I am sorry... I misspoke...

OK... I thought I was going to be able to write in feelings about National Health care on my facebook account. Wrong! Facebook only allows limited text...
Anyway... I wanted to share with you feedback on England's National Health care from one of my patients.
I saw an established patient of mine (she is 91 years old) in my clinic yesterday and the topic of health care (which is heavily debated right now) came up in our conversation. This woman is 'literally' scared of what is happening to our country.
She also told me that she has a neighbor who's husband was transferred to England last year. Shortly after their arrival, the woman developed an eye condition and wanted to see an Opthalmologist. The doctor's office told her that she had to be enrolled in England's National Health Care to be seen even though the lady was willing to pay cash. It took "6" weeks for her to get enrolled and another "6" weeks for her to be seen. (BTW the 'government' told her which doctor she had to go to which was not the original one she contacted.)
The after the lady was seen, she was told she needed to have surgery which took another "12" weeks. So from the day she initiated contact with a physician, it took "24" weeks, almost half a year to get treated.
After the surgery, she developed double vision and yes, it only took "2" weeks for her to get a follow-up. Frustrated, she came back to America, having to abandon her family and was able to see an Opthomologist within 72 HOURS after making an appointment. The patient had to undergo additional surgery to correct what was done by the surgeon in England, but she was able to go to surgery within 5 days.
This woman also relayed to my patient of a 70 year old man, a national of England, who was diagnosed with 'severe' degenerative joint disease of his knee. You know what he was told. "Let's take a couple of years and see if it gets better." What...???
So 'you' want a public health care plan???

"The journey of life is taken one step at a time... none of them should be painful." G.M. Barclay, DPM

Getting back to basics...

I have started a Facebook account where I will be posting my political views. This blog started as a means to post medical information. I am going to return to the roots. If you are interested in my thoughts about health care... go to Facebook. My account name is barclaydpm@hotmail.com

G.M. Barclay, DPM

Animal House comes true...

I can't believe what I just saw on the news yesterday. The DNC has posted that if you are aware of anyone who is against health care reform... you can report this activity to the 'Obama Administration' at (flag@whitehouse.gov). "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!" What happen to our 1st ammendment rights??? You know a little something called the freedom of speech?!?!?
I remember in high school reading George Orwell's 1984. You know, that 'fictional' book that made fun of socialism using a bunch of farm animals with pigs controlling the farm. I loved that book. Fun read. Little did I know how accurate that book would become in 2009.
When are we going to wake up America and realize that this administration is set out in creating a socialistic society where the citizens are dependent upon 'big brother' for our food, clothing, housing, etc. This is scarying me... more about health care reform tomorrow.

G.M. Barclay, DPM

Who are Obama's friends?

Yes... I am a Christian. Not a fanatic, but a Christian none-the-less.
My favorite bible passage is from Proverbs. "A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is 'really' like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses." Proverbs 27:19 TLB
Wasn't it really evident of who Obama really was prior to the election based on the friend's he chose? How in the heck did America close their eyes and vote this guy in office. We can't go back to the past but let's look at the present.
44 appointed Czars!!!!! The term invokes a vision of the Czar's of Russia. And we know what they were like.
I decided to look up the term Czar online. Czar: "An appointed official having special powers to regulate or supervise an activity." This was the 3rd definition. The 1st definition related to the Czar's of Russia. What scared the hell out of me was the 2nd definition, THE 2nd DEFINITION.
Czar: "a person having 'great' power; an autocrat." What? So I looked up autocrat.
Autocrat: "a person with 'unlimited' power or authority." Holy crap Batman.
So let's see about these Obama appointed Czar's who have unlimited power that answers to no one.
Brian Deese - Treasure Auto Advisor: has NO experience in the automobile industry. This idiot, who came up with the 'cash for clunkers' (which is destruction of assets and redistribution of wealth) which will cost us, the taxpayers 3 billion dollars, has written books wanting to 'remove' and distinction between gender and wants to redefine relationship between parents and children essentially, separating a relationship or 'The rights of a child act.' He also wants 'equality of opportunity which in effect increases affirmative action and promotes redistribution of wealth.
Van Jones - Greens Project Czar: FIRST a felon who is an admitted communist. Founder of the Apollo project started by TIDES foundation who wrote the stimulus package and cap and trade. He is into social justice which is a code word for taking money from someone else and giving it to another.
Phil Angeledes: President of Apollo Alliance. Former treasurer of California 1999-2007 (we know how they can manage a budget) owns a company that refits buildings that our Greens project Czar will promote and orchestrated Cap and Trade.
Obama and his 'friends' are hijacking America.
I will write more...

G.M. Barclay, DPM

You gotta love this...

During the Clinton administration... Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac... were 'instructed' to make loans available for people who normally did not qualify for a home loan. So private lenders followed suit and came up with... adjustable rate mortgages... lower down payments or no down payments... qualifying people for homes based on 40 - 50% of gross income. What happened? A housing debacle with foreclosures at all time highs. So, I our government's infinite wisdom... they bailed these failing banks out with 'our tax payer dollars. So the banks began tightening lending guidelines and guess what has happened? That's right... the government is creating a 'watch' list for those lenders who fall below a standard, established by our government, to start lending again to who... people who defaulted on the home mortgages to begin with. Why do we keep rewarding people who fail? Failure doesn't mean the person is a failure... only made failed decisions. But we insist on 'bailing them out' which in essence is saying, "that's OK... go ahead a make failed decisions again." You gotta love it.

G.M. Barclay

I have joined Twitter...

Yep! Finally did it. I joined Twitter tonight. I joined because I am a concerned citizen worried about the state of our country. I have been so distraught since the election of Barrack Obama and his policies his first 6 months of office, I have lacked the desire to write about general health information. Instead, I am writing about the general health of our society. If I can inform one person about what is really going on with this administration, what they are attempting to do to our society and specifically how it is impacting health care, then I feel I have done my job to make health care better. Oh yeah, I will still try to occasionally slip in some general health information as well, but for now, however long it takes... I want to take back America from bureaucrats who want to destroy our constitution and create a one country and eventually one world order.

G.M. Barclay, DPM A concerned citizen.