What health care legislation could mean for everyone in the US?

peaceandlove · 05-17-2009, 09:33 PM

Universal Healthcare, the Citizen, and Nomenklatura

By Jeffrey Braddock
Published 05/16/09

Among the many goals of President Obama is the pursuit of "universal healthcare." In the following, I shall show the concerned citizen the impracticality of universal healthcare coverage as proposed by Mr. Obama by highlighting its cost and quality inconsistencies. I shall then highlight an alternative approach. Let us begin with a definition. The definition of universal healthcare is "the government funding of complete expenditure coverage for all Americans, including medical, dental, and mental healthcare."

Let us now briefly examine the current system...

Continues: http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=68

HEADLINE AT http://www.realityzone.com/currentperiod.html

Medicare and Social Security finances becoming worse that predicted. Both funds soon will be out of money.

Social Security and Medicare finances worsen

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer – Wed May 13, 12:12 am ET

WASHINGTON – Social Security and Medicare are fading even faster under the weight of the recession, heading for insolvency years sooner than previously expected, the government warned Tuesday. Social Security will start paying out more in benefits than it collects in taxes in 2016, a year sooner than projected last year, and the giant trust fund will be depleted by 2037, four years sooner, trustees reported.

Medicare is in even worse shape. The trustees said the program for hospital expenses will pay out more in benefits than it collects this year, just as it did for the first time in 2008. The trustees project that the Medicare fund will be depleted by 2017, two years earlier than the date projected in last year's report.

Continues: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_social_security

05-17-2009, 09:33 PM	#2
peaceandlove Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Turtle Island Posts: 2,776	Universal Healthcare, the Citizen, and Nomenklatura Universal Healthcare, the Citizen, and Nomenklatura By Jeffrey Braddock Published 05/16/09 Among the many goals of President Obama is the pursuit of "universal healthcare." In the following, I shall show the concerned citizen the impracticality of universal healthcare coverage as proposed by Mr. Obama by highlighting its cost and quality inconsistencies. I shall then highlight an alternative approach. Let us begin with a definition. The definition of universal healthcare is "the government funding of complete expenditure coverage for all Americans, including medical, dental, and mental healthcare." Let us now briefly examine the current system... Continues: http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=68 HEADLINE AT http://www.realityzone.com/currentperiod.html Medicare and Social Security finances becoming worse that predicted. Both funds soon will be out of money. Social Security and Medicare finances worsen By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer – Wed May 13, 12:12 am ET WASHINGTON – Social Security and Medicare are fading even faster under the weight of the recession, heading for insolvency years sooner than previously expected, the government warned Tuesday. Social Security will start paying out more in benefits than it collects in taxes in 2016, a year sooner than projected last year, and the giant trust fund will be depleted by 2037, four years sooner, trustees reported. Medicare is in even worse shape. The trustees said the program for hospital expenses will pay out more in benefits than it collects this year, just as it did for the first time in 2008. The trustees project that the Medicare fund will be depleted by 2017, two years earlier than the date projected in last year's report. Continues: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_social_security