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The things I thought that were good about the speech. (dangerous vanity around here)

Posted on 09/10/2009 7:31:57 AM PDT by Scythian

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1 posted on 09/10/2009 7:31:58 AM PDT by Scythian
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2 posted on 09/10/2009 7:33:47 AM PDT by DogBarkTree (Support Sarah. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/sarahpalin?ref=nf)
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“Government is not the solution - Government is the *problem*” — R. Reagan


3 posted on 09/10/2009 7:34:36 AM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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What I thought was good - sometime during the night it finally came to an end.


4 posted on 09/10/2009 7:34:43 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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If you ban insurance companies from disqualifying pre-existing conditions altogether, then what incentive do people have to buy insurance when they are not sick?


5 posted on 09/10/2009 7:35:13 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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Most of the things you say you agree with Obama on are BS.

Do more research.

Clue ~ when you change jobs and cross a state line you will almost certainly lose your insurance ~ under the current law, or a future law.

That's because there's no provision in federal law for medical insurance companies to compete across state lines.

it just goes downhill from there.

6 posted on 09/10/2009 7:35:15 AM PDT by muawiyah
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Hear, hear. It’s refreshing to see someone paying attention to something other than the letter next to the name.


7 posted on 09/10/2009 7:35:25 AM PDT by stormer
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all I can say is at least you currently have the chance to shop for another insurance carrier if they start playing these games with you. What are you gonna do when the single payer Government plan does all this to you (and worse)?


8 posted on 09/10/2009 7:35:50 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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You are going to get your socialized medicine so enjoy it. You won, are you happy now?


9 posted on 09/10/2009 7:36:02 AM PDT by jveritas (God Bless our brave troops)
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Obviously you MISSED the giant telepromter right in front of his face.


10 posted on 09/10/2009 7:36:13 AM PDT by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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Careful. Obama makes a powerful kool-aid. Watching him is like agreeing to listen to a Jehovah's Witness out of deference and because you're sure you can't be fooled: it's no-win.

I thought the contents of the school speech were "unobjectionable" until I realized (thank you, Rush) that it was a complete sham and was utterly contrary, those words, to the man's entire political life.

11 posted on 09/10/2009 7:36:26 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (hang the Czars.)
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Thank you.


12 posted on 09/10/2009 7:37:19 AM PDT by Scythian
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IBTZ! /s


13 posted on 09/10/2009 7:37:26 AM PDT by GQuagmire
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you are agreeing with premises that everyone agrees. This is a false presentation by Obama. The things you are list at the top of your list happen rarely, if ever happen, but he is trying to make it sound like ‘evil’ insurance companies are running around doing this... and only the wonderful government can solve these woes. It is a strawman argument. Something Obama loves to use in his speeches. He then pretends like no one else has a different solution, so we must put his in place.


14 posted on 09/10/2009 7:38:56 AM PDT by ilgipper
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Well, with Obamacare, I assume the incentive is not paying thousands in fines for not having insurance.


15 posted on 09/10/2009 7:38:58 AM PDT by abishai
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Being denied benefits because of prexisting conditions, I agree with Obama, that practice should end.

If you forced insurance companies to cover preexisting conditions, then no healthy person in their right mind would ever buy insurance - they'd wait until they were sick. Imagine what the insurance premiums would have to be under those conditions.

16 posted on 09/10/2009 7:39:13 AM PDT by Monitor (Gun control isn't about guns, it's about control.)
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Pass the smelling salts!


17 posted on 09/10/2009 7:39:42 AM PDT by roses of sharon (If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever. - Orwell)
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If so why would this government program not have that same waste?


The devil is in the details. There is no perfect system. If all us conservatives got our way, it would not be a perfect system.

It scares the heck out of me to have a centralized govt run health care.

The best I can come up with is Fred Thompson: “ We need to have 50 different ideas in 50 states and let them compete for the best idea.”


18 posted on 09/10/2009 7:40:11 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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I feel it a moral issue from my perspective that we should do something.


19 posted on 09/10/2009 7:40:13 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (http://www.conservatives4palin.com/)
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Sure, we all agree that there needs to be some changes - starting with Tort reform, allowing companies to cross state lines which would make more competitive pricing. How about this one: Ask insurance companies to offer a "group plan" for self employed folks? That would be a huge group plan with more affordable rates - that would also cover a large number of folks who want insurance but need the group plan rates.

There are many things that could be done that are being ignored

20 posted on 09/10/2009 7:40:52 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (College Football Season!!!! Air Raid!)
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