Indeed a very complex–and perhaps even a precarious and volatile mix–of factors. . .

I have a good friend who was a medical defense attorney, after the Texas tort reform went into effect he had no cases to defend and had to change to Oil and Gas Law. Now my evidence is anecdotal but the other poster does not seem to have any evidence. I live in a major city in Texas and my friend was a partner in the largest firm in our city. He had no business in medical defense, sounds like tort reform worked here, just not so well fo attorneys, which is pretty much the point.

Talking through your rectal orifice again, I see. That One is more divisive than Shrub, fool. With a single-digit IQ as you seem to possess with your stupid comments, I would be reticent to use the pejorative, ignoramus.

Psst, dink: In case you weren’t aware, those voices in your head aren’t giving you facts.

Keep in mind that most Americans like Medicare, Social Security, Veteran Care etc. all programs run by government.

Let’s see how long ago were the veterans hospitals in shit order, and for ultimate government ran health care, Indian Health services; you could call that efficient I suppose if you are in favor of the filth called health care doled out to Native Americans; yes efficient in killing them.

Saturday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the members of the “Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research” (”CER”), which was stealthily included in the Obama boondoggle stimulus — one of those bills the Democrats passed without anyone having a chance to read it.

According to George Will, the draft report on the so-called stimulus bill states the CER will identify medical “items, procedures, and interventions” that it deems insufficiently effective or excessively expensive. They “will no longer be prescribed” by federal health programs.

Tom Daschle, advocated a “Federal Health Board” similar to the CER, whose recommendations “would have teeth”: Congress could restrict the tax exclusion for private health insurance to “insurance that complies with the Board’s recommendation.”

Will tried to warn us in January:

The CER, which would dramatically advance government control — and rationing — of health care, should be thoroughly debated, not stealthily created in the name of “stimulus.”

This is Obamacare — government-controlled healthcare stealthily enacted. Is it even worse? Is the CER a stalking horse for the so-called “death panels.” With more than a quarter of Medicare expenses spent on the last year of life, one has to wonder. One has to wonder even more when the controversial Ezekiel J. Emanuel, one of those “deadly doctors,” is included as a member.

http://www.redstate.com/

The president is busy setting up a czar system. The count is now up to 44 with more planned. The vacant seats are.
1.Income redistribution czar
2.Land-use czar
3.Mortgage czar, formally “consumer financial protection czar” (source)
4.Radio-internet fairness czar
5.Student loan czar, to oversee a program of mandatory service in return for college money
6.Voter list czar
7.Zoning czar

Obama has moved swiftly to concentrate power in the White House, bypassing the review of our elected representatives in Congress in most of the posts listed above. Even though cabinet positions are part of the executive branch, the cabinet secretaries must be approved by Congress, they are funded by Congress, and they can be called before Congress to testify. Most of these czars, on the other hand, are appointed by Obama at his sole discretion, and are answerable only to him. If subpoenaed by Congress, they can claim executive privilege.

http://aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=7149&posts=1

As for “Cash for Clunkers” helping the “indigents,” I don’t see it. It is going to deplete the stock of available used cars and used car parts, driving up the prices of these necessities (since the “clunkers” must be destroyed and cannot be recycled).

You fail to understand even the most rudimentary aspects of our system of government. Those 7 blue dogs represent those of us who don’t want that mishmash of a bill, which does nothing but exacerbate the problems the system already has.

In lieu of pointing fingers, why don’t you answer their charges? Oh, because all you have are pointing fingers.

Btw when it comes to true democracy and stopping tyranny of majority, check out Sweden.

LMAO. True democracy IS a tyranny of the majority, dink. That is why our system is a Representative Republic. Look it up sometime.

No democracy can function without informed and educated voters.

Please inform us which 7 “Blue Dogs” you are speaking of and educate us on what their donations are.

If a fiscally conservative Democrat is objecting to the current propaganda, then you might expand on why it is they do and not seek the cover generalizations.

Campaign finance reform is something you should talk to BO about since he is the one who turned off the validator on his web site during the primaries in order to receive contributions from foreign nationals and other countries.

I would offer you an observation, that since BO has NO credibility and is making his “transparency” meme a joke, people are not buying anything he is selling.