{"id":64,"date":"2009-01-12T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intuitiveinvestor.com\/web\/?p=64"},"modified":"2018-08-23T14:27:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T18:27:29","slug":"plan-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonapollovoss.com\/web\/2009\/01\/12\/plan-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Another post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Today almost-President Barack Obama announced plans to create 212,000 jobs by creating digitizing <span id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_0\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">healthcare<\/span> records for the nation over the next 5 years. This suggestion is an effort to help revive the economy and it appears that it is being met with skepticism from the press. Part of the skepticism is that the task is extremely technical in nature. Another source of skepticism is the $75-$100 billion that it is expected to cost to achieve the goal. Additionally, it is thought that there is a shortage of skilled labor to be able to execute the plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">My belief is that this plan is an excellent one. Look at the birds that can be slain with one stone:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">economic stimulus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">jobs created that are skilled labor, not unskilled<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">better and cheaper <span id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_1\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">healthcare<\/span><span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">a new digital platform for <span id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_2\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">healthcare<\/span> that could serve as the foundations for an interconnected <span id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_3\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">healthcare<\/span> system going far into the future<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">an early step toward nationalized <span id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_4\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">healthcare<\/span> (shock! horror! fear!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">an estimated $200-$300 billion per year saved on <span id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_5\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">healthcare<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">My gut feeling about the unenthusiastic response is that we Americans have gotten used to the idea of these &#8220;mythological-like&#8221; policies coming from our Presidents. They usually are ready made for the media with fancy-<span id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_6\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">schmancy<\/span> names and&#8230;&#8230;..no substance. Treacle. So kudos to Obama for actually suggesting something that is <span id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_7\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">friggin<\/span>&#8216; practical, if not glamorous. We need leaders interested in doing the <span id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_8\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">hardwork<\/span> of getting the country back on more sound footing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">As to the complaint that the task is technically difficult&#8230;please! In 1961 the U.S. was issued a challenge by the Kennedy administration to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Very little of the technology necessary really existed at the time, yet in 8 years the task was accomplished. Here, all of the technology already exists. The problem is that doctors are typically technology averse when it comes to <span id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_9\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">backoffice<\/span> stuff. Again&#8230;..please! Thousands of grumpy doctors need to get with the 21st Century.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">As to the complaint that there is a shortage of people with the right skills&#8230;please! That is the very heart of the plan as economic stimulus: create new skilled positions for hundreds of thousands of people that helps transform their lives and careers, and ultimately, the future of the Country. Would you rather spend $75-$100 billion bailing out the U.S. auto industry that has been uncompetitive for 30+ years and bailing out a sleazy banking and investment industry that has done everything possible for the next dollar? I think it is obvious that those are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> productive dollars spent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Probably the biggest complaint is that the benefits of this plan are unknowable ahead of time. But that is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">always<\/span> the case with any endeavor, no matter the size of it. As I said immediately above, I am very certain that this $75-$100 billion is better spent on digitizing <span id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_10\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">healthcare<\/span> records than it is on handouts to the troubled auto and banking industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Soapbox dismounted!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">I hope that you all have a wonderful day!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Jason<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another post. Today almost-President Barack Obama announced plans to create 212,000 jobs by creating digitizing healthcare records for the nation over the next 5 years. This suggestion is an effort to help revive the economy and it appears that it is being met with skepticism from the press. 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