Who cares what Obama wants?

Just want to jot down a few things and will probably work more on this later....

Lots of talk about one or another socialized medicine bill making its way through congress. Actually, about five or six socialized medicine bills are making their way through congress. One or two of them might actually be more like "reform" than nationalization, but those aren't the ones that are getting all the attention. And the really socialist bills aren't likely to pass. Nobody wants that b.s. except Comrade Osama.

Pazzo Pelosi was on TV for a moment crowing over giving the prez what he wants. So my question is: Who cares what the president wants?

Congress's chief concern should be what the people want. The president is only there to carry out the will of congress. Makes you wonder if any of these clowns in DC ever actually read the Constitution.

So, I repeat: Who cares what the president wants? He's not king. He's a public servant. What he wants isn't any more important than what Joe the Plumber wants or what you or I want. Congress does not exist to act on the whims and fancies of the president -- any president.

Interesting that members of congress themselves are exempt from the provisions of the socialized medicine bills. That's not exactly a statement of strong support. "Here, you underlings, this socialist crap is good enough for you; but we're keeping what we got."

The CBO says that one of the major bills -- one with Pazzo's support -- will not reduce the cost of health care at all, but will increase it. Looking at the history of socialized medicine experiments in the US so far, the CBO is probably understating the problem. Did they just figure that out? At least the CBO is telling the truth.

The Dems are crowing that they've got the nurses on board -- though even Comrade Osama couldn't remember the name of the nurses' organization, which should be quite an insult to them. And now the AMA put out a news release to show support.

I wonder about the AMA. They were against anything that might threaten their incomes. These proposed bills surely do threaten their incomes. At least one of them establishes a government-run program, and as one commentator on Fox Nightly News noted, the government competes with private industry the same way an alligator competes with a duck, that is, the government will eat private insurers.

And when the government is dictating every aspect of health care, does the AMA honestly think that the doctors they represent won't be getting significant cuts in what the government will pay them? Medicare/Medicaid already underpays -- they don't pay even cost, which is one reason private insurance is overcharged to make up the difference.

As Cato Institute noted in its paper comparing health care programs among different countries, in Germany, doctors make approximately 20% of what US doctors make. I figure that to mean that German doctors make about $30,000 to $40,000 per year.

In the US, that's pretty close to the poverty line for a family.

In the US, that wouldn't pay doctors' malpractice insurance. And the Comrade does not want to put any limits frivolous malpractice suits. On the other hand, with the government running health care, there wouldn't be any malpractice suits. You can't sue the government.

Think about that, all you recipients of large punitive damages. This also won't tend to maintain high standards for medical practice. The doctors will be able to claim, "I was just following orders."

I suppose Comrade Osama or one of his minions has promised the AMA that its doctors will be allowed to survive.... but when the federal government has a monopoly on health insurance, does anyone with a brain imagine that the federal government will live up to that promise? Has the federal government lived up to ANY of its promises lately?

Curious, too, that endorsement from the AMA wasn't signed by the same person who signed the earlier statement that failed to support Osama's program when he spoke to the AMA. I just wonder about that. I mean, did the president/chairman of the AMA go on vacation, so a v.p. takes over communications and retracts the AMA's previous stand, or what? It just looks funny, that's all.