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Here you will find my opinions about the application of political principles to the news of the day. My perspective is clearly from the conservative point of view. This is a place to express my concerns, passions, irritations, and commentary as they apply to the current political issues of the day. Political is defined loosely in this blog. There may be posts that are not strictly political, such as movie reviews, medical topics, religious commentary and thoughts on history. I hope interest will be generated by blending my thoughts with current events. I anticipate that there will be honest disagreement. I encourage feedback to my posts with the goal of achieving clarity of disagreement. I will strive to keep the conversation polite and respectful, while avoiding political correctness and maintaining tension to keep things exciting. Hopefully, friends and family will enjoy frequenting the arena for a little intellectual stimulation and good ol' fashioned debate.
If you want to see the end result of government-controlled, universal health care, just look at what is happening to the British health service.
Here is an article from the United Kingdom about the financial realities of socialized medical care:
- Restrictions on basic surgeries such as hip & knee replacements and cataract surgeries
- Dying cancer patients told to manage their own symptoms on evenings and weekends if their condition worsens
- Closing nursing homes for the elderly
- Reducing the number of acute care hospital beds available
- Cutting thousands of medical care workers
- Reducing hospital stay lengths for the terminally ill
- Admitting fewer terminally ill cancer patients
- Doctors only allowed to do surgery on a patient with prior government administration approval on a case by case basis
Can you say "death panels"? The British Health Service budget has tripled since 1997. Luckily, President Obama has promised that his health care plan to cover an additional 35 million people was needed to reduce our government spending deficit for the next 10 years.
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