My hero, Rush Limbaugh, likes to point out that, through much of human history, the natural order of things in our world has been tyranny and misery. Since humans started to live in groups, the vast majority of people have led lives that were "nasty, brutish, and short". Until very recently, human life-expectancy has been …
Category: Health care
What might happen to the best health care in the world under Obamacare
Fiddling while the World Burns
Here are some of the things taking place in the world, and in the USA this week: Malaysian airliner shot down by a Russian-made missile The US southern border overwhelmed with illegal immigrant people from Central America Israeli-Palestinian war in Gaza, where Hamas shoots rockets from residential neighborhoods Court rulings cast ObamaCare subsidies …
Are you appalled at the VA scandal?
Most of us are. But this ongoing scandal is a preview of what health care will be like under ObamaCare. The VA health care system is, simply, Single Payer, right now. Veterans are pretty much required to get all their health care through the VA system. What does this lead to? Rationing of services, reflected …
Let’s Do the Washington State Medicaid Math
The State of Washington was one of the Blue states that built their own ObamaCare Exchange, and wholeheartedly expanded their Medicaid program (with the admittedly temporary increase in Federal funding). I recently read an article in my local Everett Herald newspaper, about a survey the legislature is contemplating, of state doctors about …
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Thoughts on my 65th Birthday, and Risk-Taking
I celebrated my 65th birthday last week. A bunch of assumptions sometimes are made about that particular milestone. In the fairly recent past, many people were forced to retire once they reached 65. Many big companies had mandatory retirement ages for their workers. Even now, successful CEOs leave their jobs when they turn 65. …
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What OTL Hath Wrought
Courtesy Of Mr. Dave Carter, on Ricochet this morning. Dave always gets it right, and this is just excellent. The family that lives in the White House (gee, I'm wondering why they haven't re-christened it the "Black House") is squandering YOUR money on lavish parties and vacations, while you sweat and toil every day to …
Two Headlines on the Same Day…Making Stuff up Dept.
Both Found on Fox News: This: And This: Which course of action is more (or less) humane? Ending the Death Penalty for Capital Crimes. [Washington State] Approving Euthanasia for Children. [Belgium] Yep, the Liberals who run both Washington State and Belgium. They have no problem with sparing the lives of capital murderers, and murdering children. …
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ObamaCare KILLS
This post on the Main Feed of Ricochet.com tells a true, and gruesome tale. This is only a small indication of what is coming for all of us, if we do not stop it, and its author, OTL. http://ricochet.com/main-feed/Obamacare-Killed-My-Sister This story needs to go viral! Please help by re-blogging this story!
Today’s Best of the Web..What the Mainstream Media Won’t Say about Abortion
Today, James Taranto discusses findings about abortion rates, in a study published by the Guttmacher Institute Abortions have been decreasing steadily, but what the mainstream media won't say is that one of the reasons is the increased opposition of the public to abortion. Taranto nails it again.
Question About ObamaCare
IF many US citizens are: 1. Having their existing health-insurance plans CANCELLED and replaced by "ObamaCare-compliant" plans that have HIGHER premiums, HIGHER deductibles, and narrower networks of doctors and hospitals 2. Being offered GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES (paid by you, the average taxpayer) so they will be able to AFFORD the HIGH premiums HOW CAN IT EVER …
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