Dayngrous Discourse

I'm With Dennis Kucinich On Health Care Reform

noreply@blogger.com (Dayngr) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:16:47 PST

I have to agree with Congressman Dennis Kucinich on this one and I think that no matter where you stand on the left or the right you'll see he makes some very good points. Personally, I don't know anyone who doesn't want affordable health-care. Who wouldn't? The real problem is the industry.

Kucinich said:

“Clearly, the insurance companies are the problem, not the solution. They are driving up the cost of health care. Because their massive bureaucracy avoids paying bills so effectively, they force hospitals and doctors to hire their own bureaucracy to fight the insurance companies to avoid getting stuck with an unfair share of the bills. The result is that since 1970, the number of physicians has increased by less than 200% while the number of administrators has increased by 3000%. It is no wonder that 31 cents of every health care dollar goes to administrative costs, not toward providing care. Even those with insurance are at risk. The single biggest cause of bankruptcies in the U.S. is health insurance policies that do not cover you when you get sick.

“But instead of working toward the elimination of for-profit insurance, H.R. 3962 would put the government in the role of accelerating the privatization of health care. In H.R. 3962, the government is requiring at least 21 million Americans to buy private health insurance from the very industry that causes costs to be so high, which will result in at least $70 billion in new annual revenue, much of which is coming from taxpayers. This inevitably will lead to even more costs, more subsidies, and higher profits for insurance companies — a bailout under a blue cross.

There's plenty more in the article and I think it's worth taking a look at: Dennis Kucinich Explains Why He Voted No On Affordable Health Care for America Act .

What do you think?

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Danger is Her Name

noreply@blogger.com (Dayngr) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:42:57 PST

This made me laugh so I had to share it. (Hat tip to @MKLopez)

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Becoming a Weekend Blogger

noreply@blogger.com (Dayngr) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:37:30 PST

It seems that the time has come for me to be one of those weekend bloggers. You know, those people who only update their blogs on the weekends because their life is so jam packed with stuff during the week they're lucky to get in a shower before collapsing into an unmade bed. That's where I'm at friends. So, here's a little run down on what I've missed out on posting.

The Dayngrous Duo are in school and loving it. They're really excelling and can't wait to wake up in the morning to begin another adventurous day (me not so much). I had my first official Parent/Teacher night and they had their first field trip to a pumpkin patch.

Charlie has his first little crush on a girl who declared him her boyfriend and received his first kiss on the cheek. (At age 5!) This of course launched me into an age appropriate conversation with both of the kids about boyfriends/girlfriend, kissing, etc. and began the permanent ban on Hannah Montana and anything on TV other than pre-school programming.

The Dayngrous have their own friends and their own little social lives ( of which I am supposed to keep track) and have already started the party circuit.

For Halloween everyone dressed as doctors and on the way out the door to the annual Trunk or Treat I stumbled down the front steps and became their first official patient when the fall ripped off my big-toe nail. So much for cute shots of my pedicures for a while.

All work on the house is at a standstill, which is ok, since there's no real money coming in. I have plenty of photos on what I've done already to keep you amused for a while.

That leads us up to the now. I've still got my gig over at eMailOurMilitary.com but I've started another business and I'll share more about that at another time. It was a long time coming and everything has been going well though I'm working my ass off to keep the bills paid without taking any handouts from the government.

I'm still holding down the fort and working to keep the Dayngrous Duo as happy as they can be through all of the life changes. Thanksgiving and Christmas should be interesting at the least.

So, what's new with you?

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