How does the Repug mantra about Health Care Reform jibe with the past 10 years?

[ehrnst]

"We don't want to insert bureaucrats between doctor and patient."

What the hell is the so-called "Partial Birth Abortion Act" if not exactly that?

They stated that our elected representatives had determined that a certain procedure was never neccessary to save the life or health of a woman, and a physician would be criminally liable if they did find that procedure neccessary. (Which ACOG said should be at the discretion of the physician and the patient.

Yet now, they are calling provisions that would allow healthcare for all to be too invasive to the medical care system?

[ElboRuum]

1. Logic. Ur doin it rong.

Your error is in the assumption of premise. The reason why this doesn't make sense is because the PBAA is not the insertion of a bureaucrat, it is the insertion of God between doctor and patient, something they feel COMPLETELY comfortable with.

The reason why they don't want bureaucrats between doctors and patients is because they have to save room for God and the insurance adjuster.

[cyborg1966]

2. They have differing definition of "bureaucrat"

If it's a "bureaucrat" working for any level of government - Federal, State, County, Township, City - they disdain that as "big government bureaucracy."

But if it's an overpaid adjuster at a health insurance company, they're very good with that, because that's so-called "private enterprise."

However, they had no problem inserting their own bureaucracy in the Terri Schiavo matter.

What they call "too invasive" means too invasive on their own pocketbooks and those of the insurance/pharmaceutical companies that pull their strings.

Nonetheless, I don't see them giving up their government-provided health care.

[area51]

3. "We don't want to insert bureaucrats between doctor and patient."

Meanwhile, as I believe another poster brought up, they are completely oblivious to the fact that a nameless, faceless bean counter for the republican, pro-death, unregulated, for-profit HMOs/PPOs, get between doctors and patients every day and the results are dead or disabled patients. :mad: