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Comment on Top Ten Obama Socialist Programs and How They Can Be Eliminated by M Bentley

M Bentley — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:28:01 +0000

RE: Social Security. I have paid social security taxes for 50 years. Give it back to me and I will put it in a personal retirement account. It’s not an entitlement. An entitlement is something people have not worked for and feel that the government (or someone else) owes them because they exist. How about a public works program before food stamps, or penalizing people for having more kid than they can afford in order to get welfare. As for turning loose all the undocumented aliens, rent a few busses (or maybe a lot of them) and ship them back where they came from. If we can’t afford to pay our own bills, why are we handing out money to every third world country?

Comment on Obamacare for Dummies: A Simple Explanation for Thinking People. by Jeannine Cannito

Jeannine Cannito — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:09:06 +0000

You are right on Diane. I am a Nurse Practitioner/healthcare provider. I care very much about my patients. However, I am concerned no where in Obamacare (and I admittedly have not read all there is to read) is there any mention of regulation of insurers’ ability to decrease reimbursement to providers of care. Trust me, no one goes down the nursing career path expecting to get rich. But….. I do expect to be compensated fairly for my level of expertise and the services I provide. The insurance companies seem to disagree. And no one is monitoring them. I may not change career paths as a result of Obamacare, but those twenty-something’s sitting in the lecture halls of Harvard, UPenn, and even state schools are re-thinking this whole “I want to be a doctor when I grow up” thing. Who in their right mind pays hundreds of thousands of dollars and many years of their life on an education that will earn them a paycheck of….100K a year? The answer? Nobody with the ability to do simple math. Physicians already in practice are opting to go the ‘fee for service’ route. Meaning, “you pay me my fee for this service…. Here’s your receipt….. You go to battle with your insurance company for reimbursement…..”. A recent conversation has lead me to believe practitioners will be MANDATED to accept insurance….. Now back to my original point….the gov’t cannot/ should not do this without monitoring insurance reimbursement rates to healthcare providers. As an example, each day I perform 1-2 hour psychiatric evaluations on children and adolescents and then prescribe and manage medication if warranted. I am taking on a tremendous amount of responsibility, liability, to the extent I am required to maintain and pay for a state and federal DEA license, a nursing license, national professional certification, continuing education, and malpractice insurance. What is fair reimbursement for this service? Most insurance companies believe its worth…. Oh….. about…..an average of $40 depending on the insurance company. I have started to ask myself , “Do I really want to take this on for 20-40$ an hour?” Physicians won’t and don’t. Instead, 4 or maybe 5 evaluations are crammed into an hour to maximize earnings. THAT my friends, be you right, left, up, down, or sideways, is truly frightening. Yes, more people will have access to healthcare. My question is what kind of healthcare?

Comment on Obamacare for Dummies: A Simple Explanation for Thinking People. by Phillip Evans

Phillip Evans — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:28:54 +0000

In my previous post, I’ve made it clear that I don’t care if it is a rePUBICan or a demoCRAP, just in case you decide to leave that out and get your readers to think I am one or the other.

Obama has become just what a few have predicted: George Bush on steroids.

Should I do your research for you, and tell you how many companies have either laid-off of cut the hours of their employees in order to avoid Obamacare and stay in business?

Tell me how those employees will pay for rent, increasing food costs, increasing gasoline costs, and increasing taxes.

Oh, I forgot. YOU are going to help them pay for it, and out of the kindness of your heart, right? No, the governmnet will FORCE you to. But you’ve already detertmined that it’s OK, since it forces you to pay for everything else.

What what a peace prize winner we have in Washington, killing one or two terrorists through drone attacks while blowing up women and children… Oh, I’m sorry, I mean “collateral damage”…while pretending to be sad over the tragedy in Conneticut.

Obama signed the NDAA, allowing for the secret arrest and imprisonment of Americans without judge or jury. Could you imagine what the outcry would have been if Bush had done that? But it’s OK, it’s Obama, and he’s a Democrat.

I thought supporting terrorism was a crime, but we have no problem supporting the anti-government terrorists in Syria. Lybia is run by Al Quada now. And why not? They’re a CIA asset.

Are you ready for war with Syria, Iran, and Russia and China? We have the pefect leqadership in Washingtom for just that.

Comment on Obamacare for Dummies: A Simple Explanation for Thinking People. by Phillip Evans

Phillip Evans — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:52:27 +0000

This isn’t a left-right issue. But through divide and conquer they can get us to avoid the bigger picture.

Public education, aka government brainwashing camp, is a failure. Our kids are stupid compared to other nations because of it

Two wrongs do not make a right, but that seems to be the crux of this article. “We already pay for this, therefore it is good to pay for that.” FALLACY.

When the government forces the public to pay for private goods, it is called “corporate fascism”.

I don’t care if it is a rePUBICan, or a demoCRAP. This is unheard of in a free Republic.

This isn’t about “Fox News”, which I STOPPED watching years ago.

But if you can make it that way, people will argue over what channel they watch, like the World Wrestling Fedweration, two rigged games, and the BS continues unseen.

Comment on Football is a Stupid Game! by mitaka

mitaka — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 03:21:10 +0000

I moved to USA 2 years ago and I really wanted to like their so called football (neither the thing they move around the yard is a ball neither they use their feet to move it) and the baseball but I simply couldn’t. The main reason is that these games are unwatchable on a TV – I HATE COMMERCIALS!!! So I cannot watch anything which by definition is made to be commercial friendly. Once I watched an American football game on a stadium though and I kind of liked it but no way I’m watching this game on a TV again.

Comment on Obamacare for Dummies: A Simple Explanation for Thinking People. by Jim

Jim — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:10:08 +0000

I will admit that I do not align myself with one party or the other anymore. I am tired of the empty promises and outright lies by both sides of the isle. This administration has been a let down from the beginning. Closed door sessions on the health care bill coupled with “we must sign it before we can see what’s in it” foster great feelings of skepticism in a man whom is already weary of this situation. As a military and law enforcement veteran, I have great disdain for anyone as closely associated with the likes of Bill Ayers. We still haven’t heard a cohesive explanation about Ambassador Stevens and the three former SEALs, Agent Terry and Fast and Furious, the exoneration of racists and convicted criminals …. and the list can trail on for a while but I am sure you get the picture. Anything I read now I can’t trust and the 2000+ pages that not even the legislature had time or desire to read was too much legal-ese for me to go through and retain sanity.

Thank you for your two cents worth. I enjoyed the read.

Comment on Obamacare for Dummies: A Simple Explanation for Thinking People. by Richard Husted

Richard Husted — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:35:27 +0000

Thanks, Alan for your opinion……but a call to the VA got less than an opinion….

Comment on Obamacare for Dummies: A Simple Explanation for Thinking People. by alanschuyler

alanschuyler — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:20:46 +0000

My guess would be that it would not affect you at all. But a call to the VA should answer that.

Comment on Obamacare for Dummies: A Simple Explanation for Thinking People. by Richard Husted

Richard Husted — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 23:19:32 +0000

Alan….there is something I can not get an answer to anywhere….I am a Vietnam -era 100% disabled combat veteran as rated by the VA….. I also have federally-funded health insurance for my retirement after many years as a federal law enforcement officer….I currently receive 100% of my medical care from the VA….How will ObamaCare effect me??

Comment on Obamacare for Dummies: A Simple Explanation for Thinking People. by pat

pat — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:44:30 +0000

every doctor I have spoken to about this insurance plan is not very hopefull of a good outcome. some have said that they will retire early, some are looking at working their remaining working years in a hospital group as part time employees, others are looking into a “cash-only” office. they will not bill insurance, medicare nor will they accept medicaid patience. as a retiree – I still pay my insurance premium to be covered under the plan I had for 30 years while working – but if the company decides to cancel all insurance for everyone and pay the “fine” instead (which would be cheaper for them), then I will have no coverage. I truly hope it is as successful as you all say it is going to be – but from all of the info I am getting from medical professionals – it doesnt look that way.