MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'entitlement'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:24:02 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862508&cid=t_182736_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FkDZgKmwqKDs%2F By Roger PilonToday POLITICO Arena asks: Reacting to yesterday’s NY-26 election results, Paul Ryan this morning said, “I saw the ads. I saw burning people’s Medicare cards. If you can scare seniors into thinking that their current benefits are being affected, that’s going to have an effect. And that is exactly what took place here.” Do Republicans have a messaging problem on Medicare? My response: Some Republicans have a messaging problem — that partially explains the NY-26 result. Others, like Paul Ryan, are telling it straight, for which they should be commended. Medicare “as we know it” will soon end, as every honest analyst has recognized. If Democrats continue to demagogue the issue, we have a character problem on our hands. And if enough voters fal... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862508 Wed, 25 May 2011 16:48:42 +0100 4862508 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734047&cid=t_182736_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FvoPyCqGdCOY%2F By George Scoville Higher deficits and debt mean we must confront entitlements and re-think the way government insurance creates perverse incentives that increase our dependence. Higher gas prices have nothing to do with Wall Street speculators. Higher polemics against limited government aren’t going to restore our fiscal sanity. Higher taxes on soda will have little, if any, effect on our waistlines. Please join us one week from tomorrow, on Friday, April 29 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern for a special sneak preview of Free or Equal, a documentary from Free to Choose Media. In this one-hour film, Cato Senior Fellow Johan Norberg retraces Milton Friedman’s steps from the trailblazing 1980 documentary Free to Choose to see how economic liberalization has transformed societies around the w... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734047 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:44:51 +0100 4734047 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684317&cid=t_182736_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-republican-healthcare-plan-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly%2F2011.04.07 I am all for any proposal that will improve heath care in America. Improvement means controlling costs, covering all Americans so no one has to worry about going bankrupt to pay for health care. Improvement means access to quality care without having to worry about losing your job, which means losing your coverage. Improvement means a system where all incentives are aligned to prevent disease, rather than using expensive technologies and hospitals to treat disease after the fact. Any proposal that gets us there has my vote. In the GOP “Path to Prosperity” budget for 2012, they propose a few things that are good and a few big things that are bad…really really bad. First the good. Capping the medical malpractice lawsuits for “pain and suffering” would be a huge ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684317 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:00:00 +0100 4684317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489649&cid=t_182736_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fw5pRyeEeLFg%2F By John SamplesThe Harris Poll finds that most Americans favor cuts in foreign  economic  aid, foreign  military  aid, spending by  the  regulatory agencies generally, space  programs, subsidies  to  business, and federal  welfare  spending. All good stuff. On the other hand, a significant plurality opposes cuts in defense spending. Fewer than one in four favor cuts in federal education spending or health care. 11 percent favor cutting Social Security payments. Over one-third favor spending more on education, health care, and Social Security. How seriously should we take these results? Simple observation of Congress suggests that most Americans are not willing to pay more taxes. The Obama administration found that in focus groups Democrats were not willing to raise taxes on anyo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489649 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:51:16 +0100 4489649 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477693&cid=t_182736_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2_YoSWRJyGU%2F By Chris EdwardsA lot has happened since President Obama introduced his last budget in February 2010. His party took an historic "shellacking" at the polls for its big government policies, his Fiscal Commission recommended serious spending cuts, and European governments have illustrated the severe problems of deficit spending.   Given all this, did the president adopt a more frugal and prudent approach in his new budget yesterday? Not at all--the spending levels in his new budget are virtually the same as the unsustainably high spending levels in his February 2010 budget. The chart shows Obama's proposed spending for FY2012 from last year's budget, and his proposed spending for the same year from his new budget.  His new budget proposes slightly more discretionary and ent... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477693 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:07:45 +0100 4477693 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4318311&cid=t_182736_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FdCAQMHXCqlY%2F By Chris EdwardsA top agenda item for the incoming House Republicans is to immediately start cutting spending. The GOP promised to reduce “nondefense” (or alternatively “nonsecurity”) spending for 2011 to the 2008 level, representing a $100 billion cut. GOP leaders are now being accused of backsliding on that promise, so let’s take a look at the numbers. The idea is to reduce fiscal 2011 “budget authority” to the level it was in fiscal 2008. The chart shows the growth in nondefense budget authority since 2000. The spike in 2009 is from $265 billion in discretionary spending authorized in the “stimulus” bill. Congress currently has a “continuing resolution” in place that keeps 2011 spending at about the same level as 2010, as shown in the chart. Thus, the House GOP wi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4318311 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:33:55 +0100 4318311 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4142748&cid=t_182736_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealthcare-reform-texas-style%2F2010.11.07 Via the Texas Tribune: Some Republican lawmakers — still reveling in Tuesday’s statewide election sweep — are proposing an unprecedented solution to the state’s estimated $25 billion budget shortfall: dropping out of the federal Medicaid program. Hmmm. Welcome to entitlement reality, Texas-style. Currently 20 billion a year and going to go up with expanded eligibility, the article does say the Feds pay 60 percent, but doesn’t say: 1) It’s temporary, then the Federal contribution goes down or away, and 2) The Federal component doesn’t come from magical money fairies — it’s money taken from taxpayers then funneled back into a particular program. Medicaid is not loved or respected in medicine. Decreasing reimbursements coupled to increasing requirements mean it’s at a... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4142748 Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:00:29 +0100 4142748 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013143&cid=t_182736_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fb7UUEW1Qu7s%2F By Michael F. CannonFrom my oped in today’s Investors Business Daily: Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) “Roadmap for America’s Future” proposes even tighter limits on Medicare’s growth, leading columnist Bruce Bartlett to opine, “the Medicare actuaries have shown the absurdity of the Ryan plan by denying that Medicare cuts already enacted into law are even worthy of projecting into the future.” On the contrary, experience and public choice theory suggest that the Ryan plan has a better shot at reducing future Medicare outlays than past efforts, because the Roadmap would change the lobbying game that fuels Medicare’s growth. For more on Ryan’s Roadmap, click here.  For more on Medicare, read David Hyman’s Medicare Meets Mephistophel... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013143 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:52:16 +0100 4013143 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3848864&cid=t_182736_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Foh47a_JsowE%2F By Michael F. CannonCongress uses price controls to pay Medicare-participating providers.  Those providers invariably complain that Congress sets prices too low, but many are no doubt too high. Congress chose to pay for ObamaCare’s new entitlement spending in part by ratcheting down many of those prices.  That suggests supporters either believe that Medicare’s controlled prices generally exceed the marginal value of the relevant services, or that those prices will begin to exceed marginal value as providers become more productive (i.e., as they learn to provide those services at a lower cost). Neither assumption is necessarily wrong.  Producers operating under price controls nevertheless have an incentive to improve productivity.  When costs fall relative to prices, produce... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3848864 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:54:03 +0100 3848864 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3515335&cid=t_182736_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUDM234-0uLQ%2F By Tad DeHavenThe president’s fiscal reform commission started off with some breathtaking chutzpah from Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND): Rising federal debt is like a tsunami that could swamp the country at any moment…Our economic strength and security is on the line. Now is the time to act. And we need everyone, Democrats and Republicans, working together on a solution. If now is the time to act, why did Sen. Conrad just pass a budget plan out of his committee that promises massive spending, deficits, and debt? From a transcript of Conrad’s opening remarks: I personally believe that saying, ‘everything is on the table’ is critical. I hope none of us will take things off the table prematurely, because I think it is clear it’s going to take dramatic changes o... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3515335 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:46:54 +0100 3515335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3443859&cid=t_182736_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fadapting-to-a-life-of-chronic-pain%2F I may look the same as everyone else, but inside, I feel differently because I always have pain. It doesn’t come and go, like an errant neighbor; no, it stays, more like an inconsiderate relative who moved in without waiting for an invitation. When a cataclysmic event occurs in your life, like the advent of chronic pain, it changes you. Not only do you have the physical part of it to deal with, but because you still walk, hopefully, talk and breathe, you have to find a new and often inventive way to do everything. Life’s personal responsibilities remain, our family duties continue and the mere simple tasks of daily life call out to us; therefore you find new ways to do old, everyday jobs. Over the years on this blog I have discussed with all of you the many ways to ease life while at t... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3443859 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:33:52 +0100 3443859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420443&cid=t_182736_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FrmtojKKPe6g%2F By Michael F. CannonFrom Robert J. Samuelson’s column in today’s Washington Post: When historians recount the momentous events of recent weeks, they will note a curious coincidence. On March 15, Moody’s Investors Service — the bond rating agency — published a paper warning that the exploding U.S. government debt could cause a downgrade of Treasury bonds. Just six days later, the House of Representatives passed President Obama’s health-care legislation costing $900 billion or so over a decade and worsening an already-bleak budget outlook. Should the United States someday suffer a budget crisis, it will be hard not to conclude that Obama and his allies sowed the seeds, because they ignored conspicuous warnings. A further irony will not escape historians. F... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420443 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:51:16 +0100 3420443 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3327180&cid=t_182736_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fa-life-with-chronic-pain-and-my-enemies%2F GRAVITY is always there, to trip us up, drag us down or rocket some object into our pathway. It is also an enemy to us as the pull of the earth draws all body parts downward. It’s truly amazing how quickly your face can hit the floor. PAIN of course, that’s a given with the title of this blog. Pain everyday pokes, prods, tugs, needles, cramps and generally befuddles, bewilders and baffles a normal existence. Pain is the giant wrench in the engine of life as it attempts to chug along life’s track. NEGATIVITY can rock your world, darken your day and cause the skies to open up. When you need every bit of positive fortitude within you to tackle a challenging life, this comes along to tie your hands, dim your wits and cause tears to stream down your face. It very soon can warp into it’s... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3327180 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:38:12 +0100 3327180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2846367&cid=t_182736_88_f&fid=35612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheknifeman.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fsuffer-little-children.html Considering I spend all day dealing with people, I occasionally find them surprisingly annoying. Sometimes, I might suggest, this is well deserved - the pisshead who thinks it's funny to take a crap on the floor, for example. Sometimes, I think it's probably futile. People are the way they are, and I'm not sure i can blame them for that, any more than I might scold a cat for eating a mouse.Children, specifically teenagers, and their parents are among the leading perpetrators.Consider:If you think you are old enough, are mature enough to get drunk, go skateboarding au naturel, and then fall on your head, you should be mature enough to accept that your treatment will have to be in hospital, that a cervical collar is a bit uncomfortable (tho only for a bit, and much less uncomfortable than 60... The KnifeMan blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2846367 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:37:00 +0100 2846367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2256067&cid=t_182736_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F03%2Ffeed-me-for-some-bioetech-scientists-it.html The sense of entitlement is so thick, so embedded within the genome of the biotech research community, that apparently no matter the extent to which they are catered, it is never, ever enough. Only days after they got virtually all they claimed they wanted from President Obama, some scientists are already whining that they might receive less money from other sources that have so far bounteously funded ESCR. From the story "Stem Cell Decision Worries Some Scientists" in the New York Times: While praised by scientists, President Obama's decision to lift restrictions on federal financing of embryonic stem cell research could cause state governments and philanthropists to pull back on billions of dollars they have pledged for such work.A number of states and philanthropies rushed in to fill th... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2256067 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:53:00 +0100 2256067 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2131781&cid=t_182736_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F521231215%2F Barack Obama says he will make entitlement reform a central part of his attempt to control government spending. Just how serious is President Obama about entitlement reform? Are private accounts for Social Security on the table? In today’s Cato Daily Podcast, senior fellow Michael D. Tanner weighs in on Obama’s plan for the future of entitlement programs. “The fact is, of course, private investment would still be a better deal than Social Security, but you have to face the fact that people are scared of the market right now,” Tanner says. “But I think you’ve got to give Barack Obama points for political courage. In addressing the need for entitlement reform he is taking on one of the mainstays of his party.” (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2131781 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:18:59 +0100 2131781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1829147&cid=t_182736_109_f&fid=34958&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcounsellingresource.com%2Ffeatures%2F2008%2F09%2F26%2Fneurosis-character-disorder-self-image%2F Neurotics often have damaged self-images that stem from low self-esteem. Disordered characters see themselves as superior which leads to a sense of entitlement. What's more, disordered characters aren't compensating for anything, they really do think they're all that!Tags: character disturbance, neurosis, self-esteem, sense of entitlement » Other Bookmarking... (Source: Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life) Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1829147 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:42:56 +0100 1829147 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1443381&cid=t_182736_105_f&fid=36529&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocsontheweb.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fall-your-medical-news-right-here.html Hate to blow our own horn but we've been saying this stuff for a couple of years now and the Wall Street Journal is late to the party. Check Here too, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and other places, and, finally, here.M.D.O.D., we're cynical about medicine and the politicians and entitled teat-suckers that have destroyed it, and you should be too. (Source: M.D.O.D.) 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