All voluntary, they say, but once you “volunteer” to have the oh-so-helpful folks from Social Services come in to help with your newborns, or with a number of other specified issues, will you ever be able to get rid of them?
The bill provides for federal funding and supervision for this vast expansion of government intrusion into family life. This is the Nanny State on steroids.
Is your family being “targeted” for such home visitations? Let’s see if you fit into one of these very broad categories:
* Families where Mom is not yet 21. (No mention here whether she is married or not.)
* Families where someone is a tobacco user. (Does this include the White House? Watch out, Sasha and Malia!) Does Grandpa, whom you love and have taken in, enjoy his after-dinner pipe?
* Families where children have low student achievement, developmental delays, or disabilities.
As if that list was not wide-ranging enough, here’s the net that can encompass tens of millions:
*Families with individuals who are serving or formerly served in the armed forces, including such families that have members of the armed forces who have had multiple deployments outside the United States.
Do you spank your children? You should know that HHS bureaucrats think you are an abuser.
Do you support the Second Amendment? How would you like HHS bureaucrats asking your children if you maintain firearms in the home for family protection?
Do you home school your kids? Take care. Members of Congress who have tried to abolish home schooling are big backers of this health care bill. Do you wonder why?
The White House is pulling out all the stops. One of their senior advisers told CNN’s Gloria Borger what President Obama’s people are telling wavering Democrats on Capitol Hill:
BORGER: Right. This isn't going to be subtle at all today. I think this is it. I was speaking with one senior White House adviser just before I came on the air, and he said, think of it this way. This is the last helicopter out of Saigon, OK?
Could anything be more bizarre? A senior member of the administration is comparing the President’s signature measure in Congress to the forced evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in South Vietnam in 1975.
Older Americans remember the shame and heartbreak of seeing thousands of America’s allies desperately clinging to U.S. Army helicopters as the North Vietnamese army closed in on South Vietnam’s capital city.
Sounds like a rewrite of the death panel crap.
ReplyDeleteHospitals already provide this service. When I had my 1st child in NY, you could be discharged from the hospital a day earlier if you agreed to a home visit from a RN. Insurance companies would rather pay for a home visit then an extra day in the hospital. For a first time mother, I actually felt it was a comforting thing, they checked out the baby, asked if you had any questions with breastfeeding, jaundice, changing diapers, bathing, etc. They also checked me out, how I was feeling, checking my incisions, asking about post-partum depression, etc. It wasn't a way to get "Them" (Whoever them is) into the house and look around. Not everyone who has a child has a support system, or is emotionally responsible, or understands how to take care of themselves, much less a newborn. It can be a good idea to follow these babies home to see how they are being treated and do they have the basic resources to make sure all the needs are met. Everything can be turned into an evil program, but sometimes it is a good one(and yes saves money too!) Thanks
ReplyDeleteYes and I am sure the original poster believes in Santa and the Tooth Fairy too.
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