The Extreme Right and Michael Vick's Dogs: Tools of the Insane

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By Dr. Brian Carr
President, Behavioral Health Associates, Lubbock, Texas, 1991-Present
Chairman, City of Lubbock Board of Health, 2013
Submitted on August 6, 2013 - 7:38am

http://www.cchfreedom.org/pdf/r2e.pdf
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Much like our proud soldiers our citizens are being asked to place themselves in harm’s way for a cause. The deeper question however is whether the cause is a noble one or merely a call to serve those who already have the benefits of living in America.

We heard the call to action from the Extreme Right among the Republican Party that they are “mobilizing…to dissuade uninsured Americans from obtaining health coverage”. This desperate action to interfere with the deployment of the health exchanges as a part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, otherwise known as Obamacare) is an incredible demand that places many at risk.

And why does the Extreme Right want this? It's not altogether clear, exactly, but apparently their hatred for President Obama has overwhelmed their judgment and basic sense of morality to a degree that can only be considered alarming. Using terms such as “Patriot” and “American” the call is to forego health coverage as a statement against the ACA.

Because "Freedom" means never being able to go to the doctor.

One delusion of the refuse-to-enroll campaign was summed up recently by a tea party activist in Michigan.

“When you need help,” she told the Washington Post, “you should go to your neighbors and church. It’s the American way of doing charity.”

Now, I would like to think that we could turn to one another in the midst of disease and damage but that just doesn’t happen in the real world. I’ve ridden a motorcycle most of my life and it is sad to see so many riders who refuse to wear a helmet, despite the fact that 70% of motorcycle fatalities are associated with not wearing such headgear.

When motorcycle crashes occur or when a person has an unplanned pregnancy or suffers a disease they seek care. They show up in our emergency rooms where costs are astronomical. When the person lacks insurance they shift the cost of care to the government (meaning us the taxpayers) or to private insurers as a cost shift (where a box of tissues costs $40).

Amanda Marcotte of The Raw Story states that this

“boils down to one of the most base emotions on the right: The fear and disgust that boils up when they fear they will have to share something with lower class people. I’ve dubbed it the “waiting room problem”: conservatives are deeply, unshakably afraid that once the uninsured start getting insurance, they’ll have to sit next to them in doctors’ waiting rooms, and that’s what they don’t want to happen.”

It has been my experience that the only people who are happy with the current system of health care insurance are those who are rich enough to deal with the endless co-pays and deductibles while the rest of us find that our coverage is not what we thought when we actually used it.

For those who answer the call to not enroll I wonder where they can apply for help in paying their medical bills from those who drive the call to not participate. Who will be there to provide the $100,000 for a short hospital stay when one doesn’t have insurance?

This call to avoid health insurance matches the insanity of those on the Extreme Right like our own Senator Ted Cruz. His willingness to shut down the government is viewed as unworkable and a bad idea from those in his own ranks. This commitment to the extreme is likely to split the Republican Party into ineffective factions that will degrade the once Grand Old Party into a collection of bitter, angry old white guys.

I am hopeful that Senator Cruz will continue to beat the drum for his insanity but I don’t want to see people hurt who heed his call to deny themselves coverage.

Just tell me where they can go when they are in need?

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Source: http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/dr-brian-carr/2013-08-06/extreme-right-and-michael-vicks-dogs-tools-insane

[font color=green]Dr. Carr's choice of tags are hilarious.

The comments also indicate that there are plenty of dipshits that read the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, particularly Top Cat. His comments are consistent with someone who is addicted to Freeperville.[/font]