Soothsayer: Ronald Reagan 1961 Speech on Socialized Medicine
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Notice how
he stopped speaking out after Hinckley shot him?
But he was wrong wasn't he
His predictions were about Medicare. Medicare happened, but his story about little Johnny never did.
Medicare... the beginning...
Few people have the courage to speak out against socialized medicine in all forms including medicare and medicaid.
I mention Medicare and Medicaid
every time this subject of gov't controlled medicine comes up.
It's the genesis.
That's the mark where the prices started going up and the problems began, and it's a perfect tool to illustrate how the gov't created this whole mess with the creation of Medicare and Medicaid.
That was when the arms-length relationship between patient and doctor was severed by the government, and it was all downhill from there.
LBJ saw how FDR was able to "stick us to the tar-baby", with his socialist programs of the Raw Deal, er... I mean the New Deal.
So, then LBJ figured he could get another bunch of socialist tar-babies going in his Failed Society, er... I mean Great Society.
And the intention of it from the very start, was for it to evolve into this very kind of mess it's in now, so that some future socialist like Obama could finish up the job of co-opting another major segment of the private sector, and move forward toward total communism.
And that's exactly what's happening right now.
You are incorrect.
It is PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES that have come between doctors and their patients.
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It is good and proper to respect the U.S. flag, perpetuated with the blood of American heroes. It is a fatal mistake not to recognize those who wrap themselves in the same flag to cover up their crimes against the American people.
~ Sherman H. Skolnick
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"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history."
~ Mohandas Gandhi
This is not an either / or...
- but a both / and. Both Government and Big Insurance companies increase the price, insurance companies by creating a middleman, and government by regulation through the FDA, restrictions on alternative medicine, vaccine requirements,etc.
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We are whipping folks back into shape, we are going to get this done!" Barack Obama, to Blue Dog Opposition
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"The most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.'" Ronald Reagan
Libera-me,...Let the truth break what my fears make.
Libera-me,.. from this dark dream to the lifestream!
Leslie (AKA Sam) Phillips
You are incorrect.
Private insurance companies are contracted by the patient.
Their aim is to keep costs low, so as to be able to provide attractive premiums, and be competitive.
The gov't bureaucracies have no such motivation. They just tax more, allow more waste, fraud, and abuse, and add an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy that soaks up money that would have gone straight to the doctor.
Prior to Medicare and Medicaid, very few people even had medical insurance, because they could afford to pay as they went, and everybody was happy.
The minute that the gov't got involved, everything went to hell. There was no "health care problem" until gov't got its fat hands into it. Everybody could afford it back then.
How do I know?
I lived it.
I'm old enough to remember.
Wow
That's pretty heavy.
The plans have been laid for a long time
Fabian Marxists are in no hurry. They have been winning with little resistance for many many years.