From McGurk:
We have a family friend who is having trouble with her memory. We all suspect Alzheimer's, especially her, since this is the third generation of it in her family. Her GP (or whatever a "family doctor" is now called) made an appointment with a neurologist and I took her today. At the check-in window we found a neat stack of copies of a letter the doctors in the group wanted every patient to take. It read:
To Out Patients:
The new health care legislation passed by Congress gives the US Secretary of Health and Human Services and her appointees the power to establish care guidelines that your doctor must abide by or face penalties and fines. In making doctors answerable to the federal bureaucracy, this bill means that you and your doctor are no longer in charge of your health care decisions.
This new law, in my opinion, destroys the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship, one of the qualities that make the American health care system the best in the world.
In addition to worsening the current doctor shortage, the law will result in major cost increases in all areas of medical care, including insurance premiums, higher taxes, a decline in the development of new medical techniques, especially the development of new drugs, and establishes government panels rationing the availability of health care. Furthermore, studies show the legislation will adversely affect the elderly, the poor and rural residents.
Despite protests by doctors and overwhelming public opposition - up to 60% of Americans opposed this bill - the current party in control of Congress pushed this bill through and is determined now to resist any "repeal and replace" efforts.
Specifically, the new health care legislation will significantly impact your access to care and the manner in which you receive your care. It is estimated that by 2015, a substantial number of neurologists who work in private practice will be forced to close their practices due to increasing economic and regulatory burdens imposed by the government, including cuts in Medicare funding. More and more doctors will be forced to join large multi-specialty groups where patients like you may have limited ability to see your doctor when you need to. Your doctors will become employees, who will be subject to the organization's policies and practices and consequently may not have adequate time to spend with you to best address and manage your health care issues.
Some members of Congress and political candidates are now calling for minor modifications to the law. Once the election is over, however, we believe they will vote with their party bosses against repealing this bill. Please remember when you vote this November that unless the Democratic party receives a strong message, our health care system may never be fixed and the doctor-patient relationship may be ruined forever.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Help From An Old Hollywood Friend
From McGurk:
I have a neighbor we became very friendly with about a year ago. He was a nightclub performer, movie and TV actor, singer, did voice over work and wrote for some big TV shows. He tells me that, even in the 50's and 60's, he was quite alone as a Conservative in Hollywood. I thought I'd pass along this message from T. Howard:
The 2010 mid-term election gives the voter the easiest and clearest choice they have had in years. We all know that one extra Democrat vote gave President Obama a 60 seat majority, allowing him to give us bailouts, take-overs, "healthcare" and whatever he wished.
And so, a vote for any Democrat can give us the continuation of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and the erratic actions of Barack Obama. If you're happy with that group you should vote Democrat.
If you want to end rule by Pelosi, Reid, and stop Obama from his devouring conquest of all-out power you vote Republican. We have seen how the Ol' Boy Democrats deal with bright young Republican women. They know they can't beat the women who will fight against higher taxes and the Democrat build-up of more debt for their children and grand-children and so, they use gutter smear tactics.
They call Christine O'Donnell of Delaware a witch. They call Sharron Angle of Nevada a looney-bird, Jerry Brown and his group call one of the brightest and most successful women in business, Meg Whitman of California, a whore. And now Sarah Palin, mother of five, is receiving death threats. But what you never hear is how Senator Barbara Boxer of California fleeced the postal service of out of $25,000 and is a convicted felon. You only hear smears against her Republican opponent, another bright and successful business woman, Carly Fiorina, who knows how to create jobs. People forget that Jerry Brown was governor seventeen years ago and that he and Barbara Boxer were the start of California's downfall.
We also have seen President Obama show a complete disregard for the Congress of the United States, picking unconfirmed czars and nationalizing business industries by executive order. The only similar actions in this hemisphere have been carried out by communist dictators, Fidel Castro and Cesar Chavez.
It may be your vote that can save this country.
I have a neighbor we became very friendly with about a year ago. He was a nightclub performer, movie and TV actor, singer, did voice over work and wrote for some big TV shows. He tells me that, even in the 50's and 60's, he was quite alone as a Conservative in Hollywood. I thought I'd pass along this message from T. Howard:
The 2010 mid-term election gives the voter the easiest and clearest choice they have had in years. We all know that one extra Democrat vote gave President Obama a 60 seat majority, allowing him to give us bailouts, take-overs, "healthcare" and whatever he wished.
And so, a vote for any Democrat can give us the continuation of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and the erratic actions of Barack Obama. If you're happy with that group you should vote Democrat.
If you want to end rule by Pelosi, Reid, and stop Obama from his devouring conquest of all-out power you vote Republican. We have seen how the Ol' Boy Democrats deal with bright young Republican women. They know they can't beat the women who will fight against higher taxes and the Democrat build-up of more debt for their children and grand-children and so, they use gutter smear tactics.
They call Christine O'Donnell of Delaware a witch. They call Sharron Angle of Nevada a looney-bird, Jerry Brown and his group call one of the brightest and most successful women in business, Meg Whitman of California, a whore. And now Sarah Palin, mother of five, is receiving death threats. But what you never hear is how Senator Barbara Boxer of California fleeced the postal service of out of $25,000 and is a convicted felon. You only hear smears against her Republican opponent, another bright and successful business woman, Carly Fiorina, who knows how to create jobs. People forget that Jerry Brown was governor seventeen years ago and that he and Barbara Boxer were the start of California's downfall.
We also have seen President Obama show a complete disregard for the Congress of the United States, picking unconfirmed czars and nationalizing business industries by executive order. The only similar actions in this hemisphere have been carried out by communist dictators, Fidel Castro and Cesar Chavez.
It may be your vote that can save this country.
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