President Obama looks to implement Canada's failing health care plan

The Government intrusion into the health care industry with a public option is a dangerous slope many do not fully realize. Take a look at the current entitlement programs – SSN, Medicare, Medicaid, and Veteran’s – as evidence that our national government cannot manage. There is no argument that health care industry costs are a contributing factor to our current and future economic condition. Trouble arises when President Obama pushes a public option that will lead to a single payer option. The one group standing in the way is the American Medical Association (AMA) since doctors are not mandated to take insurance for payment of services rendered.

President Obama will be meeting with the AMA today in Chicago to pitch his health care plan. John McCormick and Bruce Japsen report that,”AMA leaders said they are opposed to a government-funded option if it were to expand the Medicare health insurance program for the elderly to those under age 65, saying it would compound a ‘broken system’ doctors complain has reduced physician payments and is outdated in how it operates” in the Chicago Tribune. The “broken system” will get worse with a public plan as it will lead to a single payer plan run by the government.

The only way to get the public plan off the ground is if the national government mandates that the AMA must take the insurance. Mandating the public plan will start a trend with businesses dropping health care insurance from their benefits packages. With a public option there would be no financial benefit to a company to offer health care insurance.

Having a public option will create bigger government as they intrude into your choice of diet, exercise, and other personal choices one may want to make. All of this leads to government rationing of health care. David Gratzer, who is born and raised in Canada, warns us that, “I once believed that government health care is compassionate and equitable. It is neither” in his article Canada’s ObamaCare Precedent. David Gratzer goes on to share an example of “single payer” breakdown:

"The problems were brought home when a relative had
difficulty walking. He was in chronic pain. His doctor suggested a
referral to a neurologist; an MRI would be need to be done, then
possibly a referral to another specialist. The wait would have stretched
to roughly a year. If surgery was needed, the wait would be months more. Not wanting to stay confined to his house, he had the surgery done in the U. S., at the Mayo clinic, and paid for it himself.”

Thankfully Mr. Gratzer’s relative had the means to pay for his surgery but the people that President Obama is wanting to cover under the health care plan are those who could not have done what Mr. Gratzer’s relative did. The Canadian government is seeing private insurance groups gaining traction as an option to the government run program. Why cannot American lawmakers not learn from the situation in Canada that appears to be moving away from a single payer to a more capitalistic model?
Public engagement in setting priorities in health care is an article written by Rebecca Bruni, Andreas Laupacis, and Douglas Martin published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that discusses the amount of engagement with the public when setting priorities in health care. The summation of reality is “although we believe that the case for more public involvement is setting health care priorities is compelling, little high-quality evidence exists to support that assertion.” Who is going to determine the establishment of health care priorities in America?

With Congress’s main goal, not per the US Constitution, is to get re-elected, will only create more delays in an American version of public health care option. California has the largest group in Washington and struggles right now with their current budget. With a public option of health care, the Congressional regime from California can make decisions on priorities that will be the best interest of Californians which may or may not be in the best interest of the rest of America.

I have previously laid out a brief outline of a health care alternative. The first step to reform is to expand the options everyone has. The expansion of options does not include a creation of a public option run by the government; rather to expand flex accounts, establish medical saving plans, and allow someone from Minnesota to purchase health insurance from an insurer in Arizona. Competition will drive down costs and that is partly what the President is saying with his public option too.

Homosexuals beware

The Star Tribune conducted a poll of Minnesotans about same-sex marriage. According to the poll, published in May 1, 2009 Metro section, a “slight” shift is taking place in regards to same-sex marriage. Many states, most recently Iowa, have rewritten law to allow same-sex marriage. The topic of same-sex marriage is a lightning rod and a polarizing conversation. Although homosexuals are celebrate every state that passes law allowing same-sex marriage; homosexuals need to be leery of “progress”.

President Obama’s Stimulus Bill earmarked money to assist in making all medical records electronic. Another goal of President Obama is universal health care. On the surface these two items appear to be mutually exclusive and harmless. As medical records become electronic it will make it easier create a national medical record system. The guise of creating a national data bank for medical records will be for the ease of sharing client files.

Don’t be fooled. The push for electronic files, national databank, and universal healthcare are all signs of increase intrusion into our personnel lives. One may be asking themselves how this adheres itself to same-sex marriage.

Back in 1993 the journal Science Dean Hamer, PhD, reported the discovery of a “gay gene”. In an article posted on WebMD Health News(Jan. 28, 2005), Brian Mustanski, PhD at University of Illinois, stated, “It builds on previous studies that have consistently found evidence of genetic influence on sexual orientation, but our study is the first to look at exactly where those genes are located.” Dr. Mustaski is referencing a study done to compare chromosome of both parents to help identify DNA that supports the existence of the “gay gene”.

Now if a “gay gene” does exist and the government establishes the national databank of medical files and universal healthcare, how soon will a test be created to discover if the unborn fetus contains the gene? I typically am not a conspiracy theorist but I am a big picture thinker. Looking at all the small pieces that are being put in place, homosexuals need to be aware of the consequences of what they seek.

Now, I am not saying that if you decide to live your life with a member of the same-sex that it is right or wrong. I am merely putting all homosexuals on notice. As I have stated in a previous blog post, the government should not be in the business of marriage. As more states allow same-sex marriage only furthers the government’s ability to track, record, and identify homosexuals.

Combine the same-sex marriage license data, national medical database, universal healthcare, and the identification of a “gay gene” and we have a recipe for genetic manipulation to eradicate the United States of homosexuals. It is time for homosexuals to stand behind the flag of smaller government and demand a shift from marriage licenses to certification of civil unions.

Teleprompter please close the borders

This morning on the Today Show, Vice President Joe Biden responded to Matt Lauer question of “if a member of your family came to you said look I want to go on a commercial airliner to Mexico and back in the week, would that be a good idea?”, “I would tell members of my family and I have. I wouldn’t go anywhere in confine places now. It’s not that is going to Mexico. It you are in a confined aircraft when one person sneezes it goes through the entire aircraft. That’s me. I would not be at this point, if they have another way of transportation, suggesting they ride the subway. So, from my perspective what it relates to mitigation.”

Now Vice President Biden’s office has come back with a statement qualifying his statement as “if they were sick”. Really! The President last night said that closing the borders right now is not an option and equated to closing a barn door after the horse as already gotten out. WOW!!! No one knows how this Swine Flu will mutate or how we can combat it outside of staying out of confined places.

The Vice President needs to understand that his words carry weight. By telling the American public on the Today show that he’d tell his own family to not ride the subway or an airplane can have the same affect on the transportation industry as the label swine flu has had on pork futures. The airline industry is already struggling; the Vice President needs to choose his words more carefully.

Why not close the boarders. MSNBC just had a map of the United States up showing reported cases of the Swine Flu. Every state boarding Mexico had at least one confirmed case. Until the CDC, WHO, and Homeland Security office has a handle on the Swine Flu, doesn’t it make sense to ban all travel to and from Mexico and the United States?

I agree that the Swine Flu is already within our borders but it can still mutate. It is the mutation aspect that closing the borders will protect the citizens of the United States. Whispers online and in the media are hinting toward the notion that Universal HealthCare, had it been established, would have enabled the United States to be ahead of the Swine Flu. Really? Doesn’t Mexico have state run healthcare and look how well it has worked there.

It is time for the teleprompter to say, “We are banning all transportation between the United States and Mexico until we have a better understanding of strain of swine flu.” With the summer approaching and the annual plight of immigrant workers reaches further into the United States, the teleprompter needs to speak.