If what is going on this country is not scaring you, then you are reading too much of what Rush Limbaugh calls the "state-owned' media." Chuck Norris gives his reasons why Obama scares him and, as usual, he is spot on.
Obama has in the matter of just over 5 months or so, managed to take control of banking and the auto industry. He has run the debt of this country to it's highest levels ever, numbers so high that the average person cannot even comprehend the magnitude, while telling us we should "sacrifice" for the common good.
Unemployment is fast approaching double digits, if it didn't already hit that over the weekend, while he continues to brag that his "stimulus" plan is saving and creating jobs.
Now he and his cronies are attacking the health care industry in the largest take-over yet, to provide what some people consider a "right"; the cradle-to-grave interference in their medical decisions.
Those who favor this are certainly not looking at the facts of how government-run health care really works. They seem to have some Utopian view that all their worries will be over. No more will they have to worry about spending a dime of their own money, because the federal government will step in and cover all their medical expenses. And it will be freeeeeeee!
Check out Canada and Great Britain if you want to see how well this will work. It brings to mind the definition often used for insanity; doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Well, guess what? Ask anyone on Medicare how that plays in Peoria. It won't be free, and in many cases you won't get any care at all. Even the folks who enjoy employer-provided insurance have been lulled into believing what they are receiving is free.
Frank S. Rosenbloom, MD has an insightful article at the American Thinker, "A Real Free Market Health Care Solution, that hits many points I've talked about in the past.
He lays out some of the fundamental problems with the new plan, and proposes the aims of good health care, and offers solutions.
While I agree with most of his suggestions, one other fundamental problem we face is the idea, now firmly planted in the minds of people, that health care is a right (it's not), and everything should be free (it's not and shouldn't be.)
Returning to a simplified insurance option that covered catastrophic illnesses, one in which the consumer actually pays for his routine health care, would do more to lower insurance rates than anything else. Insurance, and/or the government, should not be paying for a "hang-nail" appointment with the doctor. But try convincing those that think their $5.00 co-pay means the visit is essentially freeeeeee.
Obama to Tell AMA Health Plan Will Seek Efficiency (Update2)
June 15 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will try to convince the nation’s largest group of doctors today that his plan to overhaul the U.S. health-care system will lead to more efficient care and enhance the country’s fiscal health. read the rest
And we all know how efficient the government is, don't we?
June 13, 2009
Lieberman won't back public option on healthcare
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said this weekend that he opposes a public option plan for consumers in a healthcare reform plan to emerge from the Senate.
"I don't favor a public option," Lieberman told Bloomberg News in an interview broadcast this weekend. And I don't favor a public option because I think there's plenty of competition in the private insurance market."
Lieberman's decision joins several other centrist Democrats' decision to have publicly refused to back the plan, derided as a "government-run" plan by Republicans. read the rest
Silent Migraine
I've been absent due to a silent migraine.
This is an often mis-diagnosed malady that blessedly happens to me very, very rarely. It does render me unable to do much of anything except sleep. Often I have no other symptoms other than the visual aura, but once in a great while I am completely knocked for a loop.
The first visual aura I remember having was when I was working as an optician. While working with a patient, I was suddenly hit with a visual aura so bad I thought I was going instantly blind.
I darted into the doctors office and told him what was going on. He laughed and said, "you're not going blind, but you're fixing to have one really, really bad headache." The headache never happened so I just dismissed the whole incident.
Now I know better, and the few times a year this happens, I prepare for what may be a "lost" day or two. Those that suffer with painful migraines have my complete sympathy and prayers for what is a rather debilitating disease.
4 comments:
Thanks for keeping us all informed about the ongoing government take-over of the country. Scary times indeed.
Sorry to hear about your migrane. My father used to get them something terrible. The headaches would take him out for days until he recovered. Blessedly, I have been spared that affliction thus far (knock on wood).
The AMA thus far is resisting Obama's take-over efforts. Let's see how long that lasts...
I hope that is well with you and your family. God bless.
Too bad about your migraine. Did you pay for your doctor's visit yourself? How much was it? Do you take medication? How much does it cost? I was wondering, since you believe that people should pay for their own health care.
The problem with catastrophic plans is that they discourage preventive care. People don't want to pay for a doctor's visit or prescription, so they will just skip the doctor's visit. This is bad judgment, but bad judgment is common. Then months later when these people fall seriously ill from a preventable disease, they end up in the hospital. Catastrophic plans may be a good idea for people in their 20s and early 30s who have no health conditions, but not for anyone else.
Adrienne-
My prayers for you in the midst of your migranes and your step-son's illness (sorry I am behind on blog reading). God Bless.
Elizabeth -
If it's any of your business, my husband and I pay for our own insurance as well as our doctor visits, medication, pap smears, lab work, mammograms, et al It is planned for in our budget and money is put away for this purpose.
We do without some of the things other people would consider "necessities" in order to do this. Please don't make assumptions about other people and stick to the facts.
Catastrophic plans do not discourage routine medical care because if the the doctors were not paying support staff to file paperwork, order extensive tests to avoid being sued, and allowing only 2 minutes per visit, the cost of the visit would drop considerably.
You have it backward on a catastrophic plan. It is to cover a catastrophic illness not every day stuff.
And exactly what is your problem with people actually paying for the day to day health care they receive? Do they also expect to get their mortgage paid, free water and gas, with a free steak thrown in for dinner?
Just wondering....
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