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President Obama attacks insurance companies in bid for public support on health overhaul
cox news ^ | 3-8-10 | JULIE PACE, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 03/08/2010 8:37:03 AM PST by cajuncow

WASHINGTON (Associated Press) -- President Barack Obama ratcheted up his attacks against insurance companies Monday in a last-ditch attempt to get a reluctant public and skittish Democrats behind his health overhaul legislation.

Obama contended that insurers have calculated that they'll make more money by denying coverage to some and jacking up rates on others.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhofascism; bhosocialism; bhotyranny; demagogue; demagoguery; democrats; healthcare; helathcare; obama; obamacare; politics; socialisthealthcare; socializedmedicine
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To: cajuncow

Yeah! I received a Robo Call Saturday bashing Insurance Co


21 posted on 03/08/2010 9:02:45 AM PST by Sir Beowolf (We The People! The Tea Party)
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To: cajuncow
Oh mr Obama I enjoyed my health care when i had it

I Enjoyed the way my Doctor treated me like a human Being

I enjoyed not having a hassle Getting the drugs i need for my heart and my Diabetes that i can no longer get

I Cherished being able to go to the doctor and paying just a copay Knowing my job and my pay took care of the rest of the bill

I do not enjoy having to ask a government agency to feed my family and to find out im only eligible to feed them for 2 months then i have to fend for myself

I enjoyed paying my mortgage " No realy i did !" because i thought i was safe and secure in my own home and my family was safe and secure with a place to lay their heads Now things aren't so secure because of YOU mr Obama i was 1 of 32 who recently was laid off permanently from their jobs

This isn't the company fault Mr Obama the blame lays squarely on your shoulders and on the shoulders of your governing body it also lies somewhat on the shoulders on the uneducated people who voted for skin color and not Intent of Purpose for not doing homework instead thinking with their feelings instead of knowledge...

I could go on but I've cried enough I'm tired of seeing my country go to hell over touchy feely Government and the Enslavement mentality of a Governing body who cares less about it's people and more about it's pocket book...

22 posted on 03/08/2010 9:04:11 AM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK (Any man may make a mistake ; none but a fool will persist in it . { Latin proverb })
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To: nagdt

They are actually bought and paid for by Obama. He is operating in typical fascist style. Demonize them and promise them survival as long as they see things his way.

Concept is sick, but he already has a model we can use, the banks. And don’t forget Big Pharma.


23 posted on 03/08/2010 9:04:21 AM PST by dforest
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To: nagdt

Are you kidding me??? They want this!! This bill says that every single human in the United States is required by law to either purchase a policy or their employer purchase a policy for them! This is a golden egg for the insurance industry!


24 posted on 03/08/2010 9:10:01 AM PST by autumnraine (You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out!)
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To: cajuncow

Since the rats get all anecdotal about health care I wish to add my own story. I have had Kaiser Permanente coverage for the last 8 years and in that time have developed a heart problem that has resulted in some fairly hefty bills. Kaiser has never once denied coverage or failed to pay the bills as they have come due. They provided a long list of providers in my area from which I was free to choose. They granted prescription coverage for a drug not listed on their formulary thus saving me about $1200 a year. I can truly say that Kaiser’s coverage has been key in making service available to successfully treat a serious condition. They have been helpful, courteous and honerable in their dealings with me.

So there.


25 posted on 03/08/2010 9:12:36 AM PST by scory
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To: cajuncow

Who will step out and tell this sob he is lying?

Where is someone with the guts and standing to say “You are a liar!”


26 posted on 03/08/2010 9:23:54 AM PST by Adder (Proudly ignoring Zero since 1-20-09! WTFU!)
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To: cajuncow

Everyone except NObama and the Dimorats is a target for their actions.


27 posted on 03/08/2010 9:30:50 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: kabar

34 percent of immigrants lack health insurance, compared to 13 percent of natives. Immigrants and their U.S.-born children account for 71 percent of the increase in the uninsured since 1989. “

That is information that needs to be spread far & wide.


28 posted on 03/08/2010 9:32:10 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: cajuncow

Obama attacks insurance companies in order to pass a bill that forces you to buy insurance from.....

insurance companies


29 posted on 03/08/2010 9:35:51 AM PST by CarWashMan
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To: Dewey Revoltnow

At least you can sue an insurance company easier than the government.


30 posted on 03/08/2010 9:42:12 AM PST by griswold3 (You think health care is expensive now? Just wait till it's FREE!)
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To: hsalaw

The “insurance regulation” is the “Third Rail” of this scam.

Remember everyone, 2/3 thirds of Obamacare has already passed int eh stimulus bill.

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/26112807/OBAMACARE%E2%80%99S-LETHAL-THIRD-RAIL-SHOCK-TO-COME


31 posted on 03/08/2010 9:51:18 AM PST by Chattering Class of 58
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To: cajuncow

which totally undercuts the quiet deal he has cut with them...put on another batch of popcorn


32 posted on 03/08/2010 9:53:50 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: cajuncow; All
CALL!! (Link shows Yes's, No's and Undecided's)

The battle is NOW. If this horrendous thing passes, it'll be too late.

Call, fax, email TODAY, tell them to vote NO to socialized Obamacare in America!

33 posted on 03/08/2010 10:28:37 AM PST by prairiebreeze (Prayers for the Ft. Hood families, victims and soldiers.)
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To: cajuncow

The big insurance companies are quite vocally opposed to this:
http://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/newsroom/news.aspx?id=f7941d45-0d1b-40b6-94ef-943cfb0da512

They could be more vocal, in my opinion, but then again, PR is not their line of business.


34 posted on 03/08/2010 10:28:55 AM PST by mills044 (God bless the 9/12 DC marchers.)
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To: cajuncow

You know, we should start a habit of pointing out which of Alinsky’s rules the Democrats are using. Once you have read the book, it becomes pretty transparent what they are doing. If we point it out enough times even the general public will catch on.

RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions.

In other words, demonize a person and run against them. That’s what Obama is doing here. Instead of arguing facts, he is trying to create an “us vs. them” situation. Everything we do is good, and everything they do is bad.

Part of this strategy is to totally ignore any facts and instead play to raw emotion. The idea is to get people to STOP thinking, and to instead get angry (at the group being demonized).


35 posted on 03/08/2010 10:32:46 AM PST by Brookhaven
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To: Brookhaven

It fails to work, though, when it’s Obama himself people are already angry at.


36 posted on 03/08/2010 10:39:51 AM PST by RockinRight (Obama Logic: Global Warming causes blizzards, and deficit spending balances budgets.)
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To: nagdt
The healthcare insurance companies already won because the Senate healthcare bill basically gives them 30 million new customers on the expense of the taxpayers. Obama is just throwing his usual stupid class warfare and rhetoric but in reality he is pushing a bill that will be extremely good for healthcare insurance companies.
37 posted on 03/08/2010 10:42:04 AM PST by jveritas (God bless our brave troops)
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To: cajuncow

This guy is a classless punk


38 posted on 03/08/2010 10:46:49 AM PST by AlphaOneAlpha
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To: cajuncow
This is the only thing he knows.

First, whip the inner city mobs into an anti-business frenzy.

Then makes threats of “I am the only thing standing between you (Mr. Insurance executive) and the pitchforks.” This is how he got control of AIG (now owned by the government).

Well, things are different now. By his actions he has shown time and again he is NOT the smartest person in the room.

Bad mouthing business will drive down the stock prices of these companies, causing more layoffs, and the businesses will pass less in taxes.

Every action he is taking seems designed to further weaken the American financial sector.

The American public is not stupid.

39 posted on 03/08/2010 11:00:18 AM PST by Gabrial (The Whitehouse Nightmare will continue for as long as the Nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
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To: cajuncow
So Zer0 wants to destroy the insurance industry? I wonder when the insurance industry will start defending itself against this ideologue president.
40 posted on 03/08/2010 11:28:39 AM PST by jonrick46 (We're being water boarded with the sewage of Fascism.)
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