FAILING GOVERNMENT TAKETH AWAY

FAILING GOVERNMENT TAKETH AWAY WITH CATCH 23BY JERRY L. RHOADS AUTOR, On the cover Uncle Sam, personified by the eagle from the dollar bill, as Big Bully Government Taketh Away, when it sees athreat or disagreement. This is a story of the Rhoads family victimized, defamed and financially punished by big government for minor infractions by taking away their constitutional right to due process of law. The author hascoined this as Catch 23.While America is number ONE in cost per capita and thirty-eighth in quality, statistically, Americans spend more money on their health care than anything else but food. But the consumption of the health-care dollar is predominately not paid for by the consumer. The middlemen, so to speak, make the forces of free enterprise moot. Consumers are bystanders in the relationship between purchase and quality because they do not directly pay for the product.This phenomenon is called monopsony. The consumer isnot the buyer. But the buyer is almost singly dominant. This is the reverse of monopoly, where the seller has the last say. This is not Microsoft at work. It is the federal and state Medicare and Medicaid programs that buy upward of seventy five percent of all health-care service products. Under the Obama nation, government will be the purchaser of last resort for all Americans.There are many health care providers being bullied and victimized by our failing government, taking away freedoms of enterprising Americans’, small businesses, patients, families, employees and communities because of enforcement of health care services rules and regulations and not adhering to the Rule of Law and Administrative Procedures Act. It mandates theconduct of the regulators must not be arbitrary and capricious. The proof of them violating these principles is detailed in the case of the Rhoads owned skilled nursing facilities versus the State of Iowa, the State of Arkansas and the Federal Department of Health and Human Services as detailed in Chapters 16 and 17 on behalf of the victims described in pages 257 through 262.Victim #1 All-American Care of Little RockVictim #2 All-American Care of MuscatineVictim #3 All-American Care of WashingtonInterview of author:Why this book and why now? Well, the people that seem to make a difference are victims of some catastrophe or violentdisservice. Since I see my family victimized by Government regulators, it is time to speak up, stand up or fall for everything forward.Is there really a Monopsony Game … is it really a word? Look it up in Webster, it is a market form in which only one buyerinterfaces with many sellers. I developed a Monopsony Board game. It shows how the buyer of last resort regulates and intimidates the provider of the care into submission.Is this why you liken Government to being the biggest Bully here and abroad? You can arrive at your own conclusions as youalso fall victim to 40,000 laws being passed by the lawmakers each year reducing the freedoms of enterprising individuals and businesses.What is the solution? Downsize government by privatizing agencies that inhibit Enterprise and prevent innovation andcreativity. Then the private agencies can collaborate not suffocate technology.Where do we start? Read my lips it’s Health Care Services.The health-care industry is vast. It is costly and grossly inefficient. How could I make such an audacious statement? Having been in and around the health care business for fifty-two years, I feel that I have some insight into the reasons for the current state of affairs.Conglomerates, under the auspices of Obama Care, are taking over the majority of the providers. Large insurance companies are going to be emerging ACOs, an acronym for accountable care organizations. The federal and state governments are at the end of their wits and budget means, all because the health of the country is considered an inalienable right while, at the same time, it is big business.