Johnson & Johnson To Cut 8,200 Jobs To Save More Than $1 Billion: PHOTO
New York, NY (AHN) - Health Care product company Johnson & Johnson will trim its work force by up to 7 percent in an effort to cut costs by nearly $2

Burlington Northern, Ford, UBS, Johnson and Johnson are among big market movers Tuesday
NEW YORK — The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange: NYSE: Burlington Northern Santa Fe, up $20.93 at $97 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agreed to buy the nation's second-largest railroad and biggest hauler of food products for $34 billion. Johnson & Johnson, down 56 cents at $58.93 The company will cut up to about 8,000 jobs and streamline its operations as it braces for changes in the Health Care industry. UBS AG,...

The Associated Press: Health care issues: Hold off for a better economy?
A look at key issues in the Health Care debate: THE ISSUE: Why can't President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats wait until after the Recession is over to try to reform Health Care? THE POLITICS: The Recession is likely to take years to abate, but the 2010 midterm Elections aren't far off. Obama and the Democrats who control Congress campaigned last year on a promise to extend Insurance]Health Insurance to all and to curb the cost of Care. By the next Election Day, the party in control wants a...

Why Do We Pay So Much More For Health Care?: PHOTO
The Wash Post’s Ezra Klein interviewed the CEO of Kaiser Permanente and found massive differences when looking at Health Care costs in the US and other countries. Gee, I wonder why we’re going bankrupt… And those are just 3 graphs! Want to see the other 19? Click here to download the whole report (.pdf). I’ve already asked the question, but I’ll ask it again: Why do we pay so much more for Health Care?

The Associated Press: House GOP offers 230-page health bill
WASHINGTON — House Republicans have produced a Health Care bill to offer as an alternative to legislation by majority Democrats, focusing more on lowering costs than expanding coverage. The bill is 230 pages long, compared with Democrats' 1,990-page measure. Unlike the Democrats' legislation it has no requirement for people to buy Insurance and no prohibitions against Insurance companies denying coverage to people with pre-existing medical conditions. The Republican bill caps...

Dem split over abortion imperils health bill: PHOTO
As While House leaders edge toward a vote on Health-care legislation, enough Democrats are threatening to oppose the bill over the issue of Abortion to create a question about its passage.

Glenn Beck Compares Derailing Health Care To Preparing For 9/11: VIDEO
The latest lunatic Fringe talking point equates Democratic-led efforts at Health Care reform with the 9/11 terrorist attacks on American soil. During his Monday broadcast, Fox News host Glenn Beck applauded the tea-party protesters and grassroots organizers who are "taking time out of our busy lives" to work against the enactment of Health Care reform. Beck said the 9/12ers, as they are also referred to, "are reading 2,000-page healthcare bills on the weekend. [They] are willing to stand in...

Dems Threaten to Kill Health Care Bill Over Abortion
The House is barreling towards a Health Care vote, hoping to pass its bill by the end of the week, but there’s a potential stumbling block ahead: Abortion. A group of socially conservative Democrats are threatening to vote against the bill because the Subsidies it offers to help people buy Insurance could be used to buy plans that cover Abortion.

New show 'V' aims at Obamamania
Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal Health Care. The news media swoons in admiration -- one simpering anchorman even shouts at a reporter who asks a tough question: "Why don't you show some respect?!" The public is likewise smitten, except for a few nut cases who...

GOP health bill focuses on lower costs
The Republicans’ Health Care bill in the House focuses more on lowering costs than on expanding coverage, party leaders said Monday — setting up a stark divide between the GOP and Democrats who have made near universal coverage a top priority of their bills. “Our substitute aims at driving down costs,” House Minority Leader John Boehner told reporters Monday. “If you drive down costs, you can expand access.” Boehner hasn’t released the full details of...

The Associated Press: Health care plan hits rich with big tax increases
WASHINGTON — The typical family would be spared higher taxes from the House Democratic plan to overhaul Health Care, and their low-income neighbors could come out ahead. Their wealthy counterparts, however, face big tax increases that could eventually hit future generations of taxpayers who are less wealthy. The bill is funded largely from a 5.4 percent tax on individuals making more than $500,000 a year and couples making more than $1 million, starting in 2011. The tax increase would...

House GOP offers 230-page health bill
House Republicans have produced a Health Care bill to offer as an alternative to legislation by majority Democrats, focusing more on lowering costs than expanding coverage.

Dems May Miss Health Bill Deadline
Putting the Health Care reform legislation together has proved exceedingly difficult, and most aides now say there is virtually no way a bill can get to President Obama's desk this year. 

Are Democrats heading for abortion showdown?: PHOTO
Depending on the source, Democrats are either moving towards resolving Blue Dog objections to public funding of Abortions, or heading towards a cliff on an ObamaCare vote in the House.

Small Business Split on Health Care Reform: PHOTO
Just as Republicans and Democrats have cordoned off and retreated to their respective corners lobbing their demands for Health Care reform at Democratic leadership, small business groups have divided and done the same. Some small business groups are are pro-reform and are teaming up with the Democrats. John Arensmyer is CEO and Founder of the group Small Business Majority. He says the cost of Health Care is bankrupting small businesses. “The status quo is absolutely unacceptable and we have...

Health bill could slip into next year
Democrats have blown so many deadlines for getting Health reform done this year that insiders are increasingly skeptical they can finish by year’s end — and some even suggest the effort might slip to a new deadline, before the State of the Union address. The discussions are an acknowledgment that with only two months left in the year, Democrats are still a long way from sending a bill to the president’s desk. The House could take up reform on the floor as early as this week,...

Reid indicates timetable for health care may slip: PHOTO
Washington — In a blow to The White House, the Senate's top Democrat signaled Tuesday that Congress may fail to meet a year-end deadline for passing Health Care legislation, leaving the measure's fate to the uncertainties of the 2010 election season.

H1N1 clinics to re-open Thursday and Friday for kids, pregnant women
11/3/2009 Alberta is re-opening its H1N1 Flu immunization clinics on Thursday. However, they are targeted solely at Albertans who are considered to be at high risk. Starting on Thursday, Alberta Health Services will begin targeting children aged six months to under five years as of November 1st. Proof of age (Health Care card, birth certificate or other valid identification) must be provided. On Friday, November 6th, AHS will expand the program to include pregnant women....

J&J Plans to Lay Off 7,000: PHOTO
The Recession has slammed Johnson & Johnson ( JNJ ), the world's largest Health-care company. So, CEO William Weldon on Nov. 3 announced an overhaul that will result in layoffs of 6% to 7% of J&J's 117,000 employees, or more than 7,000 people. "We've gone through the headwinds that a lot of companies are about to run into," Weldon said in call with analysts, referring to patent expirations on major products over the past year. "But the economic headwinds are still ahead...

Province targets children, pregnant women in new H1N1 clinics to open this week
Young children will be the first to receive vaccinations for the H1N1 Flu virus when clinics re-open Thursday across the province. Alberta Health Services says it will begin targeting children who are aged six months to under five years as of November 1st, 2009. The clinics will require proof of age in the form of a Health Care card, birth certificate or other valid identification. On Friday, November 6, the program will be expanded to include pregnant women. In a news release issued Tuesday...

Poll: Nebraska Senator clashes with constituents on public option
If Ben Nelson decides to Filibuster a Democratic Health Care bill that includes a Public Insurance Option, he should expect to lose support among Nebraska Democrats. According to a new Research 2000 poll, 46 percent of Democrats in the decidedly red state would be less likely to support Nelson in a primary should he choose to Filibuster the Public Option. Conversely only seven percent would be more likely to cast a vote for the Democratic Senator. Even worse news for the former Nebraska Governor...

GE Claims Health IT Breakthrough
GE is touting its mini-ultrasound as a breakthrough for healthcare professionals

Virginia Foxx: Health Care Reform Is A Bigger Threat Than "Any Terrorist Right Now In Any Country" (VIDEO)
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) claimed on Monday that Health Care reform is a bigger threat than Terrorism -- the latest incendiary comment from a Republican lawmaker on the supposedly dire consequences of the legislation. Speaking on the House floor, the North Carolina lawmaker said : Everywhere I go in my district, people tell me they are frightened. ... I share that fear, and I believe they should be fearful. And I believe the greatest fear that we all should have to our freedom comes from this...

Rush Limbaugh: “Scozzafava Has Screwed Every RINO in the Country”: VIDEO
  OMG … This is too funny and dead on satire. Rush says that “Scozzafava has screwed ever RINO in the country. We can say that she is guilty of wide spread beastiality”.

Fox News Confronts US Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) … Awfully Tight Lipped for a Big Mouth
  Talks about turnabout is fair play. Griff Jenkins turns the tables and asks outspoken, bombshell throwing, attention seeking Democrat US Rep Alan Grayson what he meant by calling