Although his quest to “fix the healthcare system” currently has as much of a pie-in-the-sky altruism and idealism about it as — say, ending the Iraq War — there is much the future President Barack Obama can do on the issue of healthcare delivery immediately upon swearing in office in January. At the top of the list is revisiting the current President George W. Bush-led legislation involving the so-called “conscience rule”, which gives healthcare providers an out when faced with the possibility of performing procedures or prescribing medicines (notably, those treatments involving family planning) that might not square with their moral beliefs. Obama et al. promise to prioritize dismantling of this healthcare legislative piece, initially by allowing the Democratic controlled Congress to hamper its implementation. | LINK

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