ObamaCare

 

Benjamin Disrael is accredited with saying, “There are three types of lies – lies, damn lies and statistics.

A few days ago I received an email from Matthew J. Cochran (www.justmatthewj.com).  He had mailed a list of “little gems from the Health Care Bill”. I guess the White House Secretary of Propaganda would call this “fishy”.

Matthew’s lists has talking points and references page numbers but he failed to tell us which copy or where we could check for ourselves the original document. I am sure this was just an oversight on his part, but it is important because the information on WH websites and other Government websites has been changing lately. The Administration wipes data, amends data and changes data constantly.

There is a PDF copy of H.R. 3200, the House Bill: 

To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.

at the Energy and Commerce Committee’s website, there is a text version at Thomas.Gov, PDF at Education and Labor Committee’s website and a PDF copy at the Government Printing Office website. Plus if we are to believe even more amendments and revised bills working their way through the nightmarish system that our Legislators have created.

The preamble to this bill is funny in a black humor way.

A BILL
To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.

That’s what they claim even after the Congressional Budget Office informed them that:

According to CBO’s and JCT’s assessment, enacting H.R. 3200 would result in a net increase in the federal budget deficit of $239 billion over the 2010-2019 period. That estimate reflects a projected 10-year cost of the bill’s insurance coverage provisions of $1,042 billion, partly offset by net spending changes that CBO estimates would save $219 billion over the same period, and by revenue provisions that JCT estimates would increase federal revenues by about $583 billion over those 10 years.

And those numbers do NOT include federal administration costs or how it will affect other government programs.

If you plan on going to a Town Hall Meeting, a Tea Party or any event where you might be talking about health care get informed, print out the facts and take them with you.

At the end of this article I have listed the data that I received from Matthew (some of what he has listed is the same as what is attributed to Peter Fleckenstein at his blog: hat tips to both), I have also listed a few other websites where you will see analysis of certain provisions of HR 3200.  I realize that any attempt to read the whole Bill will cause your eyes to glaze over so please feel free to take advantage of the research of others. Do not Google for this information. Google has a signed contract with the Federal Government, for “monitoring” and they are exempted from certain privacy laws. Also a Google search will give you all the great reasons to support Obama and every reason given is that they spend more money.

I have read the “lefty” blogs and the propaganda put out by the Administration. I have read how the Health Care Bill has been “written” or “influenced” by such organizations as Health Care for America Now (HCAN),MoveOn.Org, SEIU, Democracy For America. AFSCME, Annenberg Public Policy Center. I have read that George Soros is throwing money into this fight and trying to buy support (someone has to be paying for all those “grassroots” protestors). Soros is a greedy, greedy man who has never done anything without a plan for him to gain more money and more power. He actually feels this current bill is not enough of a move to a “single payer” system, but is supporting it as a stepping stone. He sees the end result, so why don’t freedom loving Americans?

Matthew’s Notes:

Page 16: States that if you have insurance at the time of the bill becoming law and change, you will be required to take a similar plan. If that is not available, you will be required to take the government option!
. Page 22: Mandates audits of all employers that self-insure!
. Page 29: Admission: your health care will be rationed!
. Page 30: A government committee will decide what treatments and benefits you get (and, unlike an insurer, there will be no appeals process)
. Page 42: The “Health Choices Commissioner” will decide health benefits for you. You will have no choice. None.
. Page 50: All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free healthcare services.
. Page 58: Every person will be issued a National ID Healthcard.
. Page 59: The federal government will have direct, real-time access to all individual bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.
. Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize all union retiree and community organizer health plans (example: SEIU, UAW and ACORN)
. Page 72: All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Healthcare Exchange.
. Page 84: All private healthcare plans must participate in the Healthcare Exchange (i.e., total government control of private plans)
. Page 91: Government mandates linguistic infrastructure for services; translation: illegal aliens
. Page 95: The Government will pay ACORN and Americorps to sign up individuals for Government-run Health Care plan.
. Page 102: Those eligible for Medicaid will be automatically enrolled: you have no choice in the matter.
. Page 124: No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No “judicial review” is permitted against the government monopoly. Put simply, private insurers will be crushed.
. Page 127: The AMA sold doctors out: the government will set wages.
. Page 145: An employer MUST auto-enroll employees into the government-run public plan. No alternatives.
. Page 126: Employers MUST pay healthcare bills for part-time employees AND their families.
. Page 149: Any employer with a payroll of $400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays an 8% tax on payroll <>BR . Page 150: Any employer with a payroll of $250K-400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays a 2 to 6% tax on payroll
. Page 167: Any individual who doesn’t have acceptable healthcare (according to the government) will be taxed 2.5% of income.
. Page 170: Any NON-RESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes (Americans will pay for them).
. Page 195: Officers and employees of Government Healthcare Bureaucracy will have access to ALL American financial and personal records.
. Page 203: “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax.” Yes, it really says that.
. Page 239: Bill will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors and the poor most affected.”
. Page 241: Doctors: no matter what speciality you have, you’ll all be paid the same (thanks, AMA!)
. Page 253: Government sets value of doctors’ time, their professional judgment, etc.
. Page 265: Government mandates and controls productivity for private healthcare industries.
. Page 268: Government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.
. Page 272: Cancer patients: welcome to the wonderful world of rationing!
. Page 280: Hospitals will be penalized for what the government deems preventable re-admissions.
. Page 298: Doctors: if you treat a patient during an initial admission that results in a readmission, you will be penalized by the government.
. Page 317: Doctors: you are now prohibited from owning and investing in healthcare companies!
. Page 318: Prohibition on hospital expansion. Hospitals cannot expand without government approval.
. Page 321: Hospital expansion hinges on “community” input: in other words, yet another payoff for ACORN.
. Page 335: Government mandates establishment of outcome-based measures: i.e., rationing.
. Page 341: Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans, HMOs, etc.
. Page 354: Government will restrict enrollment of SPECIAL NEEDS individuals.
. Page 379: More bureaucracy: Telehealth Advisory Committee (healthcare by phone).
. Page 425: More bureaucracy: Advance Care Planning Consult: Senior Citizens, assisted suicide, euthanasia?
. Page 425: Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. Mandatory. Appears to lock in estate taxes ahead of time.
. Page 425: Government provides approved list of end-of-life resources, guiding you in death.
. Page 427: Government mandates program that orders end-of-life treatment; government dictates how your life ends.
. Page 429: Advance Care Planning Consult will be used to dictate treatment as patient’s health deteriorates. This can include an ORDER for end-of-life plans. An ORDER from the GOVERNMENT.
. Page 430: Government will decide what level of treatments you may have at end-of-life.
. Page 469: Community-based Home Medical Services: more payoffs for ACORN.
. Page 472: Payments to Community-based organizations: more payoffs for ACORN.
. Page 489: Government will cover marriage and family therapy. Government intervenes in your marriage.
. Page 494: Government will cover mental health services: defining, creating and rationing those services

 

(My advice to you is to grab some eye drops and use them before and while trying to wade through all this reading.)

http://www.classicalideals.com/HR3200.htm

http://www.ball4ny.com/blogArchive.aspx?date=8-2009

http://www.liberty.edu/media/9980/attachments/healthcare_overview_obama_072909.pdf

http://www.nrlc.org/AHC/HR3200NRLCfactsheet.pdf

http://commonsense2020.com/2009/08/11/fact-of-the-day-the-hr-3200-bill-line-by-line-in-its-own-words/

http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/20/barack-obama-inadvertently-tells-the-truth-about-his-health-care-plan.php

http://tomdaly.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/hr-3200-a-line-by-line-analysis/

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/13/obamacares-tax-hikes/

 

 

Ghost Ranger, Tex’s first novel, is now available on Lulu and Amazon.

 

 

 

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Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest

Public education in America at all levels is responsible to _________. Can you fill in the blank? Unfortunately the American people who read and can understand this article are few.

John Stossel of ABC did a show on “Stupid in America“. In this show he investigates why “modern” education doesn’t work and why it cheats the children. He hammers home the point that there is no encouragement for teachers or schools to excel. The education system is tied to the socialist union programs.

Stossel outlines why the “monopoly” of public education is not competitive and why it continues to fail regardless of how much money is thrown at it. In his investigation he did not get into the indoctrination that is mandatory in public education. The requirements of school systems to teach socialist doctrines and socialist mores and the inability of schools to “protect” students.

Stossel has done other shows on the public education only to be attacked by teacher unions, the NEA and others who have a vested interest in not allowing the truth to be told.  FAIR (Fair and Accuracy In Reporting) jumps in whenever Stossel or any other reporter reports the truth. FAIR uses those reliable media sources as Media Matters for proving their point and everyone knows that their patron George Soros has no bias or agenda (sarcasm is intended).

Jay Leno’s jaywalking (see example here) is funny until you think about it and realize that most of the stupid answers are coming from college students or college graduates who will will soon be our industrial and political leaders. One of them could very easily become YOUR boss.  Rep. Nancy Pelosi  continues to astound us with her stupidiy (500 million Americans will lose their jobs) and we all remember that our current POTUS has traveled to “57 States with one left to go,” but  his staff wouldn’t let him go to Alaska or Hawaii. So he is stupid! But He is the One who is enlightened and will miraculously save America. He will control a transparent government, he will not have lobbyists in his cabinet (unless he chooses them). He and his staff prepared a  63 item questionnaire for all potential employees to assist in the vetting. Let me pick a few questions at random:

(5) Have you or your spouse ever registered as a lobbyist or other legislative agent to influence federal or state legislation or administrative acts? Have you or your spouse ever received payment for acting as a lobbyist or legislative agent? If so, please supply details.

(34) Have you and your spouse filed all required federal, state, local and foreign income tax returns?

(37) Has a tax lien or other collection procedure ever been instituted against you or your spouse by federal, state or local authorities? If so, describe the circumstances and the resolution of the matter.

(53) Do you presently have or have you in the past had occasional (to be sure, a monthly housekeeper is covered) or regular domestic help? (e.g., a housekeeper, babysitter, nanny or gardener) If yes, please indicate the name and years of service for each individual and also provide a brief description of the services rendered.

(55) Have you paid all taxes and social security obligations applicable to the employment of the individuals listed in Question 53? Do you use an outside service to pay such individuals? Have all payments related to the employment of these individuals been made in a timely fashion? If not, please identify the length and reason for the delay(s).

(56) Have you complied with all federal, state and local laws and regulations related to the employment of individuals listed in Question 53?

So from the above questions and the problems with Daschle, Killefer, Bill Richardson, and Geithner we see that there is a bigger problem than just what the public media is reporting on. It means these bastions of honesty in this “most ethical cabinet ever… lied to their messiah also. Everyone who submitted the questionnaires to the vetting group provided more information to them than Barack Hussein Obama provided the American public before (or after) he was elected.

Meanwhile back on the block…America snoozes.

 

Ghost Ranger, Tex’s first novel, is now available on Lulu and Amazon

‘Ghost Ranger’ Radio- Last Show

Tex’s bi-weekly radio show has been added to the Blog Talk Radio “Heading Right” channel, and airs on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, at 11am Central.

A longhaired red necked Indian Cowboy discusses current events, the news and the past from his conservative view. Read more

Ghost Ranger – Special for Ft. Hard Knox Members

Ghost Ranger, Tex’s first novel is currently available for purchase at Lulu.com, and will be on Amazon.com soon.

For one week only, from now until 4pm (Central) next Tuesday, 08/18/08, anyone who donates $25* or more to the Ft. Hard Knox project, via PayPal (button below) will receive an autographed copy of Ghost Ranger. When donating, please be sure to include a shipping address for the book.

On Sunday, Tex’s had his first Online Book Signing on Blog Talk Radio (BTR). He talked with Jenn about the book, what made him decide to write it, the career in undercover law enforcement that inspired it, and much more. You can listen, here:

*The first $25 from each donation will go to the author, and anything donated over $25 will go to Ft. Hard Knox, for our current project, the development of online workshops for conservative political activists.

GHOST RANGER: The Novel

Ghost Ranger, my first novel is available for purchase at Lulu.com

A young man’s need for respect and his search for love enables him to be coerced into becoming an undercover cop. Follow this man to see how others see him and try to understand why the job he becomes obsessed with and his quest for love, tear him apart as he grows old.

 

Thank you and I hope you enjoy reading it!

Ghost Ranger Debut – Tonight, 10pm! (Central)

Updated

FHK’s own TXPoet is now hosting his own radio show on Blog Talk Radio (BTR), tonight at 10pm, CST. Be sure to go to BlogTalkRadio.com before it starts, to set up a listener account so you can comment, and participate in the live chat session. It’s easy and free.

For those who have BTR accounts, be sure to add Tex to your friends list, and his show to your favorites. Then, tonight, you can go directly to the show, or click on the player in FHK’s sidebar to listen to the show live. Afterward, the podcast will be available 24/7.

Here’s a little bit about Tex’s plans for the show over the next few weeks:

The Ghost Ranger Show is a work in progress. The first show is still a short ways off, so this is a basic introduction to what I hope to do with the show.

I have done a lot of traveling around the world and lived in many places both overseas and state-side and as a result I have some unusual viewpoints. I am an enigma to many who know me. I am a veteran but still and forever I will be a soldier. I recognize my many sides and can relate to Kristofferson’s song Chapter 33. On some days I am an introverted extrovert and on others an extroverted introvert. I am both right and left brained. BTR wants me to tell you in advance what a show is about and I can honestly say for me that will normally be impossible. It depends on what has my attention at the time. I have ideas for solutions and I welcome input in order to fine tune them. Opposing viewpoints are welcome until disagreements become personal attacks or abuse then I … let’s just hope you never have to find out. Here are two of my poems that give some insight into me. Drop by once I am up and running to listen, or to chat or simply to offer your insights.

Here’s a little bit about tonight’s program:

A longhaired red necked Indian Cowboy discusses current events, the news and the past from his conservative view. This is the debut show so bear with me as I get settled in… I hope to discuss a subject I feel is too often overlooked in America…Greed. The show will deal with many side issues that result from greed. I hope you drop by and listen.

Also, see yesterday’s post.

To find out more, and read some great poetry, check go visit Tex, on BTR.

Remember, Ghost Ranger Debut Tomorrow Night

John McCain said in a campaign speech yesterday,

Americans are right to be offended when the extravagant salaries and severance deals of CEOs … bear no relation to the success of the company or the wishes of shareholders,” he will say, adding that some of those chief executives helped bring on the country’s housing crisis and market troubles.

If I am elected president, I intend to see that wrongdoing of this kind is called to account by federal prosecutors. And under my reforms, all aspects of a CEO’s pay, including any severance arrangements, must be approved by shareholders…

On Thursday night’s show, Tex will discuss the subject of greed and with the many side issues that result from greed. Be sure to tune in here at 10pm CST.

To find out more, and read some great poetry, check go visit Tex, on BTR.

Grizzly Groundswell Radio Launch (with Guest caller – FHK’s Tex!)

The Grizzly Groundswell has a new radio network on Blog Talk Radio, and it launched today, on Memorial Day. Veterans were invited to call in, and our own Tex spent some time talking with Chad and other military veterans. The first hour is some great patriotic music, and the second hour is some great conversation. Enjoy. (Tex, by the way, will soon have his own show on Blog Talk Radio, so stay tuned for further details.)