From Texas on the Pedernales

Obamacare's Subsidy for the Sexually Depraved

2010-03-25T19:32:00.000-07:00

Check out this Washington Times article where the Democrats voted to ensure that sexual predators would have access to government subsidized Viagra.

Click here for the article.

Health Care Bill Creates 111 Boards, Commissions, Etc.

2010-03-23T14:43:00.000-07:00

The House Republican Conference has compiled a list of all the new boards, bureaucracies, commissions, and programs created in Speaker Pelosi’s government takeover of health care:

1. Retiree Reserve Trust Fund (Section 111(d), p. 61)

2. Grant program for wellness programs to small employers (Section 112, p. 62)

3. Grant program for State health access programs (Section 114, p. 72)

4. Program of administrative simplification (Section 115, p. 76)

5. Health Benefits Advisory Committee (Section 223, p. 111)

6. Health Choices Administration (Section 241, p. 131)

7. Qualified Health Benefits Plan Ombudsman (Section 244, p. 138)

8. Health Insurance Exchange (Section 201, p. 155)

9. Program for technical assistance to employees of small businesses buying Exchange coverage (Section 305(h), p. 191)

10. Mechanism for insurance risk pooling to be established by Health Choices Commissioner (Section 306(b), p. 194)

11. Health Insurance Exchange Trust Fund (Section 307, p. 195)

12. State-based Health Insurance Exchanges (Section 308, p. 197)

13. Grant program for health insurance cooperatives (Section 310, p. 206)

14. “Public Health Insurance Option” (Section 321, p. 211)

15. Ombudsman for “Public Health Insurance Option” (Section 321(d), p. 213)

16. Account for receipts and disbursements for “Public Health Insurance Option” (Section 322(b), p. 215)

17. Telehealth Advisory Committee (Section 1191 (b), p. 589)

18. Demonstration program providing reimbursement for “culturally and linguistically appropriate services” (Section 1222, p. 617)

19. Demonstration program for shared decision making using patient decision aids (Section 1236, p. 648)

20. Accountable Care Organization pilot program under Medicare (Section 1301, p. 653)

21. Independent patient-centered medical home pilot program under Medicare (Section 1302, p. 672)

22. Community-based medical home pilot program under Medicare (Section 1302(d), p. 681)

23. Independence at home demonstration program (Section 1312, p. 718)

24. Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research (Section 1401(a), p. 734)

25. Comparative Effectiveness Research Commission (Section 1401(a), p. 738)

26. Patient ombudsman for comparative effectiveness research (Section 1401(a), p. 753)

27. Quality assurance and performance improvement program for skilled nursing facilities (Section 1412(b)(1), p. 784)

28. Quality assurance and performance improvement program for nursing facilities (Section 1412 (b)(2), p. 786)

29. Special focus facility program for skilled nursing facilities (Section 1413(a)(3), p. 796)

30. Special focus facility program for nursing facilities (Section 1413(b)(3), p. 804)

31. National independent monitor pilot program for skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities (Section 1422, p. 859)

32. Demonstration program for approved teaching health centers with respect to Medicare GME (Section 1502(d), p. 933)

33. Pilot program to develop anti-fraud compliance systems for Medicare providers (Section 1635, p. 978)

34. Special Inspector General for the Health Insurance Exchange (Section 1647, p. 1000)

35. Medical home pilot program under Medicaid (Section 1722, p. 1058)

36. Accountable Care Organization pilot program under Medicaid (Section 1730A, p. 1073)

37. Nursing facility supplemental payment program (Section 1745, p. 1106)

38. Demonstration program for Medicaid coverage to stabilize emergency medical conditions in institutions for mental diseases (Section 1787, p. 1149)

39. Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund (Section 1802, p. 1162)

40. “Identifiable office or program” within CMS to “provide for improved coordination between Medicare and Medicaid in the case of dual eligibles” (Section 1905, p. 1191)

41. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Section 1907, p. 1198)

42. Public Health Investment Fund (Section 2002, p. 1214)

43. Scholarships for service in health professional needs areas (Section 2211, p. 1224)

44. Program for training medical residents in community-based settings (Section 2214, p. 1236)

45. Grant program for training in dentistry programs (Section 2215, p. 1240)

46. Public Health Workforce Corps (Section 2231, p. 1253)

47. Public health workforce scholarship program (Section 2231, p. 1254)

48. Public health workforce loan forgiveness program (Section 2231, p. 1258)

49. Grant program for innovations in interdisciplinary care (Section 2252, p. 1272)

50. Advisory Committee on Health Workforce Evaluation and Assessment (Section 2261, p. 1275)

51. Prevention and Wellness Trust (Section 2301, p. 1286)

52. Clinical Prevention Stakeholders Board (Section 2301, p. 1295)

53. Community Prevention Stakeholders Board (Section 2301, p. 1301)

54. Grant program for community prevention and wellness research (Section 2301, p. 1305)

55. Grant program for research and demonstration projects related to wellness incentives (Section 2301, p. 1305)

56. Grant program for community prevention and wellness services (Section 2301, p. 1308)

57. Grant program for public health infrastructure (Section 2301, p. 1313)

58. Center for Quality Improvement (Section 2401, p. 1322)

59. Assistant Secretary for Health Information (Section 2402, p. 1330)

60. Grant program to support the operation of school-based health clinics (Section 2511, p. 1352)

61. Grant program for nurse-managed health centers (Section 2512, p. 1361)

62. Grants for labor-management programs for nursing training (Section 2521, p. 1372)

63. Grant program for interdisciplinary mental and behavioral health training (Section 2522, p. 1382)

64. “No Child Left Unimmunized Against Influenza” demonstration grant program (Section 2524, p. 1391)

65. Healthy Teen Initiative grant program regarding teen pregnancy (Section 2526, p. 1398)

66. Grant program for interdisciplinary training, education, and services for individuals with autism (Section 2527(a), p. 1402)

67. University centers for excellence in developmental disabilities education (Section 2527(b), p. 1410)

68. Grant program to implement medication therapy management services (Section 2528, p. 1412)

69. Grant program to promote positive health behaviors in underserved communities (Section 2530, p. 1422)

70. Grant program for State alternative medical liability laws (Section 2531, p. 1431)

71. Grant program to develop infant mortality programs (Section 2532, p. 1433)

72. Grant program to prepare secondary school students for careers in health professions (Section 2533, p. 1437)

73. Grant program for community-based collaborative care (Section 2534, p. 1440)

74. Grant program for community-based overweight and obesity prevention (Section 2535, p. 1457)

75. Grant program for reducing the student-to-school nurse ratio in primary and secondary schools (Section 2536, p. 1462)

76. Demonstration project of grants to medical-legal partnerships (Section 2537, p. 1464)

77. Center for Emergency Care under the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (Section 2552, p. 1478)

78. Council for Emergency Care (Section 2552, p 1479)

79. Grant program to support demonstration programs that design and implement regionalized emergency care systems (Section 2553, p. 1480)

80. Grant program to assist veterans who wish to become emergency medical technicians upon discharge (Section 2554, p. 1487)

81. Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee (Section 2562, p. 1494)

82. National Medical Device Registry (Section 2571, p. 1501)

83. CLASS Independence Fund (Section 2581, p. 1597)

84. CLASS Independence Fund Board of Trustees (Section 2581, p. 1598)

85. CLASS Independence Advisory Council (Section 2581, p. 1602)

86. Health and Human Services Coordinating Committee on Women’s Health (Section 2588, p. 1610)

87. National Women’s Health Information Center (Section 2588, p. 1611)

88. Centers for Disease Control Office of Women’s Health (Section 2588, p. 1614)

89. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Office of Women’s Health and Gender-Based Research (Section 2588, p. 1617)

90. Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Women’s Health (Section 2588, p. 1618)

91. Food and Drug Administration Office of Women’s Health (Section 2588, p. 1621)

92. Personal Care Attendant Workforce Advisory Panel (Section 2589(a)(2), p. 1624)

93. Grant program for national health workforce online training (Section 2591, p. 1629)

94. Grant program to disseminate best practices on implementing health workforce investment programs (Section 2591, p. 1632)

95. Demonstration program for chronic shortages of health professionals (Section 3101, p. 1717)

96. Demonstration program for substance abuse counselor educational curricula (Section 3101, p. 1719)

97. Program of Indian community education on mental illness (Section 3101, p. 1722)

98. Intergovernmental Task Force on Indian environmental and nuclear hazards (Section 3101, p. 1754)

99. Office of Indian Men’s Health (Section 3101, p. 1765)

100.Indian Health facilities appropriation advisory board (Section 3101, p. 1774)

101.Indian Health facilities needs assessment workgroup (Section 3101, p. 1775)

102.Indian Health Service tribal facilities joint venture demonstration projects (Section 3101, p. 1809)

103.Urban youth treatment center demonstration project (Section 3101, p. 1873)

104.Grants to Urban Indian Organizations for diabetes prevention (Section 3101, p. 1874)

105.Grants to Urban Indian Organizations for health IT adoption (Section 3101, p. 1877)

106.Mental health technician training program (Section 3101, p. 1898)

107.Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (Section 3101, p. 1909)

108.Program for treatment of child sexual abuse victims and perpetrators (Section 3101, p. 1925)

109.Program for treatment of domestic violence and sexual abuse (Section 3101, p. 1927)

110.Native American Health and Wellness Foundation (Section 3103, p. 1966)

111.Committee for the Establishment of the Native American Health and Wellness Foundation (Section 3103, p. 1968)

20 Things You May Not Know About Obamacare

2010-03-22T14:07:00.000-07:00

I am not Catholic but American Catholic has an article on the health care bill, "20 Things You May Not Know About Obamacare." You might find it interesting; I did.

Rue the Day

2010-03-22T13:34:00.000-07:00

People that were for this health care bill will rue the day it passed. Just the bribes that were done to buy votes should have been a clue that this was a terrible bill for the country.

I think the worst bribe I've heard about is where 25 percent of the water needed in the San Fernando Valley, the bread basket of the country, was turned on for two congressmen's yes votes on the HC bill. The EPA turned off the water to save some stupid fish. Farms were blowing away last year and over 20,000 people were put out of work. Tell me how buying votes for water is much different than actions taken by various dictators throughout history?

Remember what government gives can be taken away. Does anyone truly think that health care will NOT be rationed? Isn't medicare broke? What about the post office? How about Amtrack? How about social security? How about the highway trust fund? How is the education system since Washington has gotten involved? Every one of those agencies is broke or will be soon.

Is anyone actually naive enough to think the people in Washington will not spend the health care monies collected on special projects that have absolutely nothing to do with health care? When that happens, don't you realize government is going to come back with rationing and higher and higher health care premiums? Like, they are going to lie about the cause of the HC shortfall. Age 53 in England is considered too old for certain medical procedures.

A pox on the people who passed this bill. They will pay in this life or in the next. I just hope I am still around to see their downfall. My congressman voted yes; I am going to devote the next eight months to seeing his defeat in November, 2010.

Until next time, God bless.

Is Sarah Palin A Hypocrite?

2010-03-09T09:30:00.001-08:00

Gov. Palin recently gave a talk to a group in Canada. She mentioned that her family had gone to Canada for emergency medical treatment. One incident cited was on her six-year old brother. Sarah was two-years old at the time. The media is all over this indicating that Gov. Palin is a hypocrite. However, pertinent details are left out, such as it was during the 1960's while she and her family lived in a very rural Alaska where Canadian medical treatment was a few hours away by auto and medical treatment in the U.S. was at least 6-8 hours away by boat, shorter, of course, if they flew.

I am confused. Is a two-year old, Sarah Palin, responsible for parents seeking emergency medical care for a brother of six-years old at an emergency center, located in another country a couple of hours drive from the home, instead of the parents driving/flying/ferrying to an emergency center in your own country which is still today 6 hours of automobile travel time to Juneau? Think of a very rural 1960’s Alaska.

While a few Canadian providences were experimenting with various collective (socialized) medial care programs in 1966, it was 1984 before Canada passed a national health care system. Has anyone stated or proved that the parents of two-year old Sarah did not pay for services rendered? But, how is Sarah Palin a meanie, is hypocritical and wants to deny Americans socialized health care when her brother may or may not have received emergency care under a socialized system that was not nationalized until 1984?

What would you choose to do today? What would you have done in the 1960's? Is Sarah Palin guilty of hypocrisy? You decide.

Until next time, God bless.

Born Again American

2009-11-21T07:24:00.000-08:00

Here is a new song written by Keith Carradine and performed by 14 singers, musicians and two choral groups. It will bring tears to your eyes.

http://www.bornagainamerican.org/about.html

Here is the Manhattan Delcaration: A Call of Christian Conscience, signed by laity, pastors, bishops and archbishops of all denominations. The Church is standing up and ready to go to jail if necessary. Enough is enough.

http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2009/11/manhattan-declaration58-a-call-of-christian-conscience

Take 10 minutes

2009-09-18T10:12:00.000-07:00

Take 10 minutes to see this video: American Pie

Tea Party Express, San Antonio

2009-09-04T15:59:00.000-07:00

Hubby and I made a quick trip to San Antonio yesterday to attend the Tea Party Express tour.

I did not get as many photos as I would have liked because we took Luc, our Lab, with us on the field trip. He is quite a handful and goes into overloaded exuberance when seeing anyone and anything. I stayed in the background. The bus was parked across the Alamo Plaza mall area when we arrived, but by the time I got Luc under control, the bus moved. lol Nevertheless, everyone was having a great time. Protests are quite fun. This is my third protest of my entire 70 years of age.

If you want to see more photos of The Alamo, pop over here.

Until next time, God bless our nation.

"I Hope You Go Out Of Business"

2009-08-30T17:33:00.000-07:00

This is what Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader in the U. S. Senate, said to a man at a Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce meet 'n greet. Read the newspaper's report and response to Senator Reid's comment.

http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/56171937.html

Is this what we want in a powerful Senate position?

Marine Takes Congressman To The Woodshed

2009-08-23T11:18:00.000-07:00

If you haven't seen this video, you should:

http://www.freedomslighthouse.com/2009/08/disabled-marine-veteran-reminds-dem-rep.html

This marine veteran did what marines do best - hit 'em hard, hit 'em hard again and again and again. God bless this man for expressing what those of us think about government-run health care.

Don't listen to the propaganda coming from the White House, the Congress, or the mainstream media. READ the bill for yourself. People in these town halls know history and have read the bill. Go here for the bill:
http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf

Until next time, God save the Republic.

Young Voters

2009-08-17T11:26:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite writers and TV commentators is Michael Barone. He has his finger on the pulse of the voting public like no one I know. Take a look at this recent article of his: Young Voters Should Take Another Look At Obama.

The Health Care Bill

2009-08-13T17:07:00.000-07:00

Here is what I understand is the health care bill:
http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf

Democrats Orchestrate . . .

2009-08-13T16:14:00.000-07:00

Go to Roll Call's article entitled "Democrats Orchestrate Town Hall Counterpunch."

I ask the question again as to which side of this issue is truly organizing when Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the American Medical Association (17% of doctors are members) and Service Employees International Union are putting up 12 million dollars for an ad campaign to sell this health care bill? I maintain that most of the people showing up at the town halls are ordinary Americans very concerned about government making life and death decisions and the quality of care. This affects everyone! I do not want a bureaucrat deciding what medical care is available for me and what is not. Then, if medical care is denied me for whatever reason, I have no other recourse since government will control all of health care options. As a cancer survivor, you can well imagine that I am closely following this debate.

If you haven't paid a lot of attention to this controversy, please do some research. What happens here affects you, your family, and future generations. Investigate both sides; do not take the word coming from Washington or even from the mainstream media. Check out other sources. Keep your ears open because there is something about a deal between big Pharma and the administration something to the tune of 80-150 million being paid by Pharma to the government to help pass this bill. I am not very clear on the details or what it means except that I am listening closely to see what comes of this.

Until next time, God bless America.

Who is Organized?

2009-08-10T04:20:00.000-07:00

Who is organized? Who is paid? Check out this article at Dr. Melissa Clouthier site entitled Health Care: Obama’s Mercenaries Vs. Freedom Fighters « Blog Entry « Dr. Melissa Clouthier.

A Texas Extremist Mob In Action

2009-08-09T13:06:00.000-07:00

Sunday, August 9, 2009, Texas State Capitol,Austin, Texas, Protest Meetup

The one lone supporter of the health plan.

I guess there might have been somewhere between 400-500 people. CORRECTION: Official count was 1,000 in attendance. All had a good time.

Until next time, God bless America.