State run media continues – Obama to be interviewed on ALL THREE networks about socialized health care

You would think after the Another Barack Channel health care “townhall” with planted members and questions propaganda mouth piece last month would be enough. I mean, The ratings were so bad that even some re-runs of some comedy shows on Fox got better ratings. But alas, that wasn’t enough, as tommorow the news divisions of all three broadcast networks have decided to come to Obama’s rescue, and on the very same evening, air interviews with the President concerning this issue.

July 15, 2009 · Filed Under Liberal Media Bias, Socialized Heathcare

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A look at a “single payer system” for healthcare – Native American’s system

Many of you undoubtably have heard about the nightmares of Canadian, French, and Great Britan government run “single payer” health care systems. One of which you probably haven’t heard or read much about is one that already exists right here in the United States – the Native American Indian Health Service. This a single-payer system that rations care to Native Americans on reservations across the country — and kills them through neglect and a severe lack of resources. Hotair has more.

July 14, 2009 · Filed Under Socialized Heathcare

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Coming to America: The socialist 25% sales tax – Value Added Tax (VAT)

The “Value Added Tax” or VAT for short, which is common in Europe (aka socialist countries) may be coming to America soon. Remember when Obama kept saying how no one making over $250,000 would see their taxes going up? Of course, since then, cigarette taxes have been, and even though i’m not a smoker, i’d venture to say many people who buy cigs make less than $250k per year. The Value Added Tax is basically a sales tax that would be at a rate of about 25% of whatever the price is. According to Wapo advocates say few other options can generate the kind of money the nation will need to avert fiscal calamity (aka, pay for socialized health care and the entitlement programs).

“There is a growing awareness of the need for fundamental tax reform,” Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said in an interview. “I think a VAT and a high-end income tax have got to be on the table.”

A VAT is a tax on the transfer of goods and services that ultimately is borne by the consumer. Highly visible, it would increase the cost of just about everything, from a carton of eggs to a visit with a lawyer. It is also hugely regressive, falling heavily on the poor. But VAT advocates say those negatives could be offset by using the proceeds to pay for health care for every American — a tangible benefit that would be highly valuable to low-income families.

Liberals dispute that notion. “You could pay for it regressively and have people at the bottom come out better off — maybe. Or you could pay for it progressively and they’d come out a lot better off,” said Bob McIntyre, director of the nonprofit Citizens for Tax Justice, which has a health financing plan that targets corporations and the rich.

May 28, 2009 · Filed Under Democrats, Socialism, Socialized Heathcare

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Natasha Richardson’s tragic death – a perfect example of our Socialized Healthcare to come

Want an example of what’s to come once Hussein Obama and Billary get their way with socialized healthcare?

Michelle Malkin found an interesting article. Dr. Cory Franklin wrote yesterday in the New York Post exploring whether Canada’s government-run health care system contributed to the tragic skiing death of Natasha Richardson. He writes:

Richardson died of an epidural hematoma — a bleeding artery between the skull and brain that compresses and ultimately causes fatal brain damage via pressure buildup. With prompt diagnosis by CT scan, and surgery to drain the blood, most patients survive.

Could Richardson have received this care? Where it happened in Canada, no. In many US resorts, yes.

Between noon and 1 p.m., Richardson sustained what appeared to be a trivial head injury while skiing at Mt. Tremblant in Quebec. Within minutes, she was offered medical assistance but declined to be seen by paramedics.

But this delay is common in the early stages of epidural hematoma when patients have few symptoms — and there is reason to believe her case wasn’t beyond hope at that point.

About three hours after the accident, the actress was taken to Centre Hospitalier Laurentien, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, 25 miles from the resort. Hospital spokesman Alain Paquette said she was conscious upon reaching the hospital about 4 p.m.

The initial paramedic assessment, travel time to the hospital and time she spent there was nearly two hours — the crucial interval in this case. Survival rates for patients with epidural hematomas, conscious on arrival to a hospital, are good.

Richardson’s evaluation required an immediate CT scan for diagnosis — followed by either a complete removal of accumulated blood by a neurosurgeon or a procedure by a trauma surgeon or emergency physician to relieve the pressure and allow her to be transported.

But Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts is a town of 9,000 people. Its hospital doesn’t have specialized neurology or trauma services. It hasn’t been reported whether the hospital has a CT scanner, but CT scanners are less common in Canada.

March 27, 2009 · Filed Under Socialized Heathcare

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