HILLARYCARE 2.0-More Government -More of the Time More Stealthy than Ever!

by Mondoreb

The latest edition of "HillaryCare" is not the full-facial frontal blast that her last attempt was. This is a more sneaky version, hoping to snare more of the unaware.

Last time, Hillary went for the whole enchilada, for a "radical overhaul". This time it is different.

This time, Hillary is going for the usual "Government squeeze". The 'Little at a time', "this won't hurt a bit" approach. Let's just nationalize the parts we have now, only when they're looking the other way.

The Hill says the plan is "sparking a fenzy of action". But that's because the publication covers Washington; any suggestion of more government regulation, and Washington reacts like a teen-age boy with two dates on Prom Night.
That kind of frenzy.
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HILLARYCARE PART DEAUX: Lots of Choices-- And No Choice Whatsoever

by Little Baby Ginn

It’s deja-vu! If you guys remember, I, Little Baby Ginn, had a chance to do a mock interview with Johnny Edwards and his “plan” for American’s healthcare. One word summed it up: MANDATORY.

Today Hillary has released her version. If elected she will unleash it on Americans. One word summary: MANDATORY.

The proposal, Clinton's first major effort to achieve universal health coverage since an ill-fated 1994 plan, carries a price tag of about $110 billion per year. The centerpiece of her "American Health Choices Plan" is an "individual mandate" requiring everyone to have health insurance -- just as most states require drivers to purchase auto insurance.

Sweet! Everyone will be required to have health insurance. Except… you know… the other estimated 13 plus million illegal aliens who reside here. They don’t have to have driver’s licenses either. But I digress.

Here is Clinton’s spin on her “plan.”

“It puts the consumer in the driver's seat by offering more choices and lowering costs," said Neera Tanden, Clinton's top policy adviser.
"If you like the plan you have, you keep it. If you're one of tens of millions of Americans without coverage or don't like the coverage you have, you will have a choice of plans to pick from and you'll get tax credits to help pay for it."

We will have “more choices”. Hoorah! If we don’t have coverage we will have a “choice of plans to pick from.” Awesome! Plus we’ll get tax credits to help pay for it. Wow! Sounds terrific!

She’s worked out all the details. Everyone will be covered! Well, maybe not everyone. I doubt the millions of illegals will be covered but then… they already are covered… by the largesse of the American taxpayers. Who, get this, if Hillary is elected, will be mandated… which means… you will have NO CHOICE but to obey. Or else. What the “or else” is I have no idea cause well, nobody’s saying.

See, in Hillary’s world, everyone will run out and get the health insurance. In my world, it won’t happen. Some of us out here have an aversion to our government running our lives. Some of us feel we are adults and that the government is actually there to serve us especially those of us who pay the bulk of the taxes in order to support our government.

What do you suppose will happen if you do not get the health coverage mandated by Hillary and the Dems? Hillary says she will help you out with tax cuts… sweet… enough to cover the cost of the insurance? I really doubt it. Don’t you? We are mandated to pay taxes. We are mandated to have driver’s licenses and car insurance. Now we will be mandated to have health insurance. Can everyone afford it especially those living paycheck to paycheck?

We’ll be paying for the new government bureaucracy set up to run this “plan.”
But what about those who choose not to get it? Mandatory means no “choice.” Hillary says her plan is full of choices; everyone will have a choice. But the biggest “choice” of all, the one where we get to decide if we want to participate in her plan--it’s been taken away.

By Hillary.


The Washington Post article
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Health Care and John Edwards: Daily Cox & Forkum

Cox and Forkum

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Health Care: Little Baby Ginn Interviews JOHN EDWARDS?

YOU SAY "MANDATORY", I SAY "NANNY STATE"

by Little Baby Ginn

I’m sitting here thinking about John Edwards and I’m thinking what the heck is he? I know for a fact that he’s loves to run for office, he’s turned his bid for the Democratic Presidential hopeful into his “occupation” and why not? He gets to go out and schmooze people while they fork over their money so he can keep going out and schmooze more people. A “perpetual schmoozing” machine with perhaps an Oval Office prize at the end. The press follows him around, the gullible fawn over him, and if for some reason Hillary and Obama were to fall out of the race, then, hey, who’s the Dems gonna call? Johnny On The Spot Edwards.

Avast ye, Johnny! Yarrr! I'll run ye through!


So I wonder, here he is, out campaigning, and saying stuff. Is anyone paying attention? Did anyone happen to catch Johnny’s latest Deep Thoughts on “Mandatory Health Care.” Here’s what Johnny had to say:

"It requires that everybody be covered. It requires that everybody get preventive care," he told a crowd sitting in lawn chairs in front of the Cedar County Courthouse. "If you are going to be in the system, you can't choose not to go to the doctor for 20 years. You have to go in and be checked and make sure that you are OK."

He noted, for example, that women would be required to have regular mammograms in an effort to find and treat "the first trace of problem." Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, announced earlier this year that her breast cancer had returned and spread.

Edwards said his mandatory health care plan would cover preventive, chronic and long-term health care. The plan would include mental health care as well as dental and vision coverage for all Americans.

"The whole idea is a continuum of care, basically from birth to death," he said.

More here.

I decided to sit down and have an imaginary question and answer session with Johnny Edwards.


Me: So John, I read your statement about your plans for a national health care system and all I can say is, cool beans, John!


John: Why thank you very much, Little Baby Ginn and I can tell by looking at you that you’re in perfect health.


Me: Why thank you, John Edwards, and yes, I am. Let me read what you said the other day. You said about your proposed national health care plan, “It requires that everybody be covered.” This is slightly different than say, everyone is covered, right?”


Johnny: Well, that’s not true, Little Baby Ginn, see, under my plan, everyone is covered, so if you get sick, you have medical care, the finest medical care.”


Me: “Well, that’s terrific but you also said this:


“If you are going to be in the system, you can't choose not to go to the doctor for 20 years. You have to go in and be checked and make sure that you are OK."
That kind of sounds to me, you know, if you don’t choose a doctor then you’re out of luck?”


Johnny: I wouldn’t put it that way, Little Baby Ginn, I said, you need to pick a doctor…”


Me: Yes, you said from “birth to death.”


Johnny: That’s right, from birth to death, the whole idea is continuum of care so that you will be able to prevent a future illness. Everyone has to be healthy.


Me: What if you decide you don’t like the idea of being forced to see a doctor? That you’d prefer to see a doctor, say, when you got sick?”


Johnny: Well, (laughs), that’s a bad decision, you need to have a doctor and see one regularly in order to prevent illness.


Me: Well, this, on its face, is true. But some would like to have a choice on whether or not they’d want to have to go see a doctor. To some, this smacks of Big Brother and the way I see it, you say that if someone doesn’t choose to see a doctor then they forfeit their right to health care.


Johnny: This is true, either you’re in the program or you don’t get the benefits.


Me: So if someone pays taxes which funds this program and they decide not to follow your rules then they will be locked out, right? Even though they paid for it?”


Johnny: I wouldn’t look at it that way, Little Baby Ginn, that’s too cynical.


Me: But true, right? No follow your rules, no health care?”


Johnny: No, not true, again you’re being misleading.
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American vs. Euro Health Care: GERMAN MAN LOSES SKULL BUT WINS COURT CASE

by MONDOREB

MEMO
COPIES TO:
All Democratic shills for socialized health care;
All the props at Dem Debates, whining that "nobody takes care of me";
All in Congress laboring for expanding the government's role via SCHIP.

Please refer to the following story.

A German court awarded a man 3,000 euros ($4,100) after he lost the top half of his skull because of faulty hospital equipment. The man’s skull had to be replaced with plastic because the cold storage where doctors placed the top of his head during surgery turned out to be defective.

Since the head was not kept cool enough by the faulty fridge, it could not be reattached. The man now has a plastic prosthetic skull.

He sought compensation of 20,000 euros on the grounds that the prosthesis gave him headaches, adversely affected his balance and made him extra-sensitive to the weather.

This is a perfect modern fairy tale about socialized medicine that you won't see in a Michael Moore movie. It's one reason that Canadians flock to the U.S. for many surgical procedures.

Those on the Left will complain that this is a "cherry-picked" moment: and so it is. Just as Democrats cherry-pick those poor souls who have been "left behind by the American health care system". They are the exceptions, yet they get their 15 minutes of fame carping about the injustice of it all.

The next time you see a Democratic candidate on television shilling for more government control of our health care sector, remember the story of the poor German guy. They lost the top of his head, and he got 3000 Euros. Lose your skull, collect $4100. Maybe a good deal, maybe not. Just a reminder that the battlecry of those fighting against the socialization of American health care could be:
"Dude, give me back my head!"

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