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Re: PETITION: Tell the GOP to Condemn Rush’s Comparison of Democrats to Nazis - The Stakeholder: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

sherrimae — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:02:03 -0000

You CAN NOT directly compare reported infant mortality rates. The US has the strictest standards -- any and all infants, no matter how premature or what difficulties faced, will be reported as infant mortality if they took so much as one breath. The US also has an extremely advanced neo-natal technology that is available to a very large population (ie: the crack-mom who comes in with early labor pains at 6 months will get a full neo-natal work-up and the child gets a long stay in the neo-natal ICU). This means more babies, increasingly premature and with serious birth defects, are born ALIVE in the USA. And where many other nations (like EU nations) will report a very premature baby, or very low birth weight baby as stillborn, the US reports it as a live birth and therefore increases infant mortality.

The #1, 2, & 4 causes for infant mortality in the US are all related to prematurity and the mother (congenital malformations; low birthweight/short gestation; maternal complications) those three account for almost half of all US infant mortality (the #3 cause is SIDS - something that available medical care does not effect).

European and single payer models are NOT 'better made' and would result in a much worse standard of care. Look at the doctor shortages in single-payer countries.... the long waiting lines for what are considered routine tests (like MRI, mamograms, PAP, colonosopy, PSA screening and more) here in the USA. At least when an insurance company rules against a treatment you want here, you can sue them and run fund-raisers to purchase the treatment directly, or go to the myrad of charity hospitals (like Childrens Hospitals). In socalised systems when the government office-drone says your told old to rate dialysis then all you can do is write your will -- there is not recourse only the government ruling. That is not a 'scare tactic' that is really what is happening. That is how government controls the cost of health care -- by rationing it. Add in the natural attrition of quality providers (because of the additional red-tape and lower compensation) and you have less health care to be provide to more consumers.

Re: PETITION: Tell the GOP to Condemn Rush’s Comparison of Democrats to Nazis - The Stakeholder: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

sherrimae — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:01:38 -0000

Not an urban myth. I am a pharmacist -- and have seen the very large increase in my professional insurance.

Yes, some specalties are more at risk of being sued and getting huge sympathy verdicts... but the fact is that doctors of all types are being sued in large numbers. That drives up costs.

But, even if it was only a few specalties, why not at least fix THAT? And determine some things that have broad agreement as opposed to an untried and unsettling total transformation?

Re: PETITION: Tell the GOP to Condemn Rush’s Comparison of Democrats to Nazis - The Stakeholder: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

sherrimae — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:29:09 -0000

Sadly, the whole point of this thread is to attack the PERSON not to explore any of the real issues in health care. Which is the strategy of the democrat party -- keep away from any real discussion of the the legislation by attacking anyone who opposes it as an uncaring, evil person.

Candacek - there is one point that EVERYONE agrees is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, problem driving up cost of health care: Tort Reform. Unless we geta handle on the outragous cost of litigation (loser pays rules; caps on penalties, tracking of doctor records) then health care cost will continue to escalate. Some legislators (usually with an 'R') have been pushing for tort reform for years but enough legislators (mostly, but not all, with a 'D') wont let that happen. Hence we have several bills that re-write the entire system -- EXCEPT the litigation costs.

How about we pass tort reform on President Obama's DO IT NOW schedule, and spend the next 8-12 months with real exploration of options to find other areas of common ground?

Re: PETITION: Tell the GOP to Condemn Rush’s Comparison of Democrats to Nazis - The Stakeholder: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

sherrimae — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:53:26 -0000

ROFL
And right on cue, Garry Trudeau comes out saying that republicans hero-worship Hitler and Mao....

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/uc/20...

He wrote that before Rush made his joke. But you would never notice because it is ROUTINE to name-call Republicans as nazis, hitler, and worse.

Re: Rush Limbaugh’s Outrageous Comparison of Democrats to Nazis - The Stakeholder: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

sherrimae — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:22:04 -0000

And, for the record, when the Democrat party has a majority it is a "Democrat" majority. Every congress can be said to have a 'Democratic' majority since we do, indeed, elect our representatives via a process of democratic elections. That includes Democrat party majorities, Republican party majorities and even the old Whig party majorities!

Re: Rush Limbaugh’s Outrageous Comparison of Democrats to Nazis - The Stakeholder: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

sherrimae — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:26:30 -0000

Indeed he does. As do the thousands who have called republicans names routinely.

Would be quite a change if there were actual debate on policy -- without it turning into a name-calling.

Re: Rush Limbaugh’s Outrageous Comparison of Democrats to Nazis - The Stakeholder: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

sherrimae — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:42:54 -0000

LOL
sorry netminder, but your clueless. Rush has been ignored and abused by the media for years. But he still has the most popular talk radio show because the things he says make sense, and large numbers of people agree with him.

Re: PETITION: Tell the GOP to Condemn Rush’s Comparison of Democrats to Nazis - The Stakeholder: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

sherrimae — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:39:52 -0000

Are you seriously WANTING to have your health care provided by something like the VA? The VA provides some of the worst quality of care in the US?! And it is horrendously expensive -- even taking into account the way they negotiate drug prices.

The worst thing for your children (and mine!) would be to have Obamacare become law.

Re: PETITION: Tell the GOP to Condemn Rush’s Comparison of Democrats to Nazis - The Stakeholder: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

sherrimae — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:35:04 -0000

This is SO hipocritical of the DCCC. Seriously, considering the thousands of times that not only democrat pundits but also ELECTED DEMOCRATS have accused republicans of being nazi's it is pretty outragous to hear that your upset at the same comparison.

Add in the fact that the nazi's were SOCALISTS and as far as policy were on the far LEFT of the political slide... they were for a big central goverment, against religion, for abortion, for national health care, for government support / control over industry, for gun control etc, etc.... the comparison really fits.

Re: Rush Limbaugh’s Outrageous Comparison of Democrats to Nazis - The Stakeholder: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

sherrimae — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:27:51 -0000

From The Congressional Record 3/20/02 :

Mr. STARK. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 2\1/2\ minutes.
Mr. Chairman, there are some of us who remember this world in the 1930s, when Hitler suspended the Bundestag to promulgate conservative ideology and not let people speak. It is a shame that the Republicans in the House, Mr. Chairman, have taken up that same ideology and are denying a chance for debate and open discussion of a budget. It does smack of fascism.

That was just the top of the google list. Democrats have been calling any and all republicans nazi's for decades now. Which is confusing since Hitler was in charge of the National SOCALIST party....