What changed?

One of the few times Byrd makes sense to me, though this was back when he was still lucid...



Now they just want to ram it up our asses

Should we be going to the dogs?

An interesting comparison of two health care systems, pets and humans. Once again that arch-liberal* Nixon's dead hand is still fucking up the market...



* I consider Nixon to have been a liberal for the following reasons:

1. Wage and Price freeze
2. Federal 55 MPH Speed Limit
3. Created the now out of control EPA
4. Spent more on social programs than defense
5. CON laws

A 3rd uninvited guest discovered

So the Secret Service says a 3rd uninvited guest was at the now infamous State dinner at the white house.

This administration can't secure the white house but we're supposed to trust them with the WOT?
They can't manage a state dinner but they should be allowed to manage our health care?

This is beyond surreal.

He nailed it

I think he just nailed everything that I fear about this bill. That said I think that he and the republican party are full of crap when they claim to have a plan. They didn't have a plan other than deficit spending for the 6 years they controlled the congress under Bush and since then they've done nothing that indicates to me that they have a clue, much less a plan. The Democrats are a mob, pushing us into a national healthcare protection racket, the Republicans are lost in denial of why they're sitting on the bench. I don't trust either party to do anything well.

Can you hear me now?

I seriously doubt anyone in the congress or the white house is listening

Now that the Senate Finance Committee has passed its version of health care reform, 42% of voters nationwide favor the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s down two points from a week ago and down four from the week before.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 54% are opposed to the plan.

The numbers have been remarkably stable throughout the debate. With the exception of bounces following presidential television appearances, support for the plan has stayed in a very narrow range from 41% to 46%. Currently, 24% Strongly Favor the legislative effort and 42% are Strongly Opposed. 

While voters are skeptical of the plan working its way through Congress, 54% say that major changes are needed in the health care system. Sixty-one percent (61%) say it’s important for Congress to pass some reform.

What needs to be done is to get the states out of the middle of this mess so that insurance companies can all compete in all the markets. That creates a bigger risk pool and drives down costs. In my state of Maine the field of companies allowed by the State to offer health care is 3; the result is high costs and no competition. As a result Maine residents suffer.

The more the Government has involved itself in medicine and education, beginning back in the 1960's the more it costs and the more dysfunctional it has all become. Less Government regulation and oversight and increased competition is the key to a cheaper, high quality health care system.

RomneyCare - a preview of what's to come

A warning tale from the Wall Street Journal....

My husband retired from IBM about a decade ago, and as we aren't old enough for Medicare we still buy our health insurance through the company. But IBM, with its typical courtesy, informed us recently that we will be fined by the state.

For the first two years of the mandate, our IBM health insurance was seen as acceptable in the eyes of the state. This year the rules changed. The state requires that health plans cap out-of-pocket expenses for individuals (not including monthly premiums) at $2,000 a year. Our plan's cap is $2,500.

Yep everyone is a potential criminal and the states are out there just waiting for the chance to fine, tax or otherwise raid your wallet to punish you for your independent free thinking ways. Is it time for some push back? As John McCain is so fond of saying ever since he botched his unbelievably lame ass presidential campaign, "Elections have consequences". I'm hoping the next one shows just how true that statement is.