By Dr. Dove on March 10, 2010
Overall I don’t think the specific concern (“if doctors would be required to accept forced-on-us healthcare plans”) would become a huge problem. I know what this argument is getting at though. Medicare doesn’t pay doctors as much as private insurance. If their was a government option, it would pay as much as medicare. Cuts in medicare spending are a constant threat to control costs. “Cuts in medicare spending” translates exactly to paying physicians less for specific services. I’d be a lot more concerned if the government option was still part of the bill. Read more... (261 words, 1 image, estimated 1:03 mins reading time)
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By Divinity Dove on March 3, 2010
We witnessed a fairly unique political exchange in the experience of this summit. Has no one anything to say about it? Read more... (266 words, 2 images, estimated 1:04 mins reading time)
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By Noisy Dove on March 2, 2010
Here’s the Wikipedia article on Reconciliation: Wikipedia Reconciliation Act
Basically the original intent was to pass unsavory changes to keep a reasonable budget. But since it passed in 1974, the two parties have taken turns in the majority and each time raised the precedent for abuse of Reconciliation. Read more... (608 words, 3 images, estimated 2:26 mins reading time)
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By Noisy Dove on March 1, 2010
Can you believe these guys ramping up to use Reconciliation to pass the Senate bill? Oh my… You know – when Brown ganked Massachusetts, the evil partisan strategic side of me was like – Oh sweet destiny. Let them come. Oh – let them come. Draw them into the teeth of our forces. Harden their hearts and confuse their minds. Oh – let them use Reconciliation. Oh sweet arrogance – let them use Reconciliation.
Posted in Politics | Tagged arrogance, bill, brown, care, congress, democrats, destiny, health, majority, pass, Politics, reconciliation, reform, scott, senate, simple, strategy, sweet
By Dr. Dove on February 10, 2010
This is an example of one of the worst conditions ever. Parts of the brain that allow a person to move
are damaged, but parts responsible for sensation and cognition still function to a degree. It can be hard to diagnose, but this fMRI stuff will probably make the diagnosis a lot easier. As far as the ethical stuff is concerned…we’re standing on the doorstep of a catastrophe in the healthcare system, directly related to rising costs. This condition is rare compared to the number of people who truly become vegetables because of less selective brain damage. I cared for armloads of them at St. Joe’s. It costs ungodly amounts of money to keep someone with either condition “alive.” Costs have to be cut somewhere. Metaphorically speaking, we either cut mammography for 40 year old mothers with early breast cancer, or we stop keeping vegetables “alive,” even if there is the off chance they have a spark of consciousness somewhere. Read more... (307 words, 4 images, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)
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By Noisy Dove on February 5, 2010
Scott Brown elected Massachusetts State Senator
Do you think a woman who had posed nude could ever achieve national political office?
Disaster in Haiti Read more... (848 words, 8 images, estimated 3:24 mins reading time)
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By Noisy Dove on January 29, 2010
F-me 72 minutes long.
I appreciate efforts to make positive comments. But holy horses ass don’t you hate being treated like you’re a stupid jerk who has no idea what’s happened in the past year? Read more... (782 words, 4 images, estimated 3:08 mins reading time)
Posted in Economics, Politics | Tagged 72, act, address, america, bill, care, chief, commander, congress, creation, cuts, deals, democrats, Economics, energy, failure, freeze, green, health, house, in, independent, issues, job, justices, long, minutes, nation, obama, of, people, Politics, president, recovery, reform, republicans, senate, speech, spending, state, talk, TARP, tax, tell, unemployment, union, veto, washington
By Noisy Dove on December 30, 2009
Well then, stop using characterizations. I’d like to think I have something to learn from Liberal thinkers, but all they do, as you’ve done today, is state general needs and characterizations along with the ever present Bush bash: Read more... (505 words, 4 images, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)
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By Dr. Dove on December 29, 2009
Here’s some more Noisy Dove ranting for you. Since calling my honest conclusions a Noisy Dove rant seems to make you feel superior – or less threatened perhaps
Hey now. There’s no need to get offensive. You were ranting. You love ranting. Read more... (353 words, 3 images, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)
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The uniqueness of the summit was that it was on TV. Presidents have always gathered up congressmen and tried talking them into this or that.
We witnessed a fairly unique political exchange in the experience of this summit. Has no one anything to say about it? 
Here’s the Wikipedia article on Reconciliation: Wikipedia Reconciliation Act
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