$1.34 billion in Fed funding for DTV transition has been exhausted

06-11-2008_dtv_converter-207x157 Expect this kind of nonsense when we goto a nationalized healthcare system. The government has run out of cash for converter box coupons. I’m sorry, but what cash does the government have anyways? Come Feb. 17, converter boxes will be necessary for those who pick up their TV signal over the air. That’s the day when the majority of TV broadcasts switch from analog to digital. For now, coupon applicants are being put on a wait list should Congress allocate more money for the program.

A December surge in demand for converter box coupons sends lawmakers and public officials scrambling after the National Telecommunications and Information Administration reports funding for the $1.34 billion digital converter box program is exhausted.

And Americans want the government to take care of their healthcare when they can’t even get this right? We don’t have the money for social security, medicare, medicaid and any other entitlement programs. So what are you prepared to do if we have a nationalized healthcare system and then one day you get cancer and need treatment. Well, the government is going to tell you to stick it up your ass because the treatment for cancer is to expensive and the fed’s don’t have the funds for it. So now you don’t have the FREEDOM to goto a doctor and pay for your OWN treatment!

In other related news to government supported healthcare. The Congress will be debating a children’s healthcare bill called SCHIP. SCHIP was voted on twice but was vetoed both times. Now we have a Democratic President so the circumstances are different.

This bill which is described by democrat lawmakers as “providing health insurance for children in families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford coverage.” Well actually, they probably can’t afford healthcare because they bought to many luxury items like and HDTV, huge car payments or a cell phone. Remember that our definition of “poverty” in this country is becoming synonymous with the size of your flat screen TV, not your ability to obtain food and shelter or care for your OWN CHILDREN.

These politicians have a goal .. and that goal is to make you dependent on the government for health care. Once they have control of your health care, they have control of you.

Check out this article from the Wall Street Journal on how the government is going to give Medicaid a $100 billion bailout, here is a quick teaser for you:

Medicaid provides coverage to poor and disabled Americans, many of whom face the highest burden of chronic disease owing to cultural and socioeconomic challenges. The program beats being uninsured, but it often relegates the poor to inferior care.

Reimbursement rates are so low, and billing the program so complicated, that it is hard for internists like me to get beneficiaries access to specialized care or timely interventions. For my patients as well, many of whom are uneducated or don’t speak English, Medicaid is replete with paperwork, regulations and rejections that make the program hard to navigate.

Now Medicaid is to receive a bolus of federal money, probably as part of the fiscal stimulus plan — the figure whispered in Washington is $100 billion — with no obligation that the program does anything to reverse its decline. Read the full story.

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