‘Medi-Scare’ works for Democrats who also targeted Medicare

Updated on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 11:58AM by Kay B. Day, Editor

Bloggers and readers are engaged in a shouting match at present over Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan’s ‘Path to Prosperity’ and Democrats’ refusal to pass a budget. “Medi-Scare” tactics—denigrating Ryan’s plan for the benefit of Democrats’ political gain—have even been blamed for the GOP loss in a special congressional election in New York. Never mind the fake Tea Party candidate who was actually a Democrat. Most pundits say that faker helped swing the election to the Democrat. Read about the New York candidate’s real political colors at Red State.

What’s worrisome is the propaganda being spewed, and in some cases, the outright advocacy to maintain the status quo in a program that will change whether Ryan’s plan were to be adopted anyway. Fact is the Democrats’ healthcare plan targeted Medicare too.

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How do Clinton’s ‘balanced budget’ loopholes impact us today?

Updated on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 7:29PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

**Please see the followup to this article posted at the end. The federal budget was technically balanced; we explain below.**~~Editor

Right off the bat I will admit I’ve always been distrusting when former president Bill Clinton (D) and former speaker of the US House Newt Gingrich (R) praise their respective parties for balancing the federal budget. I have those problems because despite promises from current president Barack Obama, our government has yet to become a model of transparency when it comes to fiscal and other issues.

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Congress should ask Berwick why 3 government agencies got funds to do the same research

President Barack Obama couldn’t get Donald Berwick through the front door into the top position at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Obama slid Berwick in through the back door via a recess appointment. Life News said on Wednesday Berwick will finally testify before the Senate Finance Committee.

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Government is already in the patient examining room and yes, seniors will pay more

Democrats who voted for the Patient Care and Affordable Protection Act popularly called ObamaCare repeatedly reassure the public the government will not intrude on the patient-healthcare provider relationship. Democrats also pitched ObamaCare as a means of controlling rising costs, especially for seniors. Lies.

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Media report Democrats rant about entitlements, but ignore they blocked reform under Bush

Updated on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 1:03PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

Commentary by Kay B. Day

As Democrats rant about alleged GOP obstructionists and threaten to ram a hybrid healthcare bill down American throats, the only conclusion an informed rational person could come to would be the need to start over. Social Security is in trouble, Medicare is in trouble, and although Congress had a chance to act 4 years ago, they didn’t. Democrats blocked reform and they were proud to do so.

First, consider a report from trustees of the Medicare and Social Security trust funds. In May, 2009, the report predicted Social Security trust fund assets will be depleted in 2037. The picture for Medicare is equally bleak: “[W]hile Medicare's annual costs were 3.2 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2008, or about three quarters of Social Security's, they are projected to surpass Social Security expenditures in 2028…”

When President George W. Bush wanted to reform social security, many of us who would gladly accept responsibility for decisions about the money we are required to pay in were denied the opportunity by Democrat obstructionists.

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Blog to media: Arizona clinic isn't first Mayo site to stop taking Medicare

Commentary by Kay B. Day

Medicare notice on Mayo Jacksonville page. [Screen snip]Mayo Clinic announced it would stop taking Medicare at an Arizona clinic and media seized this as news. Here’s a blog flash for you: the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville hasn’t accepted Medicare Pt. B for quite some time. And having Medicare Advantage won’t help.

President Barack Obama praised Mayo as a beacon on the healthcare hill.

But hospital systems don’t have the option the federal government has, that of fabricating paper money.

The Wall Street Journal noted: “Mayo says it lost $840 million last year treating Medicare patients, the result of the program's low reimbursement rates. Its hospital and four clinics in Arizona—including the Glendale facility—lost $120 million. Providers like Mayo swallow some of these Medicare losses, while also shifting the cost by charging more to private patients and insurers.”

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Kaiser healthcare poll raises questions about public option responses

by Kay B. Day

Leftists in the Democratic Party want another public option for healthcare despite the fact Medicaid and Medicare are taxpayer sinkholes with a level of oversight similar to a cat watching sparrows scritching beneath the bushes. The Chicago Tribune cited a Kaiser Family Foundation September health care survey that showed “57 percent of Americans support the creation of a public health insurance option similar to Medicare."  Questions and analysis of the poll are posted online. But a review of all data provided raises questions about the questions and the analysis.

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