From Fox news:

President Obama is taking a small step on one issue, malpractice lawsuit reform, that Republicans believe is an easy way to reduce health care costs.

Obama’s latest proposal “incorporates the best ideas from Democrats and Republicans, including some of the ideas that Republicans offered during the health care summit, like funding state grants on medical malpractice reform,” Obama said this week.

The president agrees with medical profession that defensive medicine, doctors ordering unnecessary tests to protect themselves, is pushing up the cost of health care.

“The courts are clogged up with these cases, physicians are afraid of being hauled into court and as a result order tests they ordinarily would not order,” said Dr. Cecil Wilson of American Medical Association.

Obama is only proposing to give the states $25 million for planning grants and demonstration projects, not national reform.

But a liberal think tank found the some states have already tried such reforms and that expanding them nationally would reap massive savings.

“We found that roughly, between $92 to $207 billion dollars per year can be saved from reducing defensive medicine,” David Kendall, a senior fellow with Third Way, told Fox News.

How? What some states have done is to allow unlimited “actual” damages for injuries, but cap damages for what is called “pain and suffering” — limiting that to $250,000.

But doctors would still worry about their reputations, so analysts don’t think that would end unnecessary testing. But something else might.

“The specific proposal is for a health court or something like it, where it would be a specialized court that would be devoted just for making medical decisions and medical judgments,” Kendall said.

“Another would be to say that physicians who practice according to certain scientific principles, performance measure, would be presumed to have done it right, and they could introduce that evidence in court,” Wilson said.

Analysts say only 2 percent of injured patients actually file suit, in part because it’s such an onerous and drawn-out process. So they say specialized courts and other reforms might actually make it easier for injured patients to recover damages.

“The speed at which you could get compensated would be a matter of months,” Kendall said. “Right now, it takes an average of three to five years for a patient to get an award.”

And with longer lawsuits, more than half the money can go to lawyers and the courts. Doctors’ groups point to the success of “tort reform” in Texas, which had been losing doctors by the thousands. After the reforms, it licensed the highest number of doctors in its history and brought care to many areas of the states that were begging for care.

A little research would show that he is likely not racist:

Norris was born in Ryan, Oklahoma, the son of Wilma (née Scarberry) and Ray Norris, who was a mechanic, bus driver, and truck driver. Norris’ paternal grandfather (an immigrant) and maternal grandmother were of Irish descent, while his paternal grandmother and maternal grandfather were Cherokee Native Americans. Norris was named after Carlos Berry, his father’s minister.[

Norris describes his childhood as downbeat. He was nonathletic, shy, and scholastically mediocre. Other children taunted him about his mixed ethnicity.

Chuck was asked how he would like to be remembered. Chuck’s answer was as a Humanitarian. He has gotten a good start by:

1.) Being the spokesperson for United Way, doing an eight-minute commercial, which helped bring in over two billion dollars.

2.) Veterans Administration spokesperson visiting over 12 V.A. hospitals and speaking with World War II, Korean and Vietnam War Veterans including one from World War I.

3.) Winning the 1998 Epiphany award on Walker, Texas Ranger for the best Christian program.

4.) The Jewish Humanitarian Man of the Year Award.

5.) Actively involved with the Make A Wish Foundation for 20 years by making dreams come true for terminally ill children.

6.) BMI Music Television Award for Walker, Texas Ranger theme song, “Eyes of a Ranger”.

7.) Texas Ranger Hall of Fame.

8.) Commissioned Police Officer for Terrell, Texas.

9.) Motivational speaker for many Christian ministries, such as T.D. Jakes Ministry, Trinity Broadcasting, and Bill Glass Crusade.

Now, I allowed two of your comments to go through on this post, however, one, was completely unacceptable for the blog, I don’t allow that kind of language, so please understand why two were approved and one was not.

1. If this is such a good thing for our country, why are our Legislators omitting themselves and keeping their current coverage?

2. If this is such a good thing for our country, and such a majority want and need it, why not make it a State issue, which at best it should be anyway, and put it up for referendum?

3. Why are our Legislators completely ignoring the people they SERVE, who have made it very clear that they do not want government run health care?

4. This may be a good time to reread our Declaration of Independence and see if any of it sounds hauntingly familiar.

5. Perhaps it’s time to reread out Constitution and find the part that gave the Government the power to go into business for itself. (HealthCare, GMC…) I know I need to have another look. I only recall the parts that said the government is supposed to GOVERN.

5. On a long shot, perhaps it’s Tort reform that’s needed, not health care reform. Perhaps if everyone wasn’t so hot to sue at the drop of a hat, health care costs would come down.

I’m stopping here..I’m getting fire up and have to go grocery shopping. Get out of my way ladies, here I come!!!

The Health Insurance industry makes rules and takes our money. Since they are trying to make profits and take care of their investors with our money, they deny coverages to people who really need healthcare, just like banks. Have you ever heard someone say that they went to a bank and asked for a loan and were denied because they did not have the assests to get the loan, Well if they had the assests they would not need the loan! This works fine for banks as this is business, and most americans will not die if your loan is turned down.
Do you think healthcare should be based on the same business principles? Well it is! If you cannot pay or afford the high premiums, you just die, because it hurts profits. 45,000 americans every year die because of a business based on profits.

Think America.

It’s as if you want all opposition to disappear and go away.
It’s not really how it all works, and we can be Thankful for it, as if who ever is voted in and in charge, say George Bush, I am sure you were very thankful for opposition.
So now that the shoe is on the other foot, you also need to be glad for dissenting votes and opinions. It’s how this country runs.

Again, on this subject THEY, not my party, not that I really have one, as I don’t feel t here is a person in Washington that represents ME, but THEY say

“….it would raise premiums, it’s a windfall for drug companies and insurance companies, votes were secured through backroom deals, it cuts hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicare, and it raises taxes.”

That’s more than a few concessions.

My next thought was you need your own blog!

Barack Obama is president, not dictator. We have a balance of powers in this government to secure that. If you want a dictator, who has full reign over what does and doesn’t go in certain bills, you are in the wrong country. There are a few I could suggest for you.

The American people, (that you feel should “wake up”) in a majority, doesn’t like this bill. I wouldn’t doubt the intelligence of a questioning peoples. They are not swallowing in any kind of faith legislation that by Pelosi’s own admission, they won’t know what’s in it till it’s signed (video)» http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2010/03/09/pelosi-wants-to-pass-it-so-you-can-know-whats-in-it/

The American people ARE awake, and that’s what is bothering you; they are paying attention to the details of this bill, it’s costly, it’s uncertain on the outcomes, and even democrats voting for it, are expressing their opinions: it would raise premiums, it’s a windfall for drug companies and insurance companies, votes were secured through backroom deals, it cuts hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicare, and it raises taxes.(video) » http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2010/03/12/democrats-reveal-facts-about-health-care/

The tactics used at one time when it was the other party doing it, received comments from Joe Biden such as this: Biden: “I pray God when the Democrats take back control we don’t make the kind of naked power grab you are doing.”

and Obama said this: “Nuclear option is against the founder’s intent.”

Video here » http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2010/03/03/nuclear-option/

Health care reform doesn’t require a 2000 plus page bill and trillions of dollars, it just doesn’t.

In Australia they have a 1% levy on everyone over a certain level of income. Plain and simple, and everyone has access to health care. I feel the American people would support something like that. not a costly unsure and untested 2000 page bloated piece of paybacks to everyone whose arm could be twisted to vote for it.

BRAVO!!!!

Love,
Sandy

Love,
Sandy

Thanks for featuring these parks on your site, they are awesome and your photos are awesome, Barb!

I am going to make it my mission to show this to everybody I know.

But yes, it all seems overwhelming, but it’s likely the future!

Jasper looks serious about that moth, my Siamese is almost 20 years old and he still tries to catch bugs. His name is Sabastian and he is gross because when he catches them he will eat them and I can hear the disgusting crunching. Then to make matters worse he wants to kiss me. GROSS!

Have a great day!
David

The Obama Administration would have rather passed this Bill and shoved it down our throats before any of us had the chance to really see their motive and what this Bill contained. President Obama, Pelosi, Reed, and scores of other extreme left-winger’s still want to rush it through before too many of us see for ourselves what this Bill contains. I am giving you the Chapter and Paragraphs where you can read for yourself about this one particular issue.

The Obama Health care bill under Class II (Paragraph 1, Section B) specifically includes ‘‘(ii) a class II device that is implantable.” Then on page 1004 it describes what the term “data” means in paragraph 1, section B:

(14) In this paragraph, the term ‘data’ refers to
(15) information respecting a device described in paragraph (1),
(16) including claims data, patient survey data, standardized
(17) analytic files that allow for the pooling and analysis of
(18) data from disparate data environments, electronic health
(19) records, and any other data deemed appropriate by the
(20) Secretary”

What exactly is a class II device that is implantable? Let’s see…

Already approved by the U.S. Government, the FDA in 2004, a class II implantable device is an “implantable radiofrequency transponder system for patient identification and health information.” The purpose of a class II device is to collect data in medical patients such as “claims data, patient survey data, standardized analytic files that allow for the pooling and analysis of data from disparate data environments, electronic health records, and any other data deemed appropriate by the Secretary.”

So, will everyone be covered??????

And, does that mean everyone will be chipped?????

Under Obamacare, it is clear that this device would be implanted in people who become covered by public health care. Maybe not all people at once, but very quickly and steadily over time. President Obama intends to pass this Bill with this included. He has to do this; and make no mistake; he will do this with or without the support of the American people and/or The Republican Party!

But, how can it happen?????

“With the reform of the private insurance companies, who charge outrageous rates, many people will switch their coverage to a more affordable insurance plan. This means the number of people who choose the public option will increase. This also means the number of people chipped will be plentiful as well. The adults who choose to have a chip implanted are the lucky (yes, lucky) ones in this case. Children who are “born in the United States who at the time of birth is not otherwise covered under acceptable coverage” will be qualified and placed into the “CHIP” or Children’s Health Insurance Program (what a convenient name). With a name like CHIP it would seem consistent to have the chip implanted into every child. Children conceived by parents who are already covered under the public option will be implanted with a chip by the consent of the parent. Eventually EVERYONE will be implanted with a chip. And with the price and coverage of the public option being so competitive with the private companies, the private will not possibly be able to survive”.

Once the Bill Passes, what can we do about it??????

It will be the duty of every American and especially every True Christian to vote against EVERY SINGLE POLITITION, DEMORCRAT, REPUBLICAN or OTHERWISE who voted for any form of this Bill! Then “We the People” will have a duty to replace these seats with true God Fearing Leaders. The leaders we want back into office are those that will expose the EVIL Intentions of the Obama Administration and reverse the Obamacare Plan. Not do away with the Bill in its entirety, for there are truths mixed with lies, and good mixed with evil, within the document. This is how Satan works. He mixes the Truth with Lie’s to attempt to deceive all of us. I am NOT calling our President Satan, or sugesting he is the Anti-Christ, trully, I am not; but, this is simply one of the tools the Anti-Christ will use; so, knowing this, why would you want to be a part of placing this tool in his tool-box!!!

In closing, I say this. You may call me a fanatic or a host of many other incriminating titles; just like they did to George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Payne, Hamilton, and countless of others who took a stance and did something about those who tried to take our freedoms away. Call me what you will. But do not lie to yourself, ask yourself this one important question, doesn’t all of this sound just like something that was prophesized over 2000 years ago and placed in our Holy Bible? Open the good ol King James Version Bible and read the three verses I have placed below; or search for them on your PC.

Rev. 13:16-18
Rev. 14: 9-10
Rev. 22: 20 (The Good News, and a happy ending)

I believe these are exciting times for all Christians because this was all meant specifically for us, We the People! I say to all of you fake, cowardly so-called leaders; something I use to tell all of my men I put through Navy Boot camp; “Lead, follow or get the hell out of my way!

Make no mistake, this Bill IS going to pass with this particular device becomming law. Get educated!!!

http://www.johnwpetersonmusic.com/sales.htm

Very cute video, kids are so cute when they can’t get in real trouble. Have a great day!

David

I find your pics fascinating and your written material interesting. I thank you for putting out the solitaire scrabble. I wish you well in all your things that you do. Here’s to positive souls using the internet.

Have a great day.

bilderdon@yahoo.com

don.

This winter was really not bad in Michigan, as a matter of fact it seems like winter really never came. Did you take those photographs they are incredible! I like the Cardinal and Blue Jay.

It looks like you got all Michigans snow, i hope that it is not like this all the time.
Have a great day, thanks for visiting.
David

I voted for Obama but am growing tired of all the promises that seem unanswered, i am so confused, i am mad at the Republicans with Bush and now i am mad at the Democrats, so what do i have left? I hope someone comes along that has follow through. I have always voted Democrat and for the first time in my life i just am not sure about either party.

Have a great day! Great blog on Obama and homelessness.
David

Ni Je Na (how are you)?
Thanks for stopping by and visiting me. I hate this war, my son is in the Air force, and i just wish that it would end, it is a war that i do not see any resolve in.

Gwi Kigdomen me’ gwa gnebech?
(We shall talk more perhaps?)

Megwetch (thank you) again!
David

Very good article, you speak many languages.
Have a great day!

Megwetch (Thank You)
David

Thanks I corrected #13

Also whats the big deal with #5 as long as they become tax paying citizens when they graduate I don’t see a problem.
http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2010/01/31/the-cost-of-illegal-immigration/

Have fun!

Love,
Sandy

Sandy

Migmogs, if you have a URL to the links, you can go ahead and put them here.

your Geisha Girl is known of as the Quizical Geisha Girl

for the ones with nude lithophanes…..Nude Lithoohanes are very rare and worth money

migmogs

we also have 2 geisha girl sets

the first set is a cobalt blue dragon ware set.with the wide eyed giesha girl in the bottoms of the cups

we also have matt black ,very fine ,china tea set embelished in 24 carat gold.the geisha girl in the cups is the flower geisha girl

is the black set rarer than the dragon ware set?

and can you put links to pictures on here?

thanx in advance

migmogs

So did Jean Chretien:
Jean Chretien takes his own family to private health clinics. In fact, he doesn’t just use U.S.-style private clinics. He actually goes to private clinics in the U.S.

And he flies to those U.S. private clinics on Canadian government jets, paid for by Canadian tax dollars.

According to access-to-information documents obtained by the Canadian Alliance, on Feb. 8, 1999, Chretien and two aides flew from Vancouver to Minnesota, home of the Mayo Clinic. According to air force flight logs, they flew back to Ottawa that afternoon with Chretien’s daughter. And on Dec. 11 of the same year, Chretien went back to the clinic, this time just with his wife and his aide.

These trips were courtesy of the Canadian Forces 412th Squadron, which has flown literally thousands of nautical miles taking Chretien back and forth to the clinic.

So did Liberal MP Belinda Stronach

Liberal MP Belinda Stronach, who is battling breast cancer, travelled to California last June for an operation that was recommended as part of her treatment, says a report.

Stronach’s spokesman, Greg MacEachern… said the decision was made because the U.S. hospital was the best place to have it done due to the type of surgery required.

Love,
Sandy

Also check eBay. The majority of lithophane cups sell for very little.

Thanks for this list of failures.

Thank you,
Dee

Thank you,
Dee

I’ve considered the entrepreneurial bit, but I like the stability.

Good news is in my August/September job hunt people were only hiring for short-term contracts and now it’s almost all direct/permanent hire positions.

Love,
Mom

Change does take a lot of effort. I read the latest book by Malcolm Gladwell a few days ago, called “The Outliers”. In it he discusses research that shows that there is no significant talent difference between students at a music college. Instead, the only thing that was linked to a difference in skill was the hours that each student put in per week (the most talented students put in 80 hours a week just practising!)

I love Grandma’s who are like that, always so positive and encouraging about everything. My grandmother can hardly walk, yet she still enjoys her life so much (mostly vicariously, through her family) and she always seems to be happy. She says that she wants to live for a long, long time yet

Love,
Sandy

Get Out Of Our House (GOOOH) is your answer. http://www.GOOOH.com

When We The People select the candidates the elected officials will be accountable to We The People. GOOOH 4 IT in 2010.

GOOOH wil enable the Revolution of 2010

-DHGalt-

Love,
Sandy

But thank you.

Miss you all. Much love and hugs sent your way by Leoni and me.

I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Take Care
Denise

I am a past Kingston Youth For Christ Chorale member and would like to obtain and purchase a copy of the Easter Cantata “The Last Week” by John W. Peterson, printed in English. I need to also know if there has been an accompanying track down in recent times. Would appreciate receiving this informatin ASAP. Thanks.

Thanks

We all have internalized racist and sexist sterotypes (at least subconsciously). It’s pretty hard for any person (whatever gender or colour) to make the blanket statement that they are not at all racist OR sexist. Some of the most racist or sexist people claim “but I love woman/black people” – it’s not about whether you consciously “love” them or not, it’s about internalized cultural biases and sterotypes.

When I studied sociology at University we were taught that racism was something a dominant/larger group did against a less powerful group (usually a minority group). It may be bad and harmful for a white person to “racially” attack a black person, but it’s not exactly “racism” (or it doesn’t fit into the typical definition of racism) because the white person is from the more powerful group and the group that has fewer, and more positive, stereotypes associated with it. A racial slur is more harmful if directed against the minority/less powerful group. The same goes for sexism.

Thanks

But we are thankful and proud of this American family who is our family. We love you guys.

I’ll have to check out Killbox, it looks pretty good.

Tools I love for malware cleanups are Process Explorer and Autoruns, both by Sysinternals.

Process Explorer, in particular, allows me to enter suspicious process and thread names and find all the processes that are holding that suspect process open.

Marie Curie high school

Scrabble on !

However much money our representatives make, WE THE PEOPLE should decide how much their service is worth to us. Who else gets to give themselves pay raises?

That “state average wage” wage sounds like an interesting idea, but I’d caution against the bias against millionaires just because they’re millionaires.

Millionaires are our next door neighbors and usually the more successful ones. The vast majority of millionaires today are self-made, from their own abilities and skills.

Limiting the pay of congress people sounds good, but limiting it too much would make it difficult for the “average joes” we really need in congress to quit their other jobs to spend time serving the country.

Instead, the onus lies with us, the voters, to stand up and throw the real bums out regardless of their pay grade.

But your find is more endearing because it involves those who went through the Great Depression. Most are gone now, but they were a very strong generation.

HELP!!!

You identified them correctly as from Federal Glass. Nice set!

When I mention the reference of recently written, I meant the link, not the entire Code of Regulations or Department of Health and Human Services.

Eric.

would be the closest to anthing that traceability, or identification can be misinterpretated.

My concern, is why would this short section “Subtitle C–National Medical Device Registry” been written in the health care bill in the first place.

This type of action is supposedly done on a regular basis. Could this be a clarification of information or job functions duties…?

Which it does not clarirify.

Why does it reference the Code of Federal Regulations or the Department of Health that was recently written in April of 2009?

If this testing and reporting of “bad medical devices” is done on a regular basis, then there would be no need to insert this subsection into HR3200, etc… We would know this is done on a regular basis, due to many recalls of medical devices, and medications and what not.

Again, my concern is Why is this part introduced into the bill or written into the bill if it is already a part of our testing process?

This is why “conspiracy theorists” run wild with information that is not clearly defined. This is why we have Lawyers and journalists, who supposedly research and investigate pertinent information, or questionable information.

Yet this is not being done.

Conspiracy Theorists would not have a leg to stand on, if somone would just provide the information requested.

So I can see both sides of the story. Unless the questions have been addressed for the “laymen”, on a clear and consise level, many people should be aware of this subchapter in the health care bill.

Eric.

Steve

I learned some of Mr. Peterson’s cantatas and music many, many years ago and I’ve never forgotten them. For some reason however, I’d confused his last name as Christen, and I can’t tell you the hours I have spent at the computer, stumped at trying to find his music or some reference to him! As I was about to walk away from the computer tonight in frustration, the name Peterson came to mind. I GOOGLED it and there was your wonderful web site.

God bless you, bless you, bless you! I am a very, happy woman now!