Who won American Idol this past spring? If you answered Kris Allen you are correct. Who was the runner up? It was the young man that many thought would win it all. But Adam Lambert came in second.Here are some other Idol-related names you no doubt know:
- Kelly Clarkson
- Ruben Studdard
- Clay Aiken
- Fantasia Barrino
- Jennifer Hudson
- Carrie Underwood
- Taylor Hicks
- Katherine McPhee
- Jordin Sparks
- David Cook
- David Archuleta
Isn't it amazing how quickly we can rattle off these names and yet we do not have a clue about what's REALLY in the Obama Health Care plan?
I downloaded a PDF of HR 3200, the America's Affordable Health Care Choices Act. I am not a lawyer and the bill's language is almost incomprehensible. But around the Internet and in various emails, a list of some of the most egregious elements is making the rounds. Perhaps you have already seen it. Here are a few highlights:
Pg 16: If you lose your job or your employer cancels their health care plan, you must go on the government plan. You have no other choice.
Pg 30, Sec 123: THE GOVERNMENT WILL decide what treatments and benefits you get.
Pg 59, lines 21-24: THE GOVERNMENT WILL have direct access to your bank accounts for funds transfer.
Pg 72, lines 8-14: THE GOVERNMENT WILL create a Health Care Exchange to bring private health care plans under government control.
Pg 127, lines 1-16: THE GOVERNMENT WILL determine how much doctors get paid for their work.
Pg 167, lines 18-23: THE GOVERNMENT WILL tax any individual who does not have acceptable health care at a rate of 2.5% of their gross income.
Pg 429, lines 13-25: THE GOVERNMENT WILL specify which doctors can write an "end of life" order.
Pg 503, lines 13-19: THE GOVERNMENT WILL build registries and data networks from your electronic medical records.
Pg 660-671: THE GOVERNMENT WILL tell doctors where their residency will be, thus where they will live.
Pg 711, lines 8-14: THE GOVERNMENT WILL have broad powers to deny health care providers and suppliers admittance into the Health Care Exchange.
Pg 876-892: THE GOVERNMENT WILL take over the education of our medical students and doctors.
Pg 936: THE GOVERNMENT WILL develop “Healthy People & National Public Health Performance Standards."
Pg 1001: THE GOVERNMENT WILL establish a National Medical Device Registry.
Original Source: Common Sense from a Common Man
Readable List: Debate Both Sides
And those are just of the few of the many egregious elements of this radical legislation.
Why is it that we Americans spend more time focusing on who's winning American Idol, who's the best dancer on Dancing With the Stars, or what happened to Michael Jackson's prosthetic nose, than we do with the government's radical plan to manage every detail of our lives?
Are we really that stupid? If so, maybe we deserve to lose our freedom!
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These things that you find egregious are standard in the Canadian, UK and Swedish national health care systems. The citizens in those countries are well cared for and live a very low stress life when it comes to health care.
ReplyDeleteOh, and Clay Aiken totally won his year, the votes be damned.