(not just an)Assault on the Elderly--the new House Bill

[Guest guest]

Not just the elderly.  Important for all of us to listen. 

See below to read about Dr. Betsy McCaughey, as I went to find out about her. 

Francine

Speak with Him Thou for He hearest.

Spirit with Spirit can speak.

Closer is Love than breathing,

Nearer than hands and feet.

(with appreciation for Tennyson)

Assault on the Elderly--the new House Bill

The American People need to listen to this interview.  This Dr. has read the

new health Bill being Proposed

and what's being planned for seniors by this Government is ugly...

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From: Monty2963@ao

 

http://action.afa.net/webcast/fredthompson_072509.m3u

About Betsy McCaughey:  There is also a list at the end of other talks.

Betsy McCaughey

Adjunct Fellow

Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters

Biographical Highlights

Dr. McCaughey is founder and Chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection

Deaths (RID) – http://www.hospitalinfection.org – a national campaign to

support greater infection control in hospitals and other healthcare

institutions. Her research on how to prevent infection deaths has been featured

on ABC’s Good Morning America, the CBS Morning Show, 20/20, Dateline NBC, and

many other national television and radio programs. And her steps that patients

can take to help protect themselves from infection was featured recent

ly in the Wall Street Journal.†In 1999, Betsy McCaughey, former lieutenant

governor of the state of New York, first joined Hudson Institute, where she

focuses on the impact of medical innovation and scientific discovery on

longevity, health care costs, and the economy.

Before entering politics, McCaughey had a distinguished career as a college

professor and scholar. She served as the M. Olin Fellow at the Manhattan

Institute, held a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Endowment for the

Humanities, and taught at Vassar College and Columbia University. She earned her

master’s degree and Ph.D. from Columbia University and her undergraduate

degree from Vassar College, where she was awarded a Woodrow Fellowship,

Herbert H. Lehman Fellowship, Jay Fellowship, Honorary Vassar Fellowship,

Bancroft Dissertation Award, and the B. Prize.

For media inquiries, please contact her office at 212-369-3329 or her cell phone

at 917-748-0227 or email betsymross@....

 

Publications and Media Exposure

McCaughey’s writings on health, education, and the law have appeared in many

national publications, including Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, The New

York Times, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, and The Wall Street Journal.

Her 1994 analysis of the Clinton health plan won the H.L. Mencken Award and the

National Magazine Award for the best article in the nation on public policy. She

also has written two books on the history of the U.S. Constitution, Government

by Choice:20Inventing the United States Constitution (Basic Books, 1989), and

From Loyalist to Founding Father: The Political Odyssey of

(Columbia University Press, 1980).

 

Betsy McCaughey on Fox News discussing healthcare, February, 24, 2008

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Articles & Publications by Betsy McCaughey

06/19/2009

Dissecting the Kennedy Health Bill

06/08/2009

Downgrading American Medical Care

06/05/2009

Obama's Voodoo Health Economics

05/01/2009

Controlling Doctors’ Decisions

04/29/2009

To Control Swine Flu, Let's Heed the Lessons of SARS

04/29/2009

The Attack On Doctors' Hippocratic Oath

02/09/2009

Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan

01/08/2009

Hospital Scrubs Are a Germy, Deadly Mess

08/14/2008

Hospital Infections: Preventable and Unacceptable

07/22/2008

Medical Benchmarking Is Deadly

06/04/2008

Giving Away New York

05/14/2008

An Uphill Battle Against Hospital Infection

04/16/2008

The CDC's Mistakes

04/15/2008

Testimony of Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D., Chairman of the Committee to Reduce

Infection Deaths to the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform

03/26/2008

About This Job

02/20/2008

Health Questions for the Candidates

01/04/2008

The Truth About Mandatory Health Insurance

12/04/2007

Our Unsanitary Hospitals

11/02/2007

The Right to Bare Arms

07/17/2007

Wh

y Aren't Hospitals Cleaner?

04/02/2007

Surprise: VA Hospitals Get High Mark

03/06/2007

Outbreak Response: A Tale of Two Cities

02/03/2007

Doctors, Wash Your Hands

11/14/2006

To Catch a Deadly Germ

06/06/2006

The Next Asbestos

05/05/2006

Romneycare's Fine

03/27/2006

Bad Hospital Hygiene Costly—In Lives, Cash

01/30/2006

Saving Lives and The Bottom Line

10/21/2005

A Bird in the Hand

09/27/2005

Superbugs