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Air Date: May 24, 2013

Host: Jim Schneider

Guest: Dr. Alieta Eck

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Dr. Alieta Eck is the past president and current member of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (A.A.P.S.). She and her husband founded the Zarephath Health Center, a free clinic for the poor and uninsured that currently cares for 300-400 patients per month utilizing the donated services of volunteer physicians and nurses in New Jersey.

There are significant changes that are taking place right now regarding Medicare that are of great concern to Dr. Eck.

The paperwork burden is increasing under Obamacare which takes away from being able to provide quality patient care. This paperwork burden extends to online record keeping.

For example, the government wants medical records online. They also want many things coded and are moving from the ICD-9 code to ICD-10 code which will increase by a factor of 6 the number of different codes doctors choose from.

Interestingly, Dr. Eck's payments have been cut because she doesn't send prescriptions to the pharmacies electronically. Why should the government care about how a prescription is communicated to the pharmacy?

This Crosstalk continued by looking at many other aspects of our increasingly complicated health care system including:

What is the Physician Quality Reporting System (P.Q.R.S.)

Some physicians are leaving private practice and moving to hospitals. What does this mean for patients?

What decisions will be made by the 16 member Independent Payment Advisory Board?

How do labor unions feel about Obamacare?

...and much more including pertinent questions from Crosstalk listeners.


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American Association of Physicians and Surgeons
aapsonline.org

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Air Date: May 23, 2013

Host: Jim Schneider

Guest: Ed Decker

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Ed Decker was a Mormon for 20 years of his adult life. He was a member of the Melchizedek priesthood, a Temple Mormon and active in many church positions. Through a crisis in his life, Ed met the real Jesus and his life was changed forever. He is an active author,speaker and evangelist who has brought the light of biblical truth to the lost in spiritual darkness. He is the founder of Saints Alive, a ministry of witness to those lost in Mormonism and other cults.

One religious group has changed their position on the issue of homosexuality. That group is the Mormon Church, a church that has 400,000 boys involved in scouting. This is important because today is the day that the Boy Scouts will vote whether or not to allow open homosexual scouts in the scouting program.

Jim noted that the Mormon church issued a statement saying they are satisfied that the Boy Scouts have made a very thoughtful, good faith effort to address the issues.

Ed believes that this change has to do with money. He described how the Mormon Church has been changing radically over the last 8- 10 years having lost around 2 million members in the last several years and about one-third of their youth population is leaving every year.

Why? Ed points to the fact that the Mormon Church is getting "beat up" in the press, they've authorized gay marriage and they're ordaining gay men to priesthood positions.

Ed compared the current Mormon Church to the so-called Christian "emergent" churches where everyone is viewed as "ok" and everyone wants to be careful not to offend anyone else.

Join Jim and Ed for this inside look at the Mormon Church, how they're changing and how these changes are impacting the American tradition of scouting.


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To obtain a copy of "The Godmakers" by Ed Decker and the late Dave Hunt for a donation of $17 or more contact Crosstalk at 1-800-729-9829.

Ed Decker links:
www.deckerreport.com
www.saintsalive.com

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Air Date: May 22, 2013

Host: Vic Eliason

Guest: Dr. David Stevens

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Dr. David Stevens is the Chief Executive Officer of the Christian Medical and Dental Association, the nation's largest faith based organization of doctors. He is the spokesman for 16,000 doctors.

Possibly in an attempt to obscure the truth, Dr. Stevens reported that the phrase the media is using for the process of cloning is Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer. A somatic cell is any cell in the body other than a sperm or an egg. Nuclear refers to where the chromosomes are. Transfer refers to taking the chromosomes out of the cell and sticking it into an egg after taking its nucleus out, zapping it with electricity and causing that to develop into the type of cells you're trying to copy.

Due to the creation of genetic defects, embryonic stem cell research has been an enormous failure. In spite of that, last week it was announced that scientists have been able to create human embryos, sacrifice them and create embryonic stem cell lines. This seems to be unnecessary because science has seen great success with induced pluripotent stem cells, umbilical cord blood stem cells, amniotic fluid stem cells and bone marrow stem cells.

Dr. Stevens explains the process behind pluripotent stem cells as well as discussing human/animal hybrids, trans(super)humanism, post- humanism and more.


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Christian Medical and Dental Association
www.cmda.org

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Air Date: May 20, 2013

Host: Jim Schneider

Guest: Michael Vilardi

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Michael Vilardi is a retired IRS criminal investigator. He left that position in August 2010 after 20 years of admirable service. At that point he became an enrolled agent and started the tax division at the Protection Law Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Michael now specializes in matters of tax law and is well versed in the regulations and workings of the IRS.

The IRS scandal involving increased IRS scrutiny of certain conservative groups continues to unravel. Michael believes that some laws were broken and disclosure laws were violated.

Michael read highlights from a report by the Inspector General that seems to agree. This report points to ineffective management by the IRS, particularly the Exempt Organizations Office in Washington and its head, Sarah Hall Ingram, who led this office from 2009 to 2012.

Shortly after the election, Ingram was promoted to the position of director for the new IRS Affordable Care Act Division and received a $109,000 bonus. Was she rewarded as the sole person responsible for applying increased scrutiny on tax exempt organizations or was she acting on orders from a higher level? Also, why would she receive a promotion and bonus when there was a 3 year backlog concerning political campaign intervention applications?

These are just some of the questions being asked as this investigation continues so stay on the "cutting edge" by reviewing this edition of Crosstalk.


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Michael Vilardi website
www.mikevilardiea.com
1-888-873-8825

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Air Date: May 20, 2013

Host: Vic Eliason

Guest: Matt Barber

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Matt Barber is an attorney focusing on constitutional law. He serves as Vice President of Liberty Counsel Action and serves as Associate Dean and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law at Liberty University School of Law.

According to Matt, DOJ Pride is a taxpayer funded organization within the Department of Justice that appears geared toward pushing the talking points of the radical homosexual lobby. The new DOJ Pride brochure that was sent to all DOJ managers contains a number of "do's" and "don't's". One of the don't's that is being communicated explains that Department of Justice employees are not to judge or remain silent. Silence will be interpreted as disapproval of the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender lifestyles.

Matt also brought his thoughts to another controversial topic. The U.S. Department of Education plans to replace gender-specific terms such as "mother" and "father" with the gender-inclusive/neutral replacement terms "parent 1" and "parent 2".


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E-Mail—askdoj@usdoj.gov

Capitol Switchboard
202-224-3121
202-225-3121

Liberty Counsel
www.lc.org
www.libertycounsel.com
1-800-671-1776

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Air Date: May 17, 2013

Host: Vic Eliason & Gordon Morris

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Vic Eliason presented the following news stories and Gordon Morris opened the phone lines for comments from listeners.

--Blue Fin tuna caught just off the California coast are testing positive for radiation due to Japan nuclear disaster.
--A major conference on German/Muslim relations ends in failure.
--A 13 year old slashes friend's throat after argument over a video game.
--Families of Navy Seals killed in an August 2011 shoot-down of a helicopter in Afghanistan cite a number of grievances including an allegation that the Pentagon invited a Muslim cleric who disparaged the memories of the deceased men in Arabic.
--A Federal judge issues a ruling that suppressing Christian speech is allowed if Muslims threaten violence due to being upset over the message.
--A British politician compares disabled children to the runt in a litter of lambs.
--The IRS tells a pro-life ministry to promote all aspects of abortion.
--Vermont to become the 3rd state to legalize assisted suicide.
--A Federal bill (HR-1681) coming forth would penalize adoption agencies that prioritize heterosexual couples.
--North Carolina abortion clinic shut down by the state following an investigation that revealed that abortionists were incorrectly administering abortion drugs to clients.
--President Obama invites Planned Parenthood to Mother's Day event then sends out a tweet about his free, no co-pay birth control.