U.S. CONGRESSMAN JOHN C. FLEMING, M.D.

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  • FLEMING: Undeniable: Entitlements are unsustainable
    Apr 27, 2012 - Medicare is on a steady downward course to financial ruin and everyone should care. Its trustees admit that Medicare’s main trust fund could run out of money as early as 2017. Since the U.S. Treasury is under no obligation to make good the shortfalls, the checks to doctors, hospitals and pharmacies ... More
  • Obamacare's Medicaid Problems
    Mar 30, 2012 - Obamacare has received critical scrutiny from our nation’s highest court. Skeptical Supreme Court Justices questioned the government’s power to force you to buy a product. I believe Obamacare is unconstitutional. If it’s not overturned, it must be repealed. But the litigation produced a stunning rem... More
  • FLEMING: Kagan’s necessary recusal
    Dec 12, 2011 - Before she joined the high court, Justice Elena Kagan was President Obama’s solicitor general. When the federal government is involved in litigation before the Supreme Court, the solicitor general’s office is responsible for the government’s side of the case. That means the solicitor general is esse... More
  • OP-ED: Cutting federal spending is really tough, or is it? (Washington Examiner)
    Jan 6, 2011 - During the 1980s, though a practicing physician, I decided to wade into the arena of small-business ownership by opening a franchised restaurant. Made confident by early success I began opening additional stores as fast as I could. By the mid-1990s I noticed that sales growth was great, but my cash ... More
  • OP-ED: Colbert flap is emblematic of Democrats’ lack of leadership (The Daily Caller)
    Sep 28, 2010 - Last Friday, comedian Stephen Colbert testified at the behest of Democrat Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren as an expert witness before a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on immigration. What should have been a serious hearing on an important subject affecting millions of Americans predictably devolved ... More
  • OP-ED: The Pledge to America: An agenda set by the people (The Hill)
    Sep 24, 2010 - “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” - Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. These words, enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, embody a notion that is central to the survival of our Democracy. Unfortunately, the current li... More
  • OP-ED: Medical Liability Bill Key to Health Reform (ROLL CALL)
    Jul 27, 2010 - Just over three months ago, President Barack Obama signed “ObamaCare” into law — with the promise that the reform bill would lower costs, increase access to quality care and preserve the great tradition of American medical care. Clearly, however, as has become more apparent every day since the bill ... More
  • OP-ED: Time for reality check on health care reform law (Shreveport Times)
    Jun 12, 2010 - Like the enterprising weavers who promised the emperor new clothes with extraordinary powers, Democrats in Congress have promised more than they can deliver. They claim the new health care reform law will lower health care costs, keep insurance premiums from skyrocketing and provide affordable healt... More
  • OP-ED: Congress Should Make Tax Day a Little Less Painful (Shreveport Times)
    Apr 16, 2010 - As millions of Louisianans file their income taxes this month they are no doubt reminded how they labor under a national tax regime that discourages hard work and remains fundamentally unfair. Federal, state and local taxes claim almost 27 percent of the average American’s income. This means the ave... More
  • OP-ED: Reagan had it right on national security (The Daily Caller)
    Apr 8, 2010 - “The United States does not start fights…We maintain our strength in order to deter and defend against aggression — to preserve freedom and peace.” President Ronald Reagan Barack Obama once provocatively said, “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.” One would hope that such Chicago thu... More
 
 
 
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