Posted on 08/12/2009 4:34:16 PM PDT by JohnRLott
Over and over again President Obama has promised not to "mess with" private insurance for those who are happy with what they currently have. When challenged, he dismisses it as mere "scare tactics and fear-mongering."
In an address to the American Medical Association in June, he accused his opponents: "let me also address a illegitimate concern that's being put forward by those who are claiming that a public option is somehow a Trojan horse for a single-payer system. . . . So when you hear the naysayers claim that I'm trying to bring about government-run health care, know this: They're not telling the truth."
A new Fox News poll released last week shows that 84 percent of the insured rate their insurance as excellent or good. Another 13 percent rate their insurance as fair, and only 3 percent rate it as poor. With those numbers, it isn't surprising that Americans want to keep their private insurance policies.
But anyone who reads the Democratic health care plans circulating in Washington knows that private health insurance days are numbered. Whether it is the increased cost shifting from lowering reimbursement rates to hospitals and doctors by Medicare and Medicaid (and depending on the proposal also the new government insurance program) or the below cost pricing for the government insurance or the inability of private insurance to treat pre-existing conditions differently, any of these changes can kill private insurance.
So is Mr. Obama telling the truth about the people keeping private health insurance? . . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
0be’s both a lawyer and a politician (along with being an Alinskyite). Congenitally unable to know, much less restate the Truth. Lying is part and parcel of his Constitution.
The American people are waking up. They intrinsically know that any major overhaul to something as critical as health care is going to impact every one of them and they want to know how it will impact them.
And what they are learning is making them madder than sin...as well it should. And the actions of these representatives, this administration, and the MSM in tryoing to label them as some kind of terrorists or maniacs for it is just making them madder.
This is a truth that no amount of spin and smoke from Obama, the DNC, the libs, or the MSM will cover.
They may try in an effort to get the reps to ignore the building ground swell (actually a tidal wave) so that they vote for the plan...but that does not negate or do away with the reality of what is happening.
In fact, for the democrats and the left, it will only make things worse.
They are setting themselves up for the largest turnover in the House and Senate in the history of this nation...and it couldn’t happen to a more deserving group of people.
All I can say is, IT’S ABOUT TIME!
THE OBAMA CARE FINAL SOLUTION - SHOCKING QUOTES BY EZEKIEL EMANUEL
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OBAMA CARE - THE HOUSE DEM PLAN - BY THE NUMBERS
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MY LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA & THE WHITEHOUSE ABOUT FREE SPEECH
http://www.jeffhead.com/freespeech.htm
THE STORM UNLEASHED UPON AMERICA
http://www.jeffhead.com/thestorm/
A PETITION DRIVE ON FACEBOOK FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RESTORATION
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I sure hope that 2010 becomes a Banner year for Republicans.
That would pretty much make Obama a Lame Duck in his first term.
Exactly...and that needs to be our goal. Neuter him in 2010, and then send him packing in 2012.
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Today I saw several 8x11 printed Obama “Joker” posters attached to signs on interstate 70 (westbound between Columbus & Dayton).
Good work Buckeyes!!
I know it’s a lot to ask, but if the Democrats could only tell the truth for once, maybe we could get somewhere.
SUGGESTION: Publish the bill. Give people 2 or 3 days to read it. Then let’s talk.
The problem we are having is that they are trying to hide a lot. Therein lies the root of all the shouting and pushing. Why can’t Democrats be out in the sunlight for a change?
Stop being clandestine phonies and publish the bill you intend to pass for the people to read. You might be pleasingly surprised. If people see what you want to pass, they may go along. Come on Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Biden, try it. Might work.
Things like Medicare is "bleeding billions of dollars in waste," the new plan "must be revenue-neutral," "insurance companies are evil," and "there are millions of uninsured in this country," only in this case it was 37 million.
Since Zero has surrounded himself with Clinton retreads, healthcare reform is nothing but the same old ideas from 15 years ago....and hopefully it will suffer the same demise as HillaryCare did then.
Well, I sure hope you turned him in to flag@whitehose.gov for spreading disinformation!
Well, I sure hope you turned him in to flag@whitehouse.gov for spreading disinformation!
Crap! ignore #11 I didn’t catch the screw up in time!
(though “whiteHOSE.gov” might be more appropriate!)
Vote all incumbants out in 2010. The entire elected royal party needs a strong message.
Obama is a liar. There, I said it. Report me. On another hand, believe in me - Obama is a liar.
Where, on the other hand, are our politicians on the right calling it out for what it is? “crickets”
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