Should Healthcare Be An American Obsession?

Healthcare Has Become Health & Wealth Careless In The U.S.

Now, more than ever, our American healthcare system is costing us more than it ever has in world history. Worse still, our access to this service has been more limited, creating the perfect storm of expensive, low quality care.

But WAIT! I thought the government intrusion method would save us all from certain doom. After all, Uncle Sam has done wonders with our public education system & Veterans Administration… D’OH !!!!

The sad truth is, we have been swindled again on several fronts by our own so called public servants. It’s a simple matter of the old proverb: Easy come, easy go. The government cannot be trusted with the responsibility of caring for America. They never have to earn the business by competing with other health services, they simply steal the money from taxpayers & make their own rules.

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Sob Story Short Sellers

These crafty creatures create the false narrative of government dependence using the easy targets of health & education to tug at our heart strings. They tell us that our children need a public education, or future generations will be somehow more stupid. Then they convince us that the poorest in our ranks will be in danger of premature death if the Feds don’t dispense the healthcare service, because the “evil” private sector doesn’t care about people. This would all make sense, if it wasn’t actually a false idea which runs counter to human nature & collapses under it’s own ignorance.

It might work out better if their rules were actually rooted in common sense, but that is too much to ask of our GIVERment. These feds are giving out money & services without adequate accountability, & that adds up to nothing but trouble! They gave us the sob story of too many Americans without insurance, & then promised to fix this problem by adding millions of non paying customers to the rolls without a way to cover the increased cost.

The truth is, there is NO WAY to lower healthcare costs when you increase welfare recipients. They tried the mandate, attempting to force hard working citizens to pay the tab, but that still could not cover the gap in cost & coverage.

Folks, there is only one way to tackle this issue, & you won’t find the answer in our dysfunctional Congressional sessions. It’s time for the invisible hand of commerce to work out the kinks, & restore order in this universe.

Why Do We Make Healthcare A Government Priority?

The choices we make as consumers should be no different with health concerns as it is with our grocery shopping or any other purchases we make. So, why does our public leadership separate certain goods & services to control at such a high degree. The Fed now has the reigns on more of our money, nearly 20% of our entire economy earmarked for healthcare, yet the system is failing. Likewise, our public education system is in dismal disarray, yet we keep funding it by the tax loads.

You can spend a million dollars on band-aids to cover a bullet wound, but the patient will still bleed to death without the proper treatment. Right now, we are sticking an overpriced bandage on a deep puncture, & it will never work. It’s time to stop giving our public system so much money, & let the market take care of this. Scrap the whole thing!

SOLUTIONS

• Increase competition in the health care market. Remove and/or reduce restrictions across state lines for insurance coverage, forcing the insurance industry to lower cost & improve service.
• Stop attaching insurance to employment for lower costs. The state line easing of restrictions will help to mitigate this need for employer based group rates.
• Attractive tax incentives for health savings accounts, which can be passed on to beneficiaries with no tax penalties.
• Drastically increase accountability in all areas of welfare service. Any frivolous demands for healthcare by welfare recipients will be met with punitive deductions from the recipient’s welfare payments. Any healthcare service provided will cost the recipient a percentage of their welfare disbursement, commensurate with their particular needs.
• Allow the market to devise a wise plan, emphasizing a solid catastrophic plan, which is generally less expensive than comprehensive & largely unnecessary care.
• State and/or federal healthcare lottery, where all net funds go to the healthcare system, & a minimum percentage of winnings must be escrowed for the winner’s lifetime healthcare costs.
• Use existing & emerging technologies to streamline the cost of providing health service, such as virtual visits by doctors via internet, cutting the cost for travel & infrastructure.
• Encourage insurance companies to create a health savings plan for their clients, in conjunction with the catastrophic plan, which benefits everyone’s bottom line.
• Re-introduce the truth into the American consciousness that free healthcare is not a right, & all citizens must be responsible for their own lives, better prepared for anything that may come along.

The bottom line is this:

As I get older, I have learned this one powerful principle that works famously as well as anything else.

If you don't need it, don't buy it. 

Sure, the concept of thriftiness is not so sexy, but it has gravitas. It simply WORKS! It allows you to use your freedom in a responsible fashion, which embodies the spirit of America itself. The problem is, we give our government too much of our hard earned money, & it’s SO EASY for them to spend someone else’s cash !!!

We live in a nation grounded upon freedom based principles. With great liberty comes great responsibility for yourself & your family, NOT for all others, many of which waste our resources. When each person is allowed to take care of their own, & not forced to pay for waste, fraud, & abuse, efficiency rules, & prosperity results. It IS what made America the greatest nation in world history, & will make us great again! 

Vampires Scare U.N. Out Of Malawi

Two districts in Southern Malawi have flushed 2 U.N. employees out of their ranks amidst mob violence in the wake of a vampire infestation scare.

As one of the poorest countries in the world, Malawi is steeped in superstition. Witchcraft is the religion of choice in most rural areas of this poverty stricken nation. 

In a report on the situation, the UN Department on Safety and Security (UNDSS) said that the Mulanje and Phalombe districts had been

severely affected by the ongoing stories of blood sucking and possible existence of vampires.

Euronews reports, acting UN Resident Coordinator, Florence Rolle said some staff had been relocated while others remain in the districts depending on “locations of their operations”, but did not specify how many workers were affected.

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Fear Frenzy

Lynch mobs accusing people of vampirism had been searching for individuals and blocking roads with at least five people being killed in the area in the last month, said the report.

President Mutharika

The rumors are thought to have started in neighbouring Mozambique, but their cause remains unknown.

In 2002 Malawi also saw a spate of vampire-related violence.

Attacks on people with albinism due to a belief in witchcraft were also becoming “human rights crisis,” according to Amnesty International.

Malawian President Peter Mutharika said the reports were “distressing and agonizing”.

E-Cigarettes Can Save Millions Of Lives: So Why Is The Anti-Smoking Lobby Killing This Revolutionary Product?

Safer Vapor Goes Up In Smoke 

How Public Health Regulators Are Killing People

For centuries, humans have smoked tobacco in various devices, leading to countless premature deaths & incredible healthcare costs.

Now, thanks to our technological ambitions, we have created an e-lixir that can provide the pleasures of nicotine addiction relief, without the mortal dangers of carcinogenic tars & other chemicals. This invention, the e-cigarette, is truly one of man’s greatest life savers, & a sure fire way to reduce the rising cost of healthcare around the world.

Many experts are saying, the e-cigarette has the potential to get more than 50% of the smoking world’s population to quit cigarettes. With more than 6 million people dying annually from smoking related diseases, this wonder vaporizer can cut that number down by as many people who decide to replace their tobacco & jump on the vape wagon!

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Crock Block 

This all sounds so wonderful! So, why do our public health officials & anti-tobacco groups fight this new innovation just as fiercely as tobacco?

Their reasoning is nonsensical, & they are killing millions of people every year as a result. These factions essentially place vapes in the same category as cigarettes, simply because people seem to be using them in the same way for the same effects. The problem with this logic is, it is totally false.

The e-cigarette is inhaled as a vapor, containing nicotine, a substance with virtually the same potency as caffeine. Consequently, there are no dangerous chemicals that can cause heart disease or cancer, like those in tobacco products.

Joe Nocera, a New York Times Columnist, says it best:

Equating smoking cigarettes to inhaling e-cigarettes is a huge disservice to public health. On the scale of potential harms, e-cigarettes aren’t even in the same ballpark as combustible cigarettes. They have the potential to save millions of lives.

The High Cost Of Over-Regulation

Because these misguided lobbyists are afraid of the unknown dangers from some yet to be discovered risk factor within the e-cig, we get the grand displeasure of watching our friends & loved ones die early in the most horrific way.

Here is how the deadly process takes effect:

Under pressure from these foolish lobbies, the FDA has instituted a rigorously long & expensive application process for every new e-cigarette product emerging on the market. As a result, the final bill for such high regulation is up to $1 MILLION for each new item.

With this type of cost prohibitive intrusion, Only a few big corporations can afford to manufacturing e-cigarettes. This spells disaster on more than one front.

First, with only a small number of companies offering the product, competition is stifled, causing prices to remain higher. This will drive current tobacco smokers to stick with their cheaper, deadly habit.

Secondly, fewer innovators making the product means fewer innovations that could otherwise make e-cigarettes even more attractive & capable of converting smokers to safety.

The Broader Implications

The recent furor over healthcare provisions & costs has ignored the giant smoking elephant in the room. So, if we can finally pay attention to the real risks of NOT adopting e-cigs, how much could we reduce the cost of healthcare by eliminating the deadly use of tobacco?

According to the CDC, $170 BILLION per year is spent on healthcare for illness caused by tobacco smoke. This amounts to nearly 10% of ALL HEALTHCARE SPENDING! Worse yet, public programs like Medicare and Medicaid pay for most of these costs.

Instead of encouraging safe & inexpensive alternatives to deadly tobacco, they have chosen to regulate humanity to DEATH… LITERALLY…

Many thanks to PragerU

O.J. Simpson Fires Back At Fred Goldman's Serious Allegations

When Fred Goldman accused Simpson of attempting to grab a huge post-prison paycheck and hide the money, O.J. is saying no way!

The Juice is claiming he has no interest in securing a multi-million dollar TV deal for his first interview out of the slammer, & just wants to stay on the down low. 

So, his attorney has filed court documents denying any plans to score big money & then launder it away from the prying world.

The attorney emphatically stated, 

Mr. Simpson has no desire to conduct any interviews with the media, and certainly has no desire to solicit an interview for monetary gain.

Remember, O.J. Simpson owes the Goldmans millions from the wrongful death judgment against him.

TMZ reports, The lawyer also says a NY Post article claiming Simpson has been shopping an interview for $3 to $5 million is false.

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Dubious Claim

There's one glaring problem with Simpson's claim -- he's been doing a TON of media from the moment he got out of the joint.

Gas station interview?

Check.

Photo shoot inside his new mansion?

Check.

Planned TMZ-style encounter video about the Vegas massacre?

Yep.

Does that look like a guy who doesn't want to be in bed with the media?

Who ya gonna believe ... O.J. or your lyin' eyes?

*BREAKING* O.J. Simpson Released From Prison: The Juice Is Really Loose!

At 12:08 a.m. Sunday, O.J. Simpson became a free man once again after 9 years behind bars.

He was released from Lovelock Correctional Center in Northern Nevada, spokeswoman Brooke Keast for the Nevada Department of Corrections confirmed Sunday morning.

The Las Vegas Review Journal reports, Brooke said he was released from Lovelock Correctional Center in Northern Nevada at 12:08 a.m. Sunday, just minutes after he was eligible for release.

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Covert Change Of Plans

He was expected to be taken to High Desert State Prison outside Las Vegas, but Keast said the high-profile nature of the case and public safety concerns prompted officials to release him directly from Lovelock.

“We had to make sure that we could do this safely and without incident,” Keast said. “And we did.”

She said it was out of the ordinary for a prisoner to be released on a weekend, but she said officials worried a media presence could prove dangerous to Simpson, corrections staff and the surrounding communities.

She said Simpson didn’t want to be photographed.

“Just like he’s been through his entire stay, he avoided media,” Keast said. “He was true to form.”

Telephone messages to Simpson’s attorney, Malcolm LaVergne, were not immediately returned.

End Of A Long Sordid Saga

The former football hero, TV and movie actor, advertising pitchman and celebrity criminal defendant, now 70, has served nine years in prison for a 2007 armed robbery involving two sports memorabilia dealers in a room at the Palace Station in Las Vegas.

He maintained he led five men into the confrontation to retrieve personal items and family mementos stolen following his acquittal in 1995 of murder charges in the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. He was found civilly liable for the slayings in 1997 and ordered to pay the victims’ families $33.5 million.

Simpson was sentenced in Nevada to up to 33 years but was granted parole in July. Once released, he’ll be subject to supervision by the state Division of Parole and Probation through September 2022.

Simpson wants to serve out his parole in Florida, but at least one high-ranking Sunshine State official wants his residency rejected.