Comments on: New Health Care Deadline: September 15 http://donklephant.com/2009/08/02/new-health-care-deadline-september-15/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris http://donklephant.com/2009/08/02/new-health-care-deadline-september-15/comment-page-1/#comment-529759 Chris Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:17:21 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=15995#comment-529759 MW the hope is that they won't be any worse. Private health care can only get worse from here on out, so there's honestly not a huge risk here. MW the hope is that they won’t be any worse. Private health care can only get worse from here on out, so there’s honestly not a huge risk here.

]]> By: mw http://donklephant.com/2009/08/02/new-health-care-deadline-september-15/comment-page-1/#comment-529754 mw Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:06:18 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=15995#comment-529754 Oh.. I wouldn't call it an argument. I'd call it an illustrative observation. What isn't clear in all of this, is why the proponents of government rationing (like Jim and Justin) think they will do it any better than insurance companies, or the NIH? Oh.. I wouldn’t call it an argument. I’d call it an illustrative observation.

What isn’t clear in all of this, is why the proponents of government rationing (like Jim and Justin) think they will do it any better than insurance companies, or the NIH?

]]> By: Jim S http://donklephant.com/2009/08/02/new-health-care-deadline-september-15/comment-page-1/#comment-529752 Jim S Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:15:16 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=15995#comment-529752 Unfortunately for mw's attempt at argument the point is that rationing is already taking place on the part of the insurance companies' solely on the basis of cost and cutting the right kind of deals with the right corporation to maximize their profits. They have little to do with what is best for patients. Unfortunately for mw’s attempt at argument the point is that rationing is already taking place on the part of the insurance companies’ solely on the basis of cost and cutting the right kind of deals with the right corporation to maximize their profits. They have little to do with what is best for patients.

]]> By: mw http://donklephant.com/2009/08/02/new-health-care-deadline-september-15/comment-page-1/#comment-529604 mw Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:40:06 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=15995#comment-529604 Whew. That's a relief knowing that the Feds will never ration Health Care once they rip the decision making authority away from those nasty insurance companies. Along these lines, Michael Moore's favorite health care model in the U.K. has decided to <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5955840/Patients-forced-to-live-in-agony-after-NHS-refuses-to-pay-for-painkilling-injections.html" rel="nofollow">ration pain-killing injections to old people and hot naked young women</a> (this last inferred from the article photo): <blockquote>"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. Specialists fear tens of thousands of people, mainly the elderly and frail, will be left to suffer excruciating levels of pain or pay as much as £500 each for private treatment."</blockquote> Of course, we should not worry about that happening here, because Barry told us it won't, and his promises can be trusted. In other news, the <a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/08/geithner-wont-rule-out-new-taxes-for-middle-class.html" rel="nofollow">administration is sending up trial balloons</a> for the inevitable breaking of Obama's campaign promise to not increase taxes on the middle class. Whew. That’s a relief knowing that the Feds will never ration Health Care once they rip the decision making authority away from those nasty insurance companies. Along these lines, Michael Moore’s favorite health care model in the U.K. has decided to ration pain-killing injections to old people and hot naked young women (this last inferred from the article photo):

“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. Specialists fear tens of thousands of people, mainly the elderly and frail, will be left to suffer excruciating levels of pain or pay as much as £500 each for private treatment.”

Of course, we should not worry about that happening here, because Barry told us it won’t, and his promises can be trusted. In other news, the administration is sending up trial balloons for the inevitable breaking of Obama’s campaign promise to not increase taxes on the middle class.

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