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EU-More Sense Than "Fluffy?"
[While oFluffy obama continues to piss away the American's collective "fortune," France and Germany seem to have far more common sense than Fluffy does. He personifies the saying: "Common Sense ain't so Common!!" Notice how the press conveniently left out what America's share of this additional $1.1Trillion the G20 plans on pissing away? Could it be that they realize Americans are fed up with the socialist policies, 65 days into a mediocre reign? This quote: The leaders also agreed to new rules on linking executive pay to performance." "Cheese'n'Rice....." Has the entire globe gone nuts?!?! The aforementioned quote is so open-ended it could apply to any business on the planet!! This will remove ALL INCENTIVE to create, produce or market ANYTHING.
The "Kids" Don't Understand
As we are wont to do on a Sunday, the "Young Miss Lovely" and I went out for brunch at a fine, semi-local eatery. After that, she had some shopping to do so I went to Barnes and Noble to wander the aisles. Actually, I was there for more than wandering; I was looking for Mark Levin's latest: "Liberty and Tyranny, A Conservative Manifesto."
Miss Lovely caught up with me and we cashed out at the counter. I ALWAYS pay cash for books-it's not necessary that someone track what I read-I rendered two twenty-dollar bills... which were stuck together as new currency will do. The cashier remarked on that and I replied that they may have been part of the porkulus package-being freshly printed!! I then remarked about "change"-that it can be both positive and negative-we're now seeing the negative side; and that the "koolaid drinkers" who believed all the fluff of the past campaign were still believing all the fluff out of Washington!!
Sometimes I can be "a little thick!!" Miss Lovely had to remind me that the cashier probably had no idea what I was talking about when I referred to some of the population as "koolaid drinkers."
That phrase stems from a mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana in 1978, as cited below:
Don't Drink The Kool-Aid [by Todd Strandberg {http://www.raptureready.com/rr-kool-aid.html }]
In November of 1978, the world was shocked by the suicide deaths of 913 members of the People's Temple cult. Jim Jones, the leader of the group, convinced his followers to move to Jonestown, Guyana, a remote community that Jones carved out of the South American jungle and named after himself. Jones constantly feared losing control of his followers. His paranoia was the main reason he moved the cult to Guyana.
The mass suicide occurred after U.S. Rep. Leo Ryan of California and a team of reporters visited the compound to investigate reports of abuse. After some members tried to leave with the congressman’s group, Jim Jones had Ryan and his entourage ambushed at the nearby airstrip. He then ordered his flock to commit suicide by drinking grape-flavored Kool-Aid laced with potassium cyanide.
Is This What America Wants?
[I'm very interested in the direction Fluffy obama and his handlers are taking America so I try to research those topics I prioritize as most important to me. Concerning government regulated health care, I've read article upon article from both Great Britain and Canada concerning the rationing of both the care itself and the associated drugs and therapies. As cited below, the English have poured "ton-after-ton" of money into their federalized health care program, only to ration both the care and the drugs!! Their system just can't afford to care for all citizens equally; some have to fall by the wayside, to die of breast cancer or some other fatal illness, because the cost/benefit analysis indicated the value just wasn't there!! Is this what America wants-to be pushed aside when a debilitating illness renders them valueless in the cost/benefit analysis??]
Some cancer treatments are not available [1 Pound= USD 1.47]:
The NHS cannot, and never has been able to, offer every treatment to everyone who needs it.
The NHS is funded from taxes, and it spends more than £42bn every year - £779 for every person in the UK. But it is not a bottomless pit of funds and some treatments have to be restricted.
Raising taxes to pay for every possible need is politically unthinkable, as it would require a massive increase in income tax to raise enough revenue to make a significant difference to spending.
This means some treatments have to be restricted, or rationed.
Responsibility:
The British Medical Association wants the government to accept responsibility for rationing decisions and to consult the public over which treatments should be restricted on the NHS.
This would require a national policy - at the moment health authorities make the decisions on drug rationing on an individual basis.
This leads to accusations that care is being delivered by postcode since patients living under one health authority are denied a treatment available to those living under another.
The issue of rationing has also come to the fore due to the setting up of primary care groups later this year, when GPs will take over responsibility for commissioning care for their patients.
In a January 1999 survey of GPs, conducted by Doctor magazine, one in five said they knew patients who had suffered harm as a result of rationing. More than 5% of the 3,000 surveyed also said they knew of patients who had died as a result of being denied treatment on the NHS.
Expensive treatments:
One of the most controversial rows over rationing concerns beta interferon, a treatment for multiple sclerosis.
The full effectiveness of the drug has yet to be established, and because it is very costly - approximately £10,000 per patient per year - some health authorities are reluctant to allow doctors to prescribe it. Another example is a drug used in the treatment of ovarian cancer, Taxol, which has been licensed for use in the UK since mid-1998. It costs £1,500 per injection and the average course requires six of these.
There are two studies that show the drug extends a patient's life by a year, but this is not enough evidence to justify prescribing it for everyone with ovarian cancer.
Marilyn Bush had the disease but was able to get the treatment because her private health care insurance agreed to pay for it.
Popular treatments:
Beta Interferon is a controversial MS treatment. The government placed a temporary ban on NHS prescriptions of the drug because it feared so many patients would want it.
In future, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence will issue guidance for a whole range of treatments. In the meantime, however, it is up to individual health authorities to set priorities and to decide who is eligible for treatment.
Health authority guidelines:
Dr Gordon Rustin, who treated Ms Bush, is familiar with the implications of local priority setting. "Some health authorities have made special funding available just for patients who fit into certain clinical trials and some health authorities have said they will not provide any extra funding for Taxol."
Dr Rustin said that before he sees a patient he has to check their postcode to see which health authority pays for their treatment. He says he can only then prescribe the drug if he knows the authority will fund it. He said authorities have to make a crude calculation.
"They want to show that we can improve duration of life with a new drug and they then try to calculate the extra duration of life," he said.
"If you get an extra year of life for less than £10,000 then it is generally considered that that is a reasonable buy."
The Doctor Has It Right-State Says NO!
[This article first appeared on March 4, 2009-I found it on a Yiddish website, http://www.voslzneias.com/ , today. The state immediately villified the doctor for providing an affordable service to those who can afford no other! As for a patient's question: "How can the state dictate you've got to charge more?" If Fluffy obama can "fire" the CEO of Government Motors, you can bet he has the testicular fortitude to set price schedules!! The NYS Insurance Department has since backed down in their condemnation-once the media got ahold of it!!]
New York, NY - The state is trying to shut down a New York City doctor's ambitious plan to treat uninsured patients for around $1,000 a year. Dr. John Muney offers his patients everything from mammograms to mole removal at his AMG Medical Group clinics, which operate in all five boroughs. "I'm trying to help uninsured people here," he said.
His patients agree to pay $79 a month for a year in return for unlimited office visits with a $10 co-pay.
But his plan landed him in the crosshairs of the state Insurance Department, which ordered him to drop his fixed-rate plan-which it claims is equivalent to an insurance policy.
Muney insists it is not insurance because it doesn't cover anything that he can't do in his offices, like complicated surgery. He points out his offices do not operate 24/7 so they can't function like emergency rooms. He says he can afford to charge such a small amount because he doesn't have to process mountains of paperwork and spend hours on billing.
"If they leave me alone, I can serve thousands of patients," he said.
The state believes his plan runs afoul of the law because it promises to cover unplanned procedures - like treating a sudden ear infection - under a fixed rate. That's something only a licensed insurance company can do.
"The law is strict on how insurance is defined," said an Insurance Department spokesman.
A possible solution that Muney's lawyer crafted would force patients to pay more than $10 for unplanned procedures.
They are waiting to see if the state will accept the compromise. Still, Muney is unhappy because, he said, "I really don't want to charge more. They're forcing me."
One of his patients, Matthew Robinson, 52, was furious to learn the state was interfering with the plan.
"The whole point is, he [Muney] found a way of paying his rent, paying his workers, and getting to see patients for the price," said Robinson.
"How can the state dictate you've got to charge more?"
Who's Responsible?
Who should be held responsible in the Binghamton, NY, shooting of last Friday? The United States Congress to a certain extent; BUT, the dictatorial Monarchy of New York is the primary culprit!! The murderer in Binghamton, N.Y., had his reasons-reasons that we'll never know. They are not pertinent!! What is pertinent are the restrictive laws of the Monarchy of New York!! Had the citizenry in the Immigration Services Center, be they employees or passers-by, this tragedy could have been averted or lessened to a great extent. The perpetrator could have been shot DEAD as soon as all this started!! New York has arguably, some of the most restrictive handgun and conceal-carry laws in the nation. As is his style, Governor "Double-Dealin' Dave" Paterson turned the aftermath into a photo-op and campaign stop. He could have considered New York's dire fiscal straits and issued a statement from his Albany palace.
Til Nex'Time....
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