The Election Of The Greatest Con-Man In Recent History

JLM

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If we ask the question, "Who doesn't want health care reform?" I would say it would be the health insurance companies who won't make nearly as much money after Obama's bill. Health care companies have invested zillions of dollars into keeping the status quo. The Republicans were told to vote for the party line and that is what they did.
We have universal health care in Canada. Thank God for the Canada Health Act.

I'm sure you're right about that.
 

ironsides

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If we ask the question, "Who doesn't want health care reform?" I would say it would be the health insurance companies who won't make nearly as much money after Obama's bill. Health care companies have invested zillions of dollars into keeping the status quo. The Republicans were told to vote for the party line and that is what they did.
We have universal health care in Canada. Thank God for the Canada Health Act.

No one ever said we should not have medical coverage, it would have been much simpler and cheaper just to add those uninsured to the Medicare" rolls without having to create a whole new buraracey. Why the goverment ignores this is beyond me, it works and with a few exceptions very smoothly.
 

JLM

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No one ever said we should not have medical coverage, it would have been much simpler and cheaper just to add those uninsured to the Medicare" rolls without having to create a whole new buraracey. Why the goverment ignores this is beyond me, it works and with a few exceptions very smoothly.

That thought has crossed my mind..............but what does a stupid old codger like me know? :smile::smile:
 

#juan

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No one ever said we should not have medical coverage, it would have been much simpler and cheaper just to add those uninsured to the Medicare" rolls without having to create a whole new buraracey. Why the goverment ignores this is beyond me, it works and with a few exceptions very smoothly.

Okay, but wasn't there other parts to the health care bill dealing with health insurance companies turning down those people with a previous sickness or injury?
 

ironsides

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Okay, but wasn't there other parts to the health care bill dealing with health insurance companies turning down those people with a previous sickness or injury?
Those people would also be included in Medicare, along with those needing insurance. Medicare would be a primary insurance/program for everyone with insurance options as a secondary (not expensive) for those who want to pay more than basic insurance. (basic medicare will cover most health needs with patient paying for what is not covered. Secondary will pay everything else.) As with Medicare, secondary health insurance will cover pre-existing conditions or injury.
 

#juan

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Those people would also be included in Medicare, along with those needing insurance. Medicare would be a primary insurance/program for everyone with insurance options as a secondary (not expensive) for those who want to pay more than basic insurance. (basic medicare will cover most health needs with patient paying for what is not covered. Secondary will pay everything else.) As with Medicare, secondary health insurance will cover pre-existing conditions or injury.

Obama's health care system is supposed to save money. What is your biggest complaint with Obama's bill?
 

YukonJack

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Back in the eighties there was a pro wrestler, Million Dollar Man, Ted Dibiasi who said that everyone has a price for the Million Dollar Man. Then he paid off anyone to get his will, using his own money.

Obama is using taxpayers' money to do the same.
 

SirJosephPorter

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Obama's health care bill is so damned sensible I can't understand why not one Republican voted for it.. Is there some secret reason why Republicans don't want people to have health care. I would have thought the health care bill would be pure "Mom's apple pie" and impossible to vote against.

It is a very modest bill. The House bill was more far reaching, it had public option. Senate bill really presents very modest reform of the system. Somebody compared it to rolling a rock up the hill.

With the bill that was just passed, USA rolled the rock to the bottom of the hill and maybe rolled it slightly uphill, but nothing more. As compared to that, Canada has rolled the rock all the way to the top of the hill.
 

SirJosephPorter

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Okay, but wasn't there other parts to the health care bill dealing with health insurance companies turning down those people with a previous sickness or injury?

There is a provision which kicks in within 60 days. Insurance companies cannot turn down children with preexisting conditions. In four years, they cannot turn down adults with preexisting conditions.

The bill has many provisions, some kick in right away, others don’t kick in until 2018.
 

ironsides

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Obama's health care system is supposed to save money. What is your biggest complaint with Obama's bill?

It will not save money. The goverment just has to stop the way medicare pays for un-necessary items ordered by doctors not so much for need, but for convince. Simple example are how many old people have handicapped parking permits who can actually walk, or giving electric scooters out just because there old. (over 65) At the present it is to easy to get expensive medical items that are not really needed.It was estimated that at a cost of $400 million the program could be modified to accept the additional patients.
 

#juan

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You know best ironsides. I don't live in your system.

Regarding the handicapped parking. A lot of older people who can walk use handicapped parking. Where they have trouble is carrying a couple big bags of groceries back to the car if the car is at the other side of the parking lot. They can use a grocery cart but then they have to take the cart back and then walk across the parking lot again. They find it easier to park in the handicapped spot right next to the store. Maybe we need more handicapped parking spots.
 

Stretch

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The Cost Of Defying Obamacare: $2,250 a Month And IRS Goons Pointing Guns At Your Family


Wednesday, 24 March 2010 08:36



'The cost of defying Obamacare by withholding compliance on your income tax return will not be for the faint hearted – families will be forced to cough up $2,250 a month while being closely scrutinized by an army of new IRS agents with fresh “combat training,” armed to the teeth with 12 gauge pump action shotguns.
“The Internal Revenue Service will function as the government’s chief enforcer for health care reform, should President Obama sign the bill into law as expected, monitoring both businesses and individuals to certify whether they have the insurance coverage the government requires,” writes Matt Cover of CNS News.
The penalties associated with defying mandatory health care are staggering. From 2014 onwards, for every month that individuals or businesses with over 50 employees fail to carry a minimum level of health insurance, they will be hit with fines of up to $750 a month for individuals and $750 per uncovered employee for businesses. For a family of four, this could amount to a whopping $27,000 a year ($2250 a month for each household).'
Read more: The Cost Of Defying Obamacare: $2,250 a Month And IRS Goons Pointing Guns At Your Family
 

Stretch

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Obama Breaks Promise for Five Day Public Inspection; Signs Corporate 'Health' Welfare Bill


Wednesday, 24 March 2010 07:02



'Obama promised five days for public consideration, discussion, and informed opinions about bills reaching the President before he would sign them into law.
Obama promised the identities online of lobbyists and corporations that would benefit from tax increases, including how much these corporations would benefit.

The amount American taxpayers lose from the “health” insurance company welfare bill compared with universal health care that eliminates corporate middle-men is between $100 and $300 billion every year.

Obama violated his promise and quickly signed the bill; denying the public the transparency he promised. Twelve states immediately filed lawsuits; claiming the forcing of Americans to purchase a product of specific corporations as obviously outside the spirit and letter of federal government authority written in the US Constitution. The IRS will enforce payment to health companies by hiring new agents.'
Read more: Obama Breaks Promise for Five Day Public Inspection; Signs Corporate 'Health' Welfare Bill
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YouTube - Barack Obama "Public Will Have 5 Days To Look At Every Bill That Lands On My Desk"
 

Stretch

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Obamacare: Taxing The American People Into Oblivion


Friday, 26 March 2010 09:24



'H.R. 3590, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to give it its full title, is rammed full of tax increases which will further economically cripple Americans already laboring under the worst financial crisis since the great depression. The partnering Reconciliation Act, currently in the Senate, also contains a raft of pork barrel and tax hikes, there to fund the trillion dollar cost of nationalizing medicine.
As reported by Bloomberg News today, analysis by the nonpartisan congressional Joint Committee on Taxation reveals that the bill will generate $409.2 billion in additional taxes by 2019. In addition, the Congressional Budget Office states that the bill also levies almost $69 billion more in penalties for those who fail to meet mandates to buy insurance.'
Read more: Obamacare: Taxing The American People Into Oblivion
 

Stretch

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Obama Breaks Promise for Five Day Public Inspection; Signs Corporate 'Health' Welfare Bill


Wednesday, 24 March 2010 07:02



'Obama promised five days for public consideration, discussion, and informed opinions about bills reaching the President before he would sign them into law.
Obama promised the identities online of lobbyists and corporations that would benefit from tax increases, including how much these corporations would benefit.

The amount American taxpayers lose from the “health” insurance company welfare bill compared with universal health care that eliminates corporate middle-men is between $100 and $300 billion every year.

Obama violated his promise and quickly signed the bill; denying the public the transparency he promised. Twelve states immediately filed lawsuits; claiming the forcing of Americans to purchase a product of specific corporations as obviously outside the spirit and letter of federal government authority written in the US Constitution. The IRS will enforce payment to health companies by hiring new agents.'
Read more: Obama Breaks Promise for Five Day Public Inspection; Signs Corporate 'Health' Welfare Bill
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YouTube - Barack Obama "Public Will Have 5 Days To Look At Every Bill That Lands On My Desk"
he cant look straight at the camera when he talks(noteleprompter?) I assume there are people seated in front of him but he never looks at them.....maybe he's been told the best thing he has going for him is his profile..........?