The Senate Wants to Take Over Health Care Rationing: That Should Be Fun

Yukio Ngaby at Critical Narrative has been doing some great research on the Senate side of the attempted government takeover of America's health care, and, surprise, surprise, in the Senate bill, names have been changed to protect the guilty. Yukio reports:

I'm still slogging through the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee bill (615 pages long), but I can tell you this much. The bill retains the HBAC provision, although it's been renamed the Medical Advisory Council (Sec. 3103, pages 62 - 71) and is now subject to Congressional review, that will ration your health care, set standards (controls) for private insurers, and likely drive all non-government subsidized health insurers out of business.

And Yukio offers reassurance to anyone who feel a bit reticent to phone their senators:

I've called both of my senators, and the people I've talked to have been very polite and courteous. Don't be anxious about this. It is not just your right as an American, but your duty as an American. I quoted Theodore Roosevelt at the top of this blog and I do so again. "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

Even if you have called your senators and your reps, it won't hurt to call them again. Or you can write. Send a postcard: staffers don't even have to open an envelope, and it adds to the pile on some staff member's desk or table, making your concern that much more difficult to ignore or misconstrue.

Do it now. Get the names and contact information of your senators and representatives here.
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Ichthyological curiosity of the day:

Billfish.

Any of a number of different large, predatory fish characterized by their large size and long, sword-like bill.




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