Maryland's compulsory drug proposals

 

Maryland’s compulsory drug proposals

 

Maryland’s legislature is exuberantly moving forward with proposals to force medications on unwilling patients. New laws under consideration are coercion tactics to medicate both inpatient and not hospitalized individuals who may be subject to psychological stress. How the judicial arm of Maryland government will interplay with these potential legislative efforts is yet to be determined.

 

National debate reached a crescendo concerning the mentally disabled amongst us after the massacre inside Sandy Hook Elementary School. Adam Lanza, mentally challenged for years, finally went berserk taking 27 lives then his own. Multiple psychiatric ailments were attributed to Lanza who received treatment for them intermittently from the time he was in elementary school. Adequacy of therapy was the central theme in the aftermath of this egregious event. Lanza could not be forced to take pharmaceuticals to control his behavior. With new laws under consideration that scenario may change.

 

Division in the medical community on forced medication protocols for those with the gamut of mental illnesses is significant. Many questions need to be answered to satisfy the hordes of practicing physicians who will be called upon to apply these therapies. Is informed consent necessary? Will the Maryland’s Attorney General Office be waiting with a noose if the doctor does not believe and or apply the therapies within the protocol? Maryland’s Board of Physicians: where do they stand on this issue?  Are physicians protected against malpractice suits when the patient objects to being drugged? Who writes the standards of care for this exploitation of the patient, lawyers or physicians? The list of questions is long and involved. Maryland Physicians are fully aware the legal community will benefit most from this State overreach into its citizens’ lives.

 

Proof that intensely medicating people will reduce levels of violent crimes has yet to evolve. Draconian measures under consideration are reminiscent of controls utilized in the most undemocratic of societies. Worse, in the event this egregious legislative effort is allowed to breathe, what next? School children who are not already taking psycho-tropics could be forced on to them or be expelled. Once this door is opened, bureaucrats may enforce these drugs on an array of people. Before legislation of forced medicating people is placed into effect studies need to be performed and or reviewed to justify this approach. Maryland’s legislature does not have the cerebral ability to either justify this move or the integrity to make it work for those who will potentially benefit most. Perhaps our legislators should take a tour of the State Constitution and its big brother in the federal domain before the few rights Marylanders have left move off into the sunset.

 

Mark Davis MD, President of Davis Book Reviews and Healthnets Review Services.

www.healthnetsreviewservices.com    platomd@gmail.com

Author of Demons of Democracy and his newest work, Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster.

Obamacare: a legacy unraveling

Obamacare: a legacy
unraveling

 

While the majority of the
population slept our misdirected government engineered major changes to their legacy
legislative effort, Obamacare. Most startling of the alterations, many will be
able to keep their traditional plans intact deep into 2017. Thirty other changes,
through Executive edicts, have been implemented to make this egregious law more
palatable to voters in 2014 and  subsequently for the presidential election in 2016.
Driven by political considerations candidates running for Democrat seats in the
House and Senate are running away from this catastrophe in evolution. Many
ardent supporters of Obama are having second thoughts concerning his agenda, as
the President tweaks the legal nightmare he has inflicted on the nation. Dozens
of mandates have been modified, extended and or simply circumvented to keep the
Affordable Care Act afloat. Insufficient numbers of paying subscribers have
signed up in the Exchanges. Reportedly four million have enrolled. Those in the
know question the mix of this group. White House officials are mum whether
these new Exchange patrons have been moved off Medical Assistance to this
newest of subsidized programs. This leaves a small window of possibility that a
few paying customers joined. Many are asking the question whether the
Affordable Care Act is on life support. Omens of failure are omnipresent.
Insurance premium nightmares are being reported throughout the country, rising
by as much as 100%.  Those who have not
lost their jobs are seeing their hours cut by 25% or more. Clever means have
been purported to deny patrons of this disaster the very elements advertised by
the President and his minions. Obamacare was never about improving health care
in America. Instead it was designed to usurp one-sixth of the economy and
create a unitary payer system with the central core controlled by the Washington
D.C.  bureaucracy. Confusion has been introduced
into the health system, at every level, which completely defeats its endgame,
better medical care for all.  Affordable
care Act has been found to be not so affordable. From the perches of many
Obamacare is unraveling and could sink under its own weight. In subsequent
articles the dangers of Obamacare will be discussed.

 

Mark Davis, MD author of
Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster. http://amzn.to/1d4poKi.  https://www.createspace.com/3801630

platomd@gmail.com   President of Davis Book Reviews and
Healthnets Review Services. www.healthnetsreviewservices.com

Obamacare: A Legacy Unraveling

Obamacare: a legacy unraveling

 

While the majority of the population slept our misdirected government engineered major changes to their legacy legislative effort, Obamacare. Most startling of the alterations, many will be able to keep their traditional plans intact deep into 2017. Thirty other changes, through Executive edicts, have been implemented to make this egregious law more palatable to voters in 2014 and  subsequently for the presidential election in 2016. Driven by political considerations candidates running for Democrat seats in the House and Senate are running away from this catastrophe in evolution. Many ardent supporters of Obama are having second thoughts concerning his agenda, as the President tweaks the legal nightmare he has inflicted on the nation. Dozens of mandates have been modified, extended and or simply circumvented to keep the Affordable Care Act afloat. Insufficient numbers of paying subscribers have signed up in the Exchanges. Reportedly four million have enrolled. Those in the know question the mix of this group. White House officials are mum whether these new Exchange patrons have been moved off Medical Assistance to this newest of subsidized programs. This leaves a small window of possibility that a few paying customers joined. Many are asking the question whether the Affordable Care Act is on life support. Omens of failure are omnipresent. Insurance premium nightmares are being reported throughout the country, rising by as much as 100%.  Those who have not lost their jobs are seeing their hours cut by 25% or more. Clever means have been purported to deny patrons of this disaster the very elements advertised by the President and his minions. Obamacare was never about improving health care in America. Instead it was designed to usurp one-sixth of the economy and create a unitary payer system with the central core controlled by the Washington D.C.  bureaucracy. Confusion has been introduced into the health system, at every level, which completely defeats its endgame, better medical care for all.  Affordable care Act has been found to be not so affordable. From the perches of many Obamacare is unraveling and could sink under its own weight. In subsequent articles the dangers of Obamacare will be discussed.

 

Mark Davis, MD author of Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster. http://amzn.to/1d4poKi.  https://www.createspace.com/3801630

platomd@gmail.com   President of Davis Book Reviews and Healthnets Review Services. www.healthnetsreviewservices.com

Democrats on the run

Democrats on the run

 

Maryland is an excellent
laboratory to visualize the methodologies of the progressives. Race to become
governor has started and is especially ugly within the group of Democrats vying
for this lofty position. Accusations of incompetence, inept management skills
and racism have been thrown into the mix as the contest moves forward. Douglas
Gansler, Maryland’s present Attorney General, has many sins to attest for
during his tenure in office. Listening to him castigate other candidates is
quite ironic. A close look at his record displays a man who is not ready for
prime time. In the small event that he is elevated to the governorship,
Maryland will have more of the poor leadership we have seen with O’Malley.
Gansler will continue the anti-business climate of his soon to be predecessor. Taxes
will move in only one direction from an astronomical standpoint. Worst of all
more regulations will be piled on Marylanders to contain them personally and
professionally. Gansler’s campaign appears to be in trouble. Perhaps he will
pull out now and save himself the embarrassment of an overwhelming defeat.

 

Anthony Brown, the present
Lieutenant Governor, had a heads up from this intrepid journalist until he
pitched the race card. In Brown’s estimation minority businesses do not receive
sufficient contracts and financial aid from Maryland’s government. Yearly, the
state awards billions in contracts for required services to this very group.
Afro Americans represent 30% of the Maryland’s population. Yet they receive a
disproportionately higher amount of funds than other groups with greater
representation. Anthony Brown’s proposals not only have a taint of racism
smeared across them, they are not fair and equitable to the rest of the
business community. Stated another way Brown is trying to buy votes using
taxpayer dollars.

 

Democrats have no
compunction when it comes to garnering votes. Every conceivable method to win
an election will be employed. America viewed the President’s team of
campaigners utilize deceptive means to pander to his base of followers and
lackeys. Brown is using the same formula to rally his supporters. Maryland’s
gubernatorial election, this November, will be an imprint of former state elections.
Lies and deceit will drive campaigns, leaving voters with a conundrum. Do you
want more of the same leadership, which has oppressed the majority of state
residents, or a person with new ideas for smaller government and less regulation?
The choices are obvious, choose wisely.

 

Mark Davis, MD President
of Davis Book Reviews and Healthnets Review Services.

www.healthnetsreviewservices.com
platomd@gmail.com
twitter.com/americassage Author of Demons of Democracy and Obamacare: Dead on
Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster.

Democrats on the run

Democrats on the run

 

Maryland is an excellent laboratory to visualize the methodologies of the progressives. Race to become governor has started and is especially ugly within the group of Democrats vying for this lofty position. Accusations of incompetence, inept management skills and racism have been thrown into the mix as the contest moves forward. Douglas Gansler, Maryland’s present Attorney General, has many sins to attest for during his tenure in office. Listening to him castigate other candidates is quite ironic. A close look at his record displays a man who is not ready for prime time. In the small event that he is elevated to the governorship, Maryland will have more of the poor leadership we have seen with O’Malley. Gansler will continue the anti-business climate of his soon to be predecessor. Taxes will move in only one direction from an astronomical standpoint. Worst of all more regulations will be piled on Marylanders to contain them personally and professionally. Gansler’s campaign appears to be in trouble. Perhaps he will pull out now and save himself the embarrassment of an overwhelming defeat.

 

Anthony Brown, the present Lieutenant Governor, had a heads up from this intrepid journalist until he pitched the race card. In Brown’s estimation minority businesses do not receive sufficient contracts and financial aid from Maryland’s government. Yearly, the state awards billions in contracts for required services to this very group. Afro Americans represent 30% of the Maryland’s population. Yet they receive a disproportionately higher amount of funds than other groups with greater representation. Anthony Brown’s proposals not only have a taint of racism smeared across them, they are not fair and equitable to the rest of the business community. Stated another way Brown is trying to buy votes using taxpayer dollars.

 

Democrats have no compunction when it comes to garnering votes. Every conceivable method to win an election will be employed. America viewed the President’s team of campaigners utilize deceptive means to pander to his base of followers and lackeys. Brown is using the same formula to rally his supporters. Maryland’s gubernatorial election, this November, will be an imprint of former state elections. Lies and deceit will drive campaigns, leaving voters with a conundrum. Do you want more of the same leadership, which has oppressed the majority of state residents, or a person with new ideas for smaller government and less regulation? The choices are obvious, choose wisely.

 

Mark Davis, MD President of Davis Book Reviews and Healthnets Review Services.

www.healthnetsreviewservices.com platomd@gmail.com twitter.com/americassage Author of Demons of Democracy and Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster.

Twilight of a failing presidency

Twilight of a failing
presidency

 

Irony has a way of working
itself into the fabric of history. Electing Barack Obama in 2008 was celebrated
as a transitional point for American culture. Hope and change were touted as
new themes by a presidential candidate who came out of nowhere. A nation torn
apart by two wars and a recession was ready for new blood in the White House. Promised
hope faded away as the years went by and the changes expected degraded every
institution and industry in the country. Once a proud country, America fell to
bad decisions, opaque bureaucratic entanglements and a level of arrogance never
before seen in the Executive Branch. President Obama’s State of the Union
Speech (see State of the Disunion Speech: more of the same) was indicative of
the outright misrepresentations and distortions spewing out of his
Administration. Challenging the truth with every word he speaks President
Obama’s legacy will be one of unfulfilled promises and overreach which has constrained
the most productive amongst us. Keystone pipeline advocates, from both parties,
viewed the convoluted and irrational Obama bureaucracy at work, which stifled
this important project. Energy independence has been a cornerstone policy of
President, yet five years have gone by and our dependence has only increased.
Keystone would have provided a major conduit to transport oil from our northern
neighbor. EPA has stalled this project for years and continues to do so. Who
benefits from this delay? Obama’s energy policy became crystal clear when he
bowed to the Saudi King.

 

Close inspection of
Obama’s agenda does not bode well for an America whose underpinnings have been
weakened in the last five years. Immigration reform has been a hot button topic
from the beginning of the President’s Administration. Conflict within Congress
has set the stage for the President to go it alone on this issue with Executive
Edicts, which challenge his prescribed powers. Obama’s mindset for reform would
bring in millions of people overwhelming an already bloated entitlement system
and displacing countless Americans. The myth that Americans do not want these
jobs is another fabrication.

 

Foreign policy has been
nothing less than a disaster. Negotiating with Iran to end its drive for a
nuclear weapon displays the gullibility of this Administration. Announcing to our
enemies the withdrawal schedules of our troops from Iraq and Afghanistan was
nothing less than crazy. Worst of all apologizing for America’s prior actions on
the World Stage was a direct insult to all those who died to keep the nation
safe from our enemies overseas. Ironic as it may seem this country’s darkest
enemy may not be beyond our borders. Our worst enemy may be a Chief Executive
who never found his way home. Mark Davis, MD author of the book Demons of
Democracy and the recently release book, Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A
Prescription for Disaster. President of Davis Book Reviews and Healthnets
Review Services. www.healthnetsreviewservices.com  platomd@gmail.com

Twilight of a failing presidency

Twilight of a failing presidency

 

Irony has a way of working itself into the fabric of history. Electing Barack Obama in 2008 was celebrated as a transitional point for American culture. Hope and change were touted as new themes by a presidential candidate who came out of nowhere. A nation torn apart by two wars and a recession was ready for new blood in the White House. Promised hope faded away as the years went by and the changes expected degraded every institution and industry in the country. Once a proud country, America fell to bad decisions, opaque bureaucratic entanglements and a level of arrogance never before seen in the Executive Branch. President Obama’s State of the Union Speech (see State of the Disunion Speech: more of the same) was indicative of the outright misrepresentations and distortions spewing out of his Administration. Challenging the truth with every word he speaks President Obama’s legacy will be one of unfulfilled promises and overreach which has constrained the most productive amongst us. Keystone pipeline advocates, from both parties, viewed the convoluted and irrational Obama bureaucracy at work, which stifled this important project. Energy independence has been a cornerstone policy of President, yet five years have gone by and our dependence has only increased. Keystone would have provided a major conduit to transport oil from our northern neighbor. EPA has stalled this project for years and continues to do so. Who benefits from this delay? Obama’s energy policy became crystal clear when he bowed to the Saudi King.

 

Close inspection of Obama’s agenda does not bode well for an America whose underpinnings have been weakened in the last five years. Immigration reform has been a hot button topic from the beginning of the President’s Administration. Conflict within Congress has set the stage for the President to go it alone on this issue with Executive Edicts, which challenge his prescribed powers. Obama’s mindset for reform would bring in millions of people overwhelming an already bloated entitlement system and displacing countless Americans. The myth that Americans do not want these jobs is another fabrication.

 

Foreign policy has been nothing less than a disaster. Negotiating with Iran to end its drive for a nuclear weapon displays the gullibility of this Administration. Announcing to our enemies the withdrawal schedules of our troops from Iraq and Afghanistan was nothing less than crazy. Worst of all apologizing for America’s prior actions on the World Stage was a direct insult to all those who died to keep the nation safe from our enemies overseas. Ironic as it may seem this country’s darkest enemy may not be beyond our borders. Our worst enemy may be a Chief Executive who never found his way home. Mark Davis, MD author of the book Demons of Democracy and the recently release book, Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster. President of Davis Book Reviews and Healthnets Review Services. www.healthnetsreviewservices.com  platomd@gmail.com