Jane M. Orient

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  Mar 19, 2020

  Don’ts and dos on coronavirus

  Some of the views expressed here are controversial. So, do ask your doctor. I hope you have one — not just the HMO or retail clinic “provider.”

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  Jan 29, 2020

  The coronavirus — 1918 all over again?

  This 2019-nCoV virus is the third zoonotic (animal) coronavirus to infect humans in two decades. The SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) were contained. Other coronaviruses cause mild cold-like syndromes.

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  Jul 14, 2015

  Obergefell Fallout: Heather Has Two Daddies—and No Mommy

  The destruction of the American family is more likely a cause than a consequence of the gay-rights movement.

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  Jun 15, 2015

  Dr. Carson Wants to Heal, Unite Americans; Can We Trust a Brain Surgeon to Lead Our Nation?

  Physicians from North Carolina, along with some from around the country who were in Raleigh for a meeting, had a unique opportunity to chat with Dr. Ben Carson last week. We heard some original ideas—and some facts that all presidential candidates should be talking about but apparently don't dare.

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  Jun 10, 2015

  Based on 45 Cases, Federal Officials Want to Spend $20 Billion on AIDS Drugs

  About $6 billion per year is now spent on a cocktail of drugs to treat "HIV disease"—a positive blood test for antibody for human immunodeficiency virus, the accepted cause for AIDS.

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  May 11, 2015

  Garland Terrorist Attack: Was It a Distraction From Attacks on Free Speech?

  Many Americans are bursting with pride over the recent exhibition in Garland, Texas.

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  Mar 10, 2015

  What Will Happen If Supreme Court Cuts ObamaCare Subsidies?

  The Obama Administration was apparently shocked when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of King v. Burwell, which challenges insurance subsidies flowing through federal Exchanges. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) clearly states that subsidies flow only through Exchanges established by States.

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  Jan 27, 2015

  If You Like Your Medicare, You Can Keep Your Medicare

  Not just Barack Obama, but all politicians promise to protect Medicare—even if they are robbing it to pay for ObamaCare. They don't promise that you can keep your Medicare doctor, however.

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  Jan 13, 2015

  Congress Doesn't Create Free Markets for Health Care; It Only Destroys Them

  When people clamor for Congress to pass a "free-market health plan," they are forgetting two things: Congress only does laws, which restrict freedom. We need fewer laws, not more. And the free market is by nature not a plan.

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  Jan 5, 2015

  Survival Prospects For ObamaCare in 2015

  Now that Republicans have control of Congress, they could possibly keep their promise to repeal ObamaCare—except for two immediate obstacles.