[Translate] That’s the mindset of some folks, despite the fact the U.S. Constitution actually calls for government to manage things such as defense, domestic tranquility, etc. In a way, it’s interesting – it’s utopian: I don’t need anybody regulating the food I buy, I don’t need anybody checking the efficacy of the drugs I use, I’m never going to need a fire-fighter or a policeman, I don’t need roads and bridges maintained by some big agency, no not me, I’m fine with private “free...
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[Translate] Abortion is a proven “wedge” issue, in the finest tradition of Karl Rove’s masterful divisive politics, and it’s arguably being used that way again right now in the health-care insurance reform debate. The mainstream media is commercial, so they’re far from immune from the effects of the money being spent to spin, shape, frame, and control this debate. Most of us, frankly, have “good enough” insurance, and we all get to make the choice to keep our current system. In fact, of the...
[Translate] It’s time to put doctors and nurses back in charge of medical decisions. If you think government can’t get anything right, ask yourself: has big insurance been getting health care right? No way.The insurance industry profits by taking roughly 1/3 of the money going to health care to pay for overhead while they overturn the decisions of doctors to pay executive bonuses. Big insurance companies make so much money that they spend millions of dollars on lobbyists every year in DC, yet costs are outrageous and a...
[Translate] Why all the fuss about single payer? Because nearly 1/3 of the health care dollar goes to overhead, currently, while Medicare keeps costs in the 2-3% range. Administering health care is something the U.S. government can do VERY efficiently compared to private insurers, partly because ad campaigns, salaries & bonuses aren’t allowed to be outrageous. The only ones who stand to lose are insurance companies and their overpaid execs – even doctors are on-board with this concept. Do you know what the estimate...
