Universal Healthcare is like...Posted Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at 8:41 AM
Universal Healthcare is like having a huge Star Chamber! What does that mean? The original Star Chamber was a group of people in the 15th-17th century in England. There were "secret" meetings based on security and decisions made were harsh or arbitrary. There was a really good movie by that name with Michael Douglas. So I thought I would share a few of the most famous lines in the movie.
Quotes from movie, "THEY HAVE COMMITED EVERY CRIME IN THE BOOK. Yet the law cannot touch them. They are free to walk the streets." (Scary, huh? They meet. They judge. They execute... All in the name of the law.Protecting the people!) "Someone has taken justice and hidden it in the law." AND THIS GREAT LINE, "The law. Nothing is right or wrong! It's either the law or its not the law. Well, we got a problem here, because it's not working anymore. It turns out that right and wrong count." WOW! The time is 7:40am. Have a great day! Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
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how does any part of your blog have to do with health-care in any form? it's ludicrous.
And it's "single payer health care" which means that the government pays for it (with taxes). But that's all they have to do with it. The hospitals and staff would still be under private ownership and in no way government controlled as opposed to socialized medicine. Socialized Medicine is government run down the line but is not at all a bad thing. Unless your into paying a thousand or two each month to some insurance corp, that would deny your medical claims more often then any socialized or single payer program.
And a majority of Docs/hospital staff in general, are in favor of single payer.
But go on believing your moral majority, conservative hero's if it makes you feel all warm inside to believe their hype.
I have no conservative heros. I have no republican heros. I don't believe anything coming out of anyone's mouth connected to the politics of today. Unfortunately, I see no heros there. Wish I did.
Here are some health care articles to read. Thought you all might enjoy them.
http://www.liberty-page.com/issues/healt...
http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_3_ca...
I thought this article was simple and to the point; http://www.newsweek.com/id/195673
Have a good day tomorrow.
Censored,
Good to see your so "up" on how the health care system works in the US, and how changes and MORE government involvement would be as you stated
"The hospitals and staff would still be under private ownership and in no way government controlled as opposed to socialized medicine."
Already the "government" sets and controls what some clinics and doctors are paid for services if they are to be "allowed" to accept tricare or medicaid. I have looked at tricare and medicare statements and seen what doctors/clinics charge for services and then see what the "government" chooses to pay them for those services. Is it such a stretch for you to understand how MORE government control over medical care is a scary concept for anyone that wants quality care?
Consider this simple example: You go to the doctor for a visit to get treatment for your syphilis, the medication you need costs 500.00 from the pharmaceutical company, the doctor's office employs a front desk person, and a medical assistant who check you in, take your blood pressure, and place you in a room waiting for the doctor. Who do you think is going to pay those people AND the doctor, AND pay the utility bills AND pay for the building the doctor is operating the clinic out of if the "government" is only willing to pay 200.00 dollars for your visit?
Tell me then, where does the money come from at that point to keep the doctor in business? or pay employees? Simple math tells me and ANYONE who made it past the 5th grade and isn't delusional due to syphilis rotting their brain that kind of math doesn't work out and failure is coming....
Are YOU ready to work for free? or run a business that LOSES money day after day? How will you pay YOUR bills if you do that?
The end result of all that government control of medical care is more and more doctors will close up shop and become plumbers, or janitors so they can at least make a living and support their families followed by the "government" having to step in and create "government" run hospitals i.e. socialized medical care...
Arrrrrggghhhhh!!!! it really isn't rocket science!!!! Basic math!!!
you want an example of a government hospital...... go Air Force...... the day my husband retired so did my special drug order.. $150 a month at Sav-on now.......
Been going with the married daughter to the base OB (her hubby is in tech school)..we haven't seen the same doctor twice....given 5 versions of advice for diabetes... have we seen a dietion........ no
Government Health care..... is like buying a Chrysler and finding out only the seatbelt is under warranty....
One of the great "carrot-dangles" in the 60's (when they NEEDED folks for Vietnam), was all of this "free" medical & dental care for LIFE, if only you'd give them 20 years out of YOURS. They used this ploy to get guys to enlist and more importantlly, to RE-enlist thus keeping experienced folks on active duty.
Like a lot of red-blooded young men, I signed up, went to 'Nam, got "Agent-Oranged" while I was there, got out of the Marine Corps in 69, joined the Air Force in 71 to make a career in aircraft maintenenance.
You give up a LOT in the service. It's the longest "20 years" you'll ever do, when you add up all the 12-hour shifts, weekend duties, remote assignments, uprooting of family every 3 years or so to go to some God-forsaken place you'd NEVER have moved to as a civilian.
You do the same job as your civilian counterpart, but for longer hours and a hell of a lot less pay, and any time Uncle Sam gets a hankering, he puts you where you get shot at sometimes....................
It's all "part of it" though...........20 years of it, and you can retire.....(not enough to live on, really, unless you're a "bird colonel" or something
THEN...........in the late 70's and early 80's, we started hearing these rumblings about having to start looking for our own medical & dental care.
Hey......part of that re-enlistment "go take a bullet for mom's apple-pie" hype, was that even though you wouldn't be paid much for putting up with all that crap for a couple of decades, and would still have to go out the gate at 40 and compete with 20-year-olds for a job, at LEAST your medical care would be covered------and that was to INCLUDE your spouse and until the age of 18, your kids as well.
Now..........for the record, I get pretty good care at the V.A., but a lot of THAT is because I'm 100% because of the Agent Orange. Uncle Sam would rather NOT honor his end of the contract if he didn't have to.
Fact is...........Barack Obama, the "Commander-in-Chief" who's never served anything but cocktails, wanted to make ALL current active duty veterans to find their own health insurance..........can you imagine THAT? Guys and gals fighting and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan, having to cover their own health problems and wounds!
Congress, in what was a surprise move to ME, wisely shut him down on that.
Obama's socialist-bound government now owns about 40% of the banking industry, they now own GM, Chrysler isn't far behind..............and because they don't intend to give up CONTROL, they REFUSE to take any "bail-out" money back from the banks.
This is the most crooked bunch that has ever been in Washington, and we do NOT need them running our health care system. Fact is, we do not need them at ALL.
They are SCREWING this country, robbing us right out in the OPEN............incredible, they aren't even trying to hide it, and STILL.......
...the blind sing his praises.........what a cute little dog the kids have.........oh, didn't Michelle look lovely last night........
You people are out of your minds.
And the sheeples will still say "how did this happen" and "nobody said this was going on." It is all going on RIGHT in front of us. We are allowing it. I want a set of those blinders that seem to work so well.
It would be a lot different if they allowed any company or bank that received the bail out money to give it back. But, this is one way to keep them under their belt and a tight reign on them. Control, Control, Control.
They could pay the money back and it could be used toward the deficit that has been created. Or give tax decreases since a lot of the money would be going back into the govt.
Heard what happened today? Congress just passed an energy bill without reading IT either! They're getting better, though........THIS one was only NINE hundred pages!
Responding to Republican protest, they had a SPEED READER come into the chambers and rattle it off...............if there ever WAS an example of "arrogance", this was it! Saw it on the news.
Even Waxman, who spearheaded the bill, admitted he didn't knpw what all was in the bill.
So WHY SIGN THE DAMNED THING?
This is that "change" they promised, folks.........this is the "change."
If there was ever a call to toss the bums OUT in 2010...........
Come on, EX.......Censored.........chime in here and explain to the rest of us why you guys continue to support these dirtbags!
Have a nice day, Censored.
President Barack Obama said in Turkey : "We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values."
What "ideals" and what "values" and at what point do those "values" come to light? With "God" being removed from all there is...what is really left? Whose "values" are we to follow and who will say if they are right or wrong in the end?
More government power/control is not a good thing. The last thing I want is a business person making the rules on pap tests and colon scans. Let them try to run a country first and get that right before they try to "fix" the rest of it. Before long we will make our car and house payments directly to congress. My, will that not be fun!?
Have a nice, safe weekend everyone. Use those DD's if you are drinking please.
Missy.....did you know that out of 435 members of the Congress, 288 of them are/were lawyers? (including Obama and Hillary).
FACT.
That ALONE may be a good indicator of why things are so corrupt back there.
Yes, Mike I knew that many are/were lawyers and it does explain things a bit. I just do not understand why we elect these crooks again and again/over and over. If they were bad in their first 20 years---what is going to change? Term limits would be very nice as well, IMHO. Only in the US can a guy be involved in the death of a young woman, become an attorney, and serve in the legislature for the rest of his life. Only in America...or the life of a Kennedy.
"The iron heel of the rich will always keep you down while they stomp on your faces and laugh." (from a post above) Yep, that about covers it and we have allowed it to happen.
I don't understand it either...........Republican or Democrat, if they sit on their pompous butts for 20 yrars and do nothing but pad their bank accounts, you get RID of them.
If you were a boss, you'd fire a lazy employer!
THEY are the "employees." WE are their term limits, but collectively, we don't seem to be smart enough, or have the fortitude to walk into those booths and TOSS THE BUMS OUT!
We complain about our disfunctional 2-party system, but don't support Independanrs because "They don't have a chance"....even though we in BOTH parties have WAY more than enough votes to do it!
None of this makes sense to me anymore, Missy. All I can think of these days, is "lock & load and get it on!" It's the only way we'll ever take it back, and it's the LEAST we can do for our grandkids.
If pulling out the pistols would work, that would be fine with me. Yet remember fear begets fear. Fear brings out the worst in someone. If you point the gun at someone they will typically respond irrationally and not give you what you want in the end.
Health care is much too complex to let the government in on it. Adding the red tape will make it ever more confusing. Next you add politicians who know next to nothing about the field and giving them the power to make meaningful decisions. Sounds like someone trying to be the hero.....
If you are uninsured and does not have insurance, you should check out the website http://UninsuredAmerica.blogspot.com - John Mayer, California
I'm insured by Smith & Wesson.