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DJP Update 4-9-2011 A book about PPACA; Significant items regarding PPACA in Continuing Resolution passed to avert government shutdown; Some Tweets

Apr 09
Posted by Dr. Donald Palmisano in DJP Updates

DJP Update 4-9-2011 A book about PPACA; Significant items regarding PPACA in Continuing Resolution passed to avert government shutdown; Some Tweets

Evidence is accumulating that the new healthcare law, PPACA, will not work.  As you know, I have given my opinion that it is a disaster during the debate in Congress and after passage.  My views on government involvement in medical care have not changed since my first testimony to Congress in 1976.   As you know, from previous DJP Updates.

I don’t think PPACA will survive.  Three reasons:

1- See Book below in Item One.

2- See points in Items Two about PPACA in Continuing Resolution passed last night to avert government shutdown.  There will be a Senate vote.  In past Senate refused to take up the repeal bill passed by House of Representatives.  And see the IRS issue and the studies agreed to.

3- My opinion is U.S. Supreme Court will declare it unconstitutional by a vote of 5-4.

Those who jumped on the PPACA train may want to reconsider their position after reading the book I recommend below in item one.  It is a powerful documentation of why the law is failing and why it needs to be repealed.  The alternative approach given in the book to health system reform, pages 206-207, is, in my opinion,  in sync with AMA policy developed by AMA House of Delegates that I advocated on behalf of AMA when I was on the board and during my presidency year.  The only item I wished the authors had stressed was the right to privately contract and balance-bill.  That is the hallmark of the Free Enterprise System.  We lost liberty with government price-fixing.  Privately contracting is not specifically stated in the checklist but in recommendation 12 (page 207) of checklist, it does state “Provide more options for Medicaid recipients, Medicare beneficiaries, and others on public programs to escape the restrictions that inevitably come from price controls and government micromanagement.”

Strongly recommend you get and read the book mentioned in ITEM ONE.  If you still are in favor of PPACA after reading the book, please read again when you have no distractions.

It is never too late to change one’s opinion in the fact of new evidence.  Facts don’t cease to exist.  Words mean something except when they are put forth in Humpty Dumpty fashion to obscure what is really intended or give leeway to have it mean whatever suits the speaker or writer.  Actions have consequences.  You will see more of that discussion in the new chapters of my book, ON LEADERSHIP, when it arrives in bookstores in May.

ITEM ONE:  Book highly recommended is “WHY OBAMACARE IS WRONG FOR AMERICA” by Grace-Marie Turner, James C. Capretta, Thomas P. Miller, and Robert E. Moffit

More details and how to order at:

http://galen.org/

and

http://www.WrongForAmericaBook.com/

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ITEM TWO:  VOTES ON PPACA AND MORE

Here is more info about the significance of items included in the Continuing Resolution passed last night to prevent a government shutdown.  This info is in an action alert from the Independent Women’s Voice.

Heather R. Higgins

President & CEO

Independent Women’s Voice

info@iwvoice.org

http://www.iwvoice.org/

  • GUARANTEES SENATE VOTE ON REPEAL OF OBAMACARE. The agreement reached with Senate Democrats guarantees a Senate debate and vote on legislation that would repeal President Obama’s government takeover of health care in its entirety.  The House passed such legislation in January as part of the Pledge to America.
  • NEW TOOLS IN THE FIGHT TO REPEAL OBAMACARE. The agreement will generate new tools for the fight to repeal Obamacare by requiring numerous studies that will force the Obama Administration to reveal the true impact of the law’s mandates, including a study of how individuals and families will see increased premiums as a result of certain Obamacare mandates; a full audit of all the waivers that the Obama Administration has given to firms and organizations – including unions – who can’t meet the new annual coverage limits; a full audit of what’s happening with the comparative effectiveness research funding that was in Obamacare and the president’s failed “stimulus” spending bill; and a report on all of the contractors who have been hired to implement the law and the costs to taxpayers of such contracts.
  • DENIES ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE IRS. The Obama administration has sought increased federal funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) – money that could be used to hire additional agents to enforce the administration’s agenda on a variety of issues.  This increased funding is denied in the agreement.

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Here are some recent tweets I did www.twitter.com/DJPNEWS

Click on links in tweets to go to articles.  Most deal with possible government shutdown but others are not related to government spending or medical care but I find the topics interesting (For example, the iPad!)

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LAGNIAPPE:  Range of motion increasing daily in my right arm after recent rotator cuff surgery.  I am thankful for modern medical advances and wonderful doctors in America.  I hope our grandchildren have the same opportunity for great medical care.

PHOTO FUN: See images I mentioned in last update on my technique of painting with light.   First is my cover photo in March/April issue of Journal of Louisiana State Medical Society

Click on AURA 3 WOMEN FIDDLERS and then on JUKEBOX DREAM links at bottom of page.  Hope your monitor portrays colors accurately as these images are color intensive and some old monitors distort.

Here is the Weblink for the two images: http://www.naturesreflectionslimited.com/gallery.html

Stay well.

Donald

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