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Sarasota Injury Lawyer David Goldman Offers Insight into the Impact of a Trump Administration on Obamacare and Medicaid for Consumers

SARASOTA, Fla. /ScoopCloud/ -- Sarasota Injury Attorney David L. Goldman, of Shapiro Goldman Babboni & Walsh, responds to clients' concerns about the impact of a Trump administration on healthcare coverage.

"As an attorney who often represents clients in desperate need of quality health care but with serious insurance coverage shortfalls, I have repeatedly heard may clients express concerns over how the presidential election will affect their coverage. Essentially many clients want to know, what is the future of Obamacare under a Trump administration?

There has been much speculation as to the future of Obamacare as well as the future of Medicare and Medicaid following the election of Donald J. Trump as our next president. Initially, it was thought that Obamacare would be scrapped entirely, although there were few details about what might replace the Affordable Care Act. That conventional wisdom was then placed in doubt after Donald Trump's recent meeting with President Obama which seemed to indicate that President-Elect Trump might be amenable to keeping parts of Obamacare intact.

With the proposed appointment of Congressman Tom Price of Georgia to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a clearer outline of what future changes to health care law has begun to emerge. Price drafted a bill called the "Empowering Patients First Act" which would end Obamacare, and his appointment to HHS would likely change existing Medicare, Medicaid and health insurance law dramatically."

Attorney Goldman, citing an article published by the Washington Post, summarized the issue by stating, "The bottom line will likely be that individuals who young, healthy, or affluent may see their premiums decrease, while those who are older, sicker and poorer will probably see an increase in their health insurance premiums. Additionally, based on Congressman Price's past actions and statements, doctors may be allowed to charge more money to senior citizens and no longer be bound by Medicare rates. A rolling back of the expansion of Medicaid under the Obama Administration is also anticipated."

About Attorney David L. Goldman:

Mr. Goldman is a member of the American Association of Justice, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the Southern Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Goldman is an Eagle Member of the Florida Justice Association and The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, and received the prestigious Legislative Leadership Award by that organization in 1997.

David Goldman has a long-standing commitment to the community and has served as a board member of many civic organizations. He has worked extensively with the Gulf Coast Latin Chamber of Commerce, the Sarasota African-American Chamber of Commerce, Second Chance Last Opportunity and the Westcoast Center for Human Development. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Community Center and has been a director and member of the Endowment Fund of his local synagogue.

Attorney David L. Goldman
Shapiro Goldman Babboni & Walsh
308 Cocoanut Ave., Sarasota, FL, 34236

More information: http://www.getmejustice.com/.

Sarasota Injury Attorney David L. Goldman, of Shapiro Goldman Babboni & Walsh, responds to clients' concerns about the impact of a Trump administration on healthcare coverage. David Goldman has a long-standing commitment to the community and has served as a board member of many civic organizations.

Attorney David L. Goldman Warns Consumers of Costly Unforeseen Coverage Gaps

SARASOTA, Fla. /ScoopCloud/ -- Personal Injury and Civil Trial Lawyer David L. Goldman of the Sarasota Florida Based Firm Shapiro Goldman Babboni & Walsh, cites an article in the NY Times warning consumers of large coverage gaps even in premium insurance plans.

Goldman, an experienced injury attorney stated, "The issue of whether one's medical bills were paid by their insurance company comes up more often than I can count. In more than a quarter century of practicing personal injury law in the State of Florida, I have seen people who have excellent insurance mistakenly believe that their insurance company has paid their bill in full. Even people who have 'full coverage' with excellent insurance policies do not realize that their insurance companies leave them with outstanding balances that are well in excess of their deductible or co-pay amounts.

"For instance in auto accident cases, the no-fault insurance company will often pay only 80 percent of their bills up to $10,000, leaving a balance of 20 percent plus any amount of their bills above $10,000. Often times health insurance companies, will not cover a particular doctor or treatment, or will deny payment due to alleged errors in how the medical provider submitted their bill, leaving the poor insured owing the money. Often times, the attorney can resolve these issues, but too often they cannot."

Mr. Goldman continued to point out the potential for costly coverage short-falls by stating, "This article discusses how insurance companies will pay a hospital bill but may not pay the other bills associated with a hospital visit, which can include the emergency room doctors' bill, the radiology bill, and the ambulance bill. Sometimes these other providers do not even bother to submit their bill to your insurance company and simply send the patient the bill.

"This article discusses one such instance that occurred right here in Florida. So it is best to make sure to realize that there may be many other bills associated with a hospital visit other than the hospital bill and to realize that even the best insurance companies often leave patients owing a lot more than just their deductible and co-pay."

About Attorney David L. Goldman:

Mr. Goldman is a member of the American Association of Justice, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the Southern Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Goldman is an Eagle Member of the Florida Justice Association and The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, and received the prestigious Legislative Leadership Award by that organization in 1997.

David Goldman has a long-standing commitment to the community and has served as a board member of many civic organizations. He has worked extensively with the Gulf Coast Latin Chamber of Commerce, the Sarasota African-American Chamber of Commerce, Second Chance Last Opportunity and the Westcoast Center for Human Development. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Community Center and has been a director and member of the Endowment Fund of his local synagogue.

Shapiro Goldman Babboni & Walsh
308 Cocoanut Ave., Sarasota, FL, 34236

More information: http://www.getmejustice.com/.

Personal Injury and Civil Trial Lawyer David L. Goldman of the Sarasota Florida Based Firm Shapiro Goldman Babboni & Walsh, cites an article in the NY Times warning consumers of large coverage gaps even in premium insurance plans.

California Chiropractor calls Prince’s death, ‘One more example of gross medical stupidity!’

CORTE MADERA, Calif., May 5, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Noted Marin County chiropractor, Dr. Donald E. Harte, calls out noted Marin County "addiction specialist," Dr. Howard Kornfeld, as "having a totally wrong-headed approach."

"We have a clearly idiotic but all-too-common case of Medicine making business for itself," according to Dr. Harte. The latest news reports indicate that Prince had a very bad hip, and had become addicted to Percocet, an opioid pain-killer.

"It is clear that Medicine, in general, is about suppressing symptoms rather than achieving health. In this case, Prince's case, the result is quite the opposite... death." Harte goes on, "When chiropractic care is available, to deal with the causes of pain, as well as other health issues, it is just plain stupid for doctors to merely cover up pain, as a main mode of care."

Dr. Harte likens the medical practice of "pain management" to this: "If your house catches fire, and the smoke alarm goes off, would you take a hammer and whack the alarm, or would you call 9-1-1, and get your family out safely?" He states, "Medical studies of MRI, etc. have admitted that they really cannot pinpoint the cause of pain in their patients. Of course, they use MRI's to sell orthopedic surgeries. The record is so bad, here, that what happens is officially known as 'Failed Back Surgery Syndrome.' Often, patients end up in worse pain, which increases their need for pain meds. The scam goes on!"

"Legal drug addiction is becoming epidemic. Prince was but one victim, a victim of medical procedure, and of medical thinking." He notes, "This 'iatrogenic,' or medically-caused explosion of addiction has created and sustained a whole new medical specialty, drug rehabilitation. This is the specialty of Dr. Kornfeld. He was going to 'save' Prince. Too little, too late!"

"As a gross example of the lack of shame by the medical profession, there was a medical building in San Rafael. The front was 'pain management.' The back was drug rehab. The building has been torn down. I believe that the doctor has been indicted."

Dr. Harte points out, "Medicine, especially orthopedic medicine, has become far more aggressive these days, causing far more damage, physically and chemically. The safe and effective alternative is Chiropractic. Ignorance and bigotry cannot keep WHAT WORKS a secret."

MORE INFORMATION:
DONALD E. HARTE, D.C.
The Harte of Chiropractic, Prof. Corp.
21 Tamal Vista, Suite 170, Corte Madera, CA 94925
(415) 460-6527
harteofchiropractic@gmail.com

Website: http://www.chirodrharte.com/.

Twitter: @drdonharte

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The Solution to Terrorism

KAMUELA, Hawaii, Dec. 1, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- To have a long-term solution for terrorism we need to understand the way that terrorism has become a part of our consciousness in everyday life, says Eric Bonnici. We also need to understand why terrorists kill and share it through social media to inflame terror in us. Although it is important to look for short-term solutions to create safety from the immediate threats of terrorism, they are not a long-term solution to terrorism itself. We cannot fight terrorism with behaviors that are propelled by our own fear.

We need to see and acknowledge the fear inside the hearts of terrorists themselves. This does not mean that we should not immediately take action to protect ourselves and others. It is important to do our best to swiftly create safety right here and now while moving toward a long-term solution that will last for future generations.

The root of terrorism is the terrorist's projection of their own fear of not accepting the world just as it is. The world just as it is means a world filled with the diverse and evolving potentials we all have as human beings. Terrorist's project their own fear of not being enough, not having enough, or not being in control, and take it out on others. They do this by trying to control and manipulate people by terrorizing them. This limits their potential to be a part of an evolving compassionate, all-inclusive, and supportive race of human beings working together to support the vision of a healthy, peaceful, and abundant world where all people coexist while celebrating and enjoying their differences.

The way to reflect to terrorists that it is their own fear that they are projecting, is to create a mirror large enough for them to see that the fear within themselves is being projected onto others. This mirror is truly something we each can be a part of. In fact, it is each of us that need to be a part of this mirror so that there is no doubt in the truth that is being reflected.

As human beings we experience life through a nervous system designed to sense fear to help with our survival in a conditional world. As we embrace this fear as a part of being human we begin to own our fear as an individual without projecting our own fear into the world. As we own our own fear, we allow the space for a greater love of who we are as a human being to become a mirror for others around us.

We begin practicing owning our own fear together. As more of us practice owning our own fear together, as a part of being human, we become an even greater mirror for the world as a whole. Then we can be a mirror large enough for terrorists to undeniably see, that the terror they are inflicting on the world, is really the fear that they don't want to face inside themselves. As the world sees the behavior of a terrorist as a behavior that is determined by the terrorist's own fear, we can disarm a terrorist's greatest weapon that is "terrorism" itself.

When the majority of us as humans practice together owning our own fear, we are able to reflect the inner fear that the terrorist is projecting onto the world at large. When this is done, there is nowhere terrorists can hide from facing the deepest fear inside themselves that is propelling their behavior and creating the projection of terror and fear.

As individuals working with owning our own fear, we need to move past our own fear of fear that causes us to be caught in our own heart-head loop trying to avoid it or figure it out. As Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." To begin moving past the heart-head loop, and the constant thinking that we are experiencing from the acts of terror and fear in our everyday life, we need to learn how to stay grounded in the depth of love and wisdom that we are capable of as human beings.

In this way we can act swiftly with clarity, Integrity, and authenticity within ourselves. We can act to immediately provide safety while reflecting acts of terror as a deep fear within all terrorists that is being projected on us. Terrorists avoid experiencing their own fear by making others experience fear in their hearts. They do this rather than being honest with themselves and owning their deep fear of humanness itself.

Once we see this clearly, we can continue to practice living a courageous and sensational life together, without the fear of fear, or the projections of terrorists that can consume our thinking mind. We can move forward with the vision of love and clarity as we create an all inclusive world of peaceful coexistence.

I am offering a free video that teaches us how to practice moving past our fear of fear, seeing things as they are, and acting with deep clarity to establish a future world where all human beings can live a loving, truthful, and sensational life.

More information: http://www.LivingaSensationalLife.com/.

About Eric Bonnici:

Eric Bonnici is a spiritual guide specializing in understanding Unconditional Love in a world of conditions. He has authored several books and has developed online: courses, training, and systems to help the realization of a world at peace.

For more information go to: http://www.EricBonnici.com/ or call Eric Bonnici 808-895-5737.

Twitter: @EricBonnici #SolutiontoTerrorism #UnconditionalLove

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Fall Flu Shot Propaganda Extravaganza is Off and Running!

CORTE MADERA, Calif., Sept. 29, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Dr. Don Harte, renowned Marin straight chiropractor, warns, "Fall has begun. With that, the annual media blitz to convince us all to line up, like sheep, for the flu shot."

"Last week's headline," he relates, "says 'Flu vaccine seen as a better match. Health experts hope to avoid repeat of last year's debacle.'" Dr. Harte asks, rhetorically, "You really listen to this stuff?"

"If so many didn't believe this pseudo-scientific fantasy, it would be funny." Harte goes on to say that Federal officials "... emphasized that, unlike last year, this year's vaccine appears to be a good match for the strains of flu they expect to hit the U.S."

"Really?" he asks. "The CDC must have fortune tellers in white coats. They are declaring a good match of something they just cooked up, for something that hasn't appeared yet. This is science?"

Dr. Harte said, "In Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, a 26 year old woman, a newlywed, a radiology technician, died from flu complications after she received the flu shot. She had no choice, as it was a condition of her employment." Harte points out, "From a medical procedure to allegedly prevent a non-fatal disease, a young woman has died. She is not the only victim. THE most common side effect is Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), a debilitating, paralyzing neurological condition. I have one such victim of flu vaccine-caused GBS in my practice. This formerly healthy, athletic man walks unsteadily with 'drop foot,' with a profound loss of memory."

Dr. Harte states, "More people have died from the flu after getting the flu vaccine, than from Ebola." He goes on, "Public health officials, on this topic, are public liars. They continue to bleat the figure of 36,000 deaths from influenza. This figure is bogus. It is for influenza AND pneumonia. Leave out the pneumonia deaths, and there are usually less than 300 deaths from influenza." He adds, "This is typical of government lies in the service of Big Pharma. Disgusting!"

"The problem with preventative medicine," Dr. Harte says, "is that it prevents health. Better health prevents disease and improves function." He goes on, "Chiropractic has proven itself during the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918, saving tens of thousands of lives, when medical care was powerless. Chiropractic liberates the nervous system, allowing the immune system to work better. Vaccinations subvert normal immune pathways, interfering with health. What's your choice, this flu season?"

More information on Dr. Harte: http://www.chirodrharte.com/.

Contact: Dr. Harte
o: (415) 460-6527
c: (415) 847-9678
harteofchiropractic@gmail.com

Twitter: @drdonharte

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Government Attacks California Chiropractic Activist for His Opposition to Forced Mass Poisoning of Children: Chiropractor Charges Govt. with Hate Crime

CORTE MADERA, Calif., July 29, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Dr. Don Harte, noted straight chiropractor in Marin County, California, received two complaints from the California Board of Chiropractic Examiners last week. "I expected to be attacked by a government that not merely protects the medical industry; it actively promotes that industry, and forces their procedures upon us, especially the children, without regard to safety, efficacy or the right to choose." Sadly, "I didn't expect to be attacked for my religion."

"It's about one of my anti-vaccination pieces. It's kind of funny," Dr. Harte says, "since they claim that the piece is an advertisement, even though it is clearly a Letter to the Editor in the Pacific Sun (http://www.pacificsun.com/letter-childhood-disease-not-tragedy/), the Marin County weekly newspaper." He believes "The Board is playing a jurisdiction game. They don't have that jurisdiction, so they call a non-ad an ad. Government logic."

Dr. Harte goes on, "The Board has a history of having problems with free speech. They don't like it when chiropractors deviate from sitting in the back of the health care bus, when chiropractors, like myself, tell the truth ... that Chiropractic is not about fixing minor back pain, but rather, about liberating the nervous system for optimal health."

"In general," according to Dr. Harte, "The Board seems to think that its mission is to protect the public from Chiropractic. A decade ago, I was attacked by the Board for telling the real story of Chiropractic in my advertisements. That case was dismissed, and their special investigator fled the state. For that, I was awarded 'Chiropractor of the Year' in 2006."

Dr. Harte is proud to say "I've been involved in the opposition to vaccination for many years, from the flu vaccine (http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/Alternative-to-the-sting-of-a-failed-flu-vaccine-2827733.php) to Guardisil (http://www.marinij.com/general-news/20071101/donald-harte-is-there-a-vaccine-that-protects-against-non-science) to vaccine contamination and the urgent need to re-evaluate the societal position of Medicine (http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/Time-for-a-regime-change-in-attitude-about-2688948.php) to the evil of government mandates, including fighting the recent bill, SB277, that destroys personal belief and religious exemptions. Some even think that, as a chiropractor, I am unqualified to speak about this topic." He adds, "The hate mail I receive? What people think is a scientific position is hilarious. But their totalitarian political views, some even wanting to jail parents who don't vaccinate their children, are frightening."

"To straighten it out for those who are ignorant about chiropractic education, we get, essentially, the same basic sciences as in medical school, including immunology and toxicology, which are directly relevant to this topic. On top of this," Dr. Harte says, "the vitalistic philosophy of Chiropractic (http://www.chirodrharte.com/about-us/) gives the straight chiropractor far more wisdom to appreciate how the body actually works. It is easy for me to comprehend that vaccination subverts normal immune processes, and that the addition of a variety of substances that are toxic to the immune and nervous systems can only be disastrous to health. The cultish acceptance of anything medical does not change these scientific facts."

"The alleged hate crime committed by the Chiropractic Board," according to Dr. Harte, "is evident in that the one piece, amongst all of my writings, that they chose to persecute me for, was entitled 'Measles, Schmeasles.' This is what might be called a 'Yiddishism,' a particularly Jewish way to express disdain for something, to express its lack of importance. Since I am Jewish, and this manner of expression is almost unheard of in the San Francisco Bay Area, I find it odd that the Board picked this one to attack."

Dr. Don Harte, former medical student, is a straight chiropractor serving Marin and the Greater Bay Area since 1981. He is an activist in the struggle for free speech for chiropractors. Dr. Harte was named 2006 "Chiropractor of the Year" by the World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA). He has served on the Boards of the WCA and the Council on Chiropractic Practice. His articles have been published in OMNI magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Chiropractic Journal and Journal of the California Chiropractic Association.

More information on Dr. Harte: http://www.chirodrharte.com/.

Contact: Dr. Harte
o: (415) 460-6527
c: (415) 847-9678
harteofchiropractic@gmail.com

Twitter: @drdonharte

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CA SB277: Marin Chiropractor Charges California with ‘Chemical Child Molestation’

CORTE MADERA, Calif., June 30, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Dr. Don Harte, Marin chiropractor, notes with disgust, "Today, June 30th, California Governor Brown signed SB277, stripping away both personal belief and religious exemptions for childhood vaccinations."

"In his 'signing message,'" says Dr. Harte, "the governor says 'The science is clear that vaccines dramatically protect children against a number of infectious and dangerous disease.' What the governor refers to is not science; it is whored-out pseudo-science bought and paid-for by Big Pharma. And, just to be accurate, one of those diseases is not infectious, and several are not dangerous."

"There are two basic problems, here, that have brought about this sad day in California," according to Dr. Harte. "The first is that society assumes that whatever Medicine says must be true, must be scientific, and must be for the public good. A lack of critical thinking in science is always disastrous. So, let's think! Medicine has figured out a way to circumvent the normal pathways of the immune system with vaccines, upping their 'effectiveness' by adding a number of poisonous substances that no one would tolerate in their water supply. That's the relatively theoretical part of this."

"Medicine's historical mythology," declares Dr. Harte, "is based upon a grotesque lie. The old scourges of infectious disease went away due to modern sewage systems, clean water, refrigeration, etc. There was a polio epidemic in the 1920's, which disappeared without any vaccine."

Dr. Harte goes on. "The proof in the pudding is that, as the number of required vaccinations has gone from five to 89, previously rare childhood disease have now become commonplace -- autism, Type I diabetes, life-threatening allergies, juvenile arthritis, leukemia, asthma and Crohn's Disease. In these couple of generations, the environment has gotten cleaner, except for the internal environment of the children, polluted by mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde, ethylene glycol, MSG, etc."

"The second basic problem," according to Dr. Harte, "is that of Big Brother in a White Coat. People are willing to give up liberty, even do damage to the parent-child bond, to secure some false sense of medical security, and our power-mad politicians are eager to take that liberty."

"I charge the governor and every legislator who voted for SB277, this piece of medical Nazism, as destroyers of the family, enemies of liberty and chemical child molesters," says Dr. Harte. As a note to parents, he states, "If my son was still in school, I'd be thinking of methods of resistance."

Dr. Don Harte, former medical student, is a straight chiropractor serving Marin and the Greater Bay Area since 1981. He is an activist in the struggle for free speech for chiropractors. Dr. Harte was named 2006 "Chiropractor of the Year" by the World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA). He has served on the Boards of the WCA and the Council on Chiropractic Practice. His articles have been published in OMNI magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Chiropractic Journal and Journal of the California Chiropractic Association.

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More information on Dr. Harte: http://www.chirodrharte.com/.

The Harte of Chiropractic, Prof. Corp., 21 Tamal Vista, Suite 170, Corte Madera, CA 94925. Phone: (415) 460-6527.

Twitter: @drdonharte

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