Replace ObamaCare with a better system

But that leads to a lot of arguments.  ObamaCare isn't popular.  Never has been.  I think the reason for it is pretty simple.  It doesn't delivers the benefits promised and it costs too much.

I had a discussion with my doctor about ObamaCare.  My doctor doesn't like it.  I discussed my own ideas on the subject, and I'll repeat that here.

ObamaCare isn't insurance.  Insurance is a way to protect yourself against financial risk.  Health risks are not the same thing, but are being conflated with financial risks.  An insurance company that is considering coverage for you will assess your health risks, and then determine a premium that will allow them to assume the risk; and pay claims while making for themselves a reasonable profit.  That's how it should work.  In a real world system, it could work like auto insurance.  With auto insurance, the insurance company considers your driving record, and then makes an estimate of its risk in covering you.  Your premium is based upon those risk factors.

Health insurance is a complicated thing, though.  There are many, many different things to cover.  It is really not feasible to cover every possibility and keep the system manageable.

My idea is to simplify it and cover only those things that the individual can afford on their own.  Let's say you want to cover yourself for heart attacks.  Here's a way to assess your risk for a heart attack.  No doubt, there are more sophisticated ways than this.  But it gives the general idea.

I figured out my own risk and the amount of coverage that I wanted and what I could afford.  It's definitely cheaper than trying to cover everything.

This way, you could make priorities and apportion your budget to what you could realistically afford.  This is a better way than anything I heard discussed.

President Alinsky Threatens Americans with Rising ‘Social Tensions’

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Very, very interesting quote here:

Social tensions will rise, as various groups fight to hold on to what they have, start blaming somebody else for why their position isn’t improving. That’s not the America we know.”- Barack Hussein Obama  ( emphasis added )

That describes his own situation to the tee.  He is blaming the GOP for his own failures.

So, does that mean that Obama has admitted to not being a real American?

A provocative question, sure.  But those are his words.

He did eat dog, you know.  Real Americans don't do that.

Obama dismisses scandals as ‘phony’ - The Hill's On The Money

Obama dismisses scandals as ‘phony’ - The Hill's On The Money

Looks like the Prez wants to fight:

Obama declared the nation had “fought its way back” from the depths of the recession in a speech clearly targeting an outside-the-beltway audience.

With his poll numbers fading, he needs to fight his way back.  It remains to be seen how this will turn out, but the article seems to indicate that the reception has been cool amongst the GOP.

Blaming others is a bad trait in anybody.  It is especially bad in a president.  You can take blaming others just so far.  At some point, you have to take responsibility for your own mistakes.

The press liked to ask Bush if he made any mistakes.  Does Obama believe that he is infallible?  Someone might want to ask him and see what he thinks on that one.

Obama Condemns IRS Scandal: 'I Have Got No Patience' For It

With recent complaint about "phony" scandals and so forth, has Obama disavowed what he said at the time the story broke about the IRS? Is this an important matter or not? As for Benghazi, there was supposed to be an investigation and justice for the murder of the ambassador and others at the consulate. Why hasn't that happened?

Obama has a way of changing his stories, like he has on Benghazi.  It was a protest at first, now it is terrorism.  Which way is it?  He is a bit careless with his "facts", to put it mildly.

Assorted thoughts

Usually I'm up and running a bit earlier than this.  I wanted to think, but my thinking is going nowhere.

Here's a few snippets

• With respect to the gold chart that I posted recently---gdp per oz gold per capita shows the entire country hasn't gotten richer in terms of gold since 1970.  To me, that makes sense.  We have been following a backwards economic policy for that entire time.  The rich aren't getting richer, we're all getting poorer.
• The less that gets said about Zimmerman, the better.  If this president was a leader, as opposed to a political hack, he would be saying that.  The system has produced a result.  Live with it.
• The "One" made a speech yesterday.  I started to review it, but changed my mind.  It was a political speech disguised as an economic one.  It is politics 24/7 with this administration.
• I was going to write something about Abraham Lincoln, since the "One" likes to compare himself to him.  His second inaugural speech where he said something to the effect "with malice towards none, and charity for all", which seemed a good place to start.  But he said nothing else memorable in that speech.  Anyway, this president has been hyped to a ridiculous degree.  He can't raise his game to Lincoln's level.  When did this guy say anything memorable?  Can't remember it if he did.
• I did go on a read some other inaugurals.  FDR's was memorable.  JFK's was memorable.  So was Reagan's.  Those are my impressions, only.  Others may disagree.   One thing about Grant's inaugural, he used the first person singular an awful lot.  It really sticks out when you see that.  Bad habit.
• My mood is downbeat.  Sometimes, its hard to keep this thing going every day.

That's all for now.

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Behind the Curtain: The new power triangle - POLITICO.com

Behind the Curtain: The new power triangle - POLITICO.com