Cold, Cold Health Care

Last year I read that Barack Obama not only voted against, but vigorously fought the passage in Illinois of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act (BAIPA). This bill addressed the situation when an abortion results in a live baby. BAIPA stated all live born babies are guaranteed the same constitutional right to equal protection whether or not they were wanted. The Federal version of this legislation passed the Senate unanimously. Yet Barack Obama voted against this legislation not once but several times.

As a mom, nurse and member of the human race, my first question is, "Why would he do that?" After all, even ardent pro-choice legislators, like Barbara Boxer, voted aye.

In defending his vote, Obama stated that he was concerned that the bill did not contain language that protected Roe vs. Wade. He also stated in 2002:

[A]dding a - an additional doctor who then has to be called in an emergency situation to come in and make these assessments is really designed simply to burden the original decision of the woman and the physician to induce labor and perform an abortion. ... I think it's important to understand that this issue ultimately is about abortion and not live births.

In other words, a "live birth" will get in the way of the woman's decision to abort.

Obama, like countless others, will need to justify their actions and support to the Almighty upon their death. In my opinion, the killing of a born alive baby is nothing less than murder, plain and simple. Its a shame that there are those in our country and world that have such little regard for life.

Government run health care will dispose of the excellent American medical system as most of us have known it all our lives. Already, the important centers of academic medicine are taking a big hit and these are the training camps for new doctors, nurses, etc. Long periods of training are required for excellent medical care and under a medical run system which dictates who gets care and what kind of care is given, the brightest and best will no longer choose to go into medicine. As I understand it, the first leg of the Obama plan will be to limit pay to hospitals and doctors (most people think doctors are rich which is a myth..They make up only about 15% of the cost of medical care). The consequences to that is that hospitals will go out of business and doctors will stop practicing medicine to do other things. The next leg of the Obama care as I understand it will be to ration care. Forget Mom's osteoporosis scans or treatments if she is over 55. If she is no longer a working part of the “collective” society, she may be toast and on her own medically. The horrible consequences to all this may not be recognized until Obama and this Congress are no longer in office..The President and Congress at that time will be blamed for it. In the end, poor and rationed medical care will effect society in many ways. Chronically sick people cannot be productive, creative or happy..Life will be drained of energy and hope for millions. Americans do not comprehend this now because most, whether insured or not, get the most excellent medical care and attention the world has ever known. God bless all our medical personnel and God help the medical academic centers who undoubtedly see the future and and grieve for it.

Interesting summary. I work in one of these “academic medical centers” and most of the physicians voted for this idiot. They all thought he would “solve” the medical insurance problems we face. Similar to the German “final solution”. I don’t think this is the change they had in mind. Most physicians still try to help people actually, despite to roadblocks already in place to do so. Not so under Obamacare.

I suppose too much time spent in science books takes away from time spent learning the difference between republics, democracies and socialist/communist societies. Unfortunately, medical knowledge does not mean that those possessing it have expertise in other areas. It is too bad that those physicians have to learn first hand that their profession is about to be changed in a way which will not be anything like what they envisioned when they chose it.

I don’t see how, what with shrinking reimbursements and exploding red tape—from both Medicare/Medicaid and HMO’s—plus rising malpractice insurance premiums why in the world anyone would want to spend a decade and rack up 100 grand in student loans to become a physician in the first place.

Then there’s the “E.R.” factor. Who the hell would want to become a doctor after ten years of watching that show?

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