Tuesday, February 10, 2009

The Swimmer's Legacy

Do you love irony, like I love irony?
Ted Kennedy, Dick Head
Ted the "Swimmer" (1932-2009) is diagnosed with incurable brain cancer. His physician, as mandated by law, refers his case to the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research . It's pretty much an open and shut case. At age 77, cost effective health care for the 77 year old Kennedy is limited to an overdose of morphine, so the emergency operation that will allow his Senate staff to work him like a puppet for another year is denied. But wait, that's not the ironic part. This is.

Because Kennedy has the cash, he's able to extend his worthless life using black market medical care. Ain't that a pussy? This sonuvabitch, almost entirely responsible for socialized medicine in this country, is forced underground to avoid the penalty his own plan would impose upon him. Catch 22 (million in the bank).

I give you the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology section of the Obamacy's "Stimulus Package," as recommended by the Three Dickheads. Limbaugh explains it ...
... But the stimulus bill, the job-creation bill (so improperly named) creates a "new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology... Now, this new bureaucracy will monitor newly digitized medical records. There are rules-for-health care coverage in this bill, and they will affect every individual in the United States. You can consult if you want to go try to find a PDF copy of the bill you can find the references are on page 445, 454, and 479."

Your medical treatments will be tracked electronically by a federal system. Now, there are arguments back and forth about whether or not this is a good thing. The opportunity for the loss of privacy is huge here by digitizing and making everybody's health care records computerized, especially having a major federal database where everybody's health records are. Some people say this is a good thing because it will assist in treatment, particularly in emergencies. When you go in for an emergency, if they can get your records... Let's say you're out of town. Say you're vacationing in Alaska hunting moose and an accident happens up there, but you live in New Jersey. Doctors in Alaska will be able to consult the federal database to find out what your allergies are, what your treatments have been, what mistakes not to make on you.

That's what they used to sell this. Anyway, this bill computerizes everybody's health records. Then after everybody's health records are computerized, this new bureaucracy is created, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology.

And he'll have a whole bureaucracy at his disposal that "will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective." You know, right now a lot of you get all upset at your insurance company because they say, "Well, certain things will be covered and others won't," and you want it to be left up to the doctor. Try the government being in charge of what the doctor can do, the kind of treatments that can be extended to you -- and I'll tell you who gets creamed in this, is the elderly. The elderly get really shafted in this, and I'll explain why here in just a minute. Now, "The goal [of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology] is to reduce costs and 'guide' your doctor's decisions (442, 446). These provisions in the stimulus bill are virtually identical to what Daschle prescribed in his 2008 book, 'Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.' According to Daschle, doctors have to give up autonomy and 'learn to operate less like solo practitioners.'"

Doctors have to join the federal community here in dolling out treatment so that it's fair and equitable. "Keeping doctors informed of the newest medical findings is important, but enforcing uniformity," Betsy McCaughey writes, "goes too far. Hospitals and doctors that are not 'meaningful users' of the new system will face penalties. 'Meaningful user' isn't defined in the bill. That will be left to the HHS secretary, who will be empowered to impose 'more stringent measures of meaningful use over time' (511, 518, 540-541). What penalties will deter your doctor from going beyond the electronically delivered protocols when your condition is atypical or you need an experimental treatment? The vagueness is intentional. In his book, Daschle proposed an appointed body with vast powers to make the 'tough' decisions elected politicians won't make. The stimulus bill does that, and calls it the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research (190-192). The goal, Daschle's book explained, is to slow the development and use of new medications and technologies because they are driving up costs. Rush Limbaugh, unedited
All socialized medical plans will eventually be forced to thin the herd as money runs out. It's our turn in the box.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Holy cr*p.. This is unbelievable. We are headed for doom.

The same government that has f-d up everything it touches is now going to be in control of our health care???

F-that.

BTW - you can't get through to your senators except via email. BUT the house phones are pretty open.

Anonymous said...

Some organization will buy some lobbiest who will convince the Fed that they should be allowed to "help" protect this information.

Then as part of the background check process your medical records will be accessable.

No now, you are one of two candidates for a new job. YOU have a history of hypertension and some other risk increasing factors. While the other candidated is in perfect health. Who do you think gets the job?????

Anonymous said...

Let's see....Well as long as the Left is in charge, immigrants with active cases of AIDS will of course STILL be allowed in, no?

Anonymous said...

I don't know a single airline pilot that does not lie to the gubment on his medical. This should end a bunch of careers.

Anonymous said...

Guess what, wanna bet the leftists in the medi-bureacracy will cross check your voter registration when it comes time to deciding if you get health care or not???

"Hey dude, Mr Schlong needs a heart bypass or he's gonna die"

"OK, let's put him in the Database in my blackberry.. ...ooooohhhh, he's been registered republican and votes in every election"

"OK, dude, shitcan his request... HA HA HA "

Scary thing is that it is easy enough to do

bullseye

ps - and the left is mean and nasty enough to do exactly that.

Anonymous said...

Hey AARP folks that always go Democrat. Your boy just gave you notice "take it like a man Grandpa, we're out of money and your grandaughter needs another abortion."

How bout them apples?

Anonymous said...

Okay. You mean the gubmint is going to decide some hoomins are more vaulable than others?

I think that has already been tried in Europe, 1939-1945, IIRC

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