Guess What Else Will Be Covered

How do you cut health care costs?

Obama and proponents of health care reform are suggesting that one way is to reduce services. They aren't putting it that way, exactly. But that's exactly what they are suggesting.

"Unnecessary" tests. "Unnecessary" procedures. "Take a pill instead of an expensive surgery."

We all know the arguments.

Would these methods cut costs? In addition to compromising the quality of our care and shortening our life spans, yes, they probably would. A little. They would also lead to many malpractice lawsuits as doctors tried to explain why tumors and terminal diseases were not detected by tests that are available.

"No money" would have to be the reply. "The system can't cover testing everyone."

While the Obama administration argues the moral superiority of a program that would bankrupt the country while providing a "small measure" of health care coverage to everyone, they avoid the questions of the moral dilemma of denying care to people who need it because it costs too much.

That being said, there are services that they do want to cover that are not now covered by other programs. Medicare and medicaid, for example, do not cover these services. And they are expensive.

What services, you might ask?

In addition to abortion on demand, the weight of the evidence indicates that, in fact, cosmetic ‘gender reassignment’ surgeries for both U.S. citizens and illegal immigrants who suffer from APA recognized ‘Gender Identity Disorder’ (GID) may indeed be provided – free of charge – courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer. The current price tag for such a procedure can exceed $50,000.

Page 972 of the House version of the bill (H.R. 3200) provides for ‘standards, as appropriate, for the collection of accurate data on health and health care’ based on ‘sex, sexual orientation [and] gender identity.’ The Senate draft indicates that the government will ‘detect and monitor trends in health disparities,’ requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to ‘develop standards for the measurement of gender.’ (i.e., officially recognize subjectively self-determined ‘transgender’ or ‘transsexual’ gender identities). It further mandates ‘participation in the institutions' programs of individuals and groups from...different genders and sexual orientations.’

So, does ObamaCare expressly stipulate that taxpayer-funded ‘sex-change’ operations will be provided? No, but neither does it explicitly require coverage for heart bypass surgery. Don't forget; we're talking about what's ‘medically appropriate’ here -- and look who gets to make that subjective determination: Your doctor? No, it's bureaucrats within the Democratic Party. It's a liberal-Democrat appointed government ‘Health Benefits Advisory Committee.’ And if you think they're not itching to pay back the homosexual, transgender, and pro-abortion pressure groups that helped get them elected, I've got a house at 1600 Pennsylvania I want to sell you.

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Colorado Dem Headquarters Vandalized

Earlier this week, the Democratic party headquarters for the state of Colorado in Denver was vandalized. The attacker left behind anti-health care reform posters. Most of the damage occurred to windows directly in front of pictures of Obama and advertisements supporting health care reform.

It must have been carried out by some angry tea-bagging redneck gun-toting right wing anti-Obama racist, right?

That's what the state Democratic Chairman believed. That's what the press reported. And to this day, the press and the state Democratic Chairman have not backed away from that stance.

The police, on the other hand, have arrested a former Democratic canvasser and charged him with the vandalism. Maurice Schwenkler, who was paid $500 in November to walk door-to-door in support of Democrat Mollie Cullom, a candidate for the state House, was arrested on charges of criminal mischief. Schwenkler was also arrested in St. Paul, MN on the last day of the 2008 Republican convention on charges of unlawful assembly when he and a group of leftists tried to disrupt the convention.

Denver police say they have not "identified a motive" in the incident.

State representative David Balmer told the Denver post that it's possible vandals may have been trying to make Republicans look bad. That seems like a logical assumption to me, given the background of the attacker.

The official Democratic position? The Democratic leadership asserted that this was the "most ridiculous comment" they've ever heard. "This wasn't just any random kind of thing." The official position of the state Democratic party remains that the attacker was a right wing anti-Obama nutjob.

From the sounds of things, the state Dems have egg on their faces.

UPDATE: Reports are now coming out that "Maurice Schwenkler" is a transgendered ... uh .... "person" who may also be known as "Mary Schwenkler" and goes by the name of "Ariel Attack." Mr. or Ms. "Attack" is an anarchist (according to recent reports), who is has been an active democrat in the past, but is upset with Obama for not pushing a radical homosexual activist agenda.

Just a couple of observations: I'm not sure why someone who would describe themselves as an "anarchist" would have been recently involved campaigning for Democrats. I don't advocate anarchy, but by its very nature, anarchy is an extreme right position advocating no government at all, while Democrats are leftists pushing for increased government intervention in our lives.

The other observation is ... and I don't know how to put this .... I want to remain family friendly, but I also just want to understand .... I don't get why someone would CHOOSE which gender they want to be, and then become a homosexual in that chosen gender. Does that defeat the purpose? Can someone explain this to me?

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