Posted on 08/04/2009 3:45:39 PM PDT by Cindy
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 2009 AT 6:55 AM Facts Are Stubborn Things Posted by Macon Phillips
Opponents of health insurance reform may find the truth a little inconvenient, but as our second president famously said, "facts are stubborn things."
Scary chain emails and videos are starting to percolate on the internet, breathlessly claiming, for example, to "uncover" the truth about the President’s health insurance reform positions.
In this video, Linda Douglass, the communications director for the White House’s Health Reform Office, addresses one example that makes it look like the President intends to "eliminate" private coverage, when the reality couldn’t be further from the truth.
For the record, the President has consistently said that if you like your insurance plan, your doctor, or both, you will be able to keep them. He has even proposed eight consumer protections relating specifically to the health insurance industry.
There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.
Here are the complete videos that Linda refers to. First from the AARP:
And then from the President's news conference:
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/52847
“Insurance-Premium Regulation in Health Care Bill Rewards Bad Behavior, Penalizes Good”
Friday, August 21, 2009
By Matt Cover
SNIPPET: “A man holds a sign as President Obama’s motorcade heads to a town hall on health care reform, Wednesday, July 29, 2009, near a supermarket in Bristol, Va. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
(CNSNews.com) – Provisions in both the House and Senate versions of Democrats’ health care proposals bar insurance companies from tying health insurance premiums to unhealthy behavior, and that could drive up health care costs and reward unhealthy behavior such as smoking and drug abuse.
Bills in both the House and Senate limit insurance companies’ ability to adjust their premiums based on three criteria: age, geographic location, and family structure.”
Thanks to Seadog Bytes for starting this thread; Bitt for the ping to this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322853/posts
“Every Woman in America”
Email ^ | 08/23/2009 | Rep. Mike Rogers
Posted on August 23, 2009 4:35:56 PM PDT by Seadog Bytes
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G44NCvNDLfc
“Congressman Mike Rogers’ opening statement on Health Care reform in Washington D.C.
(Added July 16, 2009)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwcZ98atoFA
“Congressman Mike Rogers on Fox News discussing the President’s Health Care plan”
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http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NTI5ZDQyZTRhZWQwMDcxOGQwNDFiOTQzMzE0NGYyNmI=
August 21, 2009 12:00 AM
“Stop and Think
The mindset behind Obamacare seeks to create a new America.”
By Thomas Sowell
SNIPPET: “The serious, and sometimes chilling, provisions of the medical-care legislation that President Obama has been trying to rush through Congress are important enough for all of us to stop and think, even though his political strategy from the outset has been to prevent us from having time to stop and think about it.
What we also should stop to think about is the mindset behind this legislation, which is very consistent with the mindset behind other policies of this administration, whether the particular issue is bailing out General Motors, telling banks whom to lend to, or appointing “czars” to tell all sorts of people in many walks of life what they can and cannot do.
The idea that government officials can play God from Washington is not a new idea, but it is an idea that is being pushed with new audacity.”
You’re always welcome Seadog Bytes.
OBSERVATION: If the post office is affected by Obama’s economy, and Medicare and Social Security is affected by Obama’s economy, and other government programs are affected by Obama’s economy; WHY WOULD WE WANT ANOTHER GOVERNMENT PROGRAM — HEALTHCARE “REFORM?”
Since I am not stuck on stupid; I must say “NO” to Obama’s healthcare “reform.”
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323050/posts
No Social Security raises for two years (Medicare deduction to increase)
HeraldNet/AP ^ | 8-24-09 | Stephen Ohlemacher
Posted on August 24, 2009 1:00:01 AM PDT by STARWISE
Millions of older people face shrinking Social Security checks next year, the first time in a generation that payments would not rise.
The trustees who oversee Social Security are projecting there won’t be a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for the next two years. That hasn’t happened since automatic increases were adopted in 1975.
By law, Social Security benefits cannot go down. Nevertheless, monthly payments would drop for millions of people in the Medicare prescription drug program because the premiums, which often are deducted from Social Security payments, are scheduled to go up slightly.
(Excerpt) Read more at heraldnet.com ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323646/posts
“Leaked Email Reveals Dem Astro-Turf Operation [WA]”
NW Digest ^ | 8/24/2009 | Andrew
Posted on August 24, 2009 5:43:10 PM PDT by sionnsar
SNIPPET: “A leaked email originating from Congressman Jay Inslee’s office may reveal a widespread astroturfing effort on behalf of Washington Democrats and liberal interest groups to pack town halls with “grassroots supporters” of government-run health care.”
Note: Waters is a Democrat.
Note: Video included.
AUGUST 24, 2009
“Rep. Maxine Waters: Senators That Oppose Public Option Are “Neanderthals””
Thanks to justiceseeker93 for pointing to this thread and article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324046/posts
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http://frontpage.americandaughter.com/?p=2447
“Must-Read Evaluation of ObamaCare”
By Nancy Matthis | Friday, August 21st, 2009 at 7:15 pm
SNIPPET: “If your doctor saves your life in defiance of ObamaCare guidelines, he could be severely fined and go to prison.
The following article is the most qualified and articulate evaluation of ObamaCare extant on the web, having been written by an MD who is an expert on health care cost containment. It has been circulated by viral email and republished in many places. To ensure giving our readers an uncorrupted original, I requested a copy from the author. He very kindly responded within an hour of receiving my request this afternoon. His following statement is of life-and-death importance to every US citizen. Read this, and share it as widely as possible.”
“THE OBAMA HEALTH CARE PLAN – IN ONE WORD”
By David H. Janda M.D.
SNIPPET: “As a physician who has authored books on Preventative Health Care and Health Care Cost Containment, I was recently given the opportunity to be the keynote speaker at a Congressional Dinner at The Capitol Building in Washington D.C… The presentation, entitled Health Care Reform; The Power & Profit of Prevention was well received.
In preparation for the presentation, I read the latest version of “reform” as authored by The Obama Administration and supported by Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid. It is important to realize that The Obama Health Care Plan is comprised of two parts…..that’s right, not one but two parts.
The first part of The Obama Health Care Plan was buried in The Stimulus Bill which was signed into law by the President in February (see READ the STIMULUS). It is the second part of The Health Care Plan which is now being debated in Congress. Below is the link to the over 1000 page document….. Bill Text, Adobe PDF format.
Let me summarize just a few salient points of the two part Obama Health Care Plan. Warning……. They need to put the same warning on The Obama Health Care Plan as they do a pack of cigarettes…..Consuming this product WILL be hazardous to your health.
The underlying method of cutting costs throughout the plan is based on rationing and denying care, NOT PREVENTING health care need. The plan’s method is the most inhumane and unethical approach in cutting costs.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324627/posts
“Paying for Le Treatment: Nothing is free — certainly not French health care.”
City Journal ^ | 24 August 2009 | Guy Sorman
Posted on August 25, 2009 10:29:16 PM PDT by neverdem
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IXsCvjxe_w
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THE BRIEFING ROOM • THE BLOG
MONDAY, AUGUST 24TH, 2009 AT 2:12 PM
Fresh Reality Check: “We Can Afford Reform, We Can’t Afford the Status Quo”
Posted by Jesse Lee
Another myth and another correction from our Health Insurance Reform Reality Check site. Today, Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist for the Vice President and Executive Director of the Middle Class Task Force, debunks the myth that we can’t afford health insurance reform. To the contrary, not only has the President demanded that reform not add to the deficit in the short term, but reform is the only way to get skyrocketing health care costs under control that will be devastating not for families , businesses, and for government deficits in the long term under the status quo.
"After a ruckus over the booklet this past week, the Obama administration added a new note saying the work was being revised. Either way, the Death Book is instructive as a reflection on Obamacare priorities and perspectives and what the administration might view as a "waste." This is important because Mr. Obama and other administration officials regularly talk about a need to cut back on what they term as massive waste in health care."
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2325242/posts
(vanity) Let’s get this straight
me | 08/26/09 | me
Posted on August 26, 2009 4:18:28 PM PDT by Doogle
Let me get this straight. We’re going to get a health care plan shoved down our throats that is written by a committee whose head says he doesn’t understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn’t read it but exempts themselves from it, signed by a president who smokes and also hasn’t read it, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn’t pay his taxes, overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that’s nearly broke.
What possibly could go wrong?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325492/posts
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http://cnsnews.com/news/article/53138
“Leaders of New Nonprofit Cite Personal Stories to Criticize ‘Immoral’ Health-Care Reform”
Thursday, August 27, 2009
By Christopher Neefus
SNIPPET: “(CNSNews.com) – A consortium of two dozen conservative Christian groups launched a Web site Wednesday criticizing President Obama’s health-care reform plan.
The site, FreedomFederation.org, carries the tagline “Real Hope. Real Change. Real Freedom,” a swipe at President Obama’s campaign slogan, and features a Declaration of Ideals that citizens can sign. The 10 ideals include free exercise of religion, fair taxes and an affirmation of the sanctity of life — including the unborn and disabled.
Leaders of the consortium used their own health-care stories to highlight the importance of free-market, pro-life reform at a news conference at the National Press Club. Mathew Staver, chairman of Liberty Counsel, Bishop Harry Jackson, senior pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Md., and Rick Tyler, the founding director of Renewing American Freedom, each took a turn at the podium.”
http://www.pos.org/inthenews/20090826.html
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“PUBLIC OPINION OF OBAMA HEALTH PLAN AS BAD OR WORSE AS CLINTON PLAN IN 1994
Public Opinion Strategies releases data showing Obama health plan struggling”
AUGUST 26, 2009
SNIPPET: “Alexandria, VA, August 26, 2009 – New national survey data released today by Public Opinion Strategies shows the country’s opinion of President Obama’s health care plan is virtually the same as that measured for President Clinton’s plan in 1994.
“This data is highly problematic for the President and clearly demonstrates the struggle President Obama faces as he tries to sell his health care plan to Americans.” said Bill McInturff, co-founder and partner of Public Opinion Strategies.
The survey, conducted August 11-13, provides some revealing points of comparison for public opinion today versus June of 1994:”
Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325506/posts
British women giving birth in lifts, toilets: Report
The Times of India ^ | 27 August 2009 | The Times of India
Posted on August 27, 2009 1:25:21 AM PDT by OldSpice
LONDON: A shortage of midwives and hospital beds is forcing thousands of British women to give birth outside maternity wards, putting the lives of babies and mothers at risk, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
The Daily Mail said births outside maternity wards - in locations ranging from lifts to hospital toilets - went up 15 percent last year to almost 4,000. It said hundreds of women in labour are being turned away from hospitals because they are full.
The paper quoted official information obtained by an opposition MP as showing women gave birth in ambulances, A&E departments, unspecified areas including corridors, postnatal and antenatal wards and hospital reception areas.
Babies were born in offices, lifts, toilets and a caravan, according to the Freedom of Information data for 2007 and 2008 from 117 out of 147 trusts which provide maternity services.
Opposition Tory health spokesman Andrew Lansley, who obtained the figures, said the Labour government had cut maternity beds by 2,340, or 22 percent, since coming to power in 1997.
At the same time birth rates have been rising sharply, up 20% in some areas.
Jon Skewes, a director at the Royal College of Midwives, told the paper: “The rise in the number of births in other than a designated labour bed is a concern. We would want to see the detail behind these figures to look at why this is happening.”
BTTT
Thank you for the bump antisocial.
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