Healthcare Headlines 7/17/09

4Why We Must Ration Health Care
If we grant his premise, that we already ration and it's only a question of who and how, the question becomes, do we want to be an insurance company's customer or a bureaucrat's equation?

4A Video of Rationing Victims



4Massachusetts in Suit Over Cost of Universal Care
Turns out lower reimbursements lead to broke hospitals.

4Massachusetts Takes a Step Back From Health Care for All
Turns out it's prohibitively expensive.

Nationalized Healthcare and the Elderly

It amazes me that the AARP seems to be on the Obamacare train.

No one argues that any public health system will have to carefully consider where to apply its limited funds. One obvious place to cut back will be care for the elderly. When put into pretty much any equation, those who've already had many decades, who have few years ahead of them at best, and who have many health issues will be seen as a poor investment of healthcare dollars.

Of course, the other big issue is that, even when care is not denied, it will be substandard simply because of wait times, poorly trained physicians, and limited access. The latest horror story out of Britain's healthcare system has people getting arthritis drugs only after it's too late to do them any real good.

If you're old or ever will be, and if you care about anyone who is, I would advise asking your Congressmen to hold out for something else than nationalized healthcare.

Headlines 7/9/09

4USDA to oversee school snack food
A harbinger of things to come.

4Obama Can't Be Trusted With Numbers
Rove: They've mishandled the stimulus in a variety of ways; why would we let them handle healthcare?

4Do We Need a Second Stimulus?
Since we really haven't had the first one yet...

4House Dems look at taxing the rich for health care
Watch for the definition of "rich" to change -- just like during the election.

4Byrd Blasts ‘Cap and Trade’
Dems vs Dems -- our best bet to keep Obama (and ourselves) out of trouble.

A Quick Thought on the Cost of Health Insurance

If you want to lower your auto insurance premiums you drive safer.

If you want to lower your life insurance premiums you live healthier.

If you want to lower your health insurance premiums you ... get a new job?

Headlines 6/19/09

=Senate Unanimously Approves Resolution Apologizing for Slavery
Sen. Tom Harkin: "It is important to have a collective response to a collective injustice."
... Like a civil war or a constitutional amendment maybe?

=Mr. Burd Goes to Washington
A free-market healthcare reform success story.

=Remember This When You Hear the Parties Talking About Fixing the National Debt

The RNC raised $5.7 million in May. They're underlining the fact that they have no debt and $21.5 million cash on hand.

The cash-on-hand total is down a bit from last month, but last month, the DNC had $9.09 million in cash on hand with $5.42 million in debt, for perspective.

Yeah, they're both part of the problem, but one bunch is consistently worse with money than the other.

Headlines 6/17/09

ABC Turns Programming Over to Obama
Apparently the "appearance of impropriety" is no longer a problem.

Obama takes aim at Fox News
... says, "Be more like ABC."

PBS to Begin Phasing Out Religious Programming
Anti-religious programming still ok.

Healthcare Reform Headlines 6/16/09

Obama hits 'fear-mongering' on health care changes...
And they meet "fear-mongering" with ad hominem attacks.

President Obama, Here’s Your Evidence for Why Republicans are Opposed to Your Public Plan

Hospitals oppose Obama's Medicare, Medicaid cuts
"Saving money" by simply deciding to underpay.

How Washington Rations
The other way they save money -- by limiting services.