"Geithner said the White House was not ready to rule out a tax hike to reduce the federal deficit; Summers said Obama's proposed health care overhaul needs funding from somewhere. (Secretary DUH)
During his presidential campaign, Obama repeatedly pledged "you will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime." But the simple reality remains that his ambitious overhaul of how Americans receive health care promised without increasing the federal deficit — must be paid for." ("Perhaps I need to recalibrate my words" President DUH)
Finally, we get word from England, via the London Telegraph, that:
The Government's drug rationing watchdog says "therapeutic" injections of steroids, such as cortisone, which are used to reduce inflammation, should no longer be offered to patients suffering from persistent lower back pain when the cause is not known.Instead the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is ordering doctors to offer patients remedies like acupuncture and osteopathy.
Dr Christopher Wells, a leading specialist in pain relief medicine and the founder of the NHS' first specialist pain clinic, said it was "entirely unacceptable" that conventional treatments used by thousands of patients would be stopped.
"I don't mind whether some people want to try acupuncture, or osteopathy. What concerns me is that to pay for these treatments, specialist clinics which offer vital services are going to be forced to close, leaving patients in significant pain, with nowhere to go,"
He said: "The consequences of the NICE decision will be devastating for thousands of patients. It will mean more people on opiates, which are addictive, and kill 2,000 a year. It will mean more people having spinal surgery, which is incredibly risky, and has a 50 per cent failure rate."
So, let's see... The same bureaucrats who can't figure out how to set up a car trade-in program are the very ones that ObamaCare proposes to put in charge of healthcare, ONE SIXTH of the American economy? And the "progressive" Congresscritters pushing for all this are the ones that think the "single payer" programs of government-run healthcare in England and Canada should be the model for our own?
Now do you see why I titled this post "Wonderland?"
As Alice said:
"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?"
She must have been one of the Obama "CZARS."
Head back to the high ground!
Take along your phone and computer to do what is necessary.
5 comments:
Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and Cash for Clunkers all broke thanks to the US government. Now we are looking at Health Care and Cap and Trade bills rushed through by this congress, I think the old USA is heading for bankruptcy.
This is change that I don't want and don't believe in.
I "love" how the government keeps dreaming up news ways to push us further and further in debt. Way to go for change Obama!
Glad you are back writing again. Always fun to see your take on things. Good to hear from you again.
Hey, I once played Alice in a musical called "Alice in Blunderland" when I was 14. I sense that this might be a suitable title for your current post.
The thought of this new healthcare plan scares me more and more - especially now that you and mom are getting older and so am I. We'll all be using that system in its screwed up state. YIKES.
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