The current administration is moving our nation into socialism at an unbelievable speed.
This column presents a conservative viewpoint about items of interest in our community and our lives. Focus is on items impacting your pocket book, your personal freedoms, and your rights. I hope you will read the column regularly and it occasionally influences your opinions and actions. Now, on to the subject of the week:
"Socialized medicine, the next group of industries on the socialistic schedule."
When Bill and Hilary Clinton first came into the power of the Presidency, one of the first items on their agenda was the socialization of our national medical industry. At that time their party did not enjoy a totally unbridled majority in both houses of congress, and after much fanfare and political dissertation….the effort failed.
Our current administration has made socialization of our national medical systems a top priority item on their agenda, and they do currently enjoy total, unbridled control over the office of the Presidency and both houses of Congress. They have the political power needed to pass the legislation required to enact this change.
It appears to me that this regime is trying to implement as much socialistic change in our culture as is possible to accomplish…. as fast as possible. It appears they fear enough of a backlash from their actions that they might lose the total control of government they now enjoy at the two year mid-term election point in their four year term. They are thus rushing their agenda forward at full speed.
Other than spending another trillion of our grandchildren’s tax dollars, what are the ramifications of this change to socialized medicine? It appears to me that this change involves enacting government’s management of our medical systems, our hospitals, our doctors, choices and availability of treatment and medication, medical research, manufacturing and purchase of medical supplies, instruments, and equipment, construction of clinics, laboratories, and hospitals, and the elimination of a major element of the nation’s insurance industry. Other than that….it won’t amount to much.
One of the primary problems with socialism is that it inter-mingles business and politics to a point where many decisions are made from a political perspective instead of a profit generating perspective. This opens the door full width for corruption, influence peddling, inept and unqualified decision making, and growing waste of resources.
Let me paint some scenarios of what this socialized medical environment might mean to you as a patient needing help.
● Assume you are a 78 year old man and you discover you need a heart valve replacement. A panel of bureaucrats might be the people who decide whether or not you will be allowed to have the operation, instead of having the decision made by you, your family, and your doctor. What if they decline to allow you to have the treatment because they feel you are too old, you are a poor risk, and the government should spend its money on someone with a longer remaining span of life? What if they decide not to allow you to have the treatment because they discovered you supported the "other" political party. What if they deny the treatment because you worked for an opposing candidate in a campaign a few years ago? What if the lead bureaucrat met with you privately and told you that he could arrange for you to be approved if you would only pay $10,000 to him in cash next week?
● I personally have heard of instances in Canada, which has socialized medicine, where a woman discovered she had a breast tumor. By the time she was able to pass all of the bureaucratic processes, submit all of the required forms and wait for the step by step approvals, another seven months had passed. By then the tumor had spread throughout her lymphatic system, and the tumor had enlarged tremendously. She died a few months later. The doctors stated that if she had been able to have immediate treatment, she would have survived.
● I just heard a caller from Canada on a talk show describe how his wife had a rare brain tumor. There were no centers in Canada that treated this type of problem, and only two in the U.S., one in Detroit and the other in New York.
● Finally she was approved for the specialized treatment, but only for the New York center which required a seven hour drive and overnight trip, instead of the Detroit Center. The skyline of Detroit was visible from their home across the river in Ontario.
● Why do you suppose the best doctors in Canada and from most of the other nations around the world want to come to America to set up practice? Where will they begin going when our system is as bad as the system in their homeland?
Free medical treatment may end up costing the life of a loved one or yourself.
I feel another point relative to this matter is the fact that in their rush to improve medical care in America, they are ignoring one of the key cost elements of the existing system, where gouging and excesses are escalating costs. There has been no mention of "tort reform" to reduce the cost of malpractice insurance and placing of caps on the court settlements made for medical errors. Could this omission be related to the fact that the lawyers share generously in these huge settlements….and most politicians are lawyers.
Rudiments- Odds and Ends Worth Mentioning:
● I have a word of advice for all readers who are involved with the medical community. If you are really worried about the impact socialized medicine would have on your career, you had better become very vocal and politically active at this moment. If you wait to see what will happen….you will realize the disaster is upon you after it is too late for you to have any impact. We at the Jackson County Times welcome any submitted articles on this subject. Get involved and you will be "Getting It Right".
● This week I had to travel to western Kentucky to be a pall bearer in a funeral for a family friend. Here are some details of the trip I thought you might find interesting:
♦ The lowest price for regular gasoline we saw going through Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky was $2.41 in Alabama, the highest was $2.79.
♦ We saw 57 police vehicles during our 1,275 miles, or one every 22 miles. Most were eagerly hunting and feeding on the hundreds of unsuspecting cars full of criminal law breakers traveling on the highways.
● Life isn’t tied with a bow….but it is still a gift!
Note: The opinions stated in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Hatcher Publications.
"Socialized medicine, the next group of industries on the socialistic schedule."
When Bill and Hilary Clinton first came into the power of the Presidency, one of the first items on their agenda was the socialization of our national medical industry. At that time their party did not enjoy a totally unbridled majority in both houses of congress, and after much fanfare and political dissertation….the effort failed.
Our current administration has made socialization of our national medical systems a top priority item on their agenda, and they do currently enjoy total, unbridled control over the office of the Presidency and both houses of Congress. They have the political power needed to pass the legislation required to enact this change.
It appears to me that this regime is trying to implement as much socialistic change in our culture as is possible to accomplish…. as fast as possible. It appears they fear enough of a backlash from their actions that they might lose the total control of government they now enjoy at the two year mid-term election point in their four year term. They are thus rushing their agenda forward at full speed.
Other than spending another trillion of our grandchildren’s tax dollars, what are the ramifications of this change to socialized medicine? It appears to me that this change involves enacting government’s management of our medical systems, our hospitals, our doctors, choices and availability of treatment and medication, medical research, manufacturing and purchase of medical supplies, instruments, and equipment, construction of clinics, laboratories, and hospitals, and the elimination of a major element of the nation’s insurance industry. Other than that….it won’t amount to much.
One of the primary problems with socialism is that it inter-mingles business and politics to a point where many decisions are made from a political perspective instead of a profit generating perspective. This opens the door full width for corruption, influence peddling, inept and unqualified decision making, and growing waste of resources.
Let me paint some scenarios of what this socialized medical environment might mean to you as a patient needing help.
● Assume you are a 78 year old man and you discover you need a heart valve replacement. A panel of bureaucrats might be the people who decide whether or not you will be allowed to have the operation, instead of having the decision made by you, your family, and your doctor. What if they decline to allow you to have the treatment because they feel you are too old, you are a poor risk, and the government should spend its money on someone with a longer remaining span of life? What if they decide not to allow you to have the treatment because they discovered you supported the "other" political party. What if they deny the treatment because you worked for an opposing candidate in a campaign a few years ago? What if the lead bureaucrat met with you privately and told you that he could arrange for you to be approved if you would only pay $10,000 to him in cash next week?
● I personally have heard of instances in Canada, which has socialized medicine, where a woman discovered she had a breast tumor. By the time she was able to pass all of the bureaucratic processes, submit all of the required forms and wait for the step by step approvals, another seven months had passed. By then the tumor had spread throughout her lymphatic system, and the tumor had enlarged tremendously. She died a few months later. The doctors stated that if she had been able to have immediate treatment, she would have survived.
● I just heard a caller from Canada on a talk show describe how his wife had a rare brain tumor. There were no centers in Canada that treated this type of problem, and only two in the U.S., one in Detroit and the other in New York.
● Finally she was approved for the specialized treatment, but only for the New York center which required a seven hour drive and overnight trip, instead of the Detroit Center. The skyline of Detroit was visible from their home across the river in Ontario.
● Why do you suppose the best doctors in Canada and from most of the other nations around the world want to come to America to set up practice? Where will they begin going when our system is as bad as the system in their homeland?
Free medical treatment may end up costing the life of a loved one or yourself.
I feel another point relative to this matter is the fact that in their rush to improve medical care in America, they are ignoring one of the key cost elements of the existing system, where gouging and excesses are escalating costs. There has been no mention of "tort reform" to reduce the cost of malpractice insurance and placing of caps on the court settlements made for medical errors. Could this omission be related to the fact that the lawyers share generously in these huge settlements….and most politicians are lawyers.
Rudiments- Odds and Ends Worth Mentioning:
● I have a word of advice for all readers who are involved with the medical community. If you are really worried about the impact socialized medicine would have on your career, you had better become very vocal and politically active at this moment. If you wait to see what will happen….you will realize the disaster is upon you after it is too late for you to have any impact. We at the Jackson County Times welcome any submitted articles on this subject. Get involved and you will be "Getting It Right".
● This week I had to travel to western Kentucky to be a pall bearer in a funeral for a family friend. Here are some details of the trip I thought you might find interesting:
♦ The lowest price for regular gasoline we saw going through Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky was $2.41 in Alabama, the highest was $2.79.
♦ We saw 57 police vehicles during our 1,275 miles, or one every 22 miles. Most were eagerly hunting and feeding on the hundreds of unsuspecting cars full of criminal law breakers traveling on the highways.
● Life isn’t tied with a bow….but it is still a gift!
Note: The opinions stated in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Hatcher Publications.
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