Posted on 02/08/2010 8:13:35 PM PST by socialismisinsidious
Real Healthcare Reform: Kill the Lawyers
Townhall.com ^ | February 8, 2010 | Bruce Bialosky
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 7:58:48 AM by Kaslin
Now that a stake has been driven through the heart of the omnibus healthcare bill proposed and drafted by the Obama-Pelosi-Reid Axis (with an assist from Henry Waxman), we can get down to real reform. The President has stated that he wants to work with Republicans. Then let’s start with the most obvious cost control factor – malpractice/tort reform.
Changing His Tune: Super Majority-Less Obama Wants to Televise Health Talks (video)
CBS News ^ | Feb. 7, 2010
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 1:38:18 AM by Free ThinkerNY
CBS News: In a pre-Super Bowl interview Feb. 7, Mr. Obama told CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric that health care reform is still a priority for his administration and that he will meet with both Democrats and Republicans at the White House next week to move the process forward.
"I want to ask them to put their ideas on the table, and then after the recess, which will be a few weeks away, I want to come back and have a large meeting, the Republicans and Democrats, to go through systematically all the best ideas that are out there and move it forward," Mr. Obama said.
The 19 Televised Pleadings by Obama to the GOP on Health Care
Redstate ^ | 2-8-10 | Dan Perrin
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 9:30:57 AM by radioone
The Dem-only, GOP stiff-arm that the Trillion dollar President has been treating the nation to for the last year on health care is supposed to go away in one televised meeting. After forcing the end of the only bi-partisan process in Congress and insisting that Congress go the Dem-only route — here are the 19 things the Trillion dollar President is really asking the GOP to help him do:
Obama's Health Care Summit: Just for Show? (Yep! It's a trap and just for show)
ABC ^ | 2/8/2010 | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR/AP
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 5:46:30 PM by tobyhill
Could this turn into something more than political theater? President Barack Obama's televised dialogue with Republican lawmakers on health care, promised for later this month, has the makings of an entertaining exchange. But the differences between the basic Democratic and GOP ideas are stark — and the two sides have increasingly hardened their positions in this election year.
Obama: We Can't Back Off Healthcare Reform
CBSnews.com/blogs ^ | 2/7/10 | Perky Katie
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 9:49:43 AM by GailA
"If we can go step by step through a series of these issues and arrive at some agreements, then procedurally, there's no reason why we can't do it a lot faster than the process took," he added.
Mr. Obama said that he was frustrated by special deals for legislators, such as earmarks, that got into the healthcare reform bills.
"They did not help. They frustrate me," he said. "But this is a democracy. I would have loved nothing better than to simply come up with some very elegant, academically-approved approach to health care, and didn't have any kinds of legislative fingerprints on it and just go ahead and have that passed. But that's not how it works in our democracy. Unfortunately, what we end up having to do is to do a lot of negotiations with a lot of different people, many of whom have their constituents' best interests at heart. What ends up happening is it ends up looking like each individual senator, each individual legislator is just looking out for their own thing, and don't have the larger public interest at heart.
The Mirage of Bipartisan Health Care Meetings
NetRight Nation ^ | February 8, 2010 | ALG News
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 12:01:46 PM by NetRight Nation
With the seating of newly elected Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, Barack Obama has now agreed to hold televised meetings with Republicans and Democrats on health care reform. This feeble attempt by Obama and the Democrats to look bipartisan is nothing more than calculated damage control trying to prevent the inevitable losses in the coming 2010 mid-term elections.
Republicans Come to Health Care Table Willing to Negotiate
Fox News ^ | February 8, 2010 | Wendell Goler
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 1:48:43 PM by La Lydia
Republicans say they have no idea yet who will be invited to join President Obama later this month to discuss health care reform but they have plenty of ideas if Obama is sincere about wanting to work together.
"When you learn about it in a press event you have the suspicion it's going to be nothing more than a press event," said Sage Eastman, communications director for Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., who wrote the Republican alternative to the Democratic bill.
GOP cool to Obama call for two-party health talks
AP ^ | Monday, February 08, 2010 6:30:48 AM | CHARLES BABINGTON
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 2:08:48 PM by Dominic01
Republicans gave a chilly reception Monday to President Barack Obama's invitation to discuss health care in a bipartisan, televised setting later this month, part of the White House effort to revive the stalled legislation.
The House and Senate GOP leaders said Obama and his fellow Democrats must shelve their long-debated health care bill, which was on the verge of becoming law until Republican Scott Brown won a special Senate election in Massachusetts last month. The White House says Obama has no plans to do so but is willing to hear Republicans' ideas.
GOP leaders: Don't use current health bills for summit starting point
The Hill ^
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 8:12:33 PM by Sub-Driver
House Republican leaders said Monday the healthcare summit should not use House and Senate bills as a starting point.
GOP Will Meet With Obama Over ObamaCare If He Agrees To Start Over
Flopping Aces ^ | 02-08-10 | Curt
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 8:20:39 PM by Starman417
GOP says they will agree to meet with Obama over the Health Care bill if he agrees to start over from scratch......good for them.
Murtha’s Death Another Blow To ObamaCare
IBD's Capital Hill ^ | 2/8/2010 | Ed Carson
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 3:48:37 PM by Slyscribe
Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., has passed away at the age of 77 from complications from gall bladder surgery in late January. Renowned even on Capitol Hill for his ability to bring pork back to his district, Murtha faced numerous brushes with ethical issues over the decades. * Murtha’s district now is a possible pickup for the House GOP. Murtha won re-election with 58% of the vote in 2008. But John McCain narrowly carried the district
Dem Congressman Uses Murtha's Death To Push For Health Care Reform
RealClearPolitics ^ | Februrary 8, 2010 | RealClearPolitics
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 5:57:51 PM by ianschwartz
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) uses John Murtha's death to push health care.
That Was Quick… Democrats Use Murtha’s Death to Push for Obamacare (Video) Gateway Pundit ^ | 2-8-10 | Jim Hoft Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 7:15:13 PM by Justaham That didn’t take long… Antiwar democrat John Murtha passed away just a few hours ago and already democratic politicians were using his death to push their radical agenda. Democrats are already casting Murtha as a martyr in their push to nationalize the nation’s health care industry.
Without Murtha, Dems now one vote short of passing ObamaCare in House
Hot Air ^ | Feb. 8, 2010 | Allahpundit
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 8:52:58 PM by Free ThinkerNY
A nice catch by Philip Klein that completely eluded me earlier. With 218 votes needed to pass Reid’s bill, the number of Democrats who voted for the House’s ObamaCare bill last year now stands at … 217.
On Health Care All That's Left: 'Finish Kitchen' (Barf Alert!!!)
Investors.com ^ | February 8, 2010 | Leftwing lunatic E. J. DIONNE JR
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 8:59:43 PM by Kaslin
If President Obama gets to sign a health reform bill, as I believe he will, one reason may be Rep. Jay Inslee's difficult experience renovating his kitchen.
Health Care Debacle Evokes Bitter Memories
The Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, February 9, 2010 | By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 9:50:55 PM by saywhatagain
The Democrats' reversal "is like a big body blow," said Mr. Jennings. "You either stammer and fall down, or you stammer and regain your balance. What Americans respect are those people who can take a punch and come back."
Medicare reimbursement change meant to save money has opposite effect
American Cancer Society ^ | Feb 8, 2010 | Unknown
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 7:59:48 PM by decimon
ATLANTA-Feb. 8, 2009-Increased Medicare payments to physicians for outpatient surgeries for bladder cancer have led to a dramatic rise in the number of these procedures being performed and an overall increase in cost to the healthcare system. That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The findings indicate that some Medicare policies aimed at decreasing costs may instead be contributing to an increase in healthcare expenditures.
Gallup: Obama approval hits new lows on economy, health care, deficit
hotair.com ^ | 2-8-10 | Allahpundit
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 7:36:17 PM by Justaham
In an interview with CBS News on Feb. 7, prior to the Super Bowl, the president made a surprise call for a half-day, bipartisan, nationally televised summit on healthcare. The political need for Obama to make such a bold move is underscored by his relatively low 36% approval rating on his handling of healthcare. Obama’s healthcare approval rating is statistically little different from the 37% he received last month, but the two ratings are the lowest of his administration.
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