Opinion Forum

Governmental Coercion Works – Very Effectively

March 21st, 2012

By Dan Miller A frog was placed in a pot of pleasantly warm water. He thought it was great. Then, the temperature increased but remained pleasant. Eventually, it became quite hot, to the point that he could no longer jump out. He eventually emerged, delicious and well done. In this article, I expressed disappointment with […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: ACA, federal funding, frogs, mandate, Medicaid, Obamacare, Supreme Court
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Observations from the Trenches

March 13th, 2011

By Brian Bagent The trenches of health care delivery, that is. Recently, I had three ladies in my care at the hospital where I work. One of them was just post-op for a prolapsed bowel (where part of your bowel goes inside itself, not unlike what your socks look like just after you take them […]

Articles written by Brian Bagent
Tags: dependency, drugs, ER, hospital, malingerer, Medicaid, narcotics, nurse
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Social Security and Medicare: Welfare?

March 7th, 2011

By Tom Carter Now and again someone opines to the effect that Social Security is welfare and should be subject to changes (usually cuts) like any other welfare program. Sometimes Medicare is mentioned in the same “welfare” breath as Social Security. These are popular topics in the current economic climate because government spending obviously has […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: cuts, FICA, Medicaid, Medicare, pension, retirement, Social Security, welfare
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