tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632224842501413538.post8358040243789254168..comments2023-10-10T05:30:54.239-04:00Comments on Jo-Joe Politico: THE NEW RIGHTJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693381971064363612noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632224842501413538.post-7659592265003375492010-04-25T21:20:12.383-04:002010-04-25T21:20:12.383-04:00Oh, my heavens!Oh, my heavens!Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706229786132028791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632224842501413538.post-40861193182140555762010-04-15T10:39:29.188-04:002010-04-15T10:39:29.188-04:00Mark: I've spent my share of days in that same...Mark: I've spent my share of days in that same house.<br /><br />LR: Nice spread!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693381971064363612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632224842501413538.post-34005511337336282992010-04-15T08:08:16.383-04:002010-04-15T08:08:16.383-04:00I'm waiting for housing to become a right. No...I'm waiting for housing to become a right. Nothing fancy. Maybe the ranch house on Bonanza.Lone Rangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13278448546799358207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632224842501413538.post-87960518261062054542010-04-15T07:12:49.095-04:002010-04-15T07:12:49.095-04:00So, we have a right to health care. Or so that'...So, we have a right to health care. Or so that's what the Obamites want us to believe.<br /><br />Let's all rush to our doctor's offices, and demand to be treated and tell them it's "because I have a right to health care".<br /><br /><i>My wife uses the same logic when "saving" me money while shopping.</i><br /><br />Joe, my wife uses that argument on me, too. Once she told me she could save $3.00 on an item with a "sale" price of 29.99. <br /><br />I told her if we didn't buy it at all we could save $29.99. <br /><br />I was in the dog house the rest of the day.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633208787250567256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632224842501413538.post-44719626310628581802010-04-15T00:15:57.428-04:002010-04-15T00:15:57.428-04:00JMK: Yeah. The illustration I used reflects the w...JMK: Yeah. The illustration I used reflects the way liberals think: if it doesn't go up as high as expected, it is a decrease.<br /><br />My wife uses the same logic when "saving" me money while shopping.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693381971064363612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632224842501413538.post-85746182486469712442010-04-14T23:38:31.943-04:002010-04-14T23:38:31.943-04:00"It will work like this: The cost will go up,...<i>"It will work like this: The cost will go up, but less than it could have, therefore it will be counted as a decrease."</i> (Joe)<br /><br /><br /><br />That "argument" certainly COULD be made, BUT more likely is that (1) there will be a growing physician-shortage, especially primary care physicians...already scarce because there's more money in specialization, but this will increase as this plan decreases compensation amidst increasing demand, (2) lesser qualified medical professionals (ie. PA's and nurses) filling in the gap left by that physician shortage and (3) there will eventually HAVE to be rationing, either the OVERT rationing I've advocated, OR (more likely) a more surreptitious kind, engendered in "age-cut offs" (England doesn't allow stints to be implanted in those over 59 years of age), long delays that eventually limit the treatment options, etc.<br /><br />In short, it will be a mismanaged nightmare, as most government-run institutions are.JMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632224842501413538.post-2933128099485704542010-04-14T18:25:05.074-04:002010-04-14T18:25:05.074-04:00JMK: I've been thinking about it, and I think ...JMK: I've been thinking about it, and I think it WILL bring down costs.<br /><br />It will work like this: The cost will go up, but less than it could have, therefore it will be counted as a decrease.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693381971064363612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632224842501413538.post-75255817827974786772010-04-14T18:23:53.355-04:002010-04-14T18:23:53.355-04:00Leticia: Every doctor I've talked to has said ...Leticia: Every doctor I've talked to has said he/she did not like what has happened. <br /><br />lisa: "Useful Idiots!" But not all that useful.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693381971064363612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632224842501413538.post-57603302527181584512010-04-14T17:44:45.972-04:002010-04-14T17:44:45.972-04:00My doctor who will e retiring in a few years said ...My doctor who will e retiring in a few years said he is more concerned about being a citizen due to his knowledge of how people are treated and spoken to by doctors in a government run system.<br />By the way my neighbor's cousin in Ireland was on on a waiting list for a bypass operation for a year.<br />The woman behind me her aunt came here from Canada for cataract surgery because she had to wait a year there and was totally blind in that eye.<br />Now the media is finally reporting the truth about how we will be seeing a shortage of doctors under this plan.<br />Useful Idiots!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02173702830006208833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632224842501413538.post-13650541995284813512010-04-14T16:57:01.012-04:002010-04-14T16:57:01.012-04:00Yeah I have to admit the sarcasm was great. Your ...Yeah I have to admit the sarcasm was great. Your point got through loud and clear.<br /><br />I am not sure how my doctors voted but I am sure of one thing, if they did, they are regretting it.Trekkie4Everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03226981394122557804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632224842501413538.post-5256355640092763612010-04-13T22:21:33.169-04:002010-04-13T22:21:33.169-04:00Z: One of my doctors promoted Obamacare, the other...Z: One of my doctors promoted Obamacare, the other opposed it.<br /><br />Now both wonder: What the heck just happened?Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693381971064363612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632224842501413538.post-56662150520220112472010-04-13T22:08:06.592-04:002010-04-13T22:08:06.592-04:00ObamaLife..PERFECT name for it, Joe...
Oh, if we o...ObamaLife..PERFECT name for it, Joe...<br />Oh, if we only had a chance..think we can repeal before the totally destroy health insurance?<br />Even I feel sorry for my liberal docs who voted for the dope and now just can't figure out WHAT HAPPENED?<br /><br />Did you know Medicare hasn't paid docs in TWO WEEKS? No end in sight. yupZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632224842501413538.post-12922330311795263322010-04-13T16:42:28.520-04:002010-04-13T16:42:28.520-04:00Krystal: I'm glad you recognized the sarcasm. ...Krystal: I'm glad you recognized the sarcasm. It is one of my spiritual gifts (See II Hezekiah 4:12).<br /><br />JMK: You are quite right about the cost of this atrocity we've been force-fed.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693381971064363612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632224842501413538.post-81532405458711592912010-04-13T15:23:26.474-04:002010-04-13T15:23:26.474-04:00The primary problems with the current Health Care ...The primary problems with the current Health Care "overhaul" are; (1) it DOES NOTHING to bring down costs, in fact, it will increase demand for the "free care," amidst a relatively static supply of physicians, thereby INCREASING the costs and (2) that part which requires citizens to buy a prescribed product (health insurance) does certainly seem an "over-reach." Driving is a PRIVILEGE, living is NOT, so while driving on government roads can be regulated, the life choices of free individuals are not subject to such regulation and micromanaging under the Constitution.<br /><br />It would seem that the court challenged based on the latter point will probably be successful.<br /><br />I'd have preferred a universal public option, into which Medicare and Medicaid would both be rolled into. Oversight would be beefed up and penalties for fraud and abuse ratcheted up as well and strict rationing (no more than 3 to 5 visits per year covered, and no more than $10,000 in treatment covered in ANY given calender year.<br /><br />It would give EVERYONE a basic "bare-bones" coverage, while still maintaining the availability of private "gap insurance" for those willing and able to pay the premiums to avoid the rationing and restricted access of the general public option.<br /><br />It would put the onus for our health back where it belongs - on the individual!JMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632224842501413538.post-73121014490341463722010-04-13T15:00:38.986-04:002010-04-13T15:00:38.986-04:00I have to laugh, not just because of your wonderfu...I have to laugh, not just because of your wonderful sarcasm, but because I just cashed in an old Life Ins policy. I had to choose between $2,000 for my kids after I'm dead, or $676 for ME while I'm ALIVE!!<br /><br />I went with the cash now. I'm buying a treadmill. It will help me live longer. Now THAT's life insurance.Krystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10256521369614598137noreply@blogger.com