"For over four years conservatives like me have tried, unsuccessfully, to convince good liberals, you know those who actually love America but are misled by the liberal media, Progressives and socialist about what is in the nation’s best interest, that supporting Obama and most Democrats in Congress was ultimately not in the nation’s best interest."
Having been caught in this travesty as an insured patient the next question becomes:
When do these rescinded insurance payments become the personal financial liability of the unknowing patient?
That happens. Trust me. Providers pass it down the line. Thus why I now and always add, beneath my signature on financial responsibility forms - regardless what they say - the tag line:Â "I will not be responsible for provider or insurance errors and/or omissions." So far it's never been challenged.
This article is so well written it speaks for itself:
A Pimp for Obamacare Feels the Pain
By DAVID CATRONÂ (Excerpted)
... conservatives like me have come to the realization that “good†liberals will only change and wake up to the threats posed by Obama once they have experienced the “sting†of his socialist policies. It appears that is exactly what is beginning to happen.
Next time, be more careful what you wish for.
This unshakable belief in his own infallibility regarding government-administered health care was partly due to his hopelessly naïve view of Medicare, which he called “the most successful government program ever.†Never mind that this “success†had produced a $38 trillion unfunded liability, it was somehow “more efficient than private insurance.†Imagine my surprise, then, when I looked at the byline for this scathing piece bemoaning the depredations of that very program. The outraged author of “Medicare made the rules and now punishes doctors for following them†is none other than the redoubtable Shadowfax.
... a lot of money disappears from the bank account of the hospital. And it gets worse. The recent “fiscal cliff†deal changed the rule so that Medicare can now demand refunds for “overpayments†made as far back as 5 years ago.
... The most ironic feature of this program is that it proves our Beltway masters intend to do what Shadowfax and other advocates of government-run health care claimed they would never do — tell doctors how to practice medicine:
“Medicare is … reviewing charts and claiming that the physicians are fraudulently upcoding because we are documenting complete Reviews of Systems when they were not … medically necessary.â€
In other words, the ultimate arbiter of medical necessity is no longer your doctor. This program means that the medical need for an examination, test, or procedure is retroactively determined by the government.
Read full story here.
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Comments: 29
We must realize that government control of medical decisions is fine with Socialists since by definition Socialists trust government officials to run the economy better than free market Capitalist competition. Strengthening this viewpoint has been a campaign led by Obama and other Socialists for years now to demonize doctors. Remember when Obama claimed doctors frequently recommend unnecessary surgeries to make more money?
Conservatives tend to continue to trust that "liberals" are still ready to give them the benefit of doubt and see the light if only they can be shown the truth. But "liberals" have been convinced by education and media inundating them for decades with assumptions and accusations that any businessperson is not only potentially but very likely a crook.
The axiom is that Socialists never trust a Capitalist because Capitalist equals thief. The same goes for Christians (tool of rich thieves and homophobes) and Constitutionalists (racists who want to restore an ante-bellum, pre-Civil War America or at least a pre-Civil Rights Act one).
We must understand the need to move from fruitless discussion to implement effective countermeasures, starting with parent groups retaking control of their children's education and then moving to loud and continuous mass denunciation iof Socialist propagandists masquerading as honest journalists.
A formidable task to say the least. But both must PRECEDE any political campaign to reverse the wholesale assault on the remaining functioning features of the US Constitution. Otherwise we are simply confronting an ultimately insurmountable rising tide of devastating totalitarian Marxian conviction.
Now that Obama has been "reelected" we can spend more time and effort considering what to do about reducing the influence of Marxist thought in our educational and news reporting systems. Clearly it must be done through organizational initiatives combined with individual efforts in pressuring local educational institutions and media outlets and political leaders, perhaps beginning with pointing out their bias and insisting on more "balance" in their communications with their public charges. This requires a clear understanding of the differences between Constitutionalism and Socialism and an understanding of why the former is superior to the latter.
I wish there was a simpler and far less formidable plan of action. But we must realize that Socialist thinking has massively infiltrated our society and now dominates the outlook and perceptions of tens of millions, in fact probably about forty percent of the entire US population, with up to another ten to fifteen percent influenced by it. It will take at least one twenty-year generation and an enormously massive effort by millions of Constitutional, Christian and Capitalist patriots to accomplish the resurrection of the America which was the greatest society in history in so many crucial ways.
Of course there is another way, the one suggested by the content of your blog above. Let Socialism move "forward" (the traditional Communist term for moving to revolution which alarmingly has become the term replacing "move ahead" by both sides) and let the indoctrinated generations learn the hard way that Socialism does not work and that collectivism is not superior to individualism as the guiding societal principle. Are today's lovers of individualism and freedom really ready and willing to accept that for themselves and their children?
We must understand the need to move from fruitless discussion to implement effective countermeasures, starting with parent groups retaking control of their children's education and then moving to loud and continuous mass denunciation iof Socialist propagandists masquerading as honest journalists. ... both must PRECEDE any political campaign to reverse the wholesale assault on the remaining functioning features of the US Constitution.
It's always preferable when someone offers solutions and you most certainly have. If the propagandized open themselves to common sense, that is a huge first step. It is commnon sense. You also hit a nerve with the issue of who "trusts" what. I hadn't really considered that but you are absolutely correct.
I pray it doesn't come to the last solution mentioned, but it well could if awakening eyes refuse to deny themselves the comfort of perilous slumber. Thanks for such a comprehensive and accurate comment.
I've told you, Fren, about some of the experiences I've had in an area called a "Beacon community" that was forced to coimply with Obamacare sooner than others.
Here's another. I had a knee injury in 2002 (work related/worker's comp) and knee surgery. The case was closed long ago, because I moved from TX, not because my knee is any better. A few years ago, I had a knee doc tell me, after seeing the old and new MRIs that my knee was worse than he imagined. But his only suggestion was cortisone injections and my body hates cortisone. (My permanently thinned skin - in my 40s - was due to cortisone injections for a back injury.)
I saw a new knee doc this month. He ordered a new MRI since the last ones were in 2002 and 2008. My insurance company - same one as in 2008 - said that Obamacare dictates that no MRIs be given on a knee until the doctor has been doctoring the knee for 6-8 weeks and physical therapy has been provided. My doc fought back, though, saying that I was a new patient and the old MRIs and new x-rays make him believe that something that should have been removed with the original surgery was not and that's what's been causing my pain all these years. He had to do the peer to peer review thing and fight for me. I'm glad he did, but I'm sure other docs wouldn't have done so. In fact, my regular doc admitted that he wouldn't have rocked the boat himself.
People have no idea what's to come with the government deciding our care. I was so angry when I had my cataract surgery and learned that our seniors on Medicare get no choice in what kind of lens implants they get. I guess there's one reason to be thankful that my own cataract surgery came while I had good insurance, rather than government care. You know what else? If a lens implant doesn't work, Medicare will not pay for another operation. Who knew? No wonder there are so many folks in nursing homes who cannot read or see much any more. It's not age that does it, it's government (lack of ) care....care that everyone thinks is so doggone good because they (seniors) pay little for that care. Right. My daddy taught me long ago that you get what you pay for.
And...when she lived with us after having a stroke and breaking her leg, our family doc often visited after his "normal" hours just to check on her. He called them social calls and didn't charge for them.
Hope those that voted for him are enjoying the ride...I think its starting to smell like manure.
Minute 18:00 - German Healthcare Under Hitler
Minute 21:00 - Confiscating Guns Under Hitler
Pray for our country folks.
oh wait ....... there is, and that is what caused the problem ....................... dang.
BUT I must be a pretty important person that they want to silence little old me... THEY are giving me attention, and I feel so POPULAR... So , I leave this to the trolls of gather... Thank YOU so much for the attention.... I needed that...lol