tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post1120888229716270331..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: To be a "yes," Ron Johnson demands certainty on Medicaid cutsJames Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-9597502139760374772017-07-17T22:35:16.686-05:002017-07-17T22:35:16.686-05:00Anonymous 7/16 2:39 PM: “James clearly said pre-19...Anonymous 7/16 2:39 PM: <i>“James clearly said pre-1965.”</i> — James edited his post after my 7/15 comment, as he indicated in [brackets] at the start of the post.Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974090948640572660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-2535052462577556642017-07-16T19:45:21.662-05:002017-07-16T19:45:21.662-05:00"No system is perfect. Ask people in countrie..."No system is perfect. Ask people in countries with universal systems and you will always hear some complaints. But you won't hear about millions of people left without access to care, or families going bankrupt because of an accident or illness, or people delaying necessary care because of the cost."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00356015195240854409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-11301040044256726102017-07-16T19:44:30.062-05:002017-07-16T19:44:30.062-05:00Did you know that before 1973 it was illegal in th...Did you know that before 1973 it was illegal in the US to profit off of health care.<br />The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 passed by Nixon changed everything.<br /><br />[https://tinyurl.com/y95cf895]Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00356015195240854409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-54343003806117420862017-07-16T14:39:31.691-05:002017-07-16T14:39:31.691-05:00James clearly said pre-1965. Also most folks on th...James clearly said pre-1965. Also most folks on the right wing side who talk about "returning" to pre-1965 times only want to return to a few cherry-picked facets of that time. If they fully embraced returning healthcare to that time then they would need to divest almost all hospitals back to non-profit status from whence they came. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-65561964956866238242017-07-16T13:48:50.088-05:002017-07-16T13:48:50.088-05:00More than 60% of the annual medical costs, amounti...More than 60% of the annual medical costs, amounting to billions of dollars every year, of smoking diseases and secondhand smoke, including pediatric exposure*, is paid for by government programs like Medicaid **. Medicaid is healthcare welfare and smokers on Medicaid must do their part to be healthier, plus stop making children around them ill, by quitting.<br />In addition, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson must immediately implement the HUD public housing smoking ban and strictly enforce it.<br /> There is no constitutional right to smoke because the U.S. Constitution does not give special protection to smokers. The Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution does not include smokers as a protected class. Smoking is not a specially protected liberty right under the U.S. Constitution Due Process Clause and smoking is not included in the right to privacy.<br />*World Health Organization, Tobacco Fact sheet Updated May 2017<br />**Am J Prev Med. 2015 Mar;48(3):326-33.<br />Annual healthcare spending attributable to cigarette smoking: an update.<br />Xu X, et al.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16029201901257607739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-28711839944089503162017-07-15T23:24:18.004-05:002017-07-15T23:24:18.004-05:00> “... to restore the 1965’s social order.”
An...> <i>“... to restore the <b>1965’s</b> social order.”</i><br /><br />An odd bit of phrasing, given that 1964-1965 was just when changes were underway, and in the latter year the social safety net was being put into place. Might you have intended to type something like “the <b>1950s’</b> social order” [note apostrophe placement]?Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974090948640572660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-86810039138959084352017-07-15T22:01:31.571-05:002017-07-15T22:01:31.571-05:00I wish for Senator Johnson an experience of freedo...I wish for Senator Johnson an experience of freedom that takes him to a job where he can deploy his freedom without making others' lives painful. Bill Sellnoreply@blogger.com