tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post74965540590781810..comments2017-04-13T04:47:21.148-06:00Comments on Pro Libertate: Obamacare Begins -- In IdahoWilliam N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-31139275397831846212010-08-09T18:20:40.812-06:002010-08-09T18:20:40.812-06:00The problem is not that the doctors opted out of t...The problem is not that the doctors opted out of the pricing agreement, the problem is that they communicated and agreed to do it together.<br /><br />That kind of activity is prohibited under anti-trust laws. If they just did it on their own then it would not have been a problem.<br /><br />Also, when dealing with white collar crime sometimes the best you can do is realize when the prosecutor has your client behind the 8-ball and the best thing to do is to go along with it and avoid jail time if possible.<br /><br />I am not sure about the exact fact scenario here, but the defense attorney could face disciplinary action from the Idaho State Bar if they were acting against their clients' interest. <br /><br />Maybe it was a clear cut case of actions violating an unjust law but the doctors did not want to fight that hard and just take the punishment. <br /><br />Price fixing by agreement in any measure (by discussion what prices to not accept) is prohibited by Anti-Trust laws.<br /><br />Cheers. I just started reading your blog last week and love it.Davidhttp://causeofliberty.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-73421563393953932002010-08-03T14:44:49.371-06:002010-08-03T14:44:49.371-06:00Referencing "Anonymous the Abstainer":
...Referencing "Anonymous the Abstainer":<br /><br />I was a self-treating abstainer, too, until I shipped a strep bacteria that flourished in my blood, on my liver and caused the lung above to react in hysteria. I also follow God's lead, and this time He led me to the medical "system." Death was only a day or two away, otherwise. So, I came to realize that the established medical system is useful in some very critical ways. I wouldn't want to throw the baby out with the bath water. Of course, when Obamacare takes off running, we're all totally screwed.<br /><br />But now that my three weeks in the hospital are over, I have bills that I'd love to trade for a mortgage. What I'm finding most interesting about this system now is that the first thing the hospital wanted to do is stick the taxpayers with the bill since I'm uninsured. How's that any different from Obamacare which hasn't even been implemented (openly) yet? But since I also don't have a social security number, no robbing the taxpayers will happen in my name.<br /><br />And the charities set up, obstensibly, for these types of things? Haven't heard back from them.<br /><br />Linda JuneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-26671504272116240532010-07-19T17:35:40.327-06:002010-07-19T17:35:40.327-06:00"As an abstainer from all commercialized medi..."As an abstainer from all commercialized medical practice my health is mine to manage."<br /><br />I agree with you on that!<br /><br />More of us will need to be 'abstainers' in order to insure individual health. hmmm<br /><br />Over a 4 year period of dealing with a supposedly serious auto-immune disorder of the thyroid by means of my own research & self-treatment, a recent thyroid function test revealed all thyroid levels 'normal'.<br /><br />We need not lay down our lives before the state healthcare committees & pharmaceutical company trained 'doctors'.<br /><br />Trust the Lord and allow promptings of the Spirit to guide you in how to stay healthy and how to treat maladies when they occur.<br /><br />I raise several species of livestock. The Creator leads them to what they need to remain healthy. Why wouldn't He do the same for us?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-19049773558681985482010-07-19T15:59:02.473-06:002010-07-19T15:59:02.473-06:00As an abstainer from all commercialized medical pr...As an abstainer from all commercialized medical practice my health is mine to manage. I did yeoman service in the taxpayer economic system and am about to have cuts in SS payments for medical treatment I live without. If the ss checks stop I will go back to work if I can find it but only to sustain this house of flesh. If no work is offered I will attempt to procure sustenance wherever and by every means to keep the house "Open". But I will not allow a unionized health professional to even know my name. I have selected a secret location where I will not be disturbed until all that remains is these bones. Except for the last fifty years it has been a suitable life. I'm optimistic about eternity. alephalpholivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596051634627654549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-87398862514669172402010-07-18T17:34:12.016-06:002010-07-18T17:34:12.016-06:00Your picture ID has this information. Height/weigh...Your picture ID has this information. Height/weight, that is all. Not that it isn't ridiculous or anything...DPiratenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-34964044127750167172010-07-18T01:21:08.904-06:002010-07-18T01:21:08.904-06:00Government Wants Your Individual Obesity Rating By...Government Wants Your Individual Obesity Rating By 2014<br />Published on 07-17-2010 <br /><br /><br />Source: HULIQ <br /><br />All Americans, by 2014 will be required to have an individual obesity rating electronically recorded. It has been determined that under the new health stimulus law passed by President Barack Obama recently, that all Americans, by 2014, will be required to have electronic health records which will include their height, weight and body mass index (BMI).<br /><br />BMI is a formula that calculates ones body measurements, including height and weight, in order to come up with an individual obesity rating. Calculation of BMI is the preferred method of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for measuring obesity and coming up with an obesity rating, which is the measure of a person’s body fat percentage.<br /><br />Regina Benjamin, the U.S. Surgeon General stated that according to the CDC, “BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems.”<br /><br />America has been criticized for being a nation that actually promotes obesity and hence leads American's to have health issues. The new health regulation also stipulates that the electronic records, including BMI will be able to quickly send individual health records as public health data to state and federal health agencies such as the HHS and the CDC.<br /><br />The new obesity-rating regulation will be enforced in every American's electronic health record. The regulation states that it must, “Calculate body mass index. Automatically calculate and display body mass index (BMI) based on a patient’s height and weight.” In addition, these electronic health records will be available for viewing on a national exchange. Seems a bit invasive, say many, but there will be security measures in place on these electronic records to try to help with privacy.<br /><br />The 2009 economic stimulus law, already in place, has made some additions. The most major; this new regulation and requirement for obesity ratings within electronic records. This is the government's first step towards adopting a new universal requirement for electronic health records (EHRs) by 2014.<br /><br />Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Dr. David Blumenthal, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology for Health and Human Services (HHS), shared on Tuesday that under the stimulus law, health care providers, including doctors and hospitals, must establish "meaningful use" of EHRs by 2014 in order to qualify for federal subsidies. If they do not comply, they will risk getting penalized in the form of diminished Medicare and Medicaid payments.<br /><br />As outlined in Section 3001 of the stimulus law, it reads, "The National Coordinator shall, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies (including the National Institute of Standards and Technology), update the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan (developed as of June 3, 2008) to include specific objectives, milestones, and metrics with respect to the following: (i) The electronic exchange and use of health information and the enterprise integration of such information.‘‘(ii) The utilization of an electronic health record for each person in the United States by 2014."hope is for children change is for pennybanksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-82901100744477844662010-07-17T21:01:23.790-06:002010-07-17T21:01:23.790-06:00Thanks, DPirate!
You're entirely correct abou...Thanks, DPirate!<br /><br />You're entirely correct about the medical cartel, of course. There are more than a few conscientious medical practitioners who are fully accredited within that cartel who hardly consider themselves "beneficiaries" and would much prefer a legitimate free market in medicine. I think their situation is roughly comparable to that of genuinely accomplished teachers frustrated to be trapped in the government's education matrix.William N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-73995617311509775462010-07-17T20:51:39.196-06:002010-07-17T20:51:39.196-06:00Love your site.
As you know, doctors are the bene...Love your site.<br /><br />As you know, doctors are the beneficiaries of a state-derived monopoly on many forms on necessary health care. As such, I fail to see how they can have any expectation of a free market. A sick person in America is generally forced by law to see certain individuals, or face punitive measures. Given these facts, I find this article to be somewhat off. Unlike other trades, we are not allowed to DIY.DPiratenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-59047925337864329292010-07-17T20:35:15.840-06:002010-07-17T20:35:15.840-06:00I hate to tell you this but health care is highly ...I hate to tell you this but health care is highly rationed in the US now. The people who are complaining are those with the better government plans and medicare that fear they are going to lose out. Guess what too bad.<br /><br />"doctors will just withdraw to cash only practice"<br /><br />Some maybe, but most are not good enough and need to work in a government system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1422831972501475782010-07-16T23:41:24.976-06:002010-07-16T23:41:24.976-06:00How sad. To squawk about ones own rape, theft, an...How sad. To squawk about ones own rape, theft, and murder, is to invite a tax-fattened finger of rebuke from the hand of Leviathan.MoThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13996714804361467430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-21343317284835213572010-07-16T15:33:11.640-06:002010-07-16T15:33:11.640-06:00The end result is that doctors will just withdraw ...The end result is that doctors will just withdraw to cash only practice or they will withdraw from medicine entirely. The consequences of that are excess mortality or, dead bodies. <br /><br />There will not be much talk about it. There will be general bewilderment why it is happening. The doctors won't tell us. They very well will understand after the first few examples are set. <br /><br />The bodies will just pile up without much comment from the political class.TMLutashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033938954514865135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-67765010810741729372010-07-16T15:18:23.925-06:002010-07-16T15:18:23.925-06:00By the way, the fact that Idaho's Rethuglican ...By the way, the fact that Idaho's Rethuglican establishment is eagerly implementing this Marxist travesty should serve as a wake-up call to the state's Republican-registered votards (but won't, of course).liberranterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00555275410576294081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-16038695490549258432010-07-16T11:52:49.367-06:002010-07-16T11:52:49.367-06:00What F***ing country **IS** this again?
The toxic...<i>What F***ing country **IS** this again?</i><br /><br />The toxic residue of the republic that, as Benjamin Franklin predicted, we couldn't keep.liberranterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00555275410576294081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-46638940069560151342010-07-15T22:56:37.133-06:002010-07-15T22:56:37.133-06:00The blood - it boils.
What F***ing country **IS**...The blood - it boils.<br /><br />What F***ing country **IS** this again?<br /><br />It sure as aytch-eee-double-hockey-sticks ain't Our Founders' Republic.<br /><br />How much more will we take before we decide it's time to refresh the tree of Liberty with its natural manure?<br /><br />DDDedicated_Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06375339835638311982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-52620409937007637852010-07-15T10:48:07.608-06:002010-07-15T10:48:07.608-06:00As far as Obamunistcare goes, I'm sure you'...As far as Obamunistcare goes, I'm sure you've seen <a rel="nofollow">this LRC blog post today</a> (7/15/10) that touches on <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100715/D9GVCNNO0.html" rel="nofollow">this source article on North Korea's rapidly collapsing "health care" system</a>. <br /><br />Of course this is the deliberate goal of our Criminal Overlords: to destroy every last vestige of the free market in their quest for total power and to use "health care" as a bludgeon to keep us all in line. They'll almost certainly succeed too, given that the average Amoricon sheep is programatically incapable of distinguishing "capitalism" from "state corporatism" and vilifies the former (which they wouldn't recognize if it kicked them in the crotch) while suffering under the latter.<br /><br />God help us, although if He doesn't, it's because we've shown ourselves to be undeserving of His help.liberranterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00555275410576294081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-87478631068261100882010-07-15T09:22:27.096-06:002010-07-15T09:22:27.096-06:00Will wrote:
"As "defense" counsel...Will wrote: <br /><br />"As "defense" counsel in this matter, Botti's role was exactly the same as that of a defendant's advocate in the Cardassian court system: Collaborate with the prosecution to validate the infallible wisdom of the state through a pre-ordained guilty verdict, and help the defendant accept that verdict with proper submissive humility."<br /><br />This has been the norm in the kangaroo family courts for a long long time. Family law attorneys don't represent the clients who are paying them - they represent the court's interests.<br /><br />As far as Lawrence Wasden goes, he's as two faced a double talking pol as there is. Then again so is the that is no different from any of the inbred good-ole-boy bureaurats in this state. Hopefully one day we can openly hang them all . . .<br /><br />In Male Fide<br />Sic Semper TyrannisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-71686434711432207532010-07-15T02:14:34.651-06:002010-07-15T02:14:34.651-06:00Bureaucrats who will decide who gets healthcare in...Bureaucrats who will decide who gets healthcare in the messiahcare plan how lovely. Since we are mere mortals compared to the Messiah® it is only fitting. That hopey changey is not all its hyped up to be.name is inserted herenoreply@blogger.com