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Comment on: The Cold Warrior

The Market, The Polls & Ayn Rand

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One more time

I am putting this on numerous blogs to get the word out. Yours supports the theme:
People need an education about the ramifications of much of Obama's agenda. His health care plan is the conception of socialism in American society. These blind followers in unions do not realize that his proposal passively diminishes their collective bargaining. As BO said everyone that "doesn't like their plan can join the same plan that Senator McCain and I enjoy".
Problems:
1. We taxpayers foot the bill for that one.
2. Health insurance is a free enterprise, the US has 2 national plans Medicare and the Veteran's Administration.
3. His proposal will devastate health insurance companies.
4. As proposed, employers will be encouraged to offer substandard health plans so that employees will opt for the government plan. This is simple business economics.
5. This reduces the labor unions bargaining clout for health benefits, which is always a point of negotiation.
6. The plan infringes on state's rights, since each state legislates their insurance.
7. Health care insurers are both nonprofit and proprietary. Proprietary plans are public entities with stockholders their loss will once again effect the economy. Nonprofits are the generators of health insurance.
8. The financial debacle will impact the economy and employment.
9. It creates a further disparity in healthcare for Medicare and Medicaid recipients.
10. The Council on Medical Education (2003) noted a 54% decline in primary care practice and a similar one in internal medicine. This decreases availability of providers. There will be quantity, not quality.
10. This plan will create astronomical financial and tax burdens for his precious middle class (us).

AND as an FYI,
BO did not come up with the electronic medical record (EMR). It was incorporated into the Medication Error Reduction Act (MERA) in 2001 by a republican congress.

Ayn Rand, Genius

Great post! Really! Why work? Madame Speaker Botox has plans to dole out another stimulus package, increase unemployment to 26 weeks and provide more food stamps. The banks are to be globalized and we will all be citizens of the world! Barack Hussein Obama will continue his relentless campaign to conquer us all -- and not in a good way!