I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

I posted from Politico - it was an article about how the incumbent Republicans are polling below generic Democrats in 17 out of 24 districts polled. Unfortunately, I copied it from the Reader window in Safari on the iPad and it went crazy. I couldn't edit or delete it or even post a "help!" message, so the Mods kindly fixed it. I'm sorry! No more cutting and pasting on the iPad for me until the format settles down! :-)

Notself, that is their typical and continuing dishonest MO - Democrats compromise and behave like adults and then the regressives say, OK - now give me more. The only way to stop the bullies is to put your foot down and say NO!

John Boehner needs some help deciding what to do!

The author of this post (James Salwitz, MD) on the ACA mentions in comments that it's okay to share it. The link for the whole piece is: http://sunriserounds.com/next-great-cure/

I'm going to post it in bits after seeing what happened with RL's post:

What do Louis Pasteur, Jonas Salk, Sigmund Freud and Barack Obama have in common? They all championed controversial medical revolutions and if not for their bravery in the face of conflict, billions would have died. Sterilize instruments to kill invisible bugs? Inject disease particles to build immunity? Look into our subconscious to explain everyday behavior? Give basic healthcare to everyone? Ludicrous. That is why we named these advances after these men.

As an oncologist who has seen the fatal cost of our patchy, imbalanced and unfair healthcare system, I have to be at very least hopeful about ObamaCare; AKA the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The list of benefits is so vast that whatever glitches happen along the way, I know that cancer patients will be helped:

Continuing:

-No pre-existing condition exclusion: so the 31-year-old programmer with Stage 1 breast cancer can change jobs without losing insurance.

-Healthcare coverage by parents until their child is 26: so families will not lose their homes paying for Hodgkin’ s disease in a 22-year-old.

-Guaranteed payment by insurers for patients entering experimental trials: So, patients with any insurance can be involved in research, and everyone benefits from the latest advances.

-Free healthcare screening: So that my 58-year-old neighbor with a family history of colon cancer gets routine exams and life saving colonoscopies.

-Uniform healthcare insurance standards: So that the 45-year-old man with stomach lymphoma I saw last week, does not have to suffer and die because his employer brought a health policy, which excluded chemotherapy.

-All health insurance must cover at least one drug of each type: So patients do not have to choose which insurance by which drug they are taking, and prey the doctor does not change his mind.

-Emergency room visits do not require preauthorization and they cannot be charged as out-of-network; So that Monday morning my patient with lung cancer does not stumble into and collapse in the office after having a fever all weekend.

Conclusion:

I know that such a massive, complex undertaking, giving medical care to an entire nation, will not go without a hitch. Rumor has it that Pasture kept burning his bands, Salk broke dozens of syringes and Freud, well Freud himself needed therapy. Nevertheless, ObamaCare is a chance. A chance for us toward move toward a compressive, modern, world-class health system, instead of medical chaos, which may hurt as many as it helps.

My physician colleagues are concerned about the affect of the ACA on their relationship with patients. Doctors worry that information system enforced standards, increased volumes and decreased reimbursements may make it difficult to give personal care. These are important issues and protecting the quality of individual care is vital. Still, I find that when I close the door to the exam room, that it is still just me and the patient and I can deal with the demands of a new system if it means that millions do not need to go without hope.

What is happening in Washington baffles me. I cannot imagine any of us want to live in world where decisions already made, have no meaning. For physician’s whose word and honor is the key to our bond to patients, that leaders would fail my patients so badly is horrifying. My patients would be distraught if I told them I was going to order one treatment, but gave them another. They would be desperate if I told them to come for a critical test, but locked the door. Their worlds would collapse if the price for treatment were all their savings before we could even begin. I would be betraying all that I know if I told patients they would live, but planned for them to die.

It is time to move on with this next step in a healthcare revolution, which started 150 years ago. We can change, rebuild, add to or subtract, but for now and future generations we have to try. Simply turning our backs on such an exciting future would be the same as spitting on our hands before operating, inviting polio to return, and treating psychiatric disease with pity. We are smarter than that. We are better than that. We deserve more than that. Let us move forward, not back.

Blue - ADORABLE...probably brave too...

somebody must've colored the 'rooms, right?

Blue, that is what I have been saying and quoting for months. They are committing sedition at the very least. They need to be investigated, charged, indicted and tried. Nobody will ever do it, but that doesn't mean they aren't committing it.

I am afraid to cut and paste, so I am just going to link here to yesterday's NYT article detailing how this seditious conspiracy to shut down the government to defund an already-settled law came about. They are terrible people. They are vicious, horrible, soulless, heartless, terrible people who do not want the American people to have affordable health insurance because ... The black guy in the White House. They cannot articulate a valid reason for not wanting people to have health insurance. It must be because they don't want a Democratic president (let alone a black guy) to get credit for reforming the nation's health insurance (and therefore health care) system. It will not cost jobs, it will increase employment, it will lower healthcare costs, it will free people from being tied to a job because of the health insurance it carries (ooh, maybe they don't like the idea that people can change jobs ....), and people won't be going bankrupt so often from medical bills. What kind of terrible people ARE they?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/us/a-federal-budget-crisis-months-in-the-planning.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

Huh. Picture shows up in edit but not in post.

Trying words and a picture.

I was watching CNN for a few moments yesterday morning - not long enough to register in my mind which program it was, but long enough to see that the invitees on the show (both of whom were reporters) were finally talking about the fact that the media is not doing its job. The media should be calling out when people are lying. They shouldn't let them off the hook.

The media is supposed to be the watchdog - instead it's become the lapdog. They are far either too interested in their ratings, or they've simply been bought off by the right wing idjuts (who are far from being idiots - they are scary, they are smart, they know what they want and have been working to get what they want for a long time.) The people who can see what is going on need to start speaking up and speaking up regularly. There is a HUGE difference between the parties - it needs to be shown.

Notself - it may be the way your browser is configured. Do you use compatibility mode? I haven't tested, but according to SusieQ turning it off can help.

FINALLY FINALLY

President Obama calling for a VOTE by House. Can't believe The Crying One will dodge this.

I think all who are willing to vote for a clean CR should assemble on the steps of Congress and have a "class picture" taken. Now THAT wold be a classy picture. Jeez - all these teahadists gotta go back to 4th grade & learn How A Bill Becomes A Law. Used to be a part of all elementary school education...but then...well...will say no more

VOTE!!! Straight Up or Down VOTE!