The strategy during the August recess was outlined by Paul Begala, a Democrat strategist close to the White House: “Supporters of reform have to put the status quo on trial” (Politico.com 7/26/09). Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2009
More dangerous provisions identified in H.R. 3200, “America’s Affordable Health Choices”
The more carefully the bill is read, the more problems we find. Here is a collection from a variety of sources:
Regulation of health insurance: Diagrams by Leading Edge Policy and Strategy, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, of current and proposed regulation, show an immense increase in complexity. Continue reading
Myth 13. “Health care reform” is being enacted through a democratic process.
If “democracy” means a nationally televised speech by the Leader, the expenditure of tens of millions of dollars by pressure groups, and a frenzied process of voting on a short deadline, then this is a Democratic process—with a capital “D” for the Party in power. Continue reading
Myth 12. The uninsured cause overcrowding in emergency rooms, and increase costs for the “rest of us” through cost-shifting.
The uninsured are frequently vilified as “free riders” who receive care but shift the cost onto others—when they are not being portrayed as victims who don’t get as much medical care as some think they should. Continue reading
There are “no laudable parts” in the “health care reform” bill, say AAPS members
In a letter to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), which like many medical organizations has expressed some reservations about reform bills “in their current form,” AAPS President Mark Kellen, M.D., of Rockford, Ill., writes: “The entire logic of H.R. 3200 is flawed and is based on decreasing patient choices and ultimately transferring control to the federal government…. The bill has no laudable parts.” Continue reading