Obama Refuses to Pledge He'd Accept Health Care Plan Limits On *His Own* Family

Vanity comments on this ABC article ^

[quesney]

Elites often propose health care solutions that limit options for the general public, secure in the knowledge that if they or their loves ones get sick, they will be able to afford the best care available, even if it's not provided by insurance.

Devinsky asked the president pointedly if he would be willing to promise that he wouldn't seek such extraordinary help for his wife or daughters if they became sick and the public plan he's proposing limited the tests or treatment they can get.

The president refused to make such a pledge, though he allowed that if "it's my family member, if it's my wife, if it's my children, if it's my grandmother, I always want them to get the very best care.

[romans828]

Kudos is a singular? of course it is! apparently I’ve forgotten all of my New Testament Greek! :-D

[1951Boomer]

Speaking of which—other than the U.S., which Western country has the next-best health care? I guess we’d be wise to have some sort of backup plan. Never thought I’d be looking to another country for ANYTHING!

[romans828]

I was watching Shepherd’s Chapel the other day and Pastor Murray said be careful when you see a man reading a teleprompter—you don’t know who wrote the words he’s reading.

[Buckeye McFrog]

in Canada, all of the top politicians are covered under their national heatlh plan, and they all get moved to the front of the line for the premiere quality of available care (and yet some of them STILL choose to come to the US and pay cash)

[ChildOfThe60s]

If the Republicans don’t run with this they are lamer than I thought.

I don't know which is more astounding, Dem elitism or Pubbie timidity. Excuse me while I go throw up my breakfast.

[cvq3842]

What a !@#$%^& doofus of a president.

[AnAmericanMother]

Problem is, non-Greek speakers see the S on the end and figure it's a plural. A reasonable assumption if you think it's an English word you don't know.

NT Greek is readable with a classical education -- with a lexicon!

[Dick Bachert]

Gee, who would have guessed it but our BETTERS — the so-called political elites who are running things (slap into the ground) in the country — HAVE EXEMPTED THEMSELVES from the “UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE” they have planned for us PEONS and PEASANTS. They — and their millions of bureaucratic minions — have a VASTLY SUPERIOR healthcare plan.

HEY — The term is UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE. That means it covers the universe, i.e., the ENTIRE POPULATION. EVERYONE is covered by the SAME RULES and NOBODY is LEFT OUT!

If that IS what the Democrat political elites REALLY WANT, here’s the deal:

NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

No members of Congress or ANYONE in the White House running off to Walter Reed or Bethesda for that nasty ingrown toenail, hacking cough and spitting up blood. Take a number and wait in the same line the rest of us are.

That goes for your congressional and White House children and other family members! GET IN LINE!!! That REALLY LONG ONE that ends on the other street.

And if your UNIVERSAL RULES dictate that some life-saving treatment would be too expensive or not be cost-effective for you older members, here’s a twenty (the cost of a phone call once the TARP “money” hits the system) – call someone who cares.

Oh yeah – forgot the best part: If ANY of you are found to be availing yourselves of what idiot representative Fortney “Pete” Stark (as in “raving mad) from (where else) KAHLIFONIA once called “Boutique Medicine” (cute, huh?) by bypassing the universal system, not getting that needed treatment will be the least of your problems.

Use some of those free cell phone long distance minutes and call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and give YOUR congresscritter a piece of your mind while it’s still legal to do so.

And if you’re one of those NPR listeners who thinks “congress is pissing away our grandkids’ legacy (BTW, it;s already GONE!), doesn’t listen to us, wastes our “money,” refuses to close the borders, deport the illegals, etc., etc., ad nauseum — BUT MY CRITTER’S ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS” — check him out at http://www.gradegov.com/. Be sure you’re sitting down.

Stay strong and remember, WE SURROUND THEM! Let’s start acting like it!!

[jws3sticks]

I've had this thought of Zer0's Press Conferences, where, rather than the reflective teleprompters, he as a large screen VDU on the back of the room, opposite him. My thought is, someone asks a question and his flunkies type in the response, as opposed to a "pre-scripted" speech.

Is there any possible confirmation of this idea?

[3catsanadog]

Obama gets a two-fer with rationed care for the elderly. Not much health care expense and since they will die earlier than normal, he gets to keep all their SS money they contributed over the years. Couple a years down the road and he’ll be braggin’ about how he put SS in the black!

[truthandlife]

Finally some truth out of him

[jackv]

The only way this lousy congrEss will do what is right...what is best, is if they are on the same plan!
We need to demand it!!! This is NOT a monarchy!!!

[Salvation]

What about the older peoplel?

Prayer for Those Who Are Terminally Ill

 

Lord Jesus, you healed so many people during your public ministry. I bring before you now, in prayer, all those who are terminally ill -- those afflicted with cancer, AIDS, and other illnesses.

 

Look lovingly and compassionately upon them. Let them feel the strength of your consolation. Help them and their families to accept this cross they are asked to carry.  Protect them from euthanasia, Lord.

 

Let them see you carrying their cross with them, at their side, as you once carried yours to Calvary. May Mary be there, too, to comfort them. 

 

Lord Jesus, I know and believe that, if it is your will, you can cure those I pray for (especially N.). I place my trust in you. I pray with faith, but I also pray as you did in Gethsemane: your will be done. 

 

Bless us, Lord, and hear my prayer. Amen.

 

Reprinted from "Queen of Apostles Prayerbook" with permission of copyright holder, Pauline Books & Media,

[Diogenesis]

"WELCOME TO THE REAL AMERICA WHERE CRIMINALS GET TO BE
CELEBRITIES AND CELEBRITIES GET AWAY WITH MURDER."
"TO DIE FOR" Columbia Pictures

All animals are equal, but those with relatives in the US Congress,
are much more equal than others.

[Conductor]

This same question....whether they pledge “to promise that he(they) wouldn’t seek such extraordinary help for his(their) wife or daughters if they became sick and the public plan he’s proposing limited the tests or treatment they can get”....should be asked of every member of Congress before they are allowed to vote on the package. This will not pass if such a commitment is required.

Social Security would be in better shape today if all politicians had to rely on it as the rest of the rank and file.

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

[Diogenesis]

[Munz]

>>This idiot needs to be impeached yesterday.<<

If we had any senators or congressmen in office with any guts, they would demand his birth certificate and college records. Then he would resign.

[MindBender26]

We need to reduce his quibbling, evasive answer to a very simple, very emotionally laden point the great unwashed can understand.

AS FOLLOWS:

“Barack Obama now admits his taxpayer-paid health care system will have “limits” on testing, medicines, even medical care itself. “Limits” is bureaucratspeak for rationing the medical you and your family can get. No matter who they are or how sick they are, your doctor's care will be rationed.

But when asked... when they asked Obama... live on national TV... live... if he would accept those limits on HIS family... he would not answer the question.

That's how it is with with the big, far-left, tax and spend Washington bureaucrats. We pay for medical care for everyone, even illegal aliens, but we can't get the best care... only the bureaucrats and the politicians and their families can get the best care.

And remember, under Obamacare, it will be the efficiency of the Post Office, the compassion of the IRS and the skill of government bureaucrats who were supervising the stock markets and banks for the past 5 years.... all deciding what your doctor can do to cure you, your parents and your children!”

[bareford101]

quesney: right on! I would like to see it on billboards!!

with the money that congress people are paid and will be paid for the rest of their lives on healthcare, they really can’t relate to the taxpayers.