordability crisis, along with education property taxes, the cost of housing, and energy prices. These highly regulated by our legislature plans go up every year by amounts far in excess of inflation. For 2024 alone, the Green Mountain … Read more

After Years of Making Medical Care Cost More VT Legislators Pretend More Meddling Will Lower Costs

February 22, 2024 Steve MacDonald

The government injecting itself into the health care system or getting between doctors, insurers, and patients has been driving up the cost of care for decades. The knee-jerk response to complaints about the cost of health care is to meddle some more, resulting in more expensive health care.

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The Future of Obama Care and America

November 27, 2023 Op-Ed

The insurance company CEO reflected on how Obamacare had delivered everything his industry could have hoped for. The new massive bureaucracy had strengthened his industry’s monopoly on private healthcare dollars.

Seven Reasons to Abandon the Public Health System

August 28, 2025November 27, 2023 Op-Ed

Despite the numerous permanent problems faced by public healthcare systems, a significant number of people (such as citizens, politicians, and doctors) still seem to deem them necessary and believe that the problems associated with them can be solved by, for example, better management, increased expenditure, or central planning.

The Medical Career Lifestyle: 5 Tips For Future Nurses

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 Guest Contributor

Every year, thousands of young adults and many mid-career professionals decide to become licensed nurses. Why do they do it? Besides the fact that there always seems to be a shortage of qualified workers in the nursing field, the pay is excellent, and new entrants to the discipline can choose the place where they wish … Read more

Dartmouth Hitchcock Helped Cause the Rural Health Care Crisis in New Hampshire

February 18, 2023 Steve MacDonald

WMUR has a nifty bit of Hospital Industrial Complex PR peddled as news. Dartmouth Hitchcock (DH) expresses concern about access to health care in rural New Hampshire but never mentions how they are to blame.

Self-Proclaimed Party of Affordable Care (Democrats) Can’t Stop Making it Unaffordable

October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 Steve MacDonald

The party of women’s (whatever those are) health and everything else has a problem. They have a lot of problems. In fact, everything about them is a problem. But they claim to be about affordable health care and access to care while their policies make the cost of it skyrocket -making it less accessible.

Assisting the Great Conspiracy via Professional Loyalty

October 22, 2022 Op-Ed

There is a great conspiracy, a centralized plan to attack people everywhere. I think that there is top-down control coming from a small group. Let’s call them by a neutral-sounding name, the cabal.

A Criminal Activity Called “Healthcare”

June 30, 2022 Op-Ed

While good doctors, nurses, and aids are short-staffed, laboring with a passionate concern for the best care for their patients, those at the top seem to have forgotten the age-old Hippocratic Oath.

I Support New Hampshire Families

June 27, 2022 Op-Ed

I am running for the office of State Representative in the state of NH. I support families. This means keeping taxes low so that families can keep more of their hard-earned money for themselves. It also means getting children the education that they need so that their futures can be brighter than ours.

Obamacare Never Delivered and What ‘Long COVID’ Really Means

February 23, 2025April 12, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Obamacare was supposed to be a great leap forward in the arena of public health. It would not just provide health insurance, but it would do so at less expense for both the coverage and medical costs. It did neither.

The UK Backed off Mask Mandates and Now It’s Dropping the Jab Requirement for Health Workers

February 1, 2022 Steve MacDonald

England, from whom we declared our independence a few centuries back, has taken a leading stance on the matter of individual liberty. Last week the UK dropped enforcement mask mandates and vax passport enforcement. They’ve announced another COVID policy rollback.

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We Are Forgetting Our Humanity

January 11, 2022 Op-Ed

My heart pounding, I couldn’t believe my ears. It felt like a surreal nightmare. Yet, I was in my home office on the phone with the third Greater Manchester hospital I had called that night on behalf of my friend.

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Jan 23, 2022, Is Free Speech Day for Doctors and Other Healthcare Providers

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Steve Kirsch is sponsoring a Free Speech Day for Doctors and other Health Care providers and he’d like your help spreading the word.

Hon. Linda Rea Camarota, RN – We Have Been Robbed of Scientific Debate

December 27, 2021 Op-Ed

What is natural immunity? As a child, did you have chickenpox? If you did as I did, there is no fear of another chickenpox viral infection. Granted, SARS-Cov-2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome) is not a naturally occurring virus so not all established infectious disease practices apply.

Home COVID Test Kits Another Bad Idea as Symptomless ‘Positives’ Overwhelm ERs

December 27, 2021 Steve MacDonald

You have a virus that statistically, 99.x percent of people will survive if they even catch it. Elites and the media scared the crap out of people (excluding this fact) for almost two years. You then give them home test kits. Guess what happens next?

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Another Democrat Proposes Bill to Deny the Unvaxxed the “Right” to “Health Care”

December 10, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Last month we told you about New York Democrat Pat Burke’s proposed legislation that would deny insurance coverage to anyone who was unvaccinated and needed health care for a COVID infection. An Illinois Democrat has just done the same.

No-Vax-Mandate-Montana Creates $12,500.00 Incentive for Health Care Workers to Move to the State

November 3, 2021 Steve MacDonald

The State of Montana has a health care worker shortage. States like New Hampshire are about to start shedding doctors and nurses who will get fired for refusing a vaccine they don’t want or need. Did I mention that it’s against the law in Montana to mandate vaccines?