Posted on 01/15/2006 11:26:10 PM PST by indianrightwinger
But hospitals can, and do, go out of business - unless, of course, they have the right friends in high places.
Government health policy is frankly Leninist, and has been since 1984 Federally, and since the 1970s in the states.
Lenin's dictum, "The worse, the better" is essential for understanding EVERY SINGLE ACT of health policy makers.
The People will never consent to the seizure and destruction of 14% of the private economy - unless it collapses first.
Which it will.
$50 000 fine or five years in prison for treating a patient without permission. Not clear if emergencies were excepted.
However, rules like this are essential in America to force the middle class into Medicaid.
Without them, there will just be a rebel private sector, which will not be permitted.
Ehrlich isn't helping anyone here except the Unions and Insurance companies - Special Interest. It will cost the taxpayers in Maryland a bundle in the end. I do not think this will pass the Constitutional test in court if Wal-Mart decides to challenge this and I hope they do.
What I haven't quite figured out about this whole thing is how the government can mandate to an employer what benefits they provide. But then, I'm one of those moss-backed conservatives who just stand in the way of "progress", I guess.
They overrode his veto.
Gosh, if my employer pays for my health care, I won't have to. It'll be free! I'm voting for whoever passed that law!
Unfortunately, there is an entire campain going on to show how bad the present health care system is. In the NYTimes there was a series of articles about the horror of bills and payments after a serious illness, and how much better a single payer system is.
I suspect they try to soften the blow when Hillary will be the candidate and asked about her "main achievement".
Also interesting: we have female chief executives in Chile, Liberia, Finland (most likely), Germany, Ireland (?)
there is a two pronged attack happening in order to dismantle health care and force a socialist healthcare system. parties involved may not realize it, acting upon their own self interest, but are still contributors to the cause.
the first prong is lawyers and their frivilous lawsuits a la john edwards. doctors and pharmaceutical companies are both hindered by these.
the second is illegal aliens recieving free healthcare and bankrupting hospitals in the border states.
soon we will reach a breaking point and hitlery or another commie politician will step in and offer this "AMAZING" solution! socialist healthcare, aka government enforced death.
"In addition, it was so oppressive, it would have drastically curtailed our freedom of movement within the domestic US by requiring citizens to obtain government permission to travel outside of their health care region to vacation or attend to business in another region"
omg, r u series????? THIS is why they call her hitlery!
if anything like this ever passed, it would be time to leave america. the problem is, there really isnt anywhere else to go.
The last statement is what the liberal DUmmies can't comprehend. They think that business can still be in business after giving away so many goodies to the employees just because the Government mandates so.
I don't think a vast majority are. GM jumped on this bandwagon to deflect attention from the company's utter failure to create a profitable business.
He vetoed the bill. The legislature voted to override the veto.
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