Universal Health Care for America

[Guest Seeker72]

This is the new world orders idea of "humanely' branding the people. Much like RFID tags, these chips are to used for none other than asset tracking. A few tag or chip readers spread throughout town and the man will know our location every minute of your life.

[Guest Widow's Son]

The roots of VeriChip trace back to the events of September 11, 2001 when New York firemen were writing their badge ID numbers on their chests in case they were found injured or unconscious. It was evident there was a serious need for personal identification and information in emergency situations and that an implantable microchip could make a difference. In December 2001, VeriChip Corporation was created.

 

In October 2004, VeriChip's human-implantable RFID microchip was cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for medical uses in the United States (as a Class II Medical Device). In fact, the implantable microchip is considered a "predicate device" within the FDA, meaning others entering the space in the future will be measured against this device.

 

In its RFID business, VeriChip offers a first-of-its-kind system for patient identification. Its VeriMed Health Link system for patient identification consists of an FDA-cleared RFID human implantable microchip, which can help hospital personnel treat a non-communicative patient quickly and effectively in the event of an emergency. The microchip contains only a 16-digit number that when scanned with our handheld reader, connects to our secure online database. The database houses the patient’s identification information and personal health record data.

 

http://hqinjets.com/vc/index.html

[Guest John Halamka]

The VeriChip is vulnerable to simple, over-the-air spoofing attacks. In particular, an attacker capable of scanning a VeriChip, eavesdropping on its signal, or simply learning its serial number can create a spoof device whose radio appearance is indistinguishable from the original.

[Guest Mosby]

Everything is conjecture at this point but it is certainly interesting to follow these types of discussions.

[Guest greenzen]

This health care initiative seems more about controlling our population.

[Guest HUMAN]

CHECKMATE;

http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/state-pension-funds-have-1-trillion-shortfall

[Guest Desert Rat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQnZaXhwwz4

You know the number on the Jewish in WW2, It was a number that was identifiable by an IBM computer system. Thomas J. Watson the CEO of IBM was a member of the Bohemian Grove society along with Hitler.

A punch-card system built by the Jewish that was then used to help kill them. IBM today funds Verichip and Applied Digital Solutions the makers of the RFID chip known as 666

[Guest American Citizen]

CHECKMATE;

http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/state-pension-funds-have-1-trillion-shortfall

 

You are so right on the mark with this argument. States are facing major budget shortfalls. How can we expect to pay for this?

 

If our country was making money I think many more people would be all for it. But, we are in massive debt with no jobs. Instead on focusing on creating more jobs we are scaring big business away. AT&T are saying this health-care bill is going to cost them a billion dollars a year to pay for this. You know they are going to tack it on the consumer.

 

The American population is worn out from the negative bullcrap they hear on the news every day.

[Luke_Wilbur]

Mike Judd is a true visionary that is able to point serious problems with our culture through comedic tales. Idiocracy is the story of Corporal Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson) who taken into a top-secret military hibernation experiment that goes awry, and awaken 500 years in the future. Corporal Bauers discovers that the country has degenerated into a dystopia where advertising, commercialism, and cultural anti-intellectualism run rampant and dysgenic pressure has resulted in a uniformly stupid human society devoid of individual responsibility or consequences.

 

A disoriented Joe heads to the hospital where he receives a diagnosis of "'tarded" and "fraked up" from Dr. Lexus (Justin Long). Joe is arrested for not paying his hospital bill and for not having a barcode tattoo which all residents have imprinted on their arms. While in prison a poorly-designed I.D.- tattoo machine re-names Joe as "Not Sure" and barcode - tattoos him as such.

 

 

Caregivers like Dr. Lexus may be the future if people stop paying attention to what is going on with our new National Health Care. I sure hope we do not get tracked like Joe. Anywho, I do not want to spoil the movie. Idiocracy is worth watching to see what we do not want to happen.

[Guest ALWAYS RED]

You are so right on the mark with this argument. States are facing major budget shortfalls. How can we expect to pay for this?

 

If our country was making money I think many more people would be all for it. But, we are in massive debt with no jobs. Instead on focusing on creating more jobs we are scaring big business away. AT&T are saying this health-care bill is going to cost them a billion dollars a year to pay for this. You know they are going to tack it on the consumer.

 

The American population is worn out from the negative bullcrap they hear on the news every day.

 

The US government has spent all the money that they can print. Only in the government and union sector do we find such rampant economic ignorance.

[Guest Biss]

Fourteen Governors have gone to court to challenge the application of the Act in their states. Democrats who voted for healthcare reforms received phone threats, with one told her children would be killed. Some party members had their office windows smashed, while more than 10 members said they received abusive phone messages.

 

The FBI is investigating the reports, including one incident where a gas supply line was cut at the home of a politician's brother.

 

Shocking! But this one shocks the more. A note attached to a brick thrown through the window of a Democrat's office quoted the late Republican Barry Goldwater: "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice".

 

Worse, former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin urged supporters via Twitter: "Don't Retreat, Instead - RELOAD." Her Facebook page featured a map of the US with firearm cross-hairs on the states that backed the health care Act.

 

http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=169789

[Guest Midwest Mother]

Sarah Palin is a complete idiot for making such stupid violent comments. She is a bad example of a leader in our movement. Michele Bachmann is the real deal and she has a plan to repeal the bill.

 

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/repealthebill/

[Guest Cheryl]

I do not like the tone of extremist. We are a democracy. We are not a mob.

[Guest Julian]

Conservatives have every right to oppose and challenge President Obama’s agenda. But they must make clear that there are limits and that these kinds of actions that we have seen in recent days are not something that either party will be willing to tolerate in the year ahead.

[Guest KilltheNWOnow]

A Libertarian and a Ron Paul supporter was brutally attacked after shouting out against Sarah Palin's takeover of the Tea Party movement.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOrN5ecyFL0

[Guest GOP]

Companies Reeling from ObamaCare’s Job Killing Taxes:

 

$1,000,000,000: AT&T: “AT&T Inc. will book $1 billion in first-quarter costs related to the health-care law signed this week by President Barack Obama, the most of any U.S. company so far. A change in the tax treatment of Medicare subsidies triggered the non-cash expense, and the company will consider changes to the benefits it offers current and retired workers, Dallas-based AT&T said today in a regulatory filing.” (Bloomberg, 3/26/10)

 

$150,000,000 to $200,000,000: Medtronic: “The impact of the tax, we estimate, will be roughly $150 to $200 million on Medtronic annually beginning in 2013. We have no immediate plans to eliminate jobs at Medtronic as a result of the device tax or health care reform. We accept our shared fiscal responsibility for coverage expansion, and are very appreciative of our constituent members of Congress from Minnesota and Indiana, in particular, for having significantly tempered the size, distribution and timing of the tax.” (Release, 3/26/10)

 

$150,000,000: Deere & Co.: “Farm equipment maker Deere & Co (DE.N) expects after-tax expenses to rise by $150 million this year as a result of the healthcare reform law President Barack Obama signed this week.” (Reuters, 3/25/10)

 

$100,000,000: Caterpillar: “Caterpillar Inc. lobbied to keep the U.S. from taxing a subsidy on retiree drug benefits. It lost the battle when President Barack Obama signed an almost $1 trillion health-care overhaul into law this week. The world’s largest maker of bulldozers put a price tag on that defeat yesterday: a $100 million charge to earnings.” (Bloomberg, 3/25/10)

 

$90,000,000: 3M: “3M Co. will record a one-time non-cash charge of up to $90 million, or 12 cents a share, in the first quarter as a result of the U.S. health reform signed into law this week, the company said on Friday. The charge reflects lower tax deductions related to retiree drug benefits.” (Reuters, 3/26/10)

 

$15,000,000 to $20,000,000: Valero Energy: “Valero Energy Corp said it expects to take a charge to earnings of between $15 million and $20 million in the first quarter due to the new healthcare legislation, and said it expected further tax costs to be calculated later.” (Reuters, 3/26/10)

[Guest Tea Party Patriot]

I just want people to know that Democrats are not being civil as well.

 

Supporters of Democrat Senator Harry Reid threw eggs at a Tea Party Express bus and then threatened to attack Andrew Breitbart.

 

[Guest Erica Sagrans]

Before President Obama had even signed historic health reform into law, Republicans began promising to repeal it as part of their campaigns this year.

 

Speaking in Iowa last week, President Obama challenged them to "go for it," arguing that Americans don't want to move backward on the progress that's been made.

 

This is the reform that some folks in Washington are still hollering about, still shouting about. Now that they passed it -- now that we passed it, they’re already promising to repeal it. They’re actually going to run on a platform of repeal in November. You’ve been hearing that. And my attitude is: Go for it.

 

If these congressmen in Washington want to come here in Iowa and tell small business owners that they plan to take away their tax credits and essentially raise their taxes, be my guest. If they want to look Lauren Gallagher in the eye and tell her they plan to take away her father’s health insurance, that’s their right. If they want to make Darlyne Neff pay more money for her check-ups, her mammograms, they can run on that platform. If this young man out here thinks this is a bad bill, he can run to repeal it. If they want to have that fight, we can have it. Because I don’t believe that the American people are going to put the insurance industry back in the driver’s seat. We’ve already been there. We're not going back. This country is moving forward.

[Guest LAW]

Companies Reeling from ObamaCare’s Job Killing Taxes:

 

$1,000,000,000: AT&T: “AT&T Inc. will book $1 billion in first-quarter costs related to the health-care law signed this week by President Barack Obama, the most of any U.S. company so far. A change in the tax treatment of Medicare subsidies triggered the non-cash expense, and the company will consider changes to the benefits it offers current and retired workers, Dallas-based AT&T said today in a regulatory filing.” (Bloomberg, 3/26/10)

 

$150,000,000 to $200,000,000: Medtronic: “The impact of the tax, we estimate, will be roughly $150 to $200 million on Medtronic annually beginning in 2013. We have no immediate plans to eliminate jobs at Medtronic as a result of the device tax or health care reform. We accept our shared fiscal responsibility for coverage expansion, and are very appreciative of our constituent members of Congress from Minnesota and Indiana, in particular, for having significantly tempered the size, distribution and timing of the tax.” (Release, 3/26/10)

 

$150,000,000: Deere & Co.: “Farm equipment maker Deere & Co (DE.N) expects after-tax expenses to rise by $150 million this year as a result of the healthcare reform law President Barack Obama signed this week.” (Reuters, 3/25/10)

 

$100,000,000: Caterpillar: “Caterpillar Inc. lobbied to keep the U.S. from taxing a subsidy on retiree drug benefits. It lost the battle when President Barack Obama signed an almost $1 trillion health-care overhaul into law this week. The world’s largest maker of bulldozers put a price tag on that defeat yesterday: a $100 million charge to earnings.” (Bloomberg, 3/25/10)

 

$90,000,000: 3M: “3M Co. will record a one-time non-cash charge of up to $90 million, or 12 cents a share, in the first quarter as a result of the U.S. health reform signed into law this week, the company said on Friday. The charge reflects lower tax deductions related to retiree drug benefits.” (Reuters, 3/26/10)

 

$15,000,000 to $20,000,000: Valero Energy: “Valero Energy Corp said it expects to take a charge to earnings of between $15 million and $20 million in the first quarter due to the new healthcare legislation, and said it expected further tax costs to be calculated later.” (Reuters, 3/26/10)

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/business/30subsidy.html

 

Henry A. Waxman, a California Democrat who is chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, criticized the charges by the companies, asserting that the health reform would save companies more money than it cost them.

 

Mr. Waxman sent AT&T, Caterpillar and Deere a sharp letter, questioning the charges and saying he wanted top officials from those companies to testify at an April 21 hearing he has scheduled on the issue.

 

Mr. Waxman and Bart Stupak, a Michigan Democrat who is chairman of the House Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on oversight and investigations, wrote to AT&T’s chairman, Randall L. Stephenson, “The new law is designed to expand coverage and bring down costs, so your assertions are a matter of concern.”

 

Their letter said AT&T’s moves “appear to conflict with independent analyses,” including a finding by the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executives, that health care reform would reduce insurance cost trends for businesses by more than $3,000 for each employee over the next 10 years.

[Guest Jimmy D]

This health care initiative seems more about controlling our population.

 

 

How do you figure that?

[Guest greenzen]

How do you figure that?

 

What does the hiring of 16,500 IRS agents in the health care bill have to do with the doctor - patient relationship?It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once - David Hume

[Guest theintelligentshadeofblue]

America is indeed the last industrialized nation to not have affordable health care within reach of all of its citizens. The proponents of the bill who are so thrilled to see this age coming to an end obviously never even read the summary, or else they would know that, as the legislation itself states, there will be no overhaul of federal- and state-run insurance programs for the poor (also known as those who can't buy their own insurance). We don't need a swap meet for cheap insurance or low-dollar subsidies; we need a sustainable long-term solution for all Americans that won't drive everyone either insane or broke. We're a long way from accomplishing that.

[Guest jzatz]

What the Government SHOULD do, is take the huge financial burden of catastrophic costs from the health insurance companies, step in and cover the costs of heart attacks, stroke, cancer, pay the BIG costs, so the health insurance companies can cover more of the health maintenance costs, lowering everyone's rates, and allowing everyone to get AFFORDABLE health care.

[Guest AHIP]

It has been almost a week since the health care reform legislation became law, but one thing that hasn't changed is the growing concern over the new law's impact on premiums and people's health care costs.

 

In fact, the Associated Press released an analysis from the RAND Corporation today which showed that premiums for young people in their 20s and early 30s will dramatically increase. From the AP story:

 

Under the health care overhaul, young adults who buy their own insurance will carry a heavier burden of the medical costs of older Americans - a shift expected to raise insurance premiums for young people when the plan takes full effect...premiums for young adults seeking coverage on the individual market would likely climb by 17 percent on average, or roughly $42 a month, according to an analysis of the plan conducted for The Associated Press...The higher costs will pinch many people in their 20s and early 30s who are struggling to start or advance their careers with the highest unemployment rate in 26 years.

 

And it's not just RAND saying this will happen, the AP also reports that other experts are arguing that premiums will increase for younger individuals as well. Jim O'Connor an actuary for independent consulting firm Milliman, Inc. estimates that young males will see increases between 10-30 percent. O'Connor says "Young males will be hit the hardest".

 

While premiums rise for younger folks, it must be good for other working families and employers right? Well not so quick according to AEI's John Calfee. Calfee writes in Forbes "The first thing ObamaCare will do is increase insurance costs." Calfee goes on to point out some serious concerns with the approach in the new law to control premium increases -- price controls. Calfee argues:

 

Insurance premium price controls cannot do much good. States that already review or control premiums show that premiums are driven by costs.

 

And Calfee warns this is even before 2014 which he argues is when "Pressure on premiums will become more intense." Why? Simple: a coverage requirement that is too weak. Calfee writes "In the crucial individual insurance market, the penalty for failing to purchase insurance will be only $95 or 1% of income (whichever is more) in 2014, $325 (2.0%) in 2015 and $695 (2.5%) in 2016." What will happen then -- "With healthier consumers opting out of the insurance risk pool, premiums will escalate--probably a lot." (Our emphasis.)

 

This leads Calfee to conclude:

 

There are good reasons to worry that come 2015, the nation will be immersed in a crisis of uncontrolled costs and rising insurance premiums. After all, the reform package is essentially devoid of powerful cost control.

 

Devoid of powerful cost control? That is strong language and can't be right can it? The New York Times has a special section today on the new health care law, and one article seems to backup Calfee's assertion. In the article by the NY Times' Gina Kolota "Law May Do Little Little to Help Curb Unnecessary Care" it is clear that the new law lacks real tools to deal with the 30 percent of health care spending that is wasteful or does nothing to improve quality. Kolota interviews doctors and economists and they seem to agree (although in fairness some say the law takes an important first step) that "the new health care legislation...is not going to make a bit of difference." Kolota continues:

 

To truly change the nation's chronic overuse of medical care, there will have to be a substantial change in the way patients think about health care, how medicine is practiced and how it is paid for, economists and doctors say. The legislation does little to help in those areas.

 

So where does the legislation come up short the most? According to the article "But the law in no way forces patients or doctors to choose one test or treatment over another or to aim for the cheapest alternative. And it does nothing to change the reimbursement system, in which doctors often make more money if they order more tests, for instance."

 

Even doctors are concerned about the lack of cost controls and ways to turn the system more toward value then volume. Check out this quote from the end of the story from one doctor interviewed:

 

"I really believe that in our heart of hearts most doctors want to curb this. We know what we are doing. And we are frustrated, too. But we can't help ourselves. There is nothing to stop us and nothing to be gained by stopping."

 

These stories may be why the new law has not changed people's perspective with respect to what they think the impact will be on their costs and costs to the nation, at least according to the latest Gallup poll.

 

According to Gallup, "One week after the passage of historic new healthcare legislation, Americans remain worried about the bill's effect on costs -- both for the nation as a whole and for them personally. A majority of Americans say healthcare costs in the U.S. and the federal budget deficit will get worse as a result of the bill. Half of Americans believe that healthcare costs for themselves and their families will get worse."

[Guest Dr. Dan Benishek]

Betrayal.

 

That's the only word I can use to describe the game of deception our Congressman, Bart Stupak, played with the voters of Michigan's first Congressional district and America.

 

He repeatedly told us he wouldn't vote for Obamacare because it did not protect the unborn. And then he went ahead and did exactly that, at the very last minute. Along with his vaunted "Stupak bloc," he gave Nancy Pelosi the votes she needed to pass a total government takeover of our health care system!

 

More than anyone, it is Bart Stupak who is responsible for this health care takeover with his unforgivable betrayal.

 

And more than anyone, it is Bart Stupak who needs to go.

 

I am the Republican running against Bart Stupak, and I am asking for your support to hold Stupak accountable and send him into permanent retirement.

 

Stupak's self-proclaimed Pro-Life stance was not enough to make him keep his word. All the calls and emails to his office asking him to stand his ground were not enough. Now, the people of this country have just one recourse: To make him pay.

 

As a medical doctor, I know health care. I know that Obamacare is wrong for my patients and wrong for our nation. That's why Stupak's betrayal makes me want to fight even harder to go to Washington to repeal it.

 

For the sake of Life, for our continued Constitutional liberty, and for the repeal of this horrible law, it is past time to hold Stupak accountable. I will be the Republican nominee against Bart Stupak, and I am already giving him the fight of his life. But I can't do this alone. Your donation today will send a message to Bart Stupak and all would-be turncoats that there will be consequences for turning their backs on the voters and voting with Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.

 

This is the last straw. Let's beat Bart Stupak once and for all.