tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post7270058573712138922..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: Palin Respondsmike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-10254567889679331682009-08-13T09:14:11.877-07:002009-08-13T09:14:11.877-07:00let me respond to the last anonymous comment. I wr...let me respond to the last anonymous comment. I wrote a detailed piece about this. It's much more complicated than merely these "advanced care consultations" and I wrote as much here.<br /><br />http://theeprovocateur.blogspot.com/2009/08/deconstructing-palins-health-care.htmlmike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-88232548974620984242009-08-13T09:07:21.181-07:002009-08-13T09:07:21.181-07:00Really, I'll just quote from the bill. This is...Really, I'll just quote from the bill. This is where the Health Choices Administration is created on page 41-42.<br /><br />"There is here by established as an independent agency in the executive branch by the Government<br /><br />...<br /><br />Duties include the establishment of qualified health benefits and standards under this title, including the enforcement of such standards in coordination with state insuruance regulators and the Departments of Labor and Treasury."<br /><br />Boy, that sounds like if the HCA wants to make these mandatory they can. <br /><br />Here's another part right from the bill.<br /><br />This is from page 502 establishing the Center for Comparative and Effectiveness Research<br /><br />"The Secretary shall establish with the Agency for health care Research and Qulaity Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research to conduct, support, and synthesize research with respect to the outcomes, effectiveness, and appropriateness of healht services and precedures in order to identify the manner in which diseases, disorder, and other health condition can most effectively and appropriately be diagnosed, treated, and managed."<br /><br />that sure sounds as though this particular NEW bureaucracy can do anything it wants. So, is all of this "voluntary" or is it voluntary until one of these, among 53 new bureaucracies, decides not to make it voluntary.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-59711687024866431292009-08-13T09:04:10.712-07:002009-08-13T09:04:10.712-07:00Ok, so if I understand you correctly, the idea is ...Ok, so if I understand you correctly, the idea is that the government is going pressure sick seniors into accepting end of life care rather than treatment for their illnesses?<br /><br />That's an awfully immature assessment of the legislation, in my opinion. It makes me wonder if you've ever had to watch someone you love sell everything they own because Medicare doesn't cover assisted living so they have to intentionally impoverish themselves to qualify for Medicaid.<br /><br />Not to mention the most significant point that you have never even attempted to address: how can the government pressure seniors into end of life care if the person they consult DOESN'T WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT? We are talking about insurance, after all, and insurance is to pay for your own doctor, nowhere does it say anything about government bureaucrats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-63580378222556995122009-08-13T09:03:13.365-07:002009-08-13T09:03:13.365-07:00Sometimes proposals are so bad they just need to b...Sometimes proposals are so bad they just need to be abandoned. Such is the case with this monstrocity proposed by Obama and Palin honed on it's wrost feature -the centralized life and death decision panels and the rationing mentality that places a price on human life. That was enough to say about it. Enough to send the liberals into a frenzy and the majority opposing it grateful.<br /><br />If she decides to run for office, or if Republicans in power offer an alternative plan that is not socialist (big if), I am sure she will have her ducks in order as health care is an issue she dealt with as governor and mother. If we are able to ditch Obama thousand page web of horror, then we can talk about sane proposals. There is no "deal" to be made out of Obamacare - it is that bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-38579952499064014112009-08-13T08:49:38.017-07:002009-08-13T08:49:38.017-07:00It's voluntary but it's not? I think it...It's voluntary but it's not? I think it's your language that is ambiguous. You know and I know that you could have stopped at "it's voluntary." The rest is YOU trying to invent something that is not in the bill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com