tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877221018800830362.post2915841720460834678..comments2024-02-22T01:35:03.164-05:00Comments on Cure Strategy (formerly, Serious Medicine Strategy): “Politicking Myopia” -- Obamacare Meets Theodore LevittJames P. Pinkertonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06914344842339708576noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877221018800830362.post-81739784354592533502010-03-20T22:35:34.839-04:002010-03-20T22:35:34.839-04:00This will put things in the proper prospective-Thi...This will put things in the proper prospective-This is a fine mess that you have got us in, Ollie. If you are old enough to remember that one, you probably have worked in some good jobs knew the value of a good education and have the ability to quantify this bill and realize the repercussions by getting past the hooks.I am not sure the hooks will come off as stated, the Stimulus and the Clunker Plan also had hooks and promises. As Mr. Pinkerton made a salient point here that I completely agree with is that there are a shortage of Americans who can discuss all the ramifications of this bill with each other. Revealing this information by an individual equipped with higher education and working in the journalism vocation must be handled deftly to ensure not being viewed as some pedantic, self aggrandizing, pompous know it all. Someone like myself, is much more likely to not be taken aback by a son or daughter being insured until 26, no pre-existing conditions to disqualify and more hooks and start to dice up all the problems that this bill will cause us. First, taxes for everybody will rise. Whether they are payroll taxes or consumption taxes, we will all have to pay higher taxes for several years before the first benefit kicks in. Some portion of the uninsured will stand to the side where a struggling Medicaid program swamps the states. There will be Medicare cuts. Walgreen in one state has already refused to fill Medicaid prescriptions.If the medical profession and the providers are hammered by fee losses, they will leave and believe me they know how to do it. They cannot force a doctor to accept any insurance and they will go in great numbers to a cash only payment system. Obama and the Democrats are biting the hand of these that heal us. Meanwhile, the laborers, office workers and cashiers of America may have seen the hooks and were satisfied. The Democrats know their aptitude for bills and statutes and that is one of the reasons they capitalized on the shortcomings of their constituents.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02264524142416451513noreply@blogger.com