Posted on 11/12/2008 6:00:02 PM PST by lowbridge
he New York Times reports that Democratic senator Max Baucus will unveil his nationalized health care proposal today, and (surprise!) it would require all Americans to purchase health insurance:
The plan proposed by Mr. Baucus, Democrat of Montana, would eventually require everyone to have health insurance coverage, with federal subsidies for those who could not otherwise afford it.
Other Democrats with deep experience in health care are also drafting proposals to expand coverage and slow the growth of health costs. These lawmakers include Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Representatives John D. Dingell of Michigan and Pete Stark of California.
The proposals are all broadly compatible with Mr. Obamas campaign promises. But Mr. Baucuss 35,000-word plan would go further than Mr. Obamas in one respect, eventually requiring all people not just children to have coverage. [...]
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
When I was 16, I was sick. I hadn’t been able to get out of bed for nearly 6 weeks. I was pale, having night sweats, disoriented, trouble sleeping, a lot of pain, and I couldn’t move most of the time.
My parents took me to a minor emergency clinic and the doctor was from Pakistan.
He said that I had a hernia.
Told me to drop my pants and he’d check to make sure.
Put his hand on my shoulder and said “Nice lump you have there” and kept going with the hernia check. Said I had one, and it was clearly indicated.
Turns out the “hernia” was actually one of 4 tumors in my stomach and the “lump” was actually 22 tumors in my shoulder.
Had the idiot done just a basic chest x-ray, he’d have found the problems, and I’d have got to the hospital at least 3 weeks earlier.
As was, the docs told me that if I’d started chemo a week later, they’d have sent me home with pain meds and the number for the local Hospice chapter.
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