HEALTH CARE EXPLAINED

Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI, 8th District) on the Democrat's health care bill.



Congressman Rogers appears to be correct in his description of Section 142 of the Democrats' bill. It does in fact give the government the authority to define what constitutes a "qualified plan" and suspend inrollment or remove plans from the insurance exchange. So, for example, if you have/want high-limit hospitalization insurance only, and the government decides it isn't "qualified" - e.g., doesn't offer benefits the government deems necessary, then you will be disenrolled and your plan disqualified.

Don't believe me? Then go here, enter "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009" in the search box, click on "beginning" and scroll down.

If what you read doesn't scare you, then you're not human.

DRILL, BABY, DRILL

Sarah Palin on energy and the environment.

In effect, American environmentalists are preventing responsible development here at home while supporting irresponsible development overseas.

Tempting as they may be to central planners, top-down, one-size-fits-all solutions are recipes for failure.

Building an energy-independent America will mean a real economic stimulus.

[E]nergy independence is not just about the environment or the economy. It’s about freedom and confidence.

Petroleum is a major part of America’s energy picture. Shall we get it here or abroad? Palin understands it's better to be independent.

Read it all.

DIE QUICKLY

The Democrat’s health care plan:



Berkeley Professor and (Clinton administration) Secretary of Labor Robert Reich on what an “honest president” would say about health reform (at Berkeley, Sept. 26, 2007). “We’re going to have to, if you’re very old, we’re not going to give you all that technology and all those drugs for the last couple of years of your life to keep you maybe going for another couple of months. It’s too expensive, so we’re going to let you die.”

Via Don Surber.

Now idiot Democrat Representative Alan Grayson (D, FL, 8th district) accuses Republicans of wanting to implement Reich’s health reform plan.



In psychological terms, it’s called projection bias.

ASTROTURFING?

“That is what they call a phony grassroots campaign cooked up by special interests or political parties afraid to show their own faces.”

[The Democrats] concocted two groups — Americans for Stable Quality Care and its predecessor, Healthy Economy Now (I think the term is “front organization”) — to push the White House’s health-care agenda.

Since the Democrats did it, it’s not astroturfing; it’s “Fake But Accurate.”

Setting aside the astroturfing charge, here’s the part I found amusing:

Not surprisingly, an ethics expert interviewed by Politico (we need experts because ethics is a subspecialty, knowledge of which is not commonly found among ordinary politicians) thinks the whole thing raises “questions.”

Ethics are sooo ... nuanced.

Link via Instapundit.