A simple observation on healthcare reform; the fundamental axiom in medicine is "first, do no harm."  What that translates into is an unwillingness by doctors to try dangerous or experimental treatments or drugs because of potential harm to the patient. Now, this is the standard by which medicine is practiced, yet we are going to throw that standard away in the manner in which medicine is purchased. Obamacare is an enormous experiment in the financing of medicine, one that has been tried by other nations with dubious results and higher mortality rates. When someone from a nation with nationalized healthcare develops cancer, say, or heart disease they try to come to the United States for treatment, because theirs is rationed and they will have to wait much longer to receive inferior care.Obama and his friends want to impose that same system of America, and nobody has the slightest notion that it will work, but Obama says the status quo is unacceptable and we must opt for...(Read Full Post)