Posted on 11/26/2009 9:07:28 PM PST by socialismisinsidious
When Pundits Compare Apples To Oranges: One Look at Health Care Polling
Rasmussen ^ | November 26, 2009 | Scott Rasmussen
Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 10:38:33 AM by Oldeconomybuyer
A blog entry posted at CQPolitics.com looked at a recent Rasmussen Reports poll and another by the Kaiser Family Foundation and concluded that the “new polls disagree on whether a government overhaul of the nation's health care system will leave people better off or worse off.”
In fact, according to the posting, the results were dramatically different with the Rasmussen poll showing that people think the system would be worse by a 54% to 20% margin “while the Kaiser poll says the country as a whole would do better, 54 percent to 27 percent.” The post concluded that the polls “do not provide much in the way of clues that might explain the discrepancy..”
Loudon: Barack Obama and the Socialist Healthcare Scamsters
barackobama.wordpress.com ^ | 11/26/09 | Trevor Louden
Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 11:05:23 AM by Nachum
Despite little public clamor for government controlled health care, the US Senate is looking increasingly likely to pass some kind of Healthcare Bill in the near future.
How did this happen? Where did the pressure for change come from?
Pelosi’s Health Care Bill Would Regulate Snack Machines at Estimated Cost of $56 Million ...
CNS News ^ | 11/26/09 | Christopher Neefus
Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:10:51 PM by Nachum
(CNSNews.com) – The House health-care reform plan unveiled last week by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) would do more than regulate insurance companies – it would even regulate vending machines.
The bill, which is posted online, would require that vending machine operators either create new machines that allow the customer to view nutrition facts or post nutritional information for each product near “each article of food or the selection button.
Cost concerns unlikely to sink U.S. health overhaul
Reuters ^ | Nov 26, 2009 | Donna Smith
Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 1:13:04 PM by decimon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. debt that is topping $12 trillion is raising fresh questions about the cost of President Barack Obama's proposed healthcare overhaul, but those concerns are unlikely to sink the legislation.
Hundreds of patients died needlessly at NHS hospital due to appalling care
Telegraph ^ | 26 Nov 2009 | Rebecca Smith,
Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 8:27:27 PM by george76
Hundreds of patients may have died needlessly at an NHS hospital due to appalling standards of care, a damning report has found.
Poor nursing care, filthy wards and lack of leadership ...
Among the worst failings discovered by the Care Quality Commission were a lack of basic nursing skills, curtains spattered with blood on wards, mould in vital equipment and patients being left in A&E for up to ten hours.
Health perks for the unemployed
CNN Money ^ | November 25, 2009 | Jessica Dickler
Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 10:18:29 PM by 2ndDivisionVet
Under the weather and out of a job? You could be eligible for free health services like flu shots and prescription drug refills.
For those who say they cannot afford or cannot access health insurance, there is a welcome reprieve in the form of health-related freebies from the government and a few private companies. The primary requirement: proof of unemployment.
Since the start of the recession, more than 7 million jobs have been lost and for many, along with their job, also went their health insurance.
Nearly 46 million Americans have no health insurance at all, and that number is increasing as unemployment reaches its highest level in 26 years. And COBRA subsidies that help cover the jobless are set to expire soon.
“Nearly 46 million Americans have no health insurance at all, “
They keep repeating that lie. They are not all Americans.
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