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Fri Jun 19 13:55:26 BST 2009

Yeah, one of them is authorized by the constitution.

Bill

>>> "Gordon Doig" <gdoig at med.usyd.edu.au> 6/19/2009 8:45 AM >>>

I think there is a slight difference between spending money on  
healthcare vs war.

Gord

Quoting "Gross, Ronald" <Ronald.Gross at baystatehealth.org>:

> Headlines from the Washington Post in the last few days:
>
> "President Obama's hopes for quick action on comprehensive  
> health-care reform ran headlong this week into the realities of  
> Congress, as lawmakers searching for the money to pay for a broad  
> expansion of coverage discovered that it wasn't easy to find and  
> descended into partisan -- and intraparty -- bickering."
>
> "The Senate has passed a $106 billion measure to fund the wars in  
> Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill now goes to President Obama."
>
> Replace Obama with Bush and we are just where we were about one year ago.
>
> Things that make you go Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........
>
> Ron
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org  
> [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Gordon S. Doig
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 5:25 PM
> To: Trauma-List [TRAUMA.ORG]
> Subject: Re: AMA - President Obama Statements
>
>
> Step 1. Today. Re-task the NIH to fund more clinical research (outcomes
> based comparisons of competing therapies) and applied projects into
> improving research transfer.
>
> Gordon
>
>
> Doc Holiday wrote:
>> Could we at least re-introduce the trauma-related aspect to this thread?
>>
>>
>>
>> Otherwise it's just one person's tit to another one's tat and it's  
>> not all that relevant really...
>>
>>
>>
>> So let's talk about how rapidly we think the new American  
>> Healthcare System will be introduced. Seems to me that the time to  
>> debate EFFECTIVELY the "should it or shouldn't it" issue has  
>> passed, now that the guy who said he WILL do it got elected. So,  
>> any ideas or suggestions for the how and when?
>>
>>
>>> To: trauma-list at trauma.org 
>>> Subject: Re: AMA - President Obama Statements
>>> From: ltorrey at maine.rr.com 
>>> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:56:39 +0000
>>>
>>> And of course, the current President has topped the deficit record  
>>> in only 5 months. Now he wants to spend an additional $1.6  
>>> trillion on insuring 45 million people.
>>>
>>> LT
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: JMG <cafritio at online.no>
>>>
>>> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:15:28
>>> To: Trauma-List [TRAUMA.ORG]<trauma-list at trauma.org>
>>> Subject: Re: AMA - President Obama Statements
>>>
>>>
>>> Lets not forget to mention the 120something billion surplus he had at
>>> the start of his first term, and where the economy is now. The five
>>> biggest yearly deficits in the history of the USA. In his two terms.
>>> Give the guy his props? Nah.
>>>
>>> T Misselbeck MD wrote:
>>>
>>>> last time I checked, Mr Bush was not only a former governor, but a
>>>> former President of the USA. A two-term president with the highest
>>>> ever approval rating. (and yes, some of the lowest at the end of his
>>>> term) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_rating 
>>>>
>>>> Regardless of your political beliefs, give the guy his props-
>>>>
>>>> TM
>>>>
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