As my sister and I left the rally in D.C. we ran into a group of tea party protestors that were surrounding this anti tea party protestor. It had to be one of the funniest things I have ever witnessed. This kid knew nothing about what he was talking about. He claimed he was a socialist but couldn't even explain to us what it was and what the benefits of it are. I tried to shoot some footage of it but as it was my first attempt at using my camera to take a video, it came out horrible. I found this footage that is better but it is still often hard to hear what everybody is saying. Because of this problem, I was not going to post it until I remembered that this video has something else amazing in it. If you don't want to watch the whole thing and strain your ears to hear the debate, at least forward to about 2:00 when a few of the protestors were talking to an older man. And just listen to what he has to say about Cuba's health care. Oh and if you are wondering who the petite woman is beside the socialist boy, that's his mom.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Random Health Care Thought
My husband and I were discussing his brother the other day and came up with a scary conclusion about the future of America's health care. His brother, who is an eye doctor, said that he makes the money and will continue to make the money, even after Obama's health care bill is offically enacted, because he specializes in something that no insurance covers. This specialization being lazer eye surgery. Lazer eye surgery is often a blessing, but almost never medically necessary and thus is almost never covered by insurance companies.
This means that in the future there is going to be a influx of doctors that will specifically specialize in fields that are not covered by insurance companies so that they can make the big bucks that they may not be able to make under a government run medical system. This won't be good for the doctors that already specialize for there will be more options in their field, thus their prices may end up having to decrease (if the free market works correctly), but either way they will probably be able to make more money than if they went into some field that is covered by health insurance companies.
One saving grace may be that there will still be the option to have private health care, though if we are having to pay for someone elses too, the option for private health care may be eliminated for some people. The other saving grace may be that there are only so many medical fields not covered by insurance and I can imagine that some doctors will not be interested in specializing in those fields, no matter the money they could make.
Specialized doctors will always be able to make more money, but as the doctor's under Obama's health care bill make less and less money, the incentive to go into specialized fields like lazer eye surgery and plastic surgery will probably only increase.
Am I correct? Not correct? Do you have any thoughts on this? Is there something I am missing?
This means that in the future there is going to be a influx of doctors that will specifically specialize in fields that are not covered by insurance companies so that they can make the big bucks that they may not be able to make under a government run medical system. This won't be good for the doctors that already specialize for there will be more options in their field, thus their prices may end up having to decrease (if the free market works correctly), but either way they will probably be able to make more money than if they went into some field that is covered by health insurance companies.
One saving grace may be that there will still be the option to have private health care, though if we are having to pay for someone elses too, the option for private health care may be eliminated for some people. The other saving grace may be that there are only so many medical fields not covered by insurance and I can imagine that some doctors will not be interested in specializing in those fields, no matter the money they could make.
Specialized doctors will always be able to make more money, but as the doctor's under Obama's health care bill make less and less money, the incentive to go into specialized fields like lazer eye surgery and plastic surgery will probably only increase.
Am I correct? Not correct? Do you have any thoughts on this? Is there something I am missing?
Saturday, April 17, 2010
My View On Taxes
A few days ago, I wrote about my view on taxes on my other blog. Click here to read it.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Obama Never Learns
I enjoyed this article by World Net Daily.
Obama's self-important rude nature is not a quality any American president should have. Nor is bowing to another countrie's leader. Does Obama ever get it right?
Americans are reportedly sending nearly 10,000 yellow roses to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a sign of friendship following what the effort's organizers are calling "the worst treatment from any president in American history."
As WND reported, following a meeting last month in which President Obama walked out on Netanyahu and the Israeli delegation, WND columnist Janet Porter of Faith2Action organized an The Israel Friendship Project to send roses to the prime minister as a show of American support.
Included in each dozen roses is a card that reads, "Dear Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Be encouraged, Americans stand with you. God bless you."
The cards concludes with the biblical verse, "The Lord builds up Jerusalem," from Psalm 147:2.
Obama's self-important rude nature is not a quality any American president should have. Nor is bowing to another countrie's leader. Does Obama ever get it right?
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