December 15, 2008
Is Mr Tom our white knight and the one who will bring about the government transformation of health care? Is Tom going to accomplish where the Clintons failed? So let's all ask ourselves, who is TOM?
In today's LA Times, Noam Levy, wrote a glowing article about how Tom is going to grab the bull by the horns, pull it to the ground and kill it - healthcare crisis solved before consumer even know it. Tom is going to make Arnold look like an ant.
Daschle has his own plan - LA TIMES - December 15, 2008
No more messing around. Fast action solves every problem. I thought we tried that in Iraq in 1991? I sure hope it is the "right" action. The Clintons tried it in 1992 and failed because they could NOT get the job done fast enough. The creation of the new healthcare Czar is complete. Fear not because Tom is here. Fear should be running through your veins as suggestions are circulating about the creation of a national board, not subject to congressional oversight, who would have the power to dictate what treatments you would receive and what fees would be paid to the person holding the knife. Wait just a minute, is this not they way insurance companies work and the new administration says they can make it work? It just looks like a shift in power and no change in the delivery of care. The current health and medical crisis has been caused by demand exceeding supply. Cost continue to rise in order to meet the increasing demand. The current and past cause for increasing demand is due to a society that has over consumed. Yes, our debt and health crisis are CONNECTED. Over consumption of unhealthy foods and lifestyles has created the health and medical crisis. Over consumption of consumer goods has created the debt crisis. HELLO, the CDC was quoted as saying 80-90% of all health care cost are related to poor lifestyle choices.
Well let's rewind to 1992. Yes, the first signs of the health crisis were showing. Also the first signs of our impending DEBT crisis were showing as annual savings continued to decline. Bill fixed the debt crisis by creating "paper" wealth in the stock market at the expense of the middle class. Todays BILLIONAIRS were the result to the fleesing of Americas middle class. The sad part of the story is fthe fact that American media so glorified these new ICONS of society, the American public never even knew what happened. Since then our country has experienced TWO BUBBLEs in 15 years. The Clintons won the white house and the First Lady had a masterful plan for the government to take over healthcare. All would have been fine except for a small band of RENEGAGE senators who were hell bent to stop the nationalization of healthcare. Yes, this small band INSISTED healthcare be directed by CONSUMERS. This group of senators insisted on the creation of MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS and agreed that consumers needed to control the direction of healthcare and not the Federal government. In 1992 this group saw the connection between the consumers' fiscal responsibility, utilization and cost.
The ensuing bill was called the MEDICAL COST CONTAINMENT ACT 1992.
Medical Cost Containment Act 1992
This insightful bill was penned by SIX SENATORS - 4 Democrats and 2 Republican. Medical Savings accounts became a reality in 1997, but were burden with so many restrictions they were not effective. It was not until 2004 with the creation of Health Savings Accounts, Americans could begin to see the benefits of a health care system directed by the users themselves.
Americans need to be told the truth. The LA Times has failed again to tell the whole story. What is missing from today's article is the fact that TOM DASCHLE was one of the four democratic senators who authored the bill creating what is known today as the HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT. Tom Daschle, John Breaux, Sam Nunn, David Boren, Dan Coats, Richard Lugar all joined together to insure Americans would have the freedom of choice.
Americans, the current DOUBLE crisis will not be solved until you look in the mirror and tell yourself "I am the cause and I am the cure". Once we do this, as a country, we can to ANYTHING.
Rob Stehlin
Founder Cashdoctor.com
Monday, December 15, 2008
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