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Michelle Obama turns Breast Cancer Awareness Month into attack on insurance companies
Washington Examiner ^ | 10-23-2009 | Byron York

Posted on 10/23/2009 12:54:50 PM PDT by lifeisacarnival

The First Lady cited a new study from the Department of Health and Human Services -- which just happened to come out today -- citing breast cancer patients with insurance who had to pay an average of $6,200 in out-of-pocket costs each year. "This is with insurance," Mrs. Obama said. "These are the people who are blessed." The situation is, of course, far worse for those without insurance, Mrs. Obama said.

But the insurance companies make life miserable even for those with coverage. "And then there are those annual lifetime caps that insurance companies set," Mrs. Obama said, with "one recent survey show[ing] that ten percent of all cancer patients report hitting a cap on their benefits…"

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: breast; cancer; democratparty; democrats; flotusmichelle; michelle; obama; thug
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To: Red Boots

I have heard her use that word before, as if their relatively good health insurance fell from the sky and had nothing to do with what they were willing to pay for it, nor how hard they had to work to achieve the job that may have provided it. I guess when you’ve been “blessed” by affirmative action to the point where it gets you into the WH, that’s the way you would think about people who actually work to earn their benefits.


81 posted on 10/23/2009 6:58:35 PM PDT by GnuHere
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To: Red in Blue PA

Amen to that! I hate this b!tch and her old man. Two of the most arrogant people the Good Lord ever put on the planet.


82 posted on 10/23/2009 9:00:48 PM PDT by JoeMac ("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!'' Popeye The SailorMan)
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To: manc

83 posted on 10/23/2009 10:49:46 PM PDT by mojitojoe (“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
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To: GnuHere

Good Point.


84 posted on 10/24/2009 6:24:05 AM PDT by Red Boots
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To: socialismisinsidious


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85 posted on 10/24/2009 6:14:20 PM PDT by socialismisinsidious ( The socialist income tax system turns US citizens into beggars or quitters!)
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To: mojitojoe

so this is what the first lady does on our dime.

Silly me I thought first ladies do a job instead of going on vacation,


86 posted on 10/25/2009 12:01:05 PM PDT by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman, end of. -end racism end affirmative action)
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To: NMEwithin

The good news is my wife had the cancer more than 10 years ago and she is doing fine. She ran a marathon a couple of years ago.

Happy FReeping!


87 posted on 10/26/2009 6:02:17 AM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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