tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post2218774722950101854..comments2023-11-10T09:15:40.084-08:00Comments on The Friends of Jake: No health care: I don't believe in itDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10124314924693077453noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-6375727139285388022008-12-22T08:53:00.000-08:002008-12-22T08:53:00.000-08:00IT:Let's write our Representatives and Senators no...IT:<BR/><BR/>Let's write our Representatives and Senators nonetheless. How the Democratic Caucus might feel about Lieberman (which seems to be "better in the tent pissing out...."), the balance is different after January 1, and very different after January 20. If Congress presents the appropriate law to the newly-sworn-in President, the administrative rule will be reversed.<BR/><BR/>This set of rules is, of course, the result of another "straw man" argument, the sort that social conservatives delight in using to frighten and rally their supporters. Professionals have always had a right to refuse to provide care they considered unethical. The corollary in the codes of ethics of the professional organizations has been to refer, so that care is not prevented. The step we need to get to is to see health care as a civil right. When we can do that, we can address refusals of referral or reasonable accommodation.Marshall Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807749717320495495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-23916135520429074122008-12-20T12:34:00.000-08:002008-12-20T12:34:00.000-08:00This is not an executive order. It is a set of rul...This is not an executive order. It is a set of rules propagated by a department of the Administrative branch of the US government under a set procedure of proposal, hearings and final publishing of the resulting rules. It will take the Obama Administration many months of following the same process to undo this.<BR/><BR/>However, I understand that there is a provision for an act of the US Congress to set aside enactments of the outgoing administration in its final few months in a fell swoop.<BR/><BR/>(Your resident Mexican Statesonian-o-phile!)Brother Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333089314994730330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-68050964810969549502008-12-19T08:30:00.000-08:002008-12-19T08:30:00.000-08:00Well, we also know that the incoming President can...Well, we also know that the incoming President can rescend and executive order, so there still may be hope.<BR/><BR/>IT: to qoute Will rogers, if the opposite of pro is con, then the opposite of progress is.....<BR/><BR/>HillbillyRev. Raggsdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13758964410206834685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-63174667021538446912008-12-19T07:10:00.000-08:002008-12-19T07:10:00.000-08:00Given that the Senate Democrats can't even push tu...Given that the Senate Democrats can't even push turncoat Joe Lieberma out of his chairmanship, I don't rely on Congress at all.<BR/><BR/>ITIThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-87889868816485845272008-12-19T06:27:00.000-08:002008-12-19T06:27:00.000-08:00Since this exec order comes so close to the end of...Since this exec order comes so close to the end of Bush's term, it's subject to a law which allows Congress to review and overturn it (can't find the reference right now, but this was reported on NPR yesterday).<BR/><BR/>There's just no way this will stand...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124314924693077453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-8940757241896434712008-12-19T04:29:00.000-08:002008-12-19T04:29:00.000-08:00You live in a country where there is a serious cam...You live in a country where there is a serious campaign to ban women who are pregnant due to rape from having abortions or even taking the morning after pill. The next step after this will be to ban a woman, whose pregnancy threatens her life, from having an abortion (something the RCC has already achieved in Nicaragua and elsewhere. Therefore, I think these cretinous pharmacists would just tell women wanting to take the pill in order to control extreme pain and stuff, to go away and suffer!MadPriesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120376342802143188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-71122524418214194342008-12-19T00:07:00.000-08:002008-12-19T00:07:00.000-08:00In Europe the equivalent would mean to brake the e...In Europe the equivalent would mean to brake the employment contract.Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.com