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Healthcare-L

26 Jan

The United States is no longer in the top 20 in life expectancy. The main causes are cardiovascular  disease, drug overdose deaths, gun homicides and suicides, teen suicides, and car accidents. Drug overdoses, gun homicides and suicides, and teen suicides result from the increasing frustration and hopelessness that stems from our failing society. The increase in car accidents results from the growing breakdown in respect for the law. We are seeing an increasing number of people ignoring speed limits, traffic signals, and other motor vehicle laws, as well as driving recklessly and tailgating, even at high speeds, as people no longer value life, their own as well as that of others. We will continue to see a decreasing length of life as long as we ignore the true value of life and the rule of law.

 

 

 
 

Health Care-K

21 Oct

There are far more Pro-life pregnancy centers than abortion centers and those centers provide a lot of  health services for women. Pro-life centers provide health screenings and pre-natal care. They also provide counseling to help the woman find the best choice for her. Unlike Planned Parenthood, they encourage the woman to keep the baby if she is able as well as assisting with adoptions for women who do not feel they can keep the baby. Pro-life centers provide nutrition and clothes to the mothers before delivery and provide nutrition, clothes, diapers, and furniture for the baby, if they choose to keep it.  In addition, they provide classes on child care to help the women care for the child, since many have had no experience in caring for children. They also provide post-abortion trauma counseling for those who have previously gone through abortions. Such counseling is not provided by abortion centers who claim it is not needed. They don’t know of the need since they do not follow up on women who have had abortions, and the women do not come back to them unless they are in need of another abortion. Women would lose a lot of health care without pro-life centers. It makes far more sense to fund pro-life centers than to fund abortion clinics.

 

 

Health Care-J

21 Oct

President Biden denied funds for women’s health care to Tennessee because they are pro-life. President Biden did everything he could to funnel tax-payer funds to Planned Parenthood which in turn funneled it back to him and other Democrats through their contributions to Democrat political campaign funds. Besides the obvious conflict of interest and the ethics of it being a use of tax-payer funds to fund political campaigns, it is a violation of federal law which prohibits the use of federal funds for funding abortion in the United States and overseas. Kamala Harris has promised to continue the support for abortion. When President Trump took steps to limit funds going to Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood claimed that it would leave women without health care, yet Planned Parenthood provides very little health care for women. Abortion makes up the majority of the services they provide. They do provide contraceptives and encourage women and girls to enjoy sex without worry about pregnancy but fail to tell them that contraceptives may fail if not used according to schedule. When I worked in the inner city, the neighborhood center I worked at had a Planned Parenthood center there. The workers told us that the women frequently got pregnant because the women do not use them according to schedule because of the demands of surviving. Abortion was not yet allowed and Planned Parenthood opposed it at that time. After abortion became available, they began to push those contraceptives to teen girls who they knew have busy schedules and are not as diligent in using them as they require and that it would result in frequent pregnancies. In spite of their claim to be pro-choice, counseling consists mainly of funneling pregnant women to the abortion centers and do not offer women any other choices. They constantly work to enact laws to prevent parents and spouses from interfering with the women who seek abortions. Contrary to their assertions, performing abortions is not health care. Women would lose very little health care if Planned Parenthood closed.

 

 

Health Care-I

15 Sep

Kamala Harris is proposing a national health care system similar to the one she pushed in her home State. It would expand Obamacare to complete coverage for everyone under one system. Canada has one and it has been failing for years with delays in treatment for months for critical care and longer for routine care. Many Canadians come to the United States for treatment even though they have to pay out of their own pocket. In England a lot of people die every day waiting for emergency care and their system is so overwhelmed they have proposed supplementing the system with a series of private clinics. While proponents claims it makes care available to everyone,  it forces health care providers to get approval from government boards that weigh the cost against benefit and reject a lot of care to those who are critically ill or injured or are elderly, as not worth the cost. It results in endless delays due to layers of authorizations, and it depersonalizes care as decisions are made by government review boards and patients are seen as units rather than individuals. It is also not flexible enough to meet individual needs. While they say it cuts the cost of care to the individual, the true cost is hidden in taxes and the cost of health care increases as it adds layers of government bureaucracies.

 
 

Senior Citizens-F

03 Aug

The administration has also cut Medicare reimbursements resulting in doctors being increasingly reluctant to treat Seniors. In addition, as expenses mount, Medicare is rejecting procedures which they feel will cost more than its benefit. While that is common in all government funded medical care, it is especially true for Seniors since they are no longer working. Liberals value individuals only as long as they are productive and since many Seniors are no longer gainfully employed,  they are considered a burden on society.  As a result, the Senior continues paying copays for office visits while not getting relief. Many will die from conditions that could have been cured. Canada illustrates the end game of socialized medicine. Their death rate, especially among Seniors has risen sharply due to delaying or withholding treatment. In addition, they are pushing assisted suicide for those whose conditions are too expensive to be economically worthwhile. That includes a large percentage of Seniors. It is the natural conclusion of the belief that it is alright to terminate someone’s life, whether before birth or after, if they are going to be a burden or will get in the way of your happiness.  Abortion was the easiest to start with because the baby is not seen, but their goal is to do away with all those who are a burden, including the critically ill, the severely disabled, the elderly, and those with mental deficiencies or disabilities, just as Hitler did. To avoid the cost of long term care, they simply push the individual to terminate their life. If the person refuses, the doctor may proceed to kill the individual without securing their approval. In the United States, we have been slow to accept abortion and so assisted suicide has not been pushed vigorously, however some States like Oregon have approved physician assisted suicide and other States are considering it.

 

Gay Rights-V-H

03 Jun

While doctors pressure parents to go along with transgender treatments for their kids, there is no proof it helps. They often tell the parents that their child will probably commit suicide if they aren’t allowed to transition, but studies are showing that kids that transition are far more likely to commit suicide than children that don’t. In fact, a number of European countries that  were pioneers in the trans movement have begun to ban the use of  transitioning drugs and surgeries.  Gender transitioning drugs and surgeries are lucrative programs in the US with government funding, just as abortion is, and is being promoted with the help of health programs and health clinics in schools, just as abortion is, in order to create a rich source of income. In fact, Planned Parenthood is the major player in pushing both programs. At least 22 States have passed the “Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act” (Safe Acts) to protect children from the dangerous effects of transitional drugs and surgeries.

 

Health Care-H

06 May

A majority of coverage in the United states is still private insurance but Obamacare has increased the shift to government covered care. Canada is  now illustrating the natural progression many European countries have already experienced. As health care cost continue to rise and more companies fold, the government gains a monopoly and costs continue to rise. While insurance companies have to keep costs down to keep premiums affordable so they don’t lose customers to other providers, they have  to pay health care providers enough that they will continue to accept the insurance. They may not pay for services which they don’t feel are necessary but have to approve enough to insure the patient gets the care they need to keep them as a customer. The government doesn’t have to worry about its customers leaving because there is no other affordable policies for their client. We are already seeing many healthcare providers who refuse to accept Medicare and Medicaid because they don’t get reimbursed enough and have high costs for paperwork involved in getting paid. Service providers will often drop out due to the long delays in getting paid. That will result in long delays in getting care from the remaining providers. As costs increase, the government has to restrict services to control escalating costs. Government workers charged with approving payments are pressured to deny services which they don’t feel will be cost effective, which means those who are elderly or mentally challenged, as well as those with severe or life threatening injuries or illnesses.  Some patients will die without care while others will be encouraged to accept having their life terminated. Assisted suicides are spiraling out of control in Canada and in European countries. In addition, physicians will be encouraged to terminate the patient’s life without consulting them.

 

 
 

Health Care-G

06 May

President Biden’s deep state is again taking the law into their own hands. The Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress to provide Affordable health care to those who could not afford it but the administration is using it to promote their agenda. The Department of Health and Human Services has taken it upon themselves to rewrite the Affordable Care Act without the approval of Congress. They have added a provision requiring people of faith to fund elective abortions and transgender surgeries through their health insurance plans, ignoring the fact that Congress included a provision which prevents health care providers from funding abortions.  This will not only require people of faith to fund these practices against their conscience and in violation of the law, it will also force the insurance companies to increase their costs to pay for them putting an increased burden on those who can barely afford insurance. That will force some of them to drop their private insurance and go with government sponsored and controlled health care plans, subsidized by taxpayer funds. President Biden and his government agencies seem to feel  they are above the law and can ignore it when they see fit. We need to elect a president this November that will appoint agency directors who will obey the law.

 
 

Healthcare-F

15 Apr

While liberals promote universal government health care, they ignore the facts. Government health is very expensive to operate because of the bureaucracy it creates to administer it. However it was presented as cheaper than private insurance because it is subsidized by the government with tax money, so the patient only sees part of the cost. In addition, it made health care more expensive as doctors and health care organizations struggled to cover the added cost of tests and paperwork required by the government and were no longer forced to hold down prices to keep care affordable. Private insurance companies had to raise rates to cover the increased cost resulting in more people who couldn’t afford insurance so the government expanded its insurance to cover more people. Private insurance couldn’t compete and so many companies folded or moved to other more profitable programs resulting in more people turning to government insurance. In addition, many doctors quit medicine or turned to medical research or teaching due to their opposition to growing government paperwork and arbitrary rejection of claims. Those remaining faced increased patient loads and cut corners to see more patients, but shear numbers caused increased delays in seeing and treating patients, resulting in poorer quality treatment. In addition, more doctors refused to accept clients with Medicare and Medicaid due to the low reimbursement and high amount of paperwork.  Those who accept them often do not recommend treatment to Medicaid and Medicare patients which they feel will not be covered by the government, resulting in prolonged sickness and premature deaths.  The United States has experienced all this as a result of Obamacare. While it provides health coverage for more people, it provides far inferior care. While death rates are falling in underdeveloped countries, they are rising in the United States and other developing countries, so while people are living longer in underdeveloped countries, the life expectancy in the United States and other developed countries is dropping. While liberal claim they want to make health care available to everyone, the increasing cost of private insurance makes it out of reach for an increasing number of people, including not only the poor but an increasing number in the working class and middle class. Those unable to afford private insurance are forced to accept government covered care which is poor quality since doctors cut corners to maximize profit and they no longer have to worry about the patient finding another doctor since few doctors accept government insurance.

 

 

Healthcare-E

15 Apr

President Biden just cut payments to Medicare Advantage providers for the second time in his administration. Though he continues to claim Republicans are trying to cut Medicare and Social Security benefits, he continues to do so quietly so no one will notice. Medicare Advantage plans are privately run government funded plans which are increasingly popular because they offer a lot more benefits then traditional Medicare. They can do that because they are much more efficient in handling billing than the government and they are able to cut fraud through greater scrutiny. It enables them to offer more services with little or no extra cost. By cutting payments to providers, it will force the providers to cut services offered or require higher copays. That will mean more of the cost will be born by Seniors. President Biden hands out added benefits with great fanfare to get votes and then cuts services quietly so they won’t notice. The purpose of the cuts is to make Advantage plans less attractive and push Seniors back to traditional Medicare to allow the government greater control over the health care industry. President Obama pushed ObamaCare which would have gradually forced private insurance providers out of the market and given the  government complete control over the healthcare market. President Trump gutted the worst abuses of Obamacare but President Biden is seeking to reinstate them.