The Dog and Duck

social medicine?

This came across my in box.

Just in case you haven't seen this analysis... If you write a big enough bill, no one will have the  time to read it. Witness the stimulus package.

 This bill is very scary. I accessed the bill he link below and checked the pages Mr. Fleckman  is citing. No wonder Obama wants it passed fast.   If people read the 1017 pages and realized what
 they were in for, they would be up in arms even  before learning how it's going to be paid for.  Obamacare summarized
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  Peter Fleckman is reading it and has been posting on Twitter his findings.   This is from his postings (Note: All comments  are Fleckman's)  Pg 22 of the HC Bill MANDATES the Govt will audit books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self insure!!
 
 Pg 30 Sec 123 of HC bill - THERE WILL BE A GOVT  COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benes u  get
 
 Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill - YOUR  HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED!!!
 
 Pg 42 of HC Bill - The Health Choices  Commissioner will choose UR HC Benefits 4 you. U  have no choice!
 
 PG 50 Section 152 in HC bill - HC will be provided 2 ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise
 
 Pg 58HC Bill - Govt will have real-time access 2 individuals' finances & a National ID Healthcard
 will be issued!
 
 Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 Govt will have direct access 2 ur banks accts 4 elect. funds transfer
 
 PG 65 Sec 164 is a payoff subsidized plan 4 retirees and their families in Unions & community orgs (ACORN).
 
 Pg 72 Lines 8-14 Govt is creating an HC Exchange 2 bring priv HC plans under Govt control.
 
 PG 84 Sec 203 HC bill - Govt mandates ALL benefit pkgs 4 priv. HC plans in the Exchange
 
 PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt will ration your Healthcare!
 
 PG 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill - Govt mandates linguistic approp svcs. Example - Translation 4
 illegal aliens
 
 Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN & Americorps 2 sign up indiv.
 for Govt HC plan  PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs of Ben Levels 4
 Plans. #AARP members - U Health care WILL b  rationed
 
 -PG 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill - Medicaid Eligible  Indiv. will b automat.enrolled in Medicaid. No
 choice
 
 pg 124 lines 24-25 HC No company can sue GOVT on  price fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt
 Monop
 
 pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill - Doctors/ #AMA - The  Govt will tell YOU what u can make.
 
 Pg 145 Line 15-17 An Employer MUST auto enroll  employees into pub opt plan. NO CHOICE
 
 Pg 126 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay 4 HC 4  part time employees AND their families.
 
 Pg 149 Lines 16-24 ANY Emplyr w payroll 400k &  above who does not prov. pub opt. pays 8% tax on
 all payroll
 
 pg 150 Lines 9-13 Biz w payroll btw 251k & 400k  who doesnt prov. pub. opt pays 2-6% tax on all
 payroll
 
 Pg 167 Lines 18-23 ANY individual who doesnt  have acceptable HC accrdng 2 Govt will be taxed
 2.5% of inc
 
 Pg 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill Any NONRESIDENT Alien  is exempt from indiv. taxes. (Americans will
 pay)
 
 Pg 195 HC Bill -officers & employees of HC Admin  (GOVT) will have access 2 ALL Americans
 finan/pers recs
 
 PG 203 Line 14-15 HC - "The tax imposed under  this section shall not be treated as tax" Yes,
 it says that

 Pg 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill Govt will reduce  physician svcs 4 Medicaid. Seniors, low income,
 poor affected
 
 Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill - Doctors, doesnt matter  what specialty u have, you'll all be paid the
 same
 
 PG 253 Line 10-18 Govt sets value of Dr's time,  prof judg, etc. Literally value of humans.
 
 PG 265 Sec 1131Govt mandates & controls  productivity for private HC industries
 
 PG 268 Sec 1141 Fed Govt regulates rental &  purchase of power driven wheelchairs
 
 PG 272 SEC. 1145. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER  HOSPITALS - Cancer patients - welcome to
 rationing!
 
 Page 280 Sec 1151 The Govt will penalize  hospitals 4 what Govt deems preventable
 readmissions.
 
 Pg 298 Lines 9-11 Drs, treat a patient during  initial admiss that results in a readmiss-Govt
 will penalize u.
 
 Pg 317 L 13-20 OMG!! PROHIBITION on  ownership/investment. Govt tells Drs. what/how
 much they can own.
 
 Pg 317-318 lines 21-25,1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt is mandating hospitals cannot
 expand
 
 pg 321 2-13 Hospitals have oppt to apply for exception BUT community input required. Can u
 say ACORN?!!
 
 Pg335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339 - Govt mandates estab. of outcome based measures. HC the way they want.
 Rationing
 
 Pg 341 Lines 3-9 Govt has authority 2 disqual  Medicare Adv Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing peeps in2
 Govt plan
 
 Pg 354 Sec 1177 - Govt will RESTRICT enrollment  of Special needs ppl! ***. My sis has down
 syndrome!!
 
 Pg 379 Sec 1191 Govt creates more bureaucracy -  Telehealth Advisory Cmtte. Can u say HC by
 phone?
 
 PG 425 Lines 4-12 Govt mandates Advance Care  Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of  life
 
 Pg 425 Lines 17-19 Govt will instruct & consult  regarding living wills, durable powers of atty.  Mandatory!
 
 PG 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 Govt provides  apprvd list of end of life resources, guiding u  in death
 
 PG 427 Lines 15-24 Govt mandates program 4  orders 4 end of life. The Govt has a say in how  ur life ends
 
 Pg 429 Lines 1-9 An "adv. care planning consult"  will b used frequently as patients health  deteriorates
 
 PG 429 Lines 10-12 "adv. care consultation" may  incl an ORDER 4 end of life plans. AN ORDER from  GOV
 
 Pg 429 Lines 13-25 - The govt will specify which  Doctors can write an end of life order.
 
 PG 430 Lines 11-15 The Govt will decide what  level of treatment u will have at end of life
 
 Pg 469 - Community Based Home Medical Services=Non profit orgs. Hello, ACORN Medical  Svcs here!!?
 
 Page 472 Lines 14-17 PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORG. 1 monthly payment 2 a community-based org.  Like ACORN?
 
 PG 489 Sec 1308 The Govt will cover Marriage & Family therapy. Which means they will insert  Govt in2 ur marriage
 
 Pg 494-498 Govt will cover Mental Health Svcs  including defining, creating, rationing those  svcs
 
 Here's the text of the bill (HR 3200):.  http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3200:

quick update

Just a quick update - Dad is doing okay.  He does not have the luekemia that they were screening him for.  He will just have to be monitored.  They still do not know for sure what is going on with him.  For now, please keep Mom and Dad in your thoughts and prayers.

For a look at the tornado that was 10 miles north of us check out Barb's blog.

Have a wonderful weekend. 

Building walls

Have you ever built a retaining wall; for your garden or your driveway?  A wall that you, yourself, painstakingly built, for your own enjoyment or fulfillment?  After all the hard work of building that wall you are proud and protective of that wall.

One of the first steps in building a retaining wall is to dig down deep so that you can lay a firm foundation.  Then you dump in sand that you will pack down firm to withstand time and weather.  It needs to be level before you lay bricks so that things look right and are secure.  Each level of the brick wall needs to have more sand, packed down and leveled, before you add the next level.  It can take days of hard labor for you to build the wall to your satisfaction.  You will always be stepping back to look and make sure that you are making a secure wall.

With a lot of hard work and perseverance, you will complete a fine, sturdy wall.  Over time you may decide that you need to tweak your wall to fit the fashion of the time or your own whim.  You will very carefully chip out a brick here and there, to plant some flowers.  You want to be very careful when removing the brick so that it is not destroyed and can be reused.  You never know when you will need that brick again.  Stack it very gently in the pile behind the garage.

Or maybe you need to add a brick to hold back the ground that has shifted from a stormy spring.  You will need to thoroughly clean around the area and pack it down to make the wall stronger in order to hold back the erosion.  After all, you worked hard on that wall and do not want anything to be able to tear it down piece by piece.  Don’t worry, you stored the extra bricks behind the garage, it will be easy to do.

Have you ever built walls in your personal life that are like the retaining wall?  I am willing to bet the bricks that you have.  It is called self preservation.  You don’t want to be hurt any more than you want the hill behind the house to wash you away.  You build your personal walls more secure than you do your retaining walls.  You constantly reinforce the wall to keep people out.

Retaining walls can be moved or torn down to better improve home protection or beauty.  What needs to be permanent is the foundation that you built the home on.  Sands shift.  Build your home on a rock that will withstand the test of time.  Build your life on a rock, one that is steady and can hold through all the storms that will come your way.

 

 

Father in Heaven, please allow me to build my home on your rock and entrust the keys to you.

Thanks be to God

That is all that I can say.  I have such gratitude in my heart right now and all I can say is, thanks.

Thank you, Lord, for the good mammogram today.  I have been putting this off for a long time because I was afraid.  NJ found something when they did the chest CT in January and today I had the diagnostic mammogram done and all is well.  I cannot begin to say how I feel. 

I know that I am thankful that Cystic fibrosis was ruled out and the GERD is only mild.  Asthma has been ruled out again but it keeps coming into the picture.  I am on a good routine of meds and seemed to be doing well at this time.  NJ will calll next week about the RA bloodwork and xrays.

I am thankful my Mom and Dad are still with us.  I hope that they find some way to help my Dad.  We are waiting for the results of the bone marrow test.  I believe the new word to look up was MGUS.

I am thankful that Lynn and Thomas' baby is growing fine and is due in August.

There is so much to be thankful for. 

Thank you Tim for going with me to NJ and especially today.

Thank you Lord!

Bella and Fleck

Bella

Fleck

Birthday Party

Happy Birthday to Kim, Karen, Becki and Barb.

Happy Birthday!

Man, I am getting old.  And my body tells me so.

I went to lunch with my Mom and Dad at Margarita at Pine Creek.  What a wonderful place and awesome food.  It was very enjoyable.

On a whim I decided to buy myself a birthday present.  I can dream can't I?  I stopped at the Ford dealer to see about a 4WD Explorer.  It sure was little parked next to the Expedition.  I decided I had better not buy that one.  But I did not give up dreaming.

I came home and called USAA about the cost of insurance and a loan. Talk about easy.  I was already preapproved. They talked me through finding what I wanted from their website. I could have purchased a car from their services right then and there.  The dealers will even deliver!

I did send for some information/pricing.  Who knows, maybe someone will offer me a great deal.

After all, it IS my Birthday.

Joe news

It has been a while since I have been to visit with you via the blog.  There have been many happenings around here but for now we will go with  - JOE.

Joe is 20 now.  His birthday was 2 weeks ago.  He has been with his Uncle Curt and Aunt Pam for a while.  Curt rolled an ATV over his body and broke 14 ribs.  Joe had been with Pam to help her and now is there to help them both.  Curt is home, just still hurting.  Joe has been coming home on the weekends to do his bass lessons and other bass stuff.

Saturday took us to Pueblo for him to audition for the music department and for scholarships.  He had receved his acceptance letter last week.  While we were there we found that he could register for his classes and get his student ID. 

It is official!  Joe is off to CSU Pueblo in August.

April snowstorm

There is a new photo album of the snowstorm.  As warm as it was today and is supposed to be all week the snow will be gone quick.  We had more than a foot of snow, maybe two.  It warmed up during the storm and was melting as soon as it landed.  If it had stayed cold there would be a lot more snow out there. 

Who said jump ropes were for sissies?

you have got to check these kids out.  they are 4th, 5th, and 6th graders from around the Cincinnatti area.  this takes place at the naval academy.  the camera person wasn't the best, but you will still see a great show!  enjoy!! 

 

Jumpropes

 

This was sent ot me by my sister.  I thought it was worth sharing!