Posts Tagged ‘stupid government tricks’
The Check is in the Mail
States are having trouble making ends meet and a lot of that is due to mandates from Washington. Funding for expanded SCHIP and Medicaid was supposed to come (at least in part) from D.C., but it seems the folks in Washington are finally realizing they have already spent the money given to us by the Chinese and the corner loan shark is not willing [...]
Just as Good as a Xerox
"Old timers" will remember that phrase from a copier commercial years ago when Xerox dominated the copier market. The pitch had a sleazy salesman trying to peddle his no-name copier to a business owner and his assurance that their copier was "just as good as a Xerox", only cheaper. The American public has been sold on a health insurance plan that [...]
Medicare Cuts Still in Play
In order to avoid "adding one dime to the deficit", Obamacare (Patient Protection and Unaffordable Health Care Act) had to play shell games with the funding. One way was to cut pay to doctors who treat Medicare patients by 21%. In doing so they stripped billions out of the cost of Obamacare by projecting a $200 billion savings by cutting [...]
Health Care Math Problem
Health care reform is supposed to guarantee health insurance to roughly 36 million Americans over the next 10 years at a cost of $1 trillion or more. In simple terms, that is $100 billion per year for 10 years. That averages out to just under $2800 per individual per year . . . IF you believe their numbers. So how does Professor Obama score on [...]
Dear Dr. Kleaveland
Dr. Kleaveland offers his views on health care reform. It is not a pretty sight, but we face off in a battle of dueling public letters. You can read his complete dissertation by using the link, but here are some lowlights. Consumer protection in the health industry is addressed as follows: No denial for pre-existing conditions or [...]
Free Insurance for Indians
The more time the House and Senate bills spend in the light of day, the more insidious they become. Pages 264 - 265 tell us that Indians whose income is below 300% of the FPL will receive free health care. My wife has some Cherokee in her ancestry if you go back far enough. Suppose she can qualify? Page 443 of the bill substitutes "legal [...]
Senate Health Care Bill – Required Reading
The folks at The Heritage Foundation have nailed it in today's Morning Bell. This should be required reading of anyone, ESPECIALLY those who will be called to vote on the legislation. Excerpt . . . Last Saturday night Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) forced through a vote on her 2,032 page health care bill only a few days after releasing it to the [...]
How Much is a Vote Worth?
When it is your money Congress is spending, there is no limit. Care to guess how much Sen. Mary Landrieu want's for a yes vote for health insurance reform? Try $100 million. On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” The section spends two [...]
$2 Million Health Insurance Premium
Obamacare promises to cover the uninsured, but not all, only 36 million . . . eventually. The Senate version of health insurance reform carries a price tag of $894 billion over 10 years. But even that figure is in question since the CBO has not completed their final tally. The $894 billion is . . . just an estimate. Still, that is the only [...]
Health Care Stimulus
Health care stimulus is coming and I can hardly wait. The folks who gave us Cash for Clunkers, the program that ran out of money in two weeks, are showing us how well health care reform will work. The folks in Washington are so proud of what the stimulus plan is doing to save or create jobs, they even give us a website where we can watch every [...]
