Posted on 08/01/2010 8:18:21 PM PDT by Lorianne
It's an easy prediction that we're going to be deluged with polls and surveys that present the new healthcare system in a misleadingly positive light or that show the public is slowly embracing it.
Case in point: A deceptively worded survey by the National Council on Aging apparently tries to show that senior citizens just don't realize how great the new healthcare system is going to be for them. Eagle-eyed Grace-Marie Turner, analyst at the Galen Institute, dissects the results.
News reports said that the seniors answered the survey questions incorrectly. Turns out they knew a heck a lot about what the new system has in store for them. Here are some examples:
"The new law will result in future cuts to your basic Medicare benefits." By more than two to one, seniors said the statement was true; the survey said that was wrong.
"The new law is projected to increase the federal budget deficit over the next ten years and beyond." By more than three to one, seniors said that was true; the survey said that was wrong.
"The health care reform law will cut Medicare payments to doctors." Seniors said true by three to one; wrong answer, according to the survey.
A Kaiser survey reports similar findings. But it appears that senior citizens refuse to be fooled about the new system and how it will affect their lives.
As usual, embedded links at the source article.
Now the regime has hired dotty old Andy Griffith to lie and tell it us everything is going to be alright. He reads the script very well. But it just ain’t so, and he is the one who is wrong.
Poor Andy Griffith! Apparently he has no core values. In the early 60s and before, he presented himself as very moral and upstanding. Ever since, as the perceived values of the country has changed, Griffith has been presenting himself as more liberal. Now, he has totally gone over to the dark side. I can only assume that he thinks with them he will finally hit major stardom.
He doesn’t realize that he would have remained a star if he had remained consistent. Now, he is just a dotty old man.
This old geezer is still capable of READING. And believe me FR keeps me well informed.
My semi annual trip to the doctor for RX refills is tomorrow. I will not be stepping on any scale so the government can monitor my BMI. I’m 25 lbs overweight for my 5’1” small boned frame, according to their charts. If I got down to the 115 lbs they think I should weigh, I’d be sick all the time. I’m just 10 lbs shy of my 130 lbs goal which is the weight I look good and feel good at.
Very well-said.
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