re: #136 iceweasel
My post and reply to my pal who sent this to me…
dailykos.com

IMHO Glaring Omissions
Yes reform is critically necessary. Donna and I are now both uninsured and we both have pre existing conditions. So we are well aware!

My flu is making me really grumpy. With that serious caveat/apology-Glaring omissions can be found below- Kos left out all the other factors. I’ll be perfectly happy if Rush moves to wherever. Just as long as the far lefties who promised the same long ago over a duly re-elected President will keep their word and get the hell up to Canada. Example 1a- Seann Penn can go the f*&k away and stay away. Wishing his critics die screaming of rectal cancer (in a time where Farrah Fawcett had just passed) is contemptible beyond all language. And is way past any outrageous quotes actually uttered by Rush. IMO

Assuming these guys in DC have a good fix in the works is far, very far from a safe assumption. Pelosi and Reid in charge? Yeah right. But sorry, partisan screeds are in fact a real additional obstacle, certainly from the Right as Palin “death panels”, and now I see from one of the most highly respected partisan Dem blogs. It may be interesting to see what happens if I post my argument with his point there. But that would be trolling I fear. And the end of my account.

Quoting a part that shows the left may be on exactly the wrong track thinking the folks in DC can sort this out-Medicare is single payer right?

“Burdensome bureaucratic procedures in Medicaid enrollment substantially delay access to vital prenatal care for pregnant women seeking government-funded care.”

I’m not pulling this out of the air.
cdc.gov
Although stillbirth occurs in families of all races, ethnicities, and income levels, some women are at higher risk for having a stillbirth. Some of the risk factors associated with stillbirth are being of black race, 35 years of age or older, being obese, smoking, and having certain medical conditions such as hypertension or diabetes. These factors are associated with other adverse pregnancy outcomes, as well, such as prematurity.
SNIP
Lumping all that in with reform is at best intellectually questionable. Somebody please tell me where reform will make black women less genetically vulnerable, the poor less poor or will cure diabetes.