by: AJA BROOKS, OFFICIAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM VOLUNTEER FOR THE BLACK RIBBON OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN AGAINST MEDIA BIAS AND GA LOBBYIST FOR "LIFE AND LIBERTY"
Brokaw asks David Brooks "Is health care the apocalypse for Obama?"
David Brooks: disagrees on the cost issues of health care.
Brokaw asks: What about our policy on Israel?
(Personally, I think what Israel does is their own business. If they want to expand 1600 settlements when they've been fighting over 4ft. of space for years with the Palestinians, who are we to tell them that this is not wise, and maybe at this time especially? If Israel builds now, without working through peace negotiations thinking that they're exchanging this as a barter between us and them for their support against Iran, I just see more demolished buildings and more of the same struggles that they've had for years.)
(Needless to say, since Christmas, we haven't really in all earnest seriousness discussed even our own security policies with any degree of urgency, and the guy who had the explosive underwear has now been put on the back burner to simmer.... how quickly within less than 3 months we forget the peril of our nation when we're not the ones counting the bombs (God rest your soul, Aunesto J. Quilop) and keeping time in the desert or mountains away from home.)
Friedman: he responds to this on Israel, saying that Israel is driving drunk, and instead that Israel should lift their glass to Obama to concede on not doing it, in saying "This Bud's for you !!" (I'm thinking that Friedman just knocked down Juan Williams' spot to #2, and that Friedman is now Obama's #1 Fluffer!!)
(AS JEFF FOXWORTHY WOULD SAY: FRIEDMAN, HERE'S YER SIGN !!)
and I say:
David Brooks: then says that people want the issues to be 180 degrees to the right or left, and that Obama is only 30 degrees to the left....
(To David Brooks, I wonder where you've been when we've needed you on really pushing the dire issues of the cost of this legislation, but to at least retain some of the moral integrity as a journalist that I've come to expect from you, and when he said that Obama is only 30 degrees to the left, I thought:)
AND THEN FRIEDMAN SAYS THAT THIS IS "THE GREATEST SHOW IN THE WORLD!!!" EVERYTHING WE DO IN AMERICA, THE WHOLE WORLD WATCHES AND IT SETS THE TONE EVERYWHERE ELSE...
(I HAVE TO DISAGREE... "IN LIVING COLOR" WAS THE BEST SHOW ON EARTH, NOT THIS RECYCLED, REPEATED POP-UP NEWS OF THE MEDIA CIRCUS.... YOU KNOW, A SHOW THAT CHALLENGED EVERYONE'S STEREOTYPES, AND MADE US LAUGH AT A TIME WHEN LOS ANGELES WAS BURNING TO THE GROUND, AT LEAST LONG ENOUGH TO NOT GO OUT AND JOIN THEM....)
SO WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IS WATCHING BASKETBALL NOWADAYS, GOING OUT FOR THE WEEKEND, OR LOOKING FOR A JOB LIKE THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ONE FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, IT SEEMS THAT SOME OF US JUST CAN'T GET CERTAIN THINGS OFF THEIR MIND....
WHY SHOULD WHAT OBAMA SHOULDN'T BE DOING WITH HEALTH CARE ANYWAY MAKE SUCH A DIFFERENCE, AS TO HOLD UP THE ENTIRE PRIVATE INSURANCE MARKET??!! I DON'T REALLY SEE WHY THIS FUNNY LITTLE MAN WITH A DARK TAN (WHO'S STILL NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SITTING THERE ANYWAY) HAS THIS MUCH SWAY OVER SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE POWER OF OUR CONGRESS,
WHO IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT US, WHEN IT COMES TO SUCH MATTERS AS A TIMELY INSURANCE RESPONSE....
JAKE TAPPER: OPENS IT UP ON HEALTH CARE
AXELROD: LOBBYISTS ARE DESCENDING LIKE LOCUSTS ON WA TO SAY "NO" TO HEALTH CARE !! SPIN-SPIN-SPIN
(JOHN OXENDINE IS SUPPOSED TO HANDLE THIS IN OUR STATE OF GA, BUT ACCORDING TO HIS TASTE FOR LAVISH GIFTS AND HUNTING TRIPS, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO "EXPEDITE" A COMPLAINT AGAINST BLUE CROSS&BLUE SHIELD, AS IT HAS NOW BEEN 62 DAYS SINCE I FILED MY APPEAL AND HAVE HEARD NOTHING BACK FROM THEM.)
PLUS, IF I ASKED OXENDINE NOW TO HELP ME FILE THIS, HE'S RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR, SO HE PROBABLY DOESN'T HAVE TIME FOR SOME OUTSPOKEN, PENNY-PINCHING LOBBYIST LIKE MYSELF. AND WITH THAT, I WILL HAVE TO SAY THAT I STILL HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD SINCE FILING AN APPEAL ON MY HEALTH INSURANCE APPLICATION ON 1-12-2010, THOUGH I'VE BEEN IN GOOD HEALTH FOR 5 YEARS NOW, AND I'M NOT EVEN 30 JUST YET...
HAS ANYONE ELSE BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH PEOPLE NOT DOING THEIR JOB, BUT STILL GETTING PAID TO DO NOTHING???
SENATOR GRAHAM GIVES THE BEST REPUBLICAN TIRADE THAT I'VE EVER SEEN AGAINST THE HEALTH CARE BILL, HE ACCUSES DEMS OF POISONING THE WELL WITH THE WAY THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS WRITTEN. HE SAYS THAT HE'S DISGUSTED TRYING TO WORK WITH DEMS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS, BECAUSE THEY COMPLETELY TWIST THE FACTS ABOUT HEALTH CARE AND WHAT'S BEEN IN THE PRESS ABOUT THE MA ELECTION, WHEN THE PEOPLE OF MA ALREADY HAD A PROGRAM LIKE THAT FOR THEIR STATE, AND THEY DON'T WANT IT AND DON'T LIKE IT!!
HE'S TIRED OF HEARING OBAMA PUT STUFF OFF ON MCCAIN, SAYING THAT THE ELECTION IS OVER, WHEN OBAMA IS THE ONE STILL CAMPAIGNING FOR HEALTH CARE, AND HE'S COMPLETELY IGNORED LEGISLATION ON IMMIGRATION. HE CHALLENGES OBAMA TO COME UP WITH SOME POLICY, AND HE'LL READ IT, AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE IT, BUT HE'S AS TIRED AS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE WITH ALL THIS CRAP AND NO LEADERSHIP OR BIPARTISANSHIP!!
JAKE TAPPER OPENS UP THE ROUND TABLE ON THE QUOTE OF OBAMA'S "JOB PIVOT" THAT NEVER WAS.....
HAS ANYONE SEEN OBAMA FOCUS ON JOBS AFTER THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS?? I MEAN, NOT THAT HE FOCUSED ON JOBS PRIOR TO GETTING ELECTED, AS HE WAS TOO BUSY CHEATING TO WIN, NOR DID HE FOCUS ON JOB CREATION THE PAST YEAR OR SO,
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ISSUE A CHALLENGE TO EVERYONE ABOUT JOBS AND BUSINESS....
MY NEXT ASPIRATION IS TO OPEN MY OWN SHOP FOR VITAMINS AND NATURAL REMEDIES TO GIVE GNC SOME COMPETITION, AND TO HOLD WELLNESS CLASSES TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR BODIES AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS. I'VE ALREADY HAD MY OWN ART BUSINESS, BUT WITH THE ECONOMY SO BAD, I CAN'T JUSTIFY SPENDING $40 PER MONTH TO POST MY ART ON EBAY WHEN PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BUY IT. I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS AMERICANS TO PROTECT OUR HEALTH AND OUR FUTURE, AND I'M SORRY THAT OBAMA ISN'T REALLY SETTING THE EXAMPLE WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS.....
WHEN YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF MENTALITY, IT IS HARD TO REASON WITH OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS ON THE COST OF THIS LEGISLATION, BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, SIN IS EXPENSIVE!! I MAY NOT SIT WHERE MCCAIN ACTUALLY SITS, BUT I KNOW EXACTLY HOW HE FEELS, AS DO MORE THAN 60% OF AMERICANS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION....
WILL: WE'VE BEEN WASTING IN HEALTH CARE MONOMANIA FOR A YEAR NOW, CONGRESS WANTS THE VOTE OVER BY 3-26-2010, AS THERE WILL BE A BREAK WHERE THEY'D HAVE TO GO FACE THEIR CONSTITUENTS WHICH WAS QUITE UNPLEASANT LAST YEAR...
MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE PROTESTS OF PEOPLE AT THE GA CAPITOL, PROTESTING THE TAX HIKES ON CIGARETTES, AS IT HAD A REVIVAL THIS YEAR IN 2010, TO PASS ON THE COST OF POOR CHOICES OR TO "PASS THE BUCK" BACK TO THE CIGARETTE SMOKERS, RAISING TAXES $1 A PACK... I MEAN, WHY SHOULD WE PAY HIGHER TAXES FOR FOOD WHEN CIGARETTES ARE A LUXURY ITEM???
Tobacco Tax as Alternative to Grocery Tax... Savannah Morning News A proposal in the Georgia House to bring back state sales taxes on groceries is a terrible idea. GEORGIA CONSUMERS still can't buy beer at the grocery store on Sunday. But if some state lawmakers get their way, shoppers will start paying state sales taxes on all their food purchases seven days a week. This week, the Georgia House may vote on a bill to reinstate the 4-percent grocery tax, which was eliminated in 1996 at the urging of then-Gov. Zell Miller. We encourage local lawmakers to vote "no." Taxing people to feed their families during an economic downturn is the height of arrogance and irresponsibility. A spokesman for House Speaker Glenn Richardson said the leadership isn't going to block debate on HB 67, which quietly slipped through the House Ways and Means committee late last Thursday and got very little public attention. It's no wonder why leaders hope no one noticed - it's a flawed bill. State Rep. Chuck Sims, R-Ambrose, who's the vice chairman of Ways and Means, wants to start taxing groceries to boost revenue flow into the state's coffers, which have been hit hard by the economy. Under the plan headed for a vote, shoppers would pay the new tax in the checkout line in January. But at the end of that year, Georgia shoppers could claim that additional expense as a credit on their state income taxes. Out-of-state shoppers couldn't. Theoretically, Mr. Sims sees this as a wash for Georgians. They'd get their money back from Atlanta. But why send it to the state in the first place? It would trigger a paperwork nightmare. How many Georgians are going to save each and every supermarket receipt so they can honestly and accurately claim a tax credit? It would create another pain that many struggling families don't need. Some would probably eat the cost, leaving them less money to buy food. Even a standardized credit, which would eliminate the need to keep receipts, would be unfair. Some Georgians would still end up paying more than they would get back. Some would pay less and get back more. Supporters seem to think that they could collect as much as $250 million from out-of-state grocery shoppers. Really? Do that many non-residents buy their groceries here? Savannah's tourists are more interested in seeing historic homes and the riverfront, not the buy one, get one free deals at the supermarket. If lawmakers want to replace lost sales tax revenue, there's a quick and easy way to do it: Hike the cigarette tax. State Rep. Ron Stephens, R-Savannah, and others want to add a buck to the price of each pack of smokes, which they say would raise about $300 million. Better yet, it would give people another reason to quit and help lower health-care costs. Zell got it right in 1996. Ring up the plan to reinstate grocery taxes as a "no sale."
OH AND ANOTHER THING ON THE HEALTH CARE BILL, THE BIGGEST OBJECTIONS ARE STILL BEING DEBATED, NO MATTER THAT THE BILLS ARE PASSED - BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT'S WORTH FUNDING AND WHAT'S NOT. THE PROBLEM IS, IF YOU DON'T EMAIL CONGRESS AND TELL THEM WHAT WE WILL APPROPRIATE FOR AND WHAT WE WON'T, YOU'RE PUTTING THEM INTO THE SADDLE TO RIDE AWAY WITH YOUR TAX DOLLARS:
THIS WILL BE THE NEW TOTEM POLE, PERMITTING THE GOVERNMENT TO CRAP ON YOU, AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE OF ANYTHING, SO NOW THINK WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOUR HEALTH UNDER THEIR NEW MANUFACTURED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM:
INSTEAD OF COMPETITION, I SEE SLIM-TO-NONE. WITHOUT STRIKING THE MANDATE CLAUSE IN H.R. 1200, PRIVATE INSURERS WILL GO OUT OF BUSINESS. EMPLOYMENT TAXES WILL GO UP, AND EMPLOYERS WILL HAVE TO PAY HIGHER TAXES FOR THIS PROGRAM, EVEN IF THEIR EMPLOYEES ALREADY HAVE INSURANCE!! THIS IS LEADING TO DOUBLE-DIPPING OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. ALSO, THIS MANDATE IS SO DESTRUCTIVE TO THE SUCCESS OF WHAT H.R. 3590 IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH REFORM MEASURES, THAT IF YOUR STATE HAS APPROPRIATED FOR HEALTH CARE, THEN HALF OF THE DEFICIT FOR YOUR STATE UNDER THESE BILLS MEANS THAT PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLINICS WILL BE GETTING $40 MILLION PER MONTH TO OPERATE WITH, WHICH IS $480 MILLION PER YEAR, SO HALF OF THE MONEY THAT IS INCLUDED FOR YOUR STATE'S BUDGET WILL BE SPENT ON ABORTION --- NOT ACTUAL HEALTH CARE!!
IF WE DO NOT STOP THE ABORTION LANGUAGE IN THESE BILLS, OR IF WE DO NOT APPROVE THE STUPAK AMENDMENT, $1 PER PERSON, PER MONTH WILL BE PUT INTO AN ABORTION POOL, WHICH WILL GENERATE $40 MILLION PER MONTH FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD TO OPERATE IN 78% OF ALL MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT BY 2038, THE BLACK VOTE WILL NOT CARRY ANY PERCENTAGE OR INFLUENCE. THIS IS TRULY THE BLACK GENOCIDE!!
MANY OF US ARE AWARE OF THE DASTARDLY LANGUAGE IN THESE BILLS, AND WE'RE REALLY TIRED OF GETTING THE RUNAROUND WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNICATING WITH OBAMA AND CONGRESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GO ONLINE AND SEE THAT ONLY 26% OF PEOPLE SUPPORT H.R. 3590 AS WRITTEN. WE'RE EQUALLY AS TIRED OF BEING TOLD THAT PEOPLE ARE DROPPING LIKE FLIES WITHOUT THIS GOVERNMENT INSURANCE SHAM, AND THAT WHEN WE JUDICIOUSLY REFUSE TO FUND SOMETHING THAT OBAMA IS LYING ABOUT, WE'RE TIRED OF BEING CALLED THE VERY THING THAT HE'S ACTING LIKE:
I MEAN, I REALLY JUST DON'T GET WHERE THEY GET OFF!! THINK ABOUT HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE WILL DIE FROM ABORTION IF THESE BILLS AREN'T PROPERLY REVISED, AND HOW MUCH WE'LL SUFFER FROM MISAPPROPRIATION OF OUR TAX DOLLARS!
LOOK AT THE CHART, AND LOOK AT IT GOOD!! THE GOVERNMENT ISN'T MAKING A PROGRAM FOR THE UNINSURED BY CUTTING FROM THE BUDGET THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, OR ADHERING TO THE "PAY-AS-YOU-GO" LEGISLATION.... THE GOVERNMENT WILL RAISE TAXES OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 10 YEARS THAT MUCH, AND HALF OF THAT RED BAR EACH YEAR WILL GO TO COVER ABORTIONS:
AT $3,000 EACH AND ON AVERAGE 1 MILLION ABORTIONS PER YEAR, THAT'S $3 BILLION MORE PER YEAR FOR SOMETHING THAT IS AN OUT-OF-POCKET PRIVATE COST NOW, AND THIS IS A SERIOUSLY EGREGIOUS MISAPPROPRIATION OF TAX DOLLARS!!
WHY SO?? THE LESS PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE PAYING INCOME TAXES OR SALES TAX, THEN THERE ARE LESS PEOPLE TO COVER THE BURDEN OF COSTS OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHY IN 10 YEARS, ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE ABORTED AREN'T PAYING ANY SALES TAX IN, AND AS LESS PEOPLE CEASE TO EXIST, THE LESS TAX REVENUE IS BROUGHT IN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CATHOLIC CHURCHES FIGURED OUT A LONG TIME AGO, AND THAT CHURCHES UNDERSTOOD THESE LIFE CYCLES BETTER: WITH LESS YOUNG PEOPLE, THERE WILL BE EVEN LESS PEOPLE TO FUND FOR CARE FOR THE ELDERLY THROUGH SOCIAL SECURITY OR TO ACTUALLY LITERALLY CARE FOR THE ELDERLY.
METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING, THIS IS THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION. INSTEAD OF SACRIFICING PIGS ON AN ALTAR TO ZEUS, WE'RE SACRIFICING OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FUTURE TO HEALTH CARE REFORM. I CAN NOT EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU OF THE SPIRITUAL OBJECTIONS THAT I HAVE ABOUT THIS......
LET IT JUST SUFFICE TO SAY IN MORE RELEVANT TERMS TO YOU AS A CONSUMER, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW THAT YOUR CHEAPER INSURANCE PREMIUM RESULTS FROM KILLING THE UNBORN?? YOU WERE ONCE UNBORN, AND SO WHERE DO YOU DECIDE THAT FOR $1, THE PRESERVATION OF YOUR LIFE IS WORTH MORE THAN ANOTHER'S?? THE ONE DOLLAR BILL SHOULD BE REDONE IN RED INK, WITH OBAMA'S FACE ON THE FRONT AS ABORTION CURRENCY....
THE DEATH DOLLAR - CURRENCY FOR THE NEW WORLD ORDER TO FUND BLACK GENOCIDE.
AS IF THIS ISN'T DISTURBING ENOUGH, THERE ARE OTHER REASONS NOT TO FUND H.R. 3590 AS WRITTEN:
(I KNOW A GAVE SARAH PALIN A HARD TIME ABOUT HER BOOK TOURS SEEMING MORE IMPORTANT TO HER, ALONG WITH POLITICIZING OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS ON FACEBOOK, SO I HOPE SHE LIKES MY SUGGESTION FOR HER NEW BOOK COVER, AS SHE DID NOT RESPOND WHEN I SAID THAT SHE COULD DO MORE FOR HER SON, BY EXPOSING THIS LEGISLATION FOR HOW TRULY ROTTEN IT IS !!!)
NO REFORM AS WRITTEN, CANCELLING THE CARE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS, AND AT THE PRICE OF THE BLOOD OF THE UNBORN !!
What the problems are, what we can do to fix these problems, not just keep throwing our tax dollars into an abyss, known as the prison system! (read below to see if your insurance plan is directly concerned, or indirectly how you're concerned by higher taxes to expand prisons, for the government to control the prescription pill market, and no care for special needs people who will be restricted from MEDICARE!!)
AND ANITA DUNN WANTS TO STILL KNOW WHY WE WON'T PUT THIS CRAP TO A VOTE: H.R. 3590 CONCERNS AND FURTHER PROPOSED REVISIONS:
Are military insurance programs affected, and if so, what rules would they have to abide by and how would this translate to premiums/costs? Right now, some county jails pay for ALL services, and some jails, you have to pay to see the doctor. Why is this important? We have a huge and growing prison population, from federal prisons, to state and county jails which costs taxpayers $60,000 per inmate per year to house people for mandatory minimum drug offenses, instead of getting them into outreach programs like TEEN CHALLENGE (with 50 yrs. of peer counseling, more intensive than voluntary A.A. or N.A. programs) http://www.teenchallenge.com/, or halfway houses where they work to pay for their housing/treatment.
In anticipation of Congressional consideration of revisions to federal sentencing policy, the
following analysis provides an overview of the current federal prison population and sentencing
trends of recent years. Overall, this analysis demonstrates that the federal prison population has
reached record levels, that a high proportion of prisoners are non-violent drug offenders, and that
racial disparities in sentencing and the proportion of lower-level drug offenders are increasing.
Recent testimony by the Department of Justice before the United States Sentencing Commission
has stated that “approximately two-thirds of all federal prisoners are in prison for violent crimes
or had a prior criminal record before being incarcerated.”1 As seen below, conflating those
persons convicted of a violent crime – only 13% of federal prisoners – with those having a prior
record, including low-level drug crimes, distorts the portrait of the current prison population and
the implications for sentencing reform. Overall, nearly three-fourths (72.1%) of federal
prisoners are serving time for a non-violent offense and have no history of violence
TREATING DRUG ABUSE IS COST-EFFECTIVE TO RELIEVING OUR BURDENED SYSTEM OF THROWING TAX DOLLARS INTO AN ABYSS WE NEVER SEE AGAIN!!
Recommendations
· Congress should undertake a comprehensive assessment of the structure and goals of federal
sentencing policy, with a particular emphasis on the effects of mandatory sentencing, the
proportionality of drug offender sentencing, and the impact of the growth of long-term
incarceration on the federal prison system.
· Congress should implement modifications to the federal sentencing guidelines that directly
address the growing number of non-violent offenders in the federal prison system.
· Congress should take into consideration the abundance of research indicating the costeffectiveness
of treatment for drug abuse rather than incarceration and introduce legislation
that provides ample use of alternatives to incarceration, as is the case in many states.
· Congress should adopt the recommendations of the United States Sentencing Commission
and remove the 100:1 sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.
If imprisonment was working, then why are we seeing repeat offenders who have access to prescription meds in prison, but not the counseling??
WE NEED TO CHANGE THE LAWS, AS WE'RE SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY ON PROCESSING AND HOUSING INDIVIDUALS, INSTEAD OF GETTING THEM QUICKLY IN FRONT OF JUDGE WITHIN 90 DAYS, AND ORDERING TREATMENT PROGRAMS AS THE PUNISHMENT. MAKE THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE OFFENSE, AND SAVE OUR TAX DOLLARS!!
I DON'T AGREE WITH OBAMA SPENDING MORE MONEY ON THIS:
As some states close prisons and divert more offenders to probation and treatment programs, the federal government is proposing to increase detention operations dramatically, says USA Today. The Obama administration’s 2011 budget proposal calls for a $527.5 million infusion for the federal Bureau of Prisons and judicial security. The boost would bring the U.S. prison budget to $6.8 billion.
Nearly half of new funding is proposed to accommodate the administration’s plan to close the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and move some of the terror suspects to an Illinois prison. The Justice Department projects that federal prisons, which now hold 213,000 offenders, will hold 7,000 more by 2011. Justice would hire 652 more prison guards and fill 1,200 vacant detention positions, far more than the combined 448 new agents planned for the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and U.S. Marshals Service. Assistant Attorney General Lee Lofthus says the increased prison system funding does not reflect a de-emphasis of national security, only that the Bureau of Prisons “needs the bed space.”
SEC. 3012. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON HEALTH CARE QUALITY.
(a) In General- The President shall convene a working group to be known as the Interagency Working Group on Health Care Quality (referred to in this section as the ‘Working Group’).
(b) Goals- The goals of the Working Group shall be to achieve the following:
(1) Collaboration, cooperation, and consultation between Federal departments and agencies with respect to developing and disseminating strategies, goals, models, and timetables that are consistent with the national priorities identified under section 399HH(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (as added by section 3011).
(2) Avoidance of inefficient duplication of quality improvement efforts and resources, where practicable, and a streamlined process for quality reporting and compliance requirements.
(3) Assess alignment of quality efforts in the public sector with private sector initiatives.
(c) Composition-
(1) IN GENERAL- The Working Group shall be composed of senior level representatives of--
(A) the Department of Health and Human Services;
(B) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services;
(C) the National Institutes of Health;
(D) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
(E) the Food and Drug Administration;
(F) the Health Resources and Services Administration;
(G) the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality;
(H) the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology;
(I) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration;
(J) the Administration for Children and Families;
(K) the Department of Commerce;
(L) the Office of Management and Budget;
(M) the United States Coast Guard;
(N) the Federal Bureau of Prisons;
(O) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration;
(P) the Federal Trade Commission;
(Q) the Social Security Administration;
(R) the Department of Labor;
(S) the United States Office of Personnel Management;
(T) the Department of Defense;
(U) the Department of Education;
(V) the Department of Veterans Affairs;
(W) the Veterans Health Administration; and
(X) any other Federal agencies and departments with activities relating to improving health care quality and safety, as determined by the President.
(2) CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR-
(A) CHAIR- The Working Group shall be chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(B) VICE CHAIR- Members of the Working Group, other than the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall serve as Vice Chair of the Group on a rotating basis, as determined by the Group.
(d) Report to Congress- Not later than December 31, 2010, and annually thereafter, the Working Group shall submit to the relevant Committees of Congress, and make public on an Internet website, a report describing the progress and recommendations of the Working Group in meeting the goals described in subsection (b).
REMEMBER WHO WOULD BE IN CHARGE, NOT YOU IN CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTH, BUT ALL OF THEM:
SEC. 3139. PAYMENT FOR BIOSIMILAR BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS.
(a) In General- Section 1847A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-3a) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
A biosimilar product, like Risperidone instead of (Risperdal). Like generic psychotropic drugs that have lots of side effects. I took this in 2005, I gained weight, I wanted to sleep 12 hours of the day, I was constipated, the back of my legs would cramp up, and my face would twitch. I took it for 4 months, and then I weaned myself off, taking it when I was only really stressed at night, 2mg.
*This was the care that the state of GA provided me after being exposed to some toxic illegal drugs. At that time in 2005, you only had to visit the Psychologist once a month. I saw a lot of people come in and out of the Henry County Health Department like it was a pill mill. I went back to this place for group counseling in 2008, and they had done a lot to clean up the place from being a pill mill for prescription drugs, but even the group counselor told us that they couldn't require group, though they felt that counseling is an integral part. I haven't been on any medication since 2005, I found out that I had a hormonal imbalance and a low thyroid, something that the state didn't test me for when I went to Columbus, GA. We've got to stop pushing pills, thinking that's the end all be all of mental health care.
SEC. 3140. MEDICARE HOSPICE CONCURRENT CARE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment-
(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the ‘Secretary’) shall establish a Medicare Hospice Concurrent Care demonstration program at participating hospice programs under which Medicare beneficiaries are furnished, during the same period, hospice care and any other items or services covered under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) from funds otherwise paid under such title to such hospice programs.
(2) DURATION- The demonstration program under this section shall be conducted for a 3-year period.
(3) SITES- The Secretary shall select not more than 15 hospice programs at which the demonstration program under this section shall be conducted. Such hospice programs shall be located in urban and rural areas.
(b) Independent Evaluation and Reports-
(1) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION- The Secretary shall provide for the conduct of an independent evaluation of the demonstration program under this section. Such independent evaluation shall determine whether the demonstration program has improved patient care, quality of life, and cost-effectiveness for Medicare beneficiaries participating in the demonstration program.
(2) REPORTS- The Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the evaluation conducted under paragraph (1), together with such recommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(c) Budget Neutrality- With respect to the 3-year period of the demonstration program under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the aggregate expenditures under title XVIII for such period shall not exceed the aggregate expenditures that would have been expended under such title if the demonstration program under this section had not been implemented.
Does this mean that after 3 years of Hospice Care that funding is terminated? Isn't this decision best left up to the family and whether or not a person has SSI benefits? Shouldn't people be able to pick where they want to receive hospice care, not a short list approved by the government??
(b) Report- Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Secretary determines appropriate.
Reports need to be done every 90 days, so we can make adjustments and really analyze costs, EVERY HOSPITAL AND EVERY FACILITY!! Otherwise, you have no accountability for reform!!! You can create jobs and put people to work, don't burden the Secretary with such a large task when this needs to be delegated.
Subtitle C--Provisions Relating to Part C
SEC. 3201. MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PAYMENT.
This whole section is about amending the tax codes for fairness and setting standards for care. I think this gives too much power to the Secretary to make all of these determinations, creates more red tape that slows things down, and instead of a system of checks and balances, it places the Secretary in charge of it all. I don't like the way the entire section is worded, or how it determines price costs with no provisions for proper reporting systems quarterly. This would put the Secretary in a position that could be exploited by the bribes of other insurance companies. Right now, they have to compete with each other, but under the duties required of the Secretary, they will have to bribe the Secretary, and I don't see these tax revisions as bringing the type of reform of getting rid of waste, fraud, and abuse just because you're going to hold the Secretary solely responsible.
SEC. 3202. BENEFIT PROTECTION AND SIMPLIFICATION.
(a) Limitation on Variation of Cost Sharing for Certain Benefits-
(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘, subject to clause (iii),’ after ‘and B or’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
‘(iii) LIMITATION ON VARIATION OF COST SHARING FOR CERTAIN BENEFITS- Subject to clause (v), cost-sharing for services described in clause (iv) shall not exceed the cost-sharing required for those services under parts A and B.
‘(iv) SERVICES DESCRIBED- The following services are described in this clause:
‘(I) Chemotherapy administration services.
I know that DMSO cures cancer, but it isn't available in the U.S. but in Mexico, because it can't be patented. Also, lab rats with cancer injected with Vitamin D on the tumors had the tumors disappear! I just don't like making people who are sick with cancer cash cows for insurance companies for the government by giving them chemo as the only option, and they're sick enough just to prolong their life miserably, but not well enough from something purported as curative treatment with all of those terrible side effects.
(NOW I KNOW THAT DEBBIE FOUGHT OFF CANCER FROM CHEMO TREATMENT, WHICH IS WHY SHE ENDORSES PUBLIC OPTION, BUT IF THERE IS A BETTER WAY WITHOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS, WHY SHOULD WE TURN PEOPLE WHO NEED MEDICAL CARE INTO CASH COWS FOR THE HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES AND DOCTORS, WHEN THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS WITHOUT ALL THE SIDE EFFECTS AND COMPLICATIONS???)
SEC. 3204. SIMPLIFICATION OF ANNUAL BENEFICIARY ELECTION PERIODS.
(a) Annual 45-day Period for Disenrollment From MA Plans To Elect To Receive Benefits Under the Original Medicare Fee-for-service Program-
(1) IN GENERAL- Section 1851(e)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-1(e)(2)(C)) is amended to read as follows:
The amending of this section will allow the Secretary too much power to price fix drugs and decide what is available under this plan, and even other insurance plans if the mandate clause in H.R. 1200 isn't struck. This is greed, this isn't holding insurance companies accountable, this is the government using the Medicare program to control the prescription drug market through it.
SEC. 3205. EXTENSION FOR SPECIALIZED MA PLANS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS INDIVIDUALS.
(a) Extension of SNP Authority- Section 1859(f)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-28(f)(1)), as amended by section 164(a) of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-275), is amended by striking ‘2011’ and inserting ‘2014’.
If you're restricting the enrollment of special needs persons into this program that they are now covered under an umbrella, what is your program for special needs people if they're restricted from enrolling??
Gillespie: says that the vote on H.R. 3590 will be VERY close on votes, that the contortions taking place to get votes are abandoning the principles on reconciliation, as it's not meant to repeal laws of SSI, in an attempt to ram it thru the Senate, and to sneak it through the House!!
Roberts: Dems having nothing more to lose at this point/especially with a corrupt Congress who has "TICKLE PARTIES"...
I'M NOT TICKLED ABOUT H.R. 3590 -- NOR ARE AMERICANS AMUSED WITH THE MEDIA'S SHENANIGANS OF BLOWING OBAMA UP ANYMORE,
WHEN WE KNOW THAT THE AIR WAS LET OUT OF THE BALLOON LONG BEFORE THE ELECTION IN 2008.... AND NOW...
AND OF COURSE, THERE ARE THE TAX INCREASES THAT WILL "SPREAD THE WEALTH AROUND" FOR PRIVATE INSURERS, BUT THEY WON'T TELL YOU THAT IT BENEFITS THEM, SO CERTAIN INSURANCE PROGRAMS HAVE GOTTEN ON BOARD WITH OBAMA, WHILE OTHER ONES HAVEN'T, BUT THIS COULD STILL HAPPEN TO YOU:
YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT OBAMA'S REALLY GOOD AT TELLING PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR, NOT THE ACTUAL COSTS OF THE BILL OR HOW TO DO IT IN REAL TIME....
ROBERTS: SAYS IT'S LIKE THE VOTE ON CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION, THAT THEY WILL LOSE THEIR SEATS ON PRINCIPLE OF TRYING TO DO SOMETHING BETTER
(I DISAGREE WITH ROBERTS, WHO'S NOT BEEN DOING HER HOMEWORK: CUTTING FUNDING TO SPECIAL NEEDS PERSONS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE, AND THE DEMS AREN'T DOING ANYTHING BETTER BY DOING THAT, NO MATTER HOW OBAMA IS SHAKING HIS TAIL FEATHERS FOR THE SHOW ON HEALTH CARE....)
WILL: 10 YEARS OF TAXES FOR SIX YEARS OF BENEFITS, AND THE WAY THE LEGISLATION IS WRITTEN, IT'S LIKE TRYING TO STOMACH AN ICE CREAM CONE WITH SAUERKRAUT ON TOP...
(AFTER READING MORE OF H.R. 3590, I SUPPORT THE REPUBLICAN POSITION: WE'RE BITING OFF MORE THAN WE CAN CHEW WITH H.R. 3590 AND WE'RE SURELY GOING TO CHOKE.... )
Dunn: keeps on speaking, and I think she needs a bit and bridle at this point.
Gillespie: this is the HOUSE VS. THE SENATE !!
ROBERTS: DEMS HAVE COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL OF THE MESSAGE THAT THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT CREATING A PROGRAM FOR THE UNINSURED, WITH ALL OF THIS SWEEPING LANGUAGE OF "PUBLIC OPTION" AND ALIENATING REPUBLICANS AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IN GENERAL WITH BILLS THOUSANDS OF PAGES LONG FROM BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT'S IN THE BILLS WHICH IS WHY IT'S TAKE TO A YEAR LATER TO COME TO THIS...
WILL: Well, John Kerry got in trouble for voting for something, and then turning around and voting against something...
ROBERTS: argues that the cost of health care makes us less competitive and this will be difficult....
Tapper: So is the health care debacle the fault of the White House advisors, or is there palace intrigue in the West Wing??
(ONE THING IS FOR SURE, WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS PALACE INTRIGUE, THE PEOPLE OF INDONESIA HAVE HEARD ABOUT OBAMA'S AGENDA ON STEM CELL RESEARCH AND ABORTION WHICH GOES AGAINST HIS RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING,
AND THEY'VE BEEN PROTESTING HIS VISIT, MAYBE AN EVEN BETTER REASON NOT TO BRING MICHELLE AND THE GIRLS ALONG.....)
DUNN: Well, people disagree, and in WA they go from being smart to being stupid in a nanosecond... and admits that she is now stuck on stupid!!!
ROBERTS: YES, THIS IS DEFINITELY A TIME WHEN THINGS SEEM TO HAVE FALLEN APART...
GILLESPIE: YES BUT THERE HAS TO BE A MORE DECENT WAY THAN HAVING TICKLE PARTIES !!
TAPPER: CLIP OF RAHM COACHING MASSA/THE MASSA MESS
WILL: THIS IS REALLY ONE BRICK OVER THE LOAD, WA IS TERMINALLY WEIRD, AND THIS IS AN ONGOING SOAP OPERA !!!!
GILLESPIE: IS LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR TO CLIPS OF MASSA WIRED IN THE SHOWER.... LOL
DUNN: THE HOUSE ACTED PROPERLY, BUT THE BAR IS SO LOW FOR REPUBS, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MASSA AS LONG AS HE SAYS THAT HE'S WILLING TO SAY NO TO HEALTH CARE....
GILLESPIE: I THINK THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY A BROADER PROBLEM --
ROBERTS: THERE'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING IN THE WATER IN N.Y. !!!
(I JUST WANT TO ADD SOME THINGS THAT ARE SURE TO COME UP THIS WEEK IN CONTINUING TO REVISE H.R. 3590, ONE OF THEM BEING HIGHER TAXES AND THAT EUTHANASIA AND END OF LIFE PLANNING ARE HOT TOPICS IN THIS SO-CALLED MEDICARE REFORM....)
WE ALL KNOW THAT TAXES ARE GOING TO PLAY A HUGE PART OF THIS, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS YEAR'S POSTPONED REFUNDS, AND WE'RE NOT SO CONVINCED THAT OBAMA HAS OUR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND....
THAT WITH TAX INCREASES LOADED OMINOUSLY PITCHED AS HEALTH CARE, AND AFTER PEOPLE HAVE WORKED SO HARD FOR THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY, WE'RE NOT JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF H.R. 3590, BUT THE INTERPRETATION OF IT:
RATIONED CARE FOR STARTERS, NOT STANDARDIZED CARE, BUT SOMETHING THAT TOPPLES THE PRIVATE SECTOR JOB MARKET IN THE HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRIES AND HOSPITALS, BUT ALSO WITH THE LIFE EXPECTANCY ISSUES....
AND
here's the thing, the Secretary virtually has this power the way the bill is written!!
Then they dare say to us, when they're the ones blowing smoke up our arse, that it's not right for Republicans to filibuster a bill, I mean Obama made his entire career voting present enacting a virtual filibuster for everything in the Senate for 3yrs., and a tactic he's used as a legislator for 10yrs. as to what he calls "BIPARTISANSHIP", so now you're telling me that Repubs can't beat him at his own game, the same way he's stalled all this so-called progress over the past 10yrs.??!
When H.R. 3590 sections should be written separately... WHY DOES PRISON EXPANSION HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HEALTH CARE? WHY ARE YOU GOING TO DENY CARE TO SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE BY CUTTING MEDICARE TO EXPAND PRISONS, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE WILL BE NO PROGRAM TO COVER THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WHATSOEVER ??!! I DEFINITELY THINK THIS IS WHAT POSTPONED OBAMA'S TRIP, SENDING HEALTH CARE TO THE GRAVE...
THOUGH I WOULD LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN TO STOP TRYING TO WHITTLE H.R. 3590 FROM A BLOCK OF HORRIBLY KNOBBY WOOD INTO SOMETHING USEFUL, A CHAINSAW TO THE BILL WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND CUT IT INTO SECTIONS IN SUBCOMMITTEES TO WORK ON AND SPLIT IT INTO DIFFERENT BILLS THAT WE ACTUALLY THINK ARE WORTH FUNDING WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS...
YOU DON'T JUST PASS TRILLIONS IN TAX INCREASES, TELLING PEOPLE IT'S HEALTH CARE, OR YOUR POLITICAL CAREER DIES ALONG WITH THE DREAM THAT HEALTH CARE REFORM WAS SUPPOSED TO BE...
AND CERTAINLY ISN'T NOW !!
(DAVE LITTIKEN WOULD BE SO PROUD OF ME OVER THIS CAMPAIGN BUTTON :D !!!)
IT'S TIME WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, NOT THIS:
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHILE AMERICANS TOOK 8 YRS. TO TIRE OF BUSH,
PEOPLE ARE SICK OF PLAYING GAMES WITH OBAMA, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THEIR HEALTH CARE AND LIVELIHOOD !
AS I SAID LAST WEEK, WE WILL BE WATCHING AND WAITING, IF H.R. 3590 IS VOTED UP OR DOWN WITHOUT REVISION !!!
OH YEAH, DID ANYONE HEAR ABOUT ANYTHING ABOUT "THE COFFEE PARTY"??
H.R. 3590 WITHOUT REVISION, IS REALLY STUPID, AND WE DON'T NEED TO DO IT ANY FASTER....
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