I just finished fighting a cold this week when all of a sudden here comes Mister Allergy Season. On top of that, my work schedule has changed twice in the last couple of weeks. Good stuff, but my body is feeling it.
Despite all of that, there were some things that went down this week [...]
This entire health care debate has Americans “wookin’ pa nub” in all the wrong places.
I find it interesting that while big business is regularly slammed just for being “too big”, its critics will conveniently side with big business when it fits their agenda. Yesterday, it was big banks who became “The Great Satan” that had [...]
Biggovernment.com reports~
Yet one of the nation’s top surgeons, with credibility and acclaim the world over for the pioneering surgeries he has and his personal story of overcoming hardship, recently ripped the dominant health care legislation before Congress in a critique similar to that of conservatives and libertarians. Benjamin Carson, director of pediatric neurosurgery at the [...]
I didn’t even have to read this entire piece to know that this brutha was on to something.
The Left Wants Obama to be Hated
Case in point. There are three basic valid points conservatives have raised in this debate I have yet to see anyone from left address. Personally, I would like to see these points [...]
This article comes to us from the Wall Street Journal. It talks about how Erisa (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) is going to drastically change under the Obama health plan.
Summary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) [pdf]
In short, Erisa establishes minimum requirements for insurance coverage provided by employers who can afford it (not [...]
They just get in the way.
From washingtonpost.com. 6/09
“As the debate on overhauling the nation’s health-care system exploded into partisan squabbling this week, virtually everyone still agreed on one point: There are not enough primary-care doctors to meet current needs, and providing health insurance to 46 million more people would threaten to overwhelm the system.“
From usatoday.com. [...]
There is a lot more behind this push to nationalize health care then what we are hearing. This first excerpt comes from The Times newspaper from South Africa.
“Fears that private healthcare will die, writes Pat Sidley.
A potentially catastrophic plan to rush a national health insurance (NHI) system through parliament and into life next year, with [...]
‘Memba that promise about health care?
Not taxing health care?
Obama said to be open to taxing health benefits
After meeting with president, key senator says option is ‘on the table’ (msnbc)
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is leaving the door open to taxing health care benefits, something he campaigned hard against while running for president.
Senate Finance Committee [...]
Many Black Women Refuse Breast Cancer Treatments
FRIDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Almost 25 percent of black women with advanced breast cancer refuse the chemotherapy and radiation treatments that could save their lives, a new study finds.
Black women have almost twice the rate of advanced breast cancer as white women do, largely because the disease [...]
I think the amusement I’m finding in all of this is watching how the Obama fan base (who were passing out Obama talking points on things like the economy, education, taxes, welfare, etc. like ice water in hell) are suddenly finding themselves avoiding the same issues by talking about other things. If they do come [...]
The proxy dance is what happens when well intentioned individuals celebrate the expansion of failed social/government policies. But are too much into the beat of the music to care about the effectiveness of such policies. All that matters to them is how the beat from these failed policies make them feel good about themselves.
With the [...]
Today, President Obama is set to sign the SCHIP bill (State Children’s Health Insurance Program).
As I both debated and discussed in the past, our government has done a terrible job with identifying who NEEDS this coverage versus those who either do not need it or those who are not LEGALLY entitled to it. More on [...]
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