Fasten your seatbelts, folks – here comes that post health reform bill bounce!
Obama’s approval rating was 47%-50% — the first time his disapproval rating has hit 50%.
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There was a strong reaction against the tactics Democratic leaders used to pass the bill. A 53% majority call Democratic methods “an abuse of power;” 40% say they are appropriate.
And when asked about incidents of vandalism and threats that followed the bill’s passage, Americans are more inclined to blame Democratic political tactics than critics’ harsh rhetoric.
Hey, they’re getting what they voted for. Plus, he’s for the children!
What went wrong? Basically we have witnessed a communications breakdown between people who speak English (like Barack Obama, who is not a student of insurance arcana) and the people who speak “Insurance”.
And now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose! Yesterday’s announcement from the Cradle Of Universal Health Care: “To shorten surgical waits: Third-party delivery of out-patient surgery and MRI/CT scans within the publicly funded and administered system will be introduced…”
Does this mean the Natives (Indians) will get to build their MRI clinics after all?
Ah, the sweet smell of consequences!
The young will be getting a valuable lesson in the unethical nature of the welfare state.
Now, this whole idea of the left’s of raping the young and spending the money on aging boomers is another story.
Leftard boomers can’t die fast enough. They’ve literally destroyed western civilization in a generation and a half (the lot of Trudeau’s age – mostly dead now – share the blame.)
Third-party delivery of out-patient surgery and MRI/CT scans
Public Healthcare for the USA: Faster, better, higher on and on…
I am proud of that Wall guy. Got a problem? Fix it. How refreshing.
The irony of it all. At one time, not too long ago, delivering any service by anything other than a full fledged government facility would have the Friends of Medicare marching in the streets, next to the imaginary slippery slope.
It is as if Obama hasn’t a clue.
Now would be a good time in Sask to start looking into leasing one of those MRI machines in a truck. Drive it around to some of your local hospitals.
I’d be doing that myself in northern Ontario (meaning north of Barrie, I’m not a masochist) except that the Liberal Party -will-not-license- new MRI machines in this province. Won’t. Do. it.
Now the “why” of it is interesting. They won’t allow new machines, because of two things. First is the tests themselves have to be paid for, and the reading of the test by a radiologist has to be paid for. Therefore limiting the number of machines and running up the waiting list saves money.
Second, the tests find things wrong. These things obviously have to be fixed once you know about them, which costs money. Money for procedures, medications, hospital beds, OR time, clerk time, interest on the money they don’t get if they pay it out, blah blah blah.
In this single payer system, the incentive is to NOT treat the patient just the same as an HMO. Patients are a COST, not an income source. So if you can arrange a way to avoid finding out what’s wrong with somebody before they die of it, or if they die on the waiting list, that’s a good thing.
Got that, trolls?
The difference between government single payer and an HMO is that the HMO can go broke, so they have to balance the not-treating the patients part with the patients leaving the HMO because they’re p1ssed off part. Government single payer can’t run out of customers, due to being a monopoly.
One other difference is that HMOs do not have goons with guns to come and take your money if they think they might need more.
After some thought, I’m 3000% sure he hasn’t a clue.
* Help Saskatchewan residents achieve healthy body weight
Ouch! That sounds ambiguously ominous now doesn’t it?
Phantom, go west young man.
A PROGESSIVE Democrat (KKK): Now Marxism ? Same.. Same.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)
Wilson was a progressive Democrat who favored voting rights for women; the establishment of the Federal Reserve System of Banking and the Federal Trade Commission. He had a horrible record on civil rights for African Americans and other minorities and was repressive in his crackdown of dissent during the war and afterwards.
The Birth of a Nation
Director D. W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation glorified the original Klan. His film was based on the book and play The Clansman and the book The Leopard’s Spots, both by Thomas Dixon, Jr.. Dixon said his purpose was “to revolutionize northern sentiment by a presentation of history that would transform every man in my audience into a good Democrat!” The film created a nationwide Klan craze. At the official premier in Atlanta, members of the Klan rode up and down the street in front of the theater.[60]
Much of the modern Klan’s iconography, including the standardized white costume and the lighted cross, are derived from the film. Its imagery was based on Dixon’s romanticized concept of old Scotland, as portrayed in the novels and poetry of Sir Walter Scott. The film’s influence and popularity were enhanced by a widely reported endorsement by historian and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.
The Birth of a Nation included extensive quotations from Woodrow Wilson’s History of the American People, as if to give it a stronger basis. After seeing the film in a special White House screening, Wilson allegedly said, “It is like writing history with lightning, and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.”[61] Given Wilson’s views on race and the Klan, his statement was taken as supportive of the film. In later correspondence with Griffith, Wilson confirmed his enthusiasm. Wilson’s remarks immediately became controversial. Wilson tried to remain aloof, but finally, on April 30, he issued a non-denial denial.
In effect, the Klan was a military force serving the interests of the Democratic party, the planter class, and all those who desired restoration of white supremacy. Its purposes were political, but political in the broadest sense, for it sought to affect power relations, both public and private, throughout Southern society. It aimed to reverse the interlocking changes sweeping over the South during Reconstruction: to destroy the Republican party’s infrastructure,
Interesting. If present trends continue for a couple of decades, what should we call the future voting bloc of Danny Williams-style politicians that circumvent the inevitable American waitlists by travelling north of the border?
Praire Dog Democrats?
Ummm….make that ‘Prairie’.
Good one Matt.
I’ve supported the private delivery of our public system since I was 16. What irritates me is how that young chap can see clearly what the aforementioned Boomer losers still can’t see today. If someone wants to provide a service and feels they can earn a buck at it, while relieving the government of its responsibility, who could possible object?
Oh wait… I guess if I had a conflict of interest(ie union workers) I too might object to common sense solutions that will help Canadians.
BTW, I extend this logic to the public education system also. It’s ironic how Canadians spend huge dollars relatively speaking on public education; yet, University profs complain that the public system is graduating illiterates. Add this to the “Things that make you go Hmmm…” file.
Sask’s move is a very small step on a long uncertain march towards financially sustainable high-quality healthcare.
Note that the healthcare unions were involved in the process. Until the SP breaks ranks with them truly substantial reform cannot happen IMO.
For those of you reading my comments above and my comments on the previous post about “incrementalism” and thinking they see a disconnect to my logic, please understand that I do not think that now is the time to break things off with the unions. There is a way to go around them – the precise tactics of which I will refrain from outlining until early summer.
We’ll be on the edge of seats waiting for these insightful remarks, Gord. You have my word, I won’t leave the computer until summer is over or you have shared your amazing tactics.
My reasons for secrecy will be clear in time.
Let’s hope this gives other Provinces the political courage to do the same, and more.
It isn’t only the unions that have to be dealt with, the HC system is vastly overloaded with unnecessary managers,all making fat salaries.
Many are appointees, Party hacks given the usual reward of someone else’s money. Trim the levels of management to where they can operate efficiently, and half the problem is solved.
But if we allow third party services,these embedded paper shufflers will still stay on with even less to do.
The Yanks who supported this bill will be receiving a rude awakening over the next few years as creeping service cuts become the norm,just as they are here in Health Care Paradise.
Hope so Gord. It is high time.
Kate uses selective poll that doesn’t represent the majority taken.
RCP average is 48% – 46% favoring Obama. Nice try.
Better get your facts straight, Steve, as going to the Rasmussen website confirms Kate’s numbers.
In fact the approve/disapprove figures are 47/53, so Kate is playing nice with “the One”
Steve: yes the rcp avg iswhat you say it is. It also includes polls from CNN and others wih a similar bias. Those in the know – indluding dems pay attention only to rassmussen and similar unbiased sources. You should do the same.
Matt Hillier, if they’re trying to circumvent the US waitlist by coming up here to get on our waitlist, we’re going to be calling ’em…
…dead dog Democrats.
Kind of related:
“Why Is Conservative Media Crushing Liberal Media?”
http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-why-is-conservative-media-crushing-liberal-media-2010-3
Gord, will there be blood?
Think of the children!
Why the concern about the kids?
We know that young voters were a key demographic in the last US presidential election.
They got what they voted for.
Nothing to see here. Move along, folks.
// Obama’s approval rating was 47%-50% — the first time his disapproval rating has hit 50%. //
Finally. Equality.
New this season, shoes designed to make everyone two meters tall.
As you may know, following the passage of the Health Care Reform bill these shoes are now mandatory for all Americans.
http://crookedtimber.org/2010/03/29/to-each-according-to-his-knees/#comments
There is nothing President Obama can’t do. I was proud of Secretary Clinton’s comments yesterday in Quebec when asked if contraception would be part of the maternal health initiative when the G8 countries meet this summer; she replied that maternal health can not exist without proper access to contraception and safe abortions. So Harper may not get his way after all, as the European countries and the US seem to want it included. Good for them.