Meanwhile, staged events on the lawn of the White House last year perpetrated a forgery, an illusion that those wolves (or were they sheep) in doctors’ clothing represented the medical profession in some significant way and supported the general concept presented by the White House.

My family physician didn’t have a front OR back office staff. A surgeon and surgical nurse instructor, yet he had no need of staff to take care of his patients… $2600 to prescribe a $18 medication because the patient had no other access to a physician over the weekend. And they wonder where the fat is at in health care?

By now most of you know that Brown won Kennedy’s seat, so the Democrats can’t avoid a filibuster anymore.  In the aftermath of this election, there will be a lot of speculation as to whether health care reform is dead in the water.  What’s clear is that the last year has been largely wasted.  Even [...]

Those who voted for Mr. Brown, however well intended they may have been, have given the Democrats every reason to cram the current ugly bills down our throats themselves, by forcing Congress to push their legislation through prematurely… Was this an error on the Republican’s part, or a rather clever long-term strategy to give the Democrats enough rope to hang themselves? If the Democrats push the current legislation through in a rush, they’ll most likely alienate most of the nation, setting the stage for many Democrat seats to turn sides in the next election.

Pelosi complains that the Republican candidate for the empty seat says they should scrap the whole mess and start over again. Makes good sense from here. In fact, that may be the smartest idea in many months. Give 5 reasonably intelligent people an administrative assistant and a few people to do some fact-finding, and they’ll come up with a functional, comprehensive health care reform in about 3 months. The 600 members of Congress haven’t produced one in a year. Sometimes it’s best to recognize when it’s time to scrap what you’re working on and just start over.

It’s not uncommon to find hands out when there are hand-outs being given away like Halloween candy. No matter what, though, it’s bad form to be getting Thirds when most of us haven’t had Firsts yet.