Tag Archives: ObamaCare

A Naval Approach to Healthcare

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Jim Wheeler

Most Americans find the notion of “socialized medicine” to be abhorrent. In most citizens the concept evokes visions of a moribund, inefficient bureaucracy more concerned with paperwork than in attending to the complexities of health problems. However, I would like … Continue reading →

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China Redux?

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Jim Wheeler

A major meme driving conservatives’ disparagement, nay hatred, of Obamacare, is that it is a socialistic approach to medicine, something that is ruining “the greatest healthcare system in the world” by turning competitive businesses (the medical industrial complex) into a … Continue reading →

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The Medical Contract

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Jim Wheeler

I read a George Will column on the Supreme Court’s review of the ACA in this morning’s Joplin Globe that prompted me to submit a letter to the editor. With apologies to those readers who have endured my essays on … Continue reading →

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Striking It Rich In Galena?

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Jim Wheeler

The practice of medicine continues to be a lucrative business, at least for some doctors. Only yesterday I posted about how medical insurance, unlike car or life insurance, is little more than passing on budget-killing costs to an increasingly needy … Continue reading →

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Boiling It Down

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Jim Wheeler

With confirmation bias rampant, sometimes it makes sense to me to try to boil problems down to basics, so I have tried to do that here.  A writer in the Globe thinks he is the only one who can see … Continue reading →

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Uncle Sam’s Protection Racket

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Jim Wheeler

George Will, that persistently pedantic pundit of politics, now chooses in today’s Joplin Globe (3/14/11) to peruse the constitutionality of mandatory health insurance, i.e., the Affordable healthCare Act, a.k.a., ObamaCare.  I enjoy watching George on television, but his writing, not … Continue reading →

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ObamaCare Is Not Insurance

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Jim Wheeler

Food, clothing, shelter and health care are not guaranteed citizen rights under the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence, but only “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”.  Nevertheless, as of last month ObamaCare appears to have become, along with Medicare … Continue reading →

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