Government Healthcare: 1993, The Violence Initiative

“A Biomedical Programme For Urban Violence Control In The US 1993" : (3rd pdf from the bottom)

“A storm of controversy has surrounded recent disclosures that the US Government is planning a massive program of psychiatric intervention into the inner cities aimed at identifying and treating young children with presumed genetic and biochemical predispositions for violence. The Programme, called the Violence Initiative, was first described and promoted by psychiatrist Fredrick Goodwin, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

“Anatomy is destiny.”
Sigmund Freud


And further empowering Government to stick its nose into Healthcare is a good idea, ..... Why?

Americans Enraged

Clearing The Air has:

Americans Enraged by Democratic Government (and RWJF Lobbied) Takeover Of Our Private Healthcare System Can Demonstrate Their Anger With Their Wallet

"Stop spending money on any and all Johnson & Johnson products Tylenol, Bandaid, Nicoderm, etc. (SC Johnson (cleaning product manufacturer) is not related to the J & J pharmaceutical and medical device conglomerate)

RWJF is the private foundation of the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturer. In a misguided, rent seeking legislative effort, RWJF has been lobbying for government healthcare in the U.S for over 30 years."

CTA has more. Go Read.

We already have Medicare. If Medicare is such a great idea, why didn't Congress just put Everyone on Medicare?

The Heritage Foundation (2005) has:

The Economic And Fiscal Effects Of Funding Medicare's Unfunded Liabilities

"The numbers speak for themselves. Providing promised Medicare Benefits is projected to require $2.7 Trillion (in nominal dollars) in new tax revenues over just the next ten years and a mind boggling $29.9 Trillion (in 2005 dollars) over the next 75 years."

And we Needed this Additional Gargantuan Healthcare Bureaucracy, ...... Why?

Landmark Legal To Sue if Constitution Slaughtered

Landmark Legal Foundation to File Suit to Stop President’s Health Plan if ‘Slaughter Rule’ is Used

(LEESBURG, VA, MARCH 17, 2010)…Mark R. Levin, president of Landmark Legal Foundation, today issued a warning to the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives about the possible use of the so-called “deem and pass,” “self-executing,” or “Slaughter Rule” to enact H.R. 3590, the legislative version of President Obama’s healthcare proposal that has been previously approved by the Senate. If this tactic is employed, Landmark will immediately sue the President, Attorney General Eric Holder and other relevant cabinet members to prevent them from instituting this unconstitutional contrivance.

“Landmark has already prepared a lawsuit that will be filed in federal court the moment the House acts. Such a brazen violation of the core functions of Congress simply cannot be ignored. Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution is clear respecting the manner in which a bill becomes law. Members are required to vote on this bill, not claim they did when they didn’t. The Speaker of the House and her lieutenants are temporary custodians of congressional authority. They are not empowered to do permanent violence to our Constitution.”

(A draft of the complaint Landmark will file is available at:

http://www.landmarklegal.org/DesktopDefault.aspx


Thank you Very much Mr Levin.

We Have A Policy

If you buy a bum car, we have Lemon Laws. If you buy a defective almost Anything, you can usually return it. If you buy a bum Operation, that’s a Lot trickier. But if you’re Quacked into an Opinion, from an “I know Nothing, Nothing, Colonel Hogan (about the Truth of what they’re shoveling)” Ideate, trying to Brain Damage you, you can’t even take that Opinion, to the City Dump, forget the refund and just write off your money?

“I’m sorry sir, but we have a policy.”

“Why? Well, …. because Simon Says, ….. and Simon is the $14.3 Trillion Debt Ceiling Bloat, who pays our bills. And since we can’t Cure, Jack; if we Did, Cure Jack, we couldn’t Continue, to Feed, off, and Increase, that Cancerous Bloat.”


How many times have we all had to listen to a wage earner on the phone tell us that they ‘Have A Policy’ and that their policy doesn’t allow them to not only Not, give a damn, but Compels Them, to Repeatedly read you a Menu which has Nothing to do with the reason you Called?

And the Larger the business is, the Worse, it gets.

We once had a problem with car insurance: Paid it up in one check for the next full year, and 4 months later got another bill for that year’s 2nd half. We called. We got Sgt Sally Schultz. No matter How many times we explained the Issue, she, “Had A Policy”, which needed us to remit another $600 plus or be cancelled. After numerous attempts to be reasonable failed, we asked for her Supervisor. Her Supervisor, “Had A Policy”, and Her Supervisor above Her, “Had A Policy”. We had a cancelled check, and an address. We got in the car and drove the check to the address, where we found all Three of these Supervisors “Having A Ring Around The Policy”. We produced the cancelled check, and the original Bill for over $1200, for a full year. That, at least, startled her out of Menu mode. She had a NEW policy. We, still owed over $600 to Her paycheck generator, because;

“They, had only Cashed our check, for Half of its face value.”

We resolved the issue (after even More failures with being reasonable) by demanding the name and contact number of the Vice President in charge of Customer Service for the State. This occasioned a hush, and suppressed intake of breath from all Three of the sisters Schultz. And it Still took two more demands to startle this deer into understanding that she was Now, screwing around with Our “Having A Policy” on Her check.

Her Third, NEW, ‘Policy’ was to yank her Head out of her Ass and Resolve the Screw Up.

Now, Try that with Government. Good, Luck. There’s not just Three Sally Schultzes to;

“Have A Policy” on you,

There’s Nine Million of them.

But Single Payer is for the Health, of Every American, and how dare we get snippy over it. Every, American, ….. including all of those who Aren’t Americans because they’re IN America Illegally. Just ask CHANGE. He’s Teleprompting a New explanation (every day) fer all us yokels whose jess too durn dumm to unner stan nit. It’s “Shovel Ready” and better Yet; It’s from America’s First “Historic” President, ….. whose visited each of our 57 United States, ….. where, ….. according to Madame Blavatsky, Bloviater of the House; without the First $787 Billion this Super Genius Shoveled away, ….. 500 Million Americans could have lost their jobs.


















How, did we get the Declaration, Constitution, and those Newspaper pieces called the Federalist Papers written and understood by the ignorant masses …. in those irrelevant days of benighted yore, ….. without our Federal Department of Education, ….. to ensure that we would All remain well indoctrinated enough to Continue to Elect only the Finest, Razor Intellects to Bankrupt us through Today’s impossibly complex issues?

We didn’t even Have, Government Schools back then. Those irrelevant old Founders. They weren’t even Bright enough to use their Teleprompters. Look at those old paintings. Do you see a Single Teleprompter, in Any of them?

And for That matter, they were So Stupid, that they Forgot to even Include a Federal Department of Education, or a National Institute of Mental Hygiene.

Where, in the Constitution, do we find Government empowered to commandeer Citizens THOUGHTS, as PUBLIC PROPERTY to be Managed by Government, Because THOUGHTS are part of PUBLIC Health?

If a kid who has Not been Labeled and Poisoned, as Bipolar, attends 1st Grade, does that kid’s Missing Label Infect the whole class? Will even a 3rd of them Catch that kid’s Label? We’re not talking Typhus or Polio here.

What we Are talking here, is a Government funded and issued Educational Credential, in the Theories of Frauds, Drug Pushers & Eugenicists, which Sits on its Ass, and Sells its Opinion, that Your THOUGHTS are Ill, and can Never be Cured. Step 2, in this Billing Science, is Selling Drugs which are hell to quit while they’re Damaging Brains and Bodies.

Kleptocrat leadership in DC is throwing a Hissy Fit over America Not being Bright enough to let it Takeover Healthcare, which is Already in desperate need of its Own, RICO-ectomy, so that we can hire Millions more Sargent Sallys to throw a;

“I’m sorry Cur, but we’re having a ring around the Policy”, into Each and Every, Single Payer’s face.

And under this Brave New Socialist, Night of the Living Hyænas, Utopia; the Forth number on Sargent Sally’s menu will Be?

“Would you like the phone number of a Federal Poisoner near you? You may be too ‘Mentally Ill’ to have understood the First Three options. Four of every five people are.

1: Global Warming Counseling
2: Lack of Faith in Fearless Leader Counseling
3: Wellness Counseling

Sir, … SIR! I’ll Have to put you on hold until you calm down, if you keep this up. “Your wife is having a Heart Attack” is number 19 on her Healthcare Menu. Just calm down. We DO, Have a Policy here, at National Health. We’ll get to number 19. It comes after number 18, which comes after, ….. . ”

Criminal Drug Marketing Remains An Issue

AHRP has:

Criminal Drug Marketing Remains An Issue

Friday, 29 January 2010

In December, 2009, Bloomberg News published an investigative report by David Evans reported, "Big Pharma's Crime Spree" documenting major court settlements: "Pfizer, Eli Lilly & Co., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and four other drug companies have paid a total of $7 billion in fines and penalties. Six of the companies admitted in court that they marketed medicines for unapproved uses." See: also: http://www.ahrp.org/cms/content/view/653/109/ Indeed, it is estimated that 15% of drug sales in the U.S. are for unapproved uses "without adequate evidence the medicines work." Below, The Wall Street Journal brings the criminal rap sheets of pharmaceutical industry giants up to date: Novartis, Astra Zeneca, Johnson & Johnson. Several points need to be borne in mind: 1. The prescription drug industry has descended into criminal marketing that includes fraud, evidence falsification, bribery and kickbacks--all to expand the market. 2. The drugs involved in criminal marketing are hazardous toxic drugs whose severe adverse effects--including drug-induced life-shortening chronic disease--far outweigh any trivial short-term clinical benefit. Had the evidence of the magnitude of harm been fully disclosed, these drugs would not have been approved in the first place. 3. Unless and until company CEO's and the prominent bought and paid for physicians involved in the criminal promotion of harmful drugs are tried and imprisoned for these crimes, companies will escalate the scope of criminal drug promotion because the financial incentives are so large and the penalties are a pittance by comparison. As Shelley Slade, a former Justice Department lawyer who now represents corporate whistleblowers through the firm Vogel, Slade & Goldstein LLP, in Washington, D.C. said: large criminal monetary penalties and civil settlements don't appear to deter companies sufficiently. "It's not going to stop until the government puts some of these executives in jail," she said. "Many of these companies view the fines as a small fraction of what they have gained through illegal schemes, and just a cost of doing business." Vera Hassner Sharav THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Drug Marketing Remains an Issue Novartis settlement is the latest in a string of cases amid U.S. government crackdown on industry practices By JEANNE WHALEN JANUARY 29, 2010 Novartis AG's agreement to settle criminal allegations involving marketing of an epilepsy drug is the latest in a string of cases showing that improper marketing practices are still a problem years after the U.S. government started cracking down on them. Pfizer Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co. paid big fines and pleaded guilty to illegal marketing of their drugs over the past year, while AstraZeneca PLC in September reached a preliminary deal to pay $520 million to settle a federal investigation into its marketing. It declined to say whether it would admit wrongdoing in the final settlement. This month, the Justice Department charged Johnson & Johnson with paying "tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks" to a nursing-home pharmacy company to boost sales of J&J drugs. J&J said its conduct was "lawful and appropriate." Novartis this week said its U.S. subsidiary struck an agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Pennsylvania to settle a criminal investigation of the company's marketing of the epilepsy drug Trileptal. Novartis agreed to plead guilty to violating the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and to pay a $185 million fine. Novartis had already disclosed that the U.S. Attorney's Office was investigating allegations that Novartis promoted the drug off-label, and scrutinizing "payments made to health-care providers in connection with this medicine." The settlement agreement is "contingent on court approval," Novartis said. It added that it is still negotiating with the investigators "to resolve civil claims relating to Trileptal," and said it has set aside $397 million in provisions in connection with the Trileptal investigations. The same investigators are also probing "potential off-label marketing" and payments to health-care providers involving five other Novartis drugs, the company said: Diovan, Exforge, Sandostatin, Tekturna and Zelnorm. A Novartis spokeswoman declined to comment further. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Pennsylvania said she couldn't comment on any investigations. The U.S. government has been pursuing alleged wrongdoing in drug marketing for well over a decade, attempting to punish the worst offenders in an industry that racks up sales of more than $300 billion a year in the U.S. But the recent stream of high-profile cases shows that sales tactics are still an area of concern. "Combating health care fraud is a top priority of the Department of Justice," said Tony West, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's Civil Division. "When it comes to marketing drugs that so many of us rely on, the government expects pharmaceutical companies to be honest in the claims they make about the drugs they sell." Improper marketing often occurs when drug companies are promoting therapies that are similar to others on the market, says Patrick Burns, director of communications at Taxpayers Against Fraud, a watchdog group in Washington, D.C. "In that kind of marketplace, the business isn't about the drug. It's about the kickback and it's about market expansion through illegal promotion," he said. One of the most common illegal tactics companies use is "off-label" marketing, when sales reps encourage doctors to prescribe drugs for uses for which they aren't approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Doctors themselves are allowed to prescribe drugs any way they see fit, but the law says companies can't promote them for unapproved uses. The government has also accused companies of making payments to doctors to get them to prescribe certain drugs, both on and off-label. These payments can take several forms that are often legitimate, including consulting fees and research grants. Corporate whistleblowers often draw the government's attention to alleged wrongdoing, sparking federal investigations. The industry's main trade group in the U.S.—the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA—says it is important for drug companies to be able to compensate doctors for legitimate advice and research that supports drug development and medical practice. The group's code of conduct says companies "should continue to ensure" that these payments "are neither inducements nor rewards for prescribing or recommending a particular medicine or course of treatment." A PhRMA spokeswoman said she couldn't comment on specific investigations facing certain companies. Some drug companies have taken steps to make their relationships with doctors more transparent. GlaxoSmithKline PLC, for example, recently began capping its annual payments to U.S. doctors at $150,000 and publishing the figures. Glaxo had previously disclosed that federal investigators were probing its marketing of nine drugs between 1997 and 2004, including scrutinizing its financial relationships with health-care providers. In a recent interview, David Brennan, chief executive of AstraZeneca, said government fines have made drug companies "more sensitive than we've ever been" about preventing illegal promotion of drugs. But Shelley Slade, a former Justice Department lawyer who now represents corporate whistleblowers through the firm Vogel, Slade & Goldstein LLP, in Washington, D.C., said large criminal monetary penalties and civil settlements don't appear to deter companies sufficiently. "It's not going to stop until the government puts some of these executives in jail," she said. "Many of these companies view the fines as a small fraction of what they have gained through illegal schemes, and just a cost of doing business."

Thank You AHRP.

Healthcare Deform: State AGs V The Nebraska Compromise

Legalnewsline has:

Senate Healthcare Deal Draws Republican AGs Ire

And the Star Telegram has:

Greg Abbott, Other State AGs Take Aim At The 'Nebraska Compromise' Health Bill


Now that we've seen how Nebraska is more equal than the other 49 States: to pass a Takeover Bill which the Citizenry overwhelmingly Does Not Want, let's yet again look at how some Professions, ...... are More Equal than others.

Newsweek (2008) has:

When Doctors Kill Themselves.

"So why aren't depressed docs seeking treatment for a common illness that millions of Americans have learned to manage with therapy and readily available medications? Because they worry—not without reason—that if they admit to a mental-health problem they could lose respect, referrals, income and even their licenses." .....

"One way to address physician suicide, says Reynolds, is to focus on medical students and residents, since depression often starts in young adulthood. Medical schools across the country have launched programs that, among other things, guarantee students who seek help that it will not appear on their records. , .....

....., "If we teach doctors to recognize depression in themselves," says Dr. Paula Clayton, the foundation's medical director, "they will recognize it in their patients." And then everybody will feel better."

That's right, Everybody will Feel Better, ..... after the vested interests funding this protectionist pill peddling racket make certain that the people Selling their Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, Anticonvulsants etc, ..... are safe and secure from being deemed Officially, Incurably, ' Mentally Ill' under the Same BILLING codes Psychiatry peddles all day every day, ....... .

COBRA

Families USA has:

Squeezed! Caught Between Unemployment Benefits And Health Care Costs

Findings:

"Average Unemployment Checks Are Not Sufficient To Pay COBRA Premiums"


And which road going Where, is it that's paved with Good Intentions?

Bonkers Institute Gets Chutzpah from NHS Child Poisoners

Look at the face of the NHS Leaflets propping Atomoxetine, Risperdal and Zyprexa.

Read the snooty, high handed note the NHS sent the Institute.


The Institute returned NHS Far, far, FAR, ....... more civility, than NHS was deserving of.

None of those chemicals belong in Anyone, ... of Any Age, ... For Any GD reason.

Have another look, if you need it.

Strattera
Risperdal
Zyprexa