Involuntary Manslaughter? Or More?

Enough is enough. When will we get serious about the safety of the coal miners lives? How many more people will have to die before we actually enforce the policies and get the violations properly taken care of before allowing the miners to work? I agree that Don Blankenship should be charged with 25 counts of involuntary manslaughter. Perhaps this will force other mining owners to do the right thing. Coal miner owners should also have a million dollar company paid life insurance policy payable to the surviving families in case of an accident causing the life of the employee while working. No, money will not bring the loves one back but it can relieve much of the financial burden off the families. The owners should ask themselves two questions before sending people down to the mines. Would I work in this mine? Would I allow my family members to work in this mine?

HealthCare Reform Phase II

What if every person working in America paid taxes that would help offset the cost of a national health care program that would in turn provide health insurance to each and every one of us here? A portion of the taxes would help to pay the doctor’s fees.
Every first year doctor would earn the same amount of money. Specialist would be paid more per year depending on their field of expertise. At the end of that year a review board consisting of well qualified retired doctors would review each doctor’s work for that year and would reward him/her with a bonus check for their year of work. This bonus check would be likened to a commission check for doctors. There would also be a built in raise for each year of service rendered by each doctor.
There would be a system set in place to weed out the ‘would be’ abusers of the system and the Mental Health and Mental Retardation (MHMR) cases. Various styles of counseling and therapies would be available to assist those in need of these services.
Identification cards would have the medical history of the card holder embedded in the bar code which would be available nation wide at any clinic, hospital, Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) study, and/or doctor’s office.
There would be nursing homes, senior centers with activities to help keep the senior mentally and physically challenged. All these services would be included in the nation wide healthcare package.
There would be a clause built in for those citizens who are not putting forth the effort to maintain a healthier life style, after been given an adequate amount of time adapt, they would be fined to pay higher taxes.
National healthcare should be available without any co-pay and offering only the best service for each American citizen. Since we are the best country in the world, we should take care of our own so we can better make impression on the rest of the world.