Not Free
… in so many ways.
“Senate health care bill: the five paragraphs you must read”
“There is no such thing as a little freedom,” said Walter Cronkite. “Either you are all free, or you are not free.”
Whether you’re for or against federal efforts to help people buy health insurance, you should know that the reform bill before the Senate would mandate a healthcare system that is definitely “not free.”
What most of us know about the Democratic bill is that it requires nearly all Americans to have health insurance. What most of us don’t know is that it requires us to buy a minimum level of insurance approved by the federal government, and forces health plans and providers to share our personal health information with the federal government and other entities.
BMB figures there are a lot more than five paragraphs that we need to read…
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I found it very strange and timely that mammograms and paps were downed ,all in one week…not sure whats going on…maybe its a bad time to be a woman.
We are in a word of crap,me thinks…
Thanks for your good work Mr.BMB…
Comment by fatcat — 11/23/2009 @ 7:50 pm
We are in a world that I barely recognize any longer…
Thanks to you too for stopping by, fatcat.
Comment by BMB — 11/23/2009 @ 8:06 pm
This is the first of the death panels. Women will die because of this decision. Your health care will be decided by bureaucrats on the basis of the tradeoff between your cost to the state and your usefulness to the state.
Comment by Fred — 11/24/2009 @ 2:03 am
Interestingly enough, I found the pap test to be a non-news event. These days they have better tests that are more accurate and do better detection. I can believe they last up to two or 3 years–whether or not that means they should be yearly versus every other or every 3…hmm. My real question here is why don’t they give a standard test every year or 3 or whatever to detect ovarian cancer–a much deadlier and faster growing cancer? Why is that not being “improved” instead of worrying about overtesting in other areas????
The mammogram news had some shockingly…and probably inaccurate information in it. I know someone PERSONALLY who discovered a cancer lump from self-exams–the mammogram did not find it, yet the report said there was “no evidence” to support self exams (and one would also then assume they mean the exams done yearly in the doctor’s office aren’t necessary, which would seem rather bogus.) If I know someone, I’m willing to bet there are other women who have found lumps on their own.
What does that mean to me? Same thing as always. Trust your own judgment. No government report contains full truths about anything. Take care of yourself.
Comment by Maria — 11/24/2009 @ 8:55 am
Political suicide at best if these bills pass. Revolution at worst. Recent approval ratings: Obama 48%, healthcare bill 38%.
Don’t worry. Only a guy on his death bed would pass this bill as he wouldn’t want to run again for congress.
“No government report contains full truths about anything.” In this age do any government reports contain any truth? When we can’t trust our own government to be straight with us, we’ve got major problems. The ACORN and climate scandals that broke this week are proof of how trust has finally broken down in society. And that’s really all society is… trust….
Hopefully ACORN will lose its tax exempt status for some of this and get slapped with huge fines. If not, the revolution will take care of them too
Comment by Andrew — 11/25/2009 @ 8:38 am
Rich Lowry describes the Dems as “marching off a cliff”. He’s got a point — I’m not sure how they come out of this as winners either way.
Comment by BMB — 11/25/2009 @ 9:05 am