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We see every day new proofs that we don't need no stinkin' "Health Care Reform", we need 'Health Insurance Reform'. At that link, Dr. Frank S. Rosenbloom, posting at American Thinker, rebuts the Top 11 Democrat Talking Points in re our current Health Care debate. These Democrat talking points are...

1. We need health care reform.
2. Free market health insurance has caused our current problem.
3. The evil and greedy health insurance companies have caused prices to skyrocket.
4. Nearly 50 million Americans are without health care.
5. A government option will lower costs and improve quality of care.
6. If you like your insurance and your doctor you can keep them.
7. Government medical insurance is more cost efficient.
8. The government option is necessary in order to prevent loss of insurance by individuals with medical problems.
9. The government option would ensure treatment for sick individuals who would otherwise have lost health care insurance. It would prevent lifetime limits on medical care.
10. A government option will not result in rationing.
11. A government option will simplify the payment for medical services.

You can click over to read Dr. Rosenbloom's thoughtful responses to those Democrat talking points.

I want to look a little closer at #10, the Death Panel (rationing) canard...

10. A government option will not result in rationing.

The major government options already in existence employ rationing every day. Prohibitively difficult preauthorization, statements of medical necessity, convoluted and complicated paperwork, and often impossible to meet requirements result in rationing on a huge scale. Furthermore, delay in payment, denial of payment for services already rendered and other tactics reduce access to medical care on a widespread basis. The government may not call this rationing but it is an insidious form of rationing that will be an integral part of any government plan. Medicare misuses and abuses its funding and is guilty of literally stealing from hospitals and physicians.

As an example of this thievery, due to a change in the corporate status of my practice I was required to apply for a new national provider identification number (NPI) in March of this year. Within several weeks, without exception, all of the private insurance companies had registered the number and were paying on claims. After five months and exhaustive work of over 140 hours by my office staff Medicare and Medicaid had still not paid on a single claim. Finally, on August 14, Medicare made their first payment on claims that were five months old. Yet, if we do not build Medicare within three months of the date of service, Medicare will not pay us at all. Government regulation and control permeates the entire medical system.

We needs only look at Medicare and Medicaid to see what's coming if we ever give the OK to governmentalize the rest of our health care system.

Oh, and this...



The ObamaCare Surrender Flag

Talk about having some unmitigated hatreds before; if ObamaCare Fails, lovely Sarah Palin will have played a substantial role in it's demise. Then, Katy bar the door! We'll have to beat Leftists back with broom handles and cold water. Their hatreds might even surpass those they displayed for George Booooooooosh! for eight years.

It'll bring a smile to my stone face. )

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