Dorchester Times: A Glimpse At Future Health Care In Saline County?

Thursday, November 5, 2009

A Glimpse At Future Health Care In Saline County?

A local Saline County doctor has sent the Dorchester Times this link on federal health care reform initiatives.

In the physician's e-mail to the Times, he said this story, conducted by ABC News, provides "a glimpse at what future health care may look like in our area should Congress pass health care legislation now being debated on Capitol Hill."

The Times typically reserves its space for local issues. However, due to the impact that Washington, D.C. has on the lives of our fellow citizens, and the fact this was sent to us by a local health care provider, we decided to post this important story. Click here.

11 comments:

AnonymousNovember 5, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Since you opened the door, you need to post the text of the bills being considered so people can see what they ACTUALLY say and not what ABC "news" claims they say. The video was about a single-payer plan and does not resemble anything close to what is actually being considered in congress.
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AnonymousNovember 5, 2009 at 2:22 PM
Obama is as qualified to be president as he is to be CEO of a national company. God, is it 2012 yet????
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Another DC HuskerNovember 5, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Politico's website reports:

It's safe to say Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the only Republican who appears to be entertaining support for the Democratic health reform bills, is no fan of the House legislation.

"I do not know what world they live in," Snowe said in an interview. "But all I know is it is totally detached from the average person, the average business owner who is struggling to keep their doors open and to have that level of taxation is breathtaking in its dimensions. I just think it is so out of proportion with reality and with mainstream America that it is hard to believe, frankly."

On a day when the $1 trillion House bill picked up support from key interest groups -- which, in turn, prompted President Barack Obama to make a personal visit to the White House press room to tout the endorsements -- Snowe's words are a reminder of the dissent surrounding the bill.
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DC Husker INovember 5, 2009 at 3:03 PM
I am glad to see that there is another DC Husker. I don't necessarily agree with your viewpoint, but still happy to see another compatriot.
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Another DC HuskerNovember 5, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Yep, I worked as an aide in both the House and Senate over a six year stint. I'm temporarily seeking shelter during the socialist reign. Confident things will get turned around as I work in the private sector.
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AnonymousNovember 5, 2009 at 4:33 PM
shame on you dc huskers for working in a town where the arrogance runneth over! sick!! you and i will be fined if we don't have/can't afford insurance and then they will outlaw private insurance in two years. C'mon! What kind of country are we living in!?

now we have muslims who've infiltrated our military shooting our soldiers. we'll be told not to judge.

we're all lambs for the slaughter.
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Another DC HuskerNovember 5, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Senate Democrats have blocked a GOP attempt to require next year's census forms to ask people whether they are a U.S. citizen.

The proposal by Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter was aimed at excluding immigrants from the population totals that are used to figure the number of congressional representatives for each state. Critics said Vitter's plan would discourage immigrants from responding to the census and would be hugely expensive. They also said that it's long been settled law that the apportionment of congressional seats is determined by the number of people living in each state, regardless of whether they are citizens. A separate survey already collects the data.

The plan fell after a 60-39 procedural vote made it ineligible for attachment to a bill funding the census.
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DC Husker INovember 5, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Good luck on the private sector side. Jobs are scarce and rapidly going overseas or being converted to contract positions. If I had a crystal ball 25 years ago, I would have been entrepreneurial or gone into the trades. However, I don't think I have the aptitude for either one! By the way, if you came from the Hill you can always go into lobbying which is VERY lucrative.
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AnonymousNovember 5, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Here's a link to the bills. I don't know how old the ABC thing was, but it doesn't line up with what's in these.

http://thomas.loc.gov/
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The Loch Ness MonsterNovember 16, 2009 at 2:55 PM
I laugh at the person who calls the current administration "Socialism." Obviously you failed big time in your political science classes. It's a bit frightening that you are even working in our government. I know you have been conditioned by the pundits to believe it but we are by no means living in Soviet era Russia or Mao's China.
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AnonymousNovember 28, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Loch Ness Monster,

Rather than just taking the DC Huskers to task for the use of the word 'Socialism', you could describe how the current government's tendencies are NOT socialist?

The fact that this is not China or Russia is hardly evidence that the current administration is not socialist in it's beliefs.
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Dorchester: A Good Little Family Town

Dorchester, Nebraska (est. population 630) is located in northern Saline county. Close in proximity to Interstate 80, Dorchester is only 25 minutes from the state capital of Lincoln (est. population 250,000) and about 55 minutes from Omaha (metro population 725,000).

Dorchester's median resident age is 37 years. In 2005, Dorchester had a median family income of approximately $35,600. The median house value was about $63,000. About 95 percent of Dorchester residents commute to work via Interstate and highways.

The village has a quality public school, which received a $4.1 million expansion and modernization in 2008; it offers a small classrooms and individualized attention. Total enrollment of grades K-12 is around 230-250 students.

Ancestries of the Dorchester area are primarily German (42.4%), Czech (24.9%), Irish (12.5%), English (5.4%), and Dutch (4.9%).

Dorchester Historical Facts

* On July 4, 1871, the railroad reached Dorchester.
* Incorporated in 1881, Dorchester's population grew from 200 to 500 by 1882.
* In 1882, Dorchester had 90 buildings, 35 of which were businesses or public facilities. Brick buildings lined both sides of Washington Avenue for two blocks.
* Dorchester's longest-running newspaper was The Dorchester Star, which was published until the late 1940s.
* By 1889, Dorchester's population is said to have reached 800, while the town housed an opera house, a two-story brick schoolhouse with a bell tower, and four churches.
* By the 1910s, Dorchester had electricity, a water tower and a fire department.
* Dorchester's main arteries, Highways 6 and 33, were graveled in the 1940s.
* Dorchester's first irrigation well was drilled on Chris Weber's farm and rural electrification was finished following WWII.

A Village with History

Dorchester is one of the "alphabet towns" on the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad line built west from Lincoln. The town site was selected for its pleasant location in the northern part of Saline County, about eight miles west of Crete. This situation is an attractive one, being on the level prairie land, midway between the West Blue River and Turkey Creek. The first named stream is three miles north, and the latter about the same distance south from the town. Dorchester was platted in 1870 and incorporated in 1881. The name "Dorchester" came from either for a suburb of Boston by that name or a town in England. No one is sure. Two of the very first settlers were James Seely and Edward McIntyre, who both made Dorchester their permanent home.

Dorchester: In The Beginning

Here is a look at Dorchester around 1890, less than a decade after its official incorporation, as documented by Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska:
* POPULATION: "About 300, and is made up of a substantial and progressive class of citizens, who are moral and industrious. ... The town grew but very little until the year 1879, for the reason that Pleasant Hill, on Turkey Creek, a short distance south, was the county seat and naturally drew a trade for quite a large scope of country."
* BUSINESS: "The business and professional interests of the town are represented by three general merchandise stores, two drug, one grocery, one furniture, two hardware, and two millinery stores, one bank, two restaurants, two hotels, three livery stables, a post office, one newspaper office, two elevators, two lumber yards, two coal yards, two blacksmith shops, two lawyers and four physicians."
* SCHOOL: "The schoolhouse is a good one. The schoolhouse was built in 1872, since which time the public schools have been continually kept up. The present schoolhouse is 24' x 40' in size, two stories high. The school is graded and consists of three departments. The house is found too small, and arrangements will soon be made to increase its size."
* CHURCHES: "There are three substantial churches."
* HOMES: "The residence portion of the village is made up of neat houses of different styles of architecture, but none of them very large."
* NEWSPAPER: "The Dorchester Star, which was established August 21, 1881, by H. C. Bittenbender, who edited it until January 19, 1882, when he sold it to Ryerson & Bullock, the present proprietors. The Star is a bright weekly paper, five-column quarto, in size, and is Republican in politics."