Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

Millman, Jason. "Healthwatch." Healthcare . The Hill, 28 Jan 2011. Web. 28 Jan 2011

The Democrats are trying to muster up enough strength to beat the Republicans, who recently took control of

the house. President Obama is fired up about his numerous attempts to reach out to the Republicans. He is

focused on his willing to compromise, but they seem to think differently. This article, which was published  by Mr. Jason, Millman is very credible. Mr. Millman has been through his share of criticism, but has won the rigorous battle by continuing to develop factual articles for his audience. His article describes how President Obama is shaping up his defense in a more verbal manner, by stating his offers in the State of the Union address. This article relates to the media in a different way than many other articles. This article really gets across the points that the president is making without any side talk from anti-healthcare people. The Democrats and Republicans definitely have an issue here and it needs to be fixed, thats why President Obama is trying to compromise just like the article states.

Mackey, John, and Brian Blase. "Backgrounder." media.s3.amazon.com. The Heritage Foundation, 1 Jul 2010. Web. 26 Mar 2011

This article describes the impact that ObamaCare has on the United States of America. It talks about the significant changes in costs and regulations that will happen by the year 2014. Some changes would be very expensive, while other changes won’t have a huge impact on the economy. These authors include their knowledge about the powers of lawmakers and federal government agents in America. Both of the authors have a lot of experience in healthcare and they both have a history of writing credible articles for their readers.

Mackey, John. "The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare." Freedom School. WSJ.com, 11 Aug 2009. Web. 26 Mar 2011

John Mackey is the author of “The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare.” He is the co-founder and Ceo of Whole Foods Market Inc, so he is definitely a credible author. This article describes in detail America’s need of a healthcare reform. It clearly states that America doesn’t need new deficits in its economic system. He talks about different health insurance companies’ problems and the solutions that he feels would best control those problems. Money is his main focus in this article. He relates his topic to the media in a great way. The media basically agrees with this article.
ObamaCare." Freedom School. WSJ.com, 11 Aug 2009. Web. 26 Mar 2011

Feldstein, Martin. "ObamaCare is all about Rationing." nber.org. Feldstein, 19 Aug 2009. Web. 26 Mar 2011.

This article was originally published in The Wall Street Journal by Martin Feldstein. It explains that

ObamaCare is all about Rationing. The author goes into great detail to prove his point. He talks about different strategies that President Obama uses and will use in the future. Feldstein describes how the medical treatments won’t be a burden on future budgets as well. He was the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Reagan. He is currently a professor at Harvard University and also a member of The Wall Street Journal’s board of contributors. This makes Feldstein a very credible author and healthcare expert in his field. Compared to other articles, this one goes into detail more. It captures the audience and holds their attention.

Stein, Gary. "Political Overview." huffingtonpost.com. Huffington Post, 24 Mar. 2010. Web. 23 Feb 2011.

Mr. Stein is a well know Health Reform Advocate. His works include consulting in health education and public health programs. Mr. Stein understands what it takes to be a respected author in the healthcare industry. The Huffington Post trust his outstanding experience and education to develop factual information on their site.

This article expresses a few different aspects of Obama’s healthcare plan. The main focus in it is whether or not the healthcare debate is a political or a human issue. Due to the fact that Abortion involves life sums up Mr. Stein findings. Healthcare directly involves individuals and their lives. This relates to the media in a meaningful manner. Healthcare is actually becoming more of a human issue than a political issue.

Trussell, Tait. "Why Repeal Obamacare?." FrontPageMag.com. Front Page Mag, 04 Oct 2010. Web. 30 Jan 2011

Repealing the healthcare plan that President Obama put into place, has been a dream come true for many Americans. Our nation is not so willing to conform to the components of the healthcare plan just yet. Even with the excessive determination of the democrats to promote the plan, they aren’t getting any help from critics. According to a website I recently visited, Fifty-seven percent of likely voters now favor the repeal, without a valid reason for doing so. The main question is why would we as Americans want to repeal Obamacare when our nation has acquired so many provisions? This article goes opens up the minds of Americans in an intelligent manner. The author of this article has been conducting interviews and taking notes from many people who are against Obama’s healthcare plan. He has emerged as one of the top authors on the FrontPage Magazine website by making all of his articles credible, which everyone loves about him. As well as making sure his articles are credible, Tait Trussell respects all of his readers in a fashionable manner. This article relates to the media in a nice way. It gets people to really think about the healthcare repealing process, which makes voters question themselves.