The HC Monstrosity-All 1,018 Pages

07-22-09 • Common Sense From a Common Man

Page by page summary of the problems with the Health Care Reform Bill, from someone who has actually read it.

Oh Bummer

07-23-2009 • Buffalohair Gazette International

Anticipating clarity and substance I gathered with elders to listen to Barack Obama’s pitch for National Healthcare. Quietly I sat as Obama made his much hyped oratory to the American people when an elderly gentleman said; “When is he going to become president?” The room filled with octogenarians burst into laughter. The dialogue then turned from healthcare to a field of jabs and criticisms about the president and his constant use of double talk and fear to move his agenda. Then another senior citizen said flatly; “He’s just another liar” Being the youngster in the group I sat quietly as this group of seniors outlined a few key points in this much touted speech. What they said was quite remarkable since this group of people were staunch supporters of Obama, in the beginning. Their main concern was wondering what Obama’s ulterior motivation was for nationalized healthcare in the first place. They found it off point for the president to blame George W. Bush for the economy and were su

2009 Flu Prevention PSA Video Contest Sponsored by US Government

07-19-2009 • US Government

I know the great readers of FP can deliver some excellent 30-second video clip entries depicting the real dangers of the upcoming engineered flu pandemic.  Be sure to follow all of the rules.  Let's see them!

It's Good For Your Health?

7/16/09 • LibertyCast Network

As Americans die in the streets, our heroic Congress has decided to bring together a massive Health Care bill to stop any further carnage. They are so proficient in fact, they are likely to pass the first draft of the bill without reading the entire thing, as its length pushes one thousand pages, and its language is well lets say “cryptic”; Which again is understandable, considering the citizens are probably listening. Luckily our fearless leader has spearheaded the effort, performing a side show out of an ABC circus tent(Any similarities to real events are strictly coincidental). Congress has balls. They are rinsing and repeating a technique they used late last year to pass the big “Tarp” bill and now, likely will do the same for the health care legislation. And as we saw with the “bail out” no matter how much of an outcry from the constituents, the “representatives” will likely “forget” to check their voice mail.

Government Creates Human Suffering

07-16-2009 • LewRockwell.com

 Mandating benefits to employees imposes costs on employment. The would-be worker bears the cost. It makes the worker more expensive to hire.

The Unholy Marriage to American Health Care

07-15-2009 • http://www.thenhf.com/articles/articles_932/articl

It appears people have married the healthcare system in this country. Americans are either unconvinced or unwilling to acknowledge that our healthcare system is corrupt, under-serving, unmanageable and outright dangerous.. (By way of example, we are reducing our cholesterol with statin drugs and bombarding our immune systems with live viruses, debris and other neurotoxins annually to prevent influenza.) In other words, the majority of us have taken some sort of sacred oath to continue to adhere to the ludicrous practices we currently call health care (such as reducing our cholesterol with statin drugs and bombarding our immune systems with live viruses, debris and other neurotoxins annually to prevent influenza) “for better or for worse until death do us part.” As a consequence, a large number of us are fulfilling those vows. A very large number of us are dying at the hands of our own healthcare system!

When I left the pharmaceutical industry in 2000 to enter

Statist health care, by the numbers

07-07-2009 • hotair.com

A look at the grim reality behind socialized medicine.

World Health Organization Says Swine flu ‘unstoppable,’ all countries will need vaccine

07-13-2009 • National Post

All countries will need access to vaccines against swine flu as the pandemic is “unstoppable,” a senior World Health Organization official said Monday.(TODAY)

Lessons from the Horsemiddle

07-12-2009 • Mark Yannone

The anatomy of a health care crisis.

Call for Mandatory Swine Flu Vaccine Likely to Come This Week

07-12-2009 • Reuters

WHO will probably hold a media briefing on Monday to issue guidance about the need for a H1N1 influenza jab, a WHO spokeswoman said on Friday.Once WHO declares a Pandemic or international health emergency, WHO has the authority to order forced vaccinations around the world.

Florida prepares for huge swine flu shot program

07-11-2009 • Miami Herald

Florida’s surgeon general says the state is preparing for massive swine flu immunizations, starting with schoolchildren, as the Obama administration urges states to prepare for the likelihood that the virus might worsen in the fall.  

Swine flu shots at school: Bracing for fall return

07-09-2009 • AP

U.S. swine flu vaccinations could begin in October with children among the first in line — at their local schools — the Obama administration said as the president and his Cabinet urged states to figure out now how they'll tackle the virus' all-but-certain resurgence.

Invasion of Obama Medical Privacy Snatchers

07-08-2009 • Just a Girl in Short Shorts

A class action lawsuit has been filed challenging the constitutionality and legality of provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , which in conjunction with the HIPAA privacy provisions, have given the federal government virtually unlimited discretionary power to examine our personal medical records.

WHO warns swine flu ‘unstoppable

07-03-2009 • BBC

The UN’s top health official has opened a forum in Mexico on combating swine flu by saying that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable.

Health Insurance Industry v. Health Care Reform: Former Insurance Industry Insider Tells All

06/25/2009 • By WENDELL POTTER, Counterpunch.org

I'm the former insurance industry insider now speaking out about how big for-profit insurers have hijacked our health care system and turned it into a giant ATM for Wall Street investors, and how the industry is using its massive wealth and influence to determine what is (and is not) included in the health care reform legislation members of Congress are now writing. Although by most measures I had a great career in the insurance industry (four years at Humana and nearly 15 at CIGNA), in recent years I had grown increasingly uncomfortable serving as one of the industry's top PR executives. In addition to my responsibilities at CIGNA, which included serving as the company's chief spokesman to the media on all corporate and financial matters, I also served on a lot of trade association committees and industry-financed coalitions, many of which were essentially front groups for insurers. So I was in a unique position to see not only how Wall Street analysts and investors influe

Sign the Petition Against Mandatory Vaccines

06-26-2009 • Vaccine Resistance Movement

We the undersigned, as Freemen & Freewomen, do not recognize the authority of The World Health Organization (WHO) to mandate general forced vaccinations. Any attempted violation of this trust must be construed as a breach of said basic right. ...

Did Obama Say We Should Kill the Old Folks to Save Money Last Night?

06252009 • publius forum

Originally, he said it was “healthcare for all,” but as of Wednesday night, it seems he’s “evolved” to say that only those worth the bother should get healthcare. The rest should be left to died and/or suffer. If he does any more “evolving” we’ll all be finding just who is “worth” what as far as he and his Democrats are concerned. Somehow I’d guess that many of you reading this today won’t quite be worth as much as certain others!

Disease prevention often costs more than it saves

06-25-2009 • AP

The truth is, shockingly few prevention efforts actually save the health care system money overall, despite claims by the president and some in Congress.

Discussing daily aspirin use with people at risk of heart disease does save money. So do vaccinations for children. When doctors talk to smokers and offer medication to help them quit, that, too, saves money.

But those are the exceptions.

Public health plan could save money faster: policy group

06-24-2009 • Reuters

[Because Medicare has been so cheap] A nationwide health insurance exchange that includes a Medicare-like government option could save $1.8 trillion more than if only private plans are offered, a prominent private U.S. health policy group said.

Canada’s Swine Flu Vaccination Plan

06-23-2009 • The Windsor Star

Five-to-40-year-olds and Canada’s aboriginal communities should be the first to get vaccinated against human swine flu, experts say as Canadian officials decide who gets priority for the flu shots. 

Many Americans already receive Obamacare

06-22-2009 • AP

92 veterans were given incorrect radiation doses in a common surgical procedure to treat prostate cancer during a 6-year period at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia. The hospital team that performed the procedure botched it on 92 of 116 occasions and continued the treatment for a year even though monitoring equipment was broken

Is Government Health Care Constitutional?

6/22/09 • online.wsj.com

The right to privacy conflicts with rationing and regulation. Is a government-dominated health-care system unconstitutional? A strong case can be made for that proposition, based on the same "right to privacy" that underlies such landmark Supreme Court decisions as Roe v. Wade....

Everything is ‘For Sale’ in America

06-20-2009 • Vicky Davis

For the last two years, I’ve sounded the alarm at every opportunity telling you that the “reforms” that were planned for the health care system included using the American population for medical research.  

Baxter Expects to Deliver A/H1N1 Vaccine to WHO by July

06-19-2009 • Pharmabiz

If you trust a company that was caught red-handed shipping out vaccines containing live avian flu virus enough to take their swine flu vaccine, then good luck to you. We’ll be politely declining. 

National Healthcare Plans Would Kick Seniors to Curb

6/10/09 • Newsmax

Here is what this “efficiency” would mean in stark terms: severely restricting healthcare services to our elderly, and the severely and terminally ill. “Efficiency” here means providing services to millions of young and healthy, who do not need much of it, and cutting healthcare to seniors and the severely ill who “statistically do not have as much to lose by not getting good healthcare.” ....