August 2, 2012

August 1, 2012

  • Obama Care contains implanted microchips

    I copied this from the Health Care Bill

    Subtitle C—National Medical
    10 Device Registry
    11 SEC. 2521. NATIONAL MEDICAL DEVICE REGISTRY.
    12 (a) REGISTRY.—
    13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 519 of the Federal
    14 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360i) is
    15 amended—
    16 (A) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
    17 section (h); and
    18 (B) by inserting after subsection (f) the
    19 following:
    20 ‘‘National Medical Device Registry
    21 ‘‘(g)(1) The Secretary shall establish a national med-
    22 ical device registry (in this subsection referred to as the
    23 ‘registry’) to facilitate analysis of postmarket safety and
    24 outcomes data on each device that—
    25 ‘‘(A) is or has been used in or on a patient; and
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    1 ‘‘(B) is—
    2 ‘‘(i) a class III device; or
    3 ‘‘(ii) a class II device that is implantable,
    4 life-supporting, or life-sustaining.
    5 ‘‘(2) In developing the registry, the Secretary shall,
    6 in consultation with the Commissioner of Food and Drugs,
    7 the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
    8 Services, the head of the Office of the National Coordi-
    9 nator for Health Information Technology, and the Sec-
    10 retary of Veterans Affairs, determine the best methods
    11 for—
    12 ‘‘(A) including in the registry, in a manner con-
    13 sistent with subsection (f), appropriate information
    14 to identify each device described in paragraph (1) by
    15 type, model, and serial number or other unique iden-
    16 tifier;
    17 ‘‘(B) validating methods for analyzing patient
    18 safety and outcomes data from multiple sources and
    19 for linking such data with the information included
    20 in the registry as described in subparagraph (A), in-
    21 cluding, to the extent feasible, use of—
    22 ‘‘(i) data provided to the Secretary under
    23 other provisions of this chapter; and
    24 ‘‘(ii) information from public and private
    25 sources identified under paragraph (3);
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    1 ‘‘(C) integrating the activities described in this
    2 subsection with—
    3 ‘‘(i) activities under paragraph (3) of sec-
    4 tion 505(k) (relating to active postmarket risk
    5 identification);
    6 ‘‘(ii) activities under paragraph (4) of sec-
    7 tion 505(k) (relating to advanced analysis of
    8 drug safety data); and
    9 ‘‘(iii) other postmarket device surveillance
    10 activities of the Secretary authorized by this
    11 chapter; and
    12 ‘‘(D) providing public access to the data and
    13 analysis collected or developed through the registry
    14 in a manner and form that protects patient privacy
    15 and proprietary information and is comprehensive,
    16 useful, and not misleading to patients, physicians,
    17 and scientists.
    18 ‘‘(3)(A) To facilitate analyses of postmarket safety
    19 and patient outcomes for devices described in paragraph
    20 (1), the Secretary shall, in collaboration with public, aca-
    21 demic, and private entities, develop methods to—
    22 ‘‘(i) obtain access to disparate sources of
    23 patient safety and outcomes data, including—
    24 ‘‘(I) Federal health-related electronic
    25 data (such as data from the Medicare proVerDate 
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    1 gram under title XVIII of the Social Secu-
    2 rity Act or from the health systems of the
    3 Department of Veterans Affairs);
    4 ‘‘(II) private sector health-related
    5 electronic data (such as pharmaceutical
    6 purchase data and health insurance claims
    7 data); and
    8 ‘‘(III) other data as the Secretary
    9 deems necessary to permit postmarket as-
    10 sessment of device safety and effectiveness;

July 26, 2012

  • Update

    On vacation this week.  Didn’t go any place this year, but did get some things done around the house.  We’re going to a indoor water park this weekend.  The kids will love it.

July 5, 2012

  • What would you do?

    Scenario:                                You see a a guy in the parking lot of the mall on a motorcyle.  He is getting high on a marijuana.  You walk past him and can smell the marijuana and see the guy is very high. 

     

    What would you do?  Would your response be different as to how the guy looks?

July 4, 2012

  • Obamacare

    Why Chief Justice Roberts Made the Right Long-Term Decision With ObamaCare

    Bert Atkinson Jr. June 28, 2012 3:59 pm

     

    Before you look to do harm to Chief Justice Roberts or his family, it’s important that you think carefully about the meaning – the true nature — of his ruling on Obama-care. The Left will shout that they won, that Obama-care was upheld and all the rest. Let them.

    It will be a short-lived celebration.

    Here’s what really occurred — payback. Yes, payback for Obama’s numerous, ill-advised and childish insults directed toward SCOTUS.

    Chief Justice Roberts actually ruled the mandate, relative to the commerce clause, was unconstitutional. That’s how the Democrats got Obama-care going in the first place. This is critical. His ruling means Congress can’t compel American citizens to purchase anything. Ever. The notion is now officially and forever, unconstitutional. As it should be.

    Next, he stated that, because Congress doesn’t have the ability to mandate, it must, to fund Obama-care, rely on its power to tax. Therefore, the mechanism that funds Obama-care is a tax. This is also critical. Recall back during the initial Obama-care battles, the Democrats called it a penalty, Republicans called it a tax. Democrats consistently soft sold it as a penalty. It went to vote as a penalty. Obama declared endlessly, that it was not a tax, it was a penalty. But when the Democrats argued in front of the Supreme Court, they said ‘hey, a penalty or a tax, either way’. So, Roberts gave them a tax. It is now the official law of the land — beyond word-play and silly shenanigans. Obama-care is funded by tax dollars. Democrats now must defend a tax increase to justify the Obama-care law.

    Finally, he struck down as unconstitutional, the Obama-care idea that the federal government can bully states into complying by yanking their existing medicaid funding. Liberals, through Obama-care, basically said to the states — ‘comply with Obama-care or we will stop existing funding.’ Roberts ruled that is a no-no. If a state takes the money, fine, the Feds can tell the state how to run a program, but if the state refuses money, the federal government can’t penalize the state by yanking other funding. Therefore, a state can decline to participate in Obama-care without penalty. This is obviously a serious problem. Are we going to have 10, 12, 25 states not participating in “national” health-care? Suddenly, it’s not national, is it?

    Ultimately, Roberts supported states rights by limiting the federal government’s coercive abilities. He ruled that the government can not force the people to purchase products or services under the commerce clause and he forced liberals to have to come clean and admit that Obama-care is funded by tax increases.

    Although he didn’t guarantee Romney a win, he certainly did more than his part and should be applauded.

    And he did this without creating a civil war or having bricks thrown threw his windshield. Oh, and he’ll be home in time for dinner.

    Brilliant.

     

    What are your thoughts on this article?

June 29, 2012

  • Obamacare

    One of the areas that Obamacare has affected my family is the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA). SAFRA made the federal government the only lender of student loans and cut out private lenders from the process. It made it more difficult for my daughter to get a student loan. I know one individual that had to quit college because he couldn’t obtain a student loan. I personally think this is dangerous. How long will it take for someone to make a point that it’s against the separation of church and state for the government to give student loans to religious school students?

    How do you think Obamacare will affect you or has affected you?

June 28, 2012

June 16, 2012

June 14, 2012

  • Why I’m Glad We’re a Christian Nation

    We are a Christian nation not because we act like it. We are a Christian nation because we were formed on Christian ideas.  I’ve been reading a book that brings out those ideas.  I’ve been posting those ideas to my facebook.  
    Benjamin Franklin:

    Franklin learned his diligent work ethic from his father, who frequently cited Proverbs 22:29 (KJV): “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.”

    Quakers at that time often expelled members if their businesses went bankrupt or if they fell into debt. Franklin embraced tightly the value of economy. Thrift kept Franklin’s pocketbook zipped.
     

June 9, 2012

  • Just got back from camp.  I took 5 young kids to Adventure camp in the Black Hills of South Dakota.