Please, if you haven’t already done so, then read the previous blog entry entitled “Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”, it will provide context for what you are about to read.  In the posting, I exposed in part, through the use of a metaphor, the truth about the current healthcare reform legislation in the United States.  The hidden hand  behind the current push was revealed for my readers and to the world (if they read the blog).  And since then, credible third party verification of my assertions, was leaked and reported in the NY Times on November 14, four days after my blog entry was written. 

If you have read my previous blog entry, then you will see the significance of this article and it’s revelations. Here is an excerpt from the article from the NY Times, along with a link to the entire article.

WASHINGTON — In the official record of the historic House debate on overhauling health care, the speeches of many lawmakers echo with similarities. Often, that was no accident.

E-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that the lobbyists drafted one statement for Democrats and another for Republicans.

The lobbyists, employed by Genentech and by two Washington law firms, were remarkably successful in getting the statements printed in the Congressional Record under the names of different members of Congress.

Genentech, a subsidiary of the Swiss drug giant Roche, estimates that 42 House members picked up some of its talking points — 22 Republicans and 20 Democrats, an unusual bipartisan coup for lobbyists.”

They go on to say …”In recent years, Genentech’s political action committee and lobbyists for Roche and Genentech have made campaign contributions to many House members, including some who filed statements in the Congressional Record. And company employees have been among the hosts at fund-raisers for some of those lawmakers. But Evan L. Morris, head of Genentech’s Washington office, said, “There was no connection between the contributions and the statements.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/us/politics/15health.html?_r=2&hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1258287359-Tuaqs4ii7u7V8Q2qbtpaIQ 

As I originally wrote in the previous blog entry, “The gigantic pharmaceutical companies who fund politicians stand to benefit most by expanding the number of participants in this massive, nationalized forced health insurance plan, ie drug game.” .

Now there is public evidence to support that conclusion.  The drug companies were caught red handed in
writing the dialogue for both sides (Democrat and Republican) in the debate on healthcare reform.                                                    

This clearly demonstrates that in either scenario, a Democratic oriented healthcare bill or a Republican oriented healthcare bill, the drug companies win.   Although it is affirming to have public evidence for the critical analysis I present in my blog, it is not my goal to say I told you so. 

Rather, I exposed this scheme so that in the light of truth, a rational wellness, prevention, and health care plan could be developed that would address the real needs of people without bankrupting them or the country.  Equally important, the plan would be based on people having an actual choice of whether or not to participate, not mandatory  participation and a faux choice about whether or not there is a “public option”. 

Hopefully, I can complete a short book on the subject in time to affect the current evolving healthcare debate and legislation.  But while I am working on that you can help by sharing this blog with others and continuing to keep yourself informed. 

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Late in the evening on Saturday November 7, 2009, the United States House of Representatives passed the new healthcare reform legistlation.  The bill, which has to meet approval in the United States Senate, is one of the most substantial bills ever passed in US history, in both scope and costs.  The 2,000 pages of legalese, has roughly 400,00 words and is the size of a major metropolitan city’s phone book, both yellow and white pages.   

Fortunately for everyone, House members, who are known not to read bills before taking a vote, had a whole week to read it carefully and decide.  Thank goodness they can read so fast. 

Anyhow, Am I my brother’s keeper?  These are the famous lines from the Old Testament uttered by Cain when speaking to his father about the whereabouts of his brother, Able.  Of course Cain had secretly slain his brother but kept the truth from their father.  These are also the words spoken by the character Nino Brown, a drug kingpin in the 1991 classic urban film, New Jack City.  Whenever Nino Brown wanted to reaffirm his fairness and generosity to the community and his organization, sometimes by giving away goods or help, he would ask rhetorically, ”Am I my brother’s keeper?”.  Strangely, Nino couldn’t see the impact he was having on the community.  People were strung out on drugs and increasingly poor.  His own organization was rife with corruption, but he was too blinded by greed and the bundles of cash rolling in.  What does any of this have to do with the healthcare legistlation?

Well I asked myself, where is the good in this plan?  Expanding a system that is already dysfunctional and overly expensive?  Expanding health insurance costs to everyone whether they want it or not?  Whether they can afford to pay it or not?  And the only thing that came to mind was the line, asked by Nino, ”Am I my brother’s keeper?”  It’s good politics to appear to look out for the poor and the sick.  It’s good politics to force the healthy or wealthy to pay for treatment of the sick and the poor.  But how about reducing illness thru education, good nutrition, and healthy alternatives?  How about helping the poor get jobs or raising their income at a time when inflation is rising and unemployment is at 10% and rising? Unfortunately, that isn’t the plan.

It is all about perception?  How do I look? The same Nino who sells the drugs gives away free turkeys to the community at Thanksgiving to keep up a good image.   What are we really talking about here with health care reform?  Are we really talking about helping the poor?  The same poor who are given sub standard education?  The same poor who are unemployed and underemployed?  The same poor with little to no income?  The same poor who are a majority of America’s prison population?  Or is this thanksgiving and Nino is handing out the turkeys to the poor? 

The problem with health care is largely that it isn’t about health.  It is mostly about the sale of prescription drugs and vaccines.  Massive, unconscionable amounts of toxic drugs.  Which brings me back to Nino Brown and the famous lines “Am I my brother’s keeper”?  The reality is that Nino Brown wasn’t his brother’s keeper. He sold drugs and lots of them.

The gigantic pharmaceutical companies who fund politicians stand to benefit most by expanding the number of participants in this massive, nationalized forced health insurance plan, ie drug game.  Worst of all the costs are passed on to those who are healthier and younger, who will be forced to pay for what they won’t often use.  And to those who are wealthier, through a mandatory additional 5% tax on their income.  And to unborn citizens, who will inherit the ballooning federal deficit. 

These folks really are their brother’s keeper, only not by choice, by force.  I’m sure Nino, who only had an aparment complex (The Carter) on lock down, would be envious of this operation, which locks down the entire United States. Wow! 

Are there any benefits to the national health insurance plan? Sure, if it was made available by choice. If it was actually affordable.  But to compel participation?  That is wrong, even if it comes with the distribution of the ”free insurance” for the poor.  And look, it is right around Thanksgiving.  Am I my brother’s keeper?

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This is a very difficult subject for me to write about.  In all honesty, I am a bit torn about the enforcement of things that are government mandated.  Allow me to explain my reservations.  I drive a car and as such I am required to have car insurance since I could endanger myself and others.  Children are required to be in school at least up until a certain age, presumably for a basic education and for socialization purposes.  In order to drive a car you have to have a driver’s licesnse, also because you could be a danger to someone else while on the road.

I can understand those requirements.  But now there is talk about manditory vaccines and that makes me very nervous.  I have grave concerns about mandatory vaccines.  Why you may wonder?  Well ultimately it is a trust issue.  Secondly, it has to do with who controls my body?  I can’t cover the subject here as I would like, so you have to be patient until I publish my little book on Healthcare in America, to get a more detailed explanation of my ideas.  

However, I came across two brief videos that I think support in a visual way why I ultimately reserve ALL RESPONSIBILITY for my health to MYSELF.  I make the decisions about my body.  It is my human right. My birth right.  My divine right.  If people can clearly see how women have the right to choose whether or not to have an abortion, then who can question someone’s right to choose whether or not to be injected by a substance.  I told you it was a tough subject.  Bear with me.  

Since my life is by far the most precious thing I have or will ever have, then I will not place it at risk blindly off of someone else’s recommendation, if I choose not to.  Particularly when there are financial and political interest involved in the mandatory requirement.

Does anyone remember the official documentation, Congressional hearings, Congressional oversight, military intelligence and international media barrage that all verified for us that Sadaam Hussein not only had weapons of mass destruction but was likely to use them?  Oh, then you know all of these official sources can and do get it wrong sometimes when big money is involved.  And when it comes to mandatory vaccinations of hundreds of millions of people at $20 a pop then billions are at stake, no pun intented. 

So only I can make that decision of whether or not anything  will be injected into my body.  Because it is so serious and people can be compromised, only I have the right to choose.  Having the right to choose is as American as apple pie. 

Oh, as for the videos, clink on the links at the end of this paragraph.  It is so tragic. My heart goes out to this young women and her loved ones.  As was in the case of the Iraqi people, this women deserves more than an “Oh I’m sorry, we got it wrong.”   Maybe her story will protect others and maybe this blog will help us to recognize how sacred and precious our life is and that it has to be protected and regarded as such.  Click the links below:

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/health/dpgo_101309_woman_disabled_by_flu_shot_reaction_dystonia_4027780

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVQKA_CpQfk

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