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August 9, 2019 – Baby boomers beware. If you are in your 50s or 60s, and you are counting on Medicare to pay your future hospital bills, you might be in for a shock. Medicare Part A — the fund that pays hospitals and nursing homes — is running out of money. A mere seven

August 1, 2019 – If I’m elected president,” Joe Biden says, “we’re going to cure cancer.” Mr. Biden has a personal interest in the disease, which killed his son Beau in 2015. But the Obama-Biden administration had a bad record on screening, the best way to save patients from cancer. When Barack Obama was president,

July 29, 2019 – Arming herself for this week’s Democratic primary debates, Sen. Kamala Harris unveiled her latest health care position paper on Monday. The California lawmaker has flip-flopped over whether she supports eliminating all private insurance in favor of a single-payer, government-run health system. Her new plan tries to have it both ways. Don’t

July 26, 2019 – A 1-day-old baby boy was found swaddled in a T-shirt on the front steps of an apartment complex in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday. When shocked residents heard the crying, they called 911, and police rescued the abandoned newborn. “This is really, really crazy,” said one resident. No, it’s not crazy. It’s

July 19, 2019 – Democrats see your paycheck as fair game for their endless social-improvement projects. Every Democrat vying for the White House backs federal legislation that would guarantee workers nearly three months of paid family medical leave every year. Sounds wonderful. We all favor caring for newborns and sick relatives. And working nine months

July 3, 2019 – It’s official: Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez confirms his party fully endorses free health care for illegal immigrants. That puts illegals ahead of veterans struggling to qualify for civilian care, middle-class working stiffs priced out of ObamaCare and baby boomers facing the likelihood of Medicare cuts. At last Thursday’s Democratic

June 19, 2019 – Nine Democratic presidential hopefuls, including frontrunners Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Liz Warren, flocked to the Poor People’s Moral Action Congress on Monday, each trying to out-pander rivals and promise the most handouts. It was an alarming spectacle for anyone who works for a living. These Democratic candidates don’t believe jobs

June 13, 2019 – Events in Iowa this week show the Democratic Party is skidding off the rails. Nineteen Democrats running for president took the stage in Cedar Rapids on Sunday to woo voters. It was a circus of left-wingers going bonkers for things most Americans don’t want. The frontrunners back abortion any time before

June 5, 2019 – The nation’s biggest meeting of cancer specialists unveiled several breakthroughs on Saturday. The horrible news is what’s not improving. Only a minuscule 4% of men and women at high risk of getting lung cancer from smoking go for a CT scan to detect it while it’s curable. That figure has barely