NEWS FLASH!
sorry for skimping out last week
NEWS FLASH!
Disney has just aquired Wide Load and Bungee studios. Wide Load was behind...whatever they were behind. Bungee are the geniuses behind Halo.
So Master Cheif is saving it for marriage.
Aparentlee twodaee is internashionul literasee daee
And some interesting news on the possible Health Reform in the US. Before I start, NO I WILL NOT TALK ABOUT DEATH PANELS! THEY AREN'T IN THE FUCKING BILL! The death panels are part of a stupid and unsophisticated debate that is distracting us from the real issue.
23 house Democrats are saying they will vote 'No' on Healthcare Reform. Which is dumb because re-structuring the healthcare system has a good chance of stimulating the economy.
There are 3 options the government are considering:
1: Create a government-run health insurance company. Everyone can buy into it, and poor people pay less than rich people. This government run insurer could negotiate lower costs for procedures and cut down on the number of procedures used. The private companies hate this idea because more people would go for the public option than the private option. The public option however, will not completely eclipse private insurance companies as can be seen in Canada where we still have private health insurance companies who are doing pretty well.
2: Create non-profit insurers to compete with the private insurers. The non-profit organisations will then have more insentive to work for the patients they represent than the shareholders in the company. The downside of this is that there's still a ton of people who have no health insurance whatsoever.
3: Status quo. These are the people who are complaining about socialism. There's already a fair amount of socialism in The States. Socialist highways, Socialist schools, Socialist military. You're willing to Socialise the military, but not healthcare. We'll pretend that you're making sense on that one.
And that's all the news I felt was worthwhile to report on.
I leave you with Monty Cantsin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3qRibvQgGE)
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
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