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Conservatives believe "the marketplace" will take care of medical needs despite the fact that 'health care consumers" (sick and injured people) usually don't have much of a choice of what medical facility the go to or what doctors treat them, unless, perhaps, they live in a major urban area.

Most suburban and rural areas are serviced by a single hospital or system of for-profit hospitals and ancillary medical facilities. Insurance companies, for those with insurance, often allow only one lab, one radiological facility and a limited list of doctors they will pay for, further limited the 'health care consumers" choice.

So the question remains-how can there be a market without much in the way of a choice of 'health care providers" doctors, nurses, etc.)

"The marketplace" has also left 47 million without insurance and gave us the US a medical system that costs 50% more than the next most expensive health care systems (Switzerland and Sweden) yet with medical outcomes (infant mortality, maternal mortality, incidence of heart disease, diabetes, etc) ranking 27th, a tie with with Costa Rica.

US doctors once had most of their training paid for by the government, often through the military, in exchange for four or six years of service. The government started to dismantled that system under Nixon and continued it for the next 15 years

Today, foreign countries pay for and send their students to the US to be trained while US med students rack up hundreds of thousands in debt getting the same training.

And yet the right still claims "the United States has the best medical system in the world. Not so much anymore. .

True, but the cost of health care was never about insurance. the cost of healthcare was due to the outrageous prices and fees charged TO insurance companies and individuals. It is kind of a pyramid scheme. Education for health professionals is too expensive, due to the greed of those running the institutions. The myriad middle men for medical equipment and supplies, all making insane profits. Overpaying hospital administration. Ridiculous lawsuits and awards. All the patent fees to universities for medical breakthroughs and treatments. The list goes on.

There could be viable, affordable healthcare for everyone, but the Gov. has to get out of the insurance business and INTO the healthcare business.

I read today that Michigan is now on board for a Constitutional Convention (Con-Con) and it marks the 34th state which is enough to call a Convention together. The purpose is to reign in our out of control government, but that may not be the outcome. So we REALLY want a Con-Con?

Copied here is just a part of what is found from
Phyllis Schlafly at Eagle Forum

We totally agree that a Con-Con will only result in our tyrannical situation even worse.

In V**e2012, 98% of Americans failed to either notice or care that they were supporting collectivism under wh**ever sub-set you care to name.

This same bunch of bandits now control this GOVERNment, and we can be certain that they will also control any constitutional convention. It’s simply Bad to Worse!
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From what I have read, the actual workings of a Constitutional Convention are not clear. I also think Congress must call for it based on states' petitioning. If Congress has anything to do with it, we know it will be scripted by them.

The big worry about Con-Cons is that one never knows where it will lead. We know that the equivalent of "community organizers" is flooding the US at most things political in order to get their way on everything possible, and a Con-Con is the absolute perfect thing for them to try to control. Be wary, everyone. Be wary.

http://no-ruler.net/3956/twenty-questions-about-a-constitutional-convention/

T***h is so important.


An Obituary printed in the London Times.....Absolutely Dead Brilliant !!!!

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:

- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn't always fair;
- And maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an a******n.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death,
-by his parents, T***h and Trust,
-by his wife, Discretion,
-by his daughter, Responsibility,
-and by his son, Reason.


He is survived by his 5 stepbrothers;
- I Know My Rights
- I Want It Now
- Someone Else Is To Blame
- I'm A Victim
- Pay me for Doing Nothing

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.

If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.