Posted on 09/15/2009 7:50:19 PM PDT by socialismisinsidious
Good news: Obama to appear on five separate chat shows Sunday morning to push ObamaCare
Hot Air ^ | SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 | ALLAHPUNDIT
Posted on Monday, September 14, 2009 9:54:54 PM by RobinMasters
An unprecedented amount of overexposure, nearly realizing my dream of someday being able to turn on the tube and find him staring back as I scroll through every channel. ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, Univision (no Fox, natch), plus who knows? Maybe they’ll squeeze in an appearance on the Food Network, to talk about how important it is to have health insurance in case you accidentally put some tinfoil in the microwave or something.
Senate Negotiators Narrow Health Care Differences [RINOs About To Capitulate!]
NYTimes ^ | September 14, 2009
Posted on Monday, September 14, 2009 11:26:19 PM by Steelfish
Senate Negotiators Narrow Health Care Differences
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS September 14, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate health care negotiators said Monday they've narrowed their differences on a host of difficult issues with just a day or so left to seal an elusive bipartisan deal that could change the course of the contentious debate.
Healthcare Reform Wins Over Doctors Lobby
LATimes ^ | September 14, 2009
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:19:01 AM by Steelfish
Healthcare Reform Wins Over Doctors Lobby
The American Medical Assn., once opposed to any government overhaul, now has more to gain, including a proposal worth billions of dollars to physicians.
Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Beverly Hills), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, defends changes to Medicare reimbursements that would benefit doctors. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press) [Pic in URL]
Pharma partly to blame for healthcare woes(country is in worse trouble than we thought)
PharmaTimes ^ | 10 September 2009 | Katrina Megget
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 2:14:43 AM by mtrott
As many as 84% of Americans blame the pharmaceutical industry for the country’s healthcare woes, a new survey has found.
Results of The Harris Poll, held in August, show Americans blame many different parties for the problems of the current healthcare system in the USA, with pharma coming second in the blame game with 84% of adults pointing the finger at pharma. Even more than 50% believed the industry deserves a “great deal” of blame.
Baucus: Health negotiators coming together
UPI.com ^ | 9/14/09 | UPI
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 3:59:22 AM by riri
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate negotiators are finding common ground on a healthcare reform bill and a bipartisan compromise will soon be unveiled, a senior Democrat said Monday.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., told reporters in Washington Monday that the negotiators, known as the "Gang of Six," are coming together on a healthcare bill that will "have some significant bipartisan support," CNN reported.
Obama advisor champions rationed health care (Dr. Death - Ezekiel J. Emanuel)
World Socialist Web Site ^ | 9/15/09 | Kate Randall
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:27:47 AM by Libloather
Obama advisor champions rationed health care
By Kate Randall 15 September 2009
Ezekiel J. Emanuel is a close advisor to the Obama administration on issues of health care policy. He currently serves as a special advisor on health policy to the director of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget and is the chair of the Department of Bioethics at the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health.
10 More "You Lie" Moments On Health Care
Townhall.com ^ | September 15, 2009 | John Hawkins
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:34:05 AM by Kaslin
1) The President is working with Republicans: Obama has refused to meet with Republican leaders on health care since April.
2) Republicans haven't suggested a plan for health care: Republicans have actually submitted 35 plans.
Catholic Healthcare West Responds to President Barack Obama`s Health Care Reform Speech
Reuters ^ | Sep 9, 2009 | Lloyd H. Dean, President/CEO
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:05:34 AM by Alex Murphy
Attribute to Lloyd H. Dean, President/CEO, Catholic Healthcare West SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)-- "At CHW, we live everyday with the challenges President Obama outlined in his speech tonight - we see the real life effects of our broken health care system. The President has redefined the debate in a way that we can now bring a conclusion to this process. America needs a reform plan that controls costs and provides basic health care for the people in the country who don`t have it. Most importantly, we fervently agree that doing nothing is not an option. Congress and the President must act now."
About Catholic Healthcare West
Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) is the eighth largest hospital system in the nation and the largest not-for-profit hospital provider in California.
Support for Health Care Plan Falls Back To Pre-Speech Levels (false rise anyway)
Rasmussen ^ | 9/15/09 | scott rasmussen
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:29:11 AM by Ravi
Following President Obama’s speech to Congress last week, support for his health care reform plan increased steadily to a peak of 51% yesterday. However, the bounce appears to be over. The latest daily tracking shows that support has fallen all the way back to pre-speech levels.
Immigration, Health Debates Cross Paths -- Activists on Both Sides Step Up Efforts
Washington Post ^ | September 15, 2009 | Spencer S. Hsu
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:39:42 PM by La Lydia
As Congress's debate over health-care legislation lumbers toward a defining test for the Obama presidency, partisans on both sides of another issue -- immigration -- escalated their own proxy war this week, concluding that the fates of the two issues have become politically linked. Trying to beat back a furor over whether President Obama's centerpiece initiative would subsidize health care for illegal immigrants, liberal supporters of an immigration overhaul on Monday called a main proponent of that claim a "hate group," citing its founder's ties to white supremacists and interest in racist ideas, such as eugenics.
Bipartisan Senate Health Plan May Leave Dems Cold
Fox News ^ | 9-15-2009
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:05:36 PM by Marty62
WASHINGTON -- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus has been trying for months to write a health care bill that could win Republican support. If he succeeds he may find it's fellow Democrats he has to worry about.
Baucus said Monday that "we're getting very close" to finalizing sweeping health care legislation to enact President Barack Obama's priorities of extending coverage to most of the 50 million uninsured and holding down spiraling health care costs.
Following weeks of closed door negotiations with two other Democratic senators and three Republicans, Baucus plans to unveil his bill on Wednesday, and he hopes Republicans are with him. Such a bargain could mark a turning point for Obama's top domestic priority.
Rangel: Obama speech made health bill harder
Associated Press ^ | Sept. 15, 2009 | ERICA WERNER
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:31:16 PM by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON (AP) - A key House committee chairman says proposals President Barack Obama set out in his health care speech are causing problems for Democrats trying to finalize health legislation in the House.
Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel of New York says House Democrats would have to slash subsidies to the poor to get their bill to the $900 billion, 10-year price tag Obama specified.
Rangel also noted that the president didn't mention the new income tax on the wealthy that House Democrats want to use to pay for their bill, favoring a different approach instead.
Government Medicine vs. the Elderly (In Britain, 16.5% of deaths came after 'terminal sedation.')
Wall Street Journal) ^ | September 14, 2009 | Rupert Darwall
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:29:03 AM by Zakeet
A report [by the Patients Association, an independent charity] presented a catalogue of end-of-life cases that demonstrated, in its words, "a consistent pattern of shocking standards of care." It provided details of what it described as "appalling treatment," which could be found across the NHS.
Medicare Would Rather Buy $8000 Computer than $150 iPhone App
Gizmodo ^ | Tue Sep 15 2009 | Gizmodo
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 3:22:00 PM by OldSpice
Say that, all things equal, you could fix a problem for $8000 or fix the same problem for $150. Which would you choose? Clearly, you are not Medicare.
Proloquo2Go is a text-to-speech iPhone app that's meant to aid those with autism, cerebral palsy, ALS, Down Syndrome—pretty much anyone who has a disability that makes speaking a difficult venture. It costs $150.
But Medicare/Medicaid restrictions won't pay for this software or the accompanying iPhone because the iPhone is not a uni-functional device. (A person with autism might play games on it, after all! Or call a doctor!)
Health care reform faces inconvenient questions
Washington Examiner ^ | 09/15/2009 | Susan Ferrichio
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 4:29:56 PM by fiscon1
Now that President Obama has outlined his goals for an overhaul of the American health care system, Democrats are trying to fashion new legislation that will include all of Obama's aims. The president wants a new government-run insurance program, additional regulations for the insurance industry and rules requiring all Americans to buy insurance if they can afford it or be given coverage if they can't. Obama's plan draws elements from the multiple bills in Congress. But in trying to merge the ideas into a compromise bill, Democratic leaders face a series of inconvenient questions:
Rationing or better care for disabled kids?
AP ^ | 15 SEPTEMBER 2009 | AP
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:35:14 PM by Extremely Extreme Extremist
WASHINGTON — A group of parents who oppose President Barack Obama's plan for revamping health care said Tuesday it would lead to rationing for children with life-threatening disabilities. National advocates for the disabled immediately rejected the claim that echoed this summer's dispute over "death panels."
The parents voiced their concerns at a news conference in front of the U.S. Capitol that was hosted by two Republican lawmakers.
However, officials at Easter Seals and the Autism Society said the legislation would improve services for disabled children. About 40 groups that advocate for disabled people signed a letter in support of the House Democratic bill in July.
Can Obama force you to buy health insurance?
Christian Science Monitor ^ | September 14, 2009 | Anthony Gregory
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8:46:09 PM by reaganaut1
Many liberals lambasted the Bush administration on detention policy and warrantless surveillance, often arguing that they violated the Constitution. Now the Obama administration is pushing ahead with plans to require every American to purchase health insurance.
Doesn't that also violate the Constitution?
The Constitution created a federal government limited to its enumerated powers. Everything Congress is allowed to do is spelled out in Article I. The 10th Amendment makes it explicit: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Nothing in the Constitution authorizes any federal involvement in healthcare – yet Congress may soon require everyone in America to buy insurance.
High Cost Of Care (IBD Exclusive Series: Government-Run Healthcare: A Prescription For Failure)
IBD Editorials ^ | September 15, 2009
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:01:01 PM by Kaslin
Medicare: As Democrats try to remake the health care system in the face of bitter opposition, the federal public option for the elderly is preparing to cut benefits. This should be part of the debate, but of course it's not.
Supporters of the health care revision tell us that its $1 trillion price tag won't add a dime to the national deficits. But the reality is, any program that expands Washington's reach into health care will cost far more than the rosy projections we're hearing. History shows that the bureaucracy always spends far more on programs than the Beltway experts say it will.
One program that has spun wildly out of control is Medicare, enshrined as an entitlement in 1965. Actuaries projected its cost for 1990 at $10 billion. Yet actual outlays were $107 billion. Now the program is spending more than it is taking in through the payroll tax that funds it, leaving Washington with only two options: ration Medicare or raise taxes.
45% Of Doctors Would Consider Quitting If Congress Passes Health Care Overhaul
IBD Editorials ^ | September 15, 2009 | TERRY JONES
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:23:45 PM by Kaslin
Two of every three practicing physicians oppose the medical overhaul plan under consideration in Washington, and hundreds of thousands would think about shutting down their practices or retiring early if it were adopted, a new IBD/TIPP Poll has found.
Some Firms Are Already Bending Stubborn Health Care Cost Curve
IBD Editorials ^ | September 15, 2009 | ROY RAMTHUN AND MERRILL MATTHEWS
Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:31:38 PM by Kaslin
President Obama repeatedly says of health care changes that doing nothing would be worse than an overhaul. But exactly why is that? The fact is that health insurance is slowly reforming itself, largely in response to employer and consumer demand.
In a normal market, consumers rule. If prices get too high, consumers stop buying or seek out alternatives. The rapid rise in health care costs, followed by a rise in health insurance premiums, has been driving employers and insurers to find less expensive alternatives. Hence, the growing trend toward what's known as consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs).
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