The next health fight: Summit leaves Dems stymied

The White House expected a slam-dunk at Thursday's health summit -- another tour-de-force by President Obama that would convince rank-and-file Democrats in Congress that the time's come to push the reform bill through. That didn't happen -- but the push is still on.

The president's advisers seemed to expect the Blair House event to repeat President Obama's triumph at last month's House Republican retreat in Baltimore. But there, he was on stage, flanked by flags and behind a microphone and podium looking down on Republicans who were sitting around tables at lunch.

We demand that congress live under the same rules they pass for the rest of us. They have forgotteen that they work FOR US - - - NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

How's that "denamding" working out for ya? Do you think anyone is listening? I agree with you but unfortunately you are preaching to the choir! Face it, America is screwed! It will be 2012 before we can actually get enough political footing to start to turn things around. What will America look like then?

I'm afraid that a massive revolution could only help us now. Time for constitutionalists to massively unite and bring about change!! Perhaps a CCO organization, (constitutional community organinizers) If ACORN can do it, so can we...

Perhaps a CCO organization, (constitutional community organinizers) If ACORN can do it, so can we...

That's what the 912 and Tea Party groups are doing. We have a group here who's interviewing candidates, determining who passes constitutionalist muster, and are going out campaigning for them. We are backing already 2 Congressional candidates in the primaries, one going against C.W. Bill Young (R) and one going against Kathy Castor. The first we're hoping to replace Young in the primary and the other will be running against Castor as a Republican. Both are strong on the constitution, and one is a black Republican running in a gerrymandered district designed for liberal democrats.

We're also working at the state legislature level. Multiply us by thousands of other organizations across the country and 2010/2012 can bring us a long way back to sanity.

Press the enter key at the end of the link (a new line) and then backspace it out. That way, it knows where the link ends (and it knows it’s a link). I can't imagine the work it took to pull this off turn up your sound: Born Again American

http://www.bornagainamerican.org/index.html

OBAMANOMICS--TRICKLE DOWN DESTRUCTION of the economy SET THEIR LOCAL AND DC LINES ON FIRE! Bambi doesn't keep his promises...so buyer beware! Sen Scott Brown's number is 202-224-4543 Capitol Hill switchboard is 202-224-3121 Lots of local demwit phone numbers on this thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2408217/posts Rename, repackage, rewrite it a tad smaller, and sell another pig in a poke. NO COLAs for granny, retired Military or retired fed employees. BIG NEW fees for Tricare for Life retired over 65 Military's secondary health ins. (DOD bill already passed, delayed but goes into effect 2011 NEEDS TO BE REPEALED! New Dem mantra: Woof, woof eat dog food granny....ala let them eat cake. OBAMA’s WAR ON SENIORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2433867/posts/ Friday, February 19, 2010 Obama says slight fix will extend Social Security http://townhall.com/news/us/2010/02/19/obama_says_slight_fix_will_extend_social_security Health Care Rationing for Seniors Another Problem in New Obama Plan http://www.lifenews.com/bio3058.html SOCIALIZED MED THREAD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2460358/posts TRI CARE FOR LIFE This from a google search: http://economicspolitics.blogspot.com/2009/05/tricare-for-life-is-obama-trying-to.html This option would help reduce the costs of TFL, as well as costs for Medicare, by introducing minimum out-of pocket requirements for beneficiaries. Under this option, TFL would not cover any of the first $525 of an enrollee’s cost-sharing liabilities for calendar year 2011 and would limit coverage to 50 percent of the next $4,725 in Medicare cost sharing that the beneficiary incurred. (Because all further cost sharing would be covered by TFL, enrollees could not pay more than $2,888 in cost sharing in that year.) http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9925/12-18-HealthOptions.pdf http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/hcva09/hcva110609-1.htm Bill Would Restrict Veterans’ Health Care Options 11/06/09 Buyer and McKeon Offer Amendments to Protect Veterans and TRICARE Beneficiaries Congress plans to block Tricare fee increases http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/10/military_tricarefees_blocked_100709w http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/10/military_tricarefees_blocked_100709w/ By Rick Maze - Staff writer, Oct 7, 2009 Tricare fee increases imposed last week by the Defense Department will be repealed by a provision of the compromise 2010 defense authorization bill unveiled Wednesday by House and Senate negotiators. Snip The fee increases were announced on Sept. 30 and took effect on Oct. 1, but the defense bill, HR 2647, includes a provision barring any fee increases until the start of fiscal 2011. Snip Retired Army Maj. Gen. Bill Matz, president of the National Association for Uniformed Services, said the announcement of fee increases was shocking considering that the Obama administration promised earlier this year to hold off on any new fee Tricare fee increases until fiscal 2011. “President Obama and DoD assured NAUS and the entire military family earlier this year that there would rightly be no increases in any Tricare fees” in fiscal 2010, Matz said. “We took them at their word, and I can’t believe that a co-pay increase like this was allowed to go forward,” he added.

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