Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of August 14, 2009

Timothy Carney details the reasons why opponents of ObamaCare should still be wary of the insurance industry: Dear conservatives: Health insurance companies are not your friends. Keep opposing a new government-run insurer, a single-payer plan, and new regulations on the HMOs. But grant that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is correct on this: Insurance companies are villains. Insurance companies lobby for big-government regulations, subsidies, mandates, and tax-code distortions that funnel them money, keep out competition, and stultify innovation.

Obamacare – What would the Great Physician say? – therealitycheck.org 08/14/2009 In the Obama campaign he was asked what he thought of Jesus Christ. His reply was that when he first heard of Christ he thought that Jesus was a person he would like to know more about. No one can say if he has taken up that quest as yet but here is something he [...] Posts about Michelle Malkin as of August 14, 2009 – thedailyparr.com 08/14/2009 Posts about Michelle Malkin as of August 14, 2009

Obamacare will lead to rationing and those most likely  on to be hit will be the elderly : Elderly Americans are turning out in droves to fight ObamaCare, and President Obama is arguing back that they have nothing to worry about. Allow us to referee. While claims about euthanasia and “death panels” are over the top, senior fears have exposed a fundamental truth about what Mr. Obama is proposing: Namely, once health care is nationalized, or mostly nationalized, rationing care is inevitable, and those who have lived the longest will find their care the most restricted.

Gov. Sarah Palin rips apart Obamacare with a withering attack today on her Facebook page. Share and Enjoy: Original article: Forum: News/Activism

In the Obama campaign he was asked what he thought of Jesus Christ. His reply was that when he first heard of Christ he thought that Jesus was a person he would like to know more about. No one can say if he has taken up that quest as yet but here is something he [...]

Journamalism – krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 08/14/2009 From TPM: Two contrasting headlines from two very different news outlets.New York Times: “False ‘Death Panel’ Rumor Has Some Familiar Roots”Politico: “Sarah Palin and “death panels” – is she helping or hurting her political future?” This gets at one of my biggest gripes: reporting that focuses on the political game without ever informing readers or viewers about the actual facts.

Earlier this week, it was revealed in the Washington Post that Obama had dispatched some 22+ paid staffers to Indiana to drum up some astroturf support for his government takeover of health care. More on that effort (which is also taking place in other states) comes from the (normally very liberal) Los Angeles Times : It seems that, despite all the media attention lavished on e-mail appeals to his supporters, not everyone pushing for President Obama’s embattled healthcare reform plan these warm August days is an idealistic volunteer in it for the sake of helping move the country forward and gaining medical attention for millions of uninsured Americans.

One of the more recent talking points to surface on President Obama’s plan to nationalize (eventually) the health-insurance industry and ration (eventually) health care holds that because Medicare is such a successful, government-run program, Americans should welcome Obamacare with open arms (and wallets). To senior citizens who have most of their medical bills paid by the government when they actually can find doctors who accept the government’s niggardly reimbursements, and to Americans who want desperately to believe in hope and change, this argument, typically accompanied by a swipe at “greedy insurance companies” for being capitalists, is appealing.

Washington Post Designing the ideal health care system CNNMoney.com One Fortune editor explores the ups and down of Obamacare – and poses his own solution. By Shawn Tully, editor at large The US health care system is struggling with a shortage of primary care physicians. CNNMoney.com asked readers — especially those … Read more here: Designing the ideal health care system – CNNMoney.com

While the nation’s focus is still on the Democrats’ efforts to foist ObamaCare an an increasingly skeptical public, there is bad news on another front for President Obama. Bloomberg is reporting that the national energy tax, better known as cap and trade, could be dead. The U.S. Senate should abandon efforts to pass legislation curbing greenhouse-gas emissions this year and concentrate on a narrower bill to require use of renewable energy, four Democratic lawmakers say.

Writing for The Huffington Post , author Jonathan Weiler parses criticisms of Obama’s health bill, arguing that the nightmarish scenarios that they imagine under government health care are already happening under our current system. Weiler is about to publish a book on party polarization with us: Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics . Recently, Digby wrote a post about the pathological tendency of right-wing activists to insist that their rights are being trampled while they themselves push to shut down town hall meetings intended to inform the public about health care.

Charles Kratuhammer’s column expounds on the CBO director’s report that preventive care will raise, not lower, Obamacare’s costs (contrary to claims by Obama and the Democrats): If you prevent somebody from getting a heart attack, aren’t you necessarily saving money? The fallacy here is confusing the individual with society. For the individual, catching something early generally reduces later spending for that condition. But, explains Elmendorf, we don’t know in advance which patients are going to develop costly illnesses.

Yesterday I took part in a planned protest of my IL Democrat Obamacare -loving Congresswoman, Debbie Halvorson (CD-11), who refuses to hold a townhall meeting during summer recess. We were surprised to be greeted by Obamacare counterprotesters, who beat us the coveted spot in front of Halvorson’s office. I’ve read that while complaining about we astroturf, unAmerican mobs of “evil mongers” (the latest depiction of us by Harry Reid , yesterday ), the other side has been organizing u

Yesterday I took part in a planned protest of my IL Democrat Obamacare -loving Congresswoman, Debbie Halvorson (CD-11), who refuses to hold a townhall meeting during summer recess. We were surprised to be greeted by Obamacare counterprotesters, who beat us the coveted spot in front of Halvorson’s office. I’ve read that while complaining about we astroturf, unAmerican mobs of “evil mongers” (the latest depiction of us by Harry Reid , yesterday ), the other side has been organizing unions to brandish its message.

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Microsoft Is at It Again – nicolemaschke.spaces.live.com 08/14/2009 I know that in the past I have talked about, how some of the services with Microsoft Corp. really do in fact work.  And I remain committed to that statement.  At the same time, I need to also explained, that there are a number of products that Microsoft is making that have become extremely sloppy and basically don’t hardly work at all.  One of those products is Windows live Mail.  I know the other day that I said Windows

Giuliani: Obama only has himself to blame for health-care debate – hotair.com 08/14/2009 Want to know why the talk of “death panels” caught fire?  Don’t blame Sarah Palin, or even Charles Lane and Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post.  Rudy Giuliani tells Politico that the big problem with ObamaCare has been Barack Obama himself and the complete failure of leadership on his signature domestic policy:Giuliani, in an exclusive interview with POLITICO prior to delivering the keynote address

So says the Associated Press : WASHINGTON – Key senators are excluding a provision on end-of-life care from health overhaul legislation after language in a House bill caused a furor. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said in a statement Thursday that the provision had been dropped from consideration because it could be misinterpreted or implemented incorrectly. A health care bill passed by three House committees allows Medicare to reimburse doctors for voluntary counseling sessions about end-of-life decisions.

Interesting. I’m hearing from more and more doctors and from pharmaceutical sales representatives that the sales reps are rapidly becoming persona non grata in the doctors’ offices. Here’s the thing — PhrMA and the American Medical Association both have thrown doctors under the bus. Doctors are supposed to be represented by the AMA, a majority of doctors oppose Obamacare, but the AMA has decided to support Obamacare. PhrMA , has gone all in with the White House funding an advertising campaign in favor of Obamacare in exchange for favorable terms.

Palin Responds to Dr. Death Panel: “How convenient that he disavowed his own work only after the nature of his scholarship was revealed” Gateway Pundit Oh my. What are they going to do with Dear Sarah? She’s killing them with her honest analysis of their plan to nationalize health care. Last night Rahmbo’s brother “Dr. Death Panel” Ezekiel Emanuel attacked Sarah Palin on her death panel accusations saying the claims were “outrageous.” Later in the day the Senate decided to remove the death panels from Obamacare legislation– the same provision that Emanuel said was not included in the bill.

At least twice in the past week, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen has justified her support for President Obama’s health care reform initiative by pointing out that only two major health insurers do business in New Hampshire. She ought to know. She’s the one responsible for that.   In 1994, legislators passed Senate Bill 711, sponsored by state Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. The bill introduced what is called “community rating” to the state’s health insurance market.

Scott Johnson at Powerline ( Amputate This – Part 2 ) on Obama’s touting the CBO-debunked argument of the superior virtues of preventive care over treatment as a cost-saving measure: The more salient question is whether there is anything that can be done to prevent Obama from invoking prevention as the magic solution to the internal contradictions of Obamacare. The guy is like a flim-flam man selling a patent medicine. Unfortunately, modern medicine hasn’t yet devised a cure for deceit and demagoguery.

The Etiquette Czar’s Rules for Patriotic Protest by Michelle MalkinCreators Syndicate Copyright 2009The White House press office is now Miss Manners’ office. President Obama’s press secretary Robert Gibbs took to the television airwaves this week to criticize congressional town hall protesters for “yelling.” Gibbs’ underling, Bill Barton, chastised voters not to “disrupt” and “scream.” Instead, he advised America to engage in a “spirited debate about health care, a real vigorous conversation about it.”What constitutes “spirited?” How do they define “vigorous?” When does forceful dissent become intolerable disruption? Herewith, the Obama Etiquette Czar’s Official Rules for Patriotic Protest.

Isn’t it obvious that most of our American ancestors came over from Europe because they wanted life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?  They fled totalitarian regimes, socialist governments, and anti-Christian repression for the freedom that is afforded all Americans. We have the best health care in the world precisely because it is not operated by the government.  Private industry drives innovation, government regulation or government-run health care eliminates innovation, awards bureaucrats, and ultimately leads to marginal health care in the long run.

The so-called “public plan option” — the part of Obamacare that would create a new government healthcare insurance entity at enormous cost and under bureaucratic control — has been unmasked as a means to a single-payer end. The plan’s supporters have said so, from public plan option architect Jacob Hacker to President Barack Obama himself. (It’s all over YouTube.) Most Americans, of course, do not support a single-payer system, which used to be called socialized medicine before the word “socialism” was deemed beyond the bounds of mainstream political discourse.

Why it was ever there in the first place I don’t know, but the Finance Committee is tired of being beat up about it so the have decided to remove the provision . “On the Finance Committee, we are working very hard to avoid unintended consequences by methodically working through the complexities of all of these issues and policy options,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said in a statement.

Now the town-hall protesters are “evil-mongers” according to Sen. Harry Reid . One wonders if they are trying to be offensive or if they simply can’t help themselves. Mike Huckabee will be speaking at the East Jerusalem hotel, which was the subject of a recent fit of pique from the Obama administration. It is actually a team: Huckabee and Hikind: “‘This is an opportunity to shine the spotlight on Obama’s policy in Jerusalem, which has just been a horror,’ New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind told The Jerusalem Post .” Mary Robinson thinks that Durban got a bad rap.

Help kill the Obamacare nationalization of healthcare right from your computer. The Obamabots want you to report anyone making — or even thinking — “fishy” things about the government takeover of your health care. That it will add trillions to the national debt and require crushing taxes on you and your descendants is something you aren’t supposed to talk about. Tell them to leave our healthcare alone. Stephen Crowder has a plan.

The so-called doctor and Obamacare supporter who asked a question at Rep. Sheila Lee’s town hall was a fake. Roxana Mayer was not a doctor.But she was an Obama state delegate! Statement from the American College of Surgeons The American College of Surgeons is deeply disturbed over the uninformed public comments President Obama continues to make about [...]

The Audacity of Dissent  By: Gregory Gethard FrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, August 14, 2009   Call them community organizers. All across the country, Americans alarmed by the Obama administration’s proposed overhaul of health care have been coming together to vent their concerns in town-hall meetings and protests. Some are worried about the possible effects of ObamaCare on health care services, the cost of insurance, and the recovery of the economy; others are troubled by the intrusion of government into their lives.

-By Warner Todd Huston It isn’t just out of the goodness of their hearts that Big Labor is gearing up to spend millions to help President Obama to jam Obamacare down the throats of the American people. The unions stand to get a big payoff of $10 billion to supplement their failing pension plans .

David Limbaugh: ‘Conservatives, Shut Up and Step Aside’ Human Events – “The hubris, arrogance and deceit of President Barack Obama and the Democratic leadership are breathtaking. In their maniacal frenzy to assume control over every aspect of our lives through socialized medicine, they are behaving like the thuggish autocrats they have proved themselves to be.” [ find the article at News From the Front ]   Daily Lickskillet: Read today’s Lickskillet here ! News From The Front: Townhall Downfall: Rep.

El Dorado TEA Party leader: Blue Dog Democratpredicted that final reform bill will not include a government-subsidized health plan   EL DORADO, Ark . — A vocal critic of health care reform bills being debated by Congress Thursday said that Rep.. Mike Ross, D-Ark.,Wednesday predicted that the final version of that legislation will not include a controversial government-subsidized health insurance plan that’s been dubbed a “public option.”   El Dorado TEA Party chairman John Wilson said Ross made the prediction during a fifteen-minute one-on-one conversation between the two immediately prior to the Blue Dog Democrat’s meeting Wednesday with the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce.

Backing Obamacare Requires the Willing Suspension of Common Sense The Conservative Post I don’t know about you, but nothing pisses me off more than when politicians treat the American people like they are morons. Like we are so stupid we’ll just swallow their sophomoric logic, and shallow thinking lock-stock-and-barrel. Obama’s plan to have government take over of the healthcare industry, and the Democratic talking points behind their propaganda plan is a perfect example of what I’m talking about.

Well, well, well, look at this. Barack Obama is making back-room deals with the pharmaceutical companies, all to get his disastrous ObamaCare passed. Oh, and for those of you paying attention, he lied about this deal for a week. HopeChange!Wizbang has the surprisingly unsurprising facts.That the Obama administration has sold out to Big Pharma in the power grab that it is masquerading as health care reform should surprise no one except the liberal Left that bought into the Hope and Change shake down machine.

Health Care, Health Care, and More Health Care (anyone feel their head’s going to explode yet?): – Rep. Tom Price admonishes govt-takeover of healthcare — Rep. Tom Price is an MD and professor. – Five Freedoms Lost Under Obamacare which references this article in CNN – Section 1233 authors are major proponents of euthanasia, assisted suicide — people with aging parents, take heed! – Archbishop Chaput: Act now to ensure health care reform respects sanctity of life , and American Papist’s comments are worth reading too – Whole Foods CEO weighs in!

Volunteer Evil Monger: Go to Your Nearest Town Hall Americans are finally learning the truth about Obamacare through these sources of information and the administration has instituted an unheard of strategy once employed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. In essence, it’s the old “Turn in your neighbors and report to the commissar,” if you discover that they’re disseminating unapproved information about Obamacare.

Quote Of The Day – Obamacare Stocking Stuffers Edition wizbang blog The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax imposed by this chapter for purposes of determining the amount of any credit under this chapter or for purposes of section 55. From Page 174 of H.R. 3200 [PDF]. That tax we just hit you with? Pretend it never happened. Feel better now? Government = Taxes. Any questions?

Quote Of The Day – Obamacare Stocking Stuffers Edition wizbang blog The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax imposed by this chapter for purposes of determining the amount of any credit under this chapter or for purposes of section 55. From Page 174 of H.R. 3200 [PDF]. That tax we just hit you with? Pretend it never happened. Feel better now? Government = Taxes. Any questions?

Angry White Men PLUS Miss Universe Contestants – headlines-youshouldknow.blogspot.com 08/14/2009 The Last Gasp of the Angry White Man BartCop What we’re seeing in these angry town halls these days is the last gasp of the angry white man. He’s not quite sure what he’s angry about, but he knows he’s angry. It’s not the world he used to know. He gets the disquieting feeling that he doesn’t rule the roost anymore. And it’s driving him crazy.

This takes the cake! My friend, Colorado Conservative, share the following with me in email. Obamacare supporters are paying “grassroots” (astroturf) advocates with jobs! The lefties have the gall to call us astroturfers and here they are paying people to support Obamacare and busing in SEIU union thugs to town hall meetings! What a bunch of hypocrites! Here’s their ad on Craigslist: From: Craiglist: Defend President Obama’s Health Care Plan over August Recess! $500+/wk Now is our chance to make health care work.

The L.A.Times’ Dan Neil is confused. He thinks that the so-called progressive movement is right on all the issues, but he just cannot understand why they can’t win the public debate. Neil laments that they have all the “English majors” on their side but cannot win “any war of words.” Just what is going on here, he wants to know? He’s so frustrated that he took to his keyboard to ask these questions in a Pittsburgh Gazette article from August 9 .

ObamaCare, is the liberal democrats answer to the coming Social Security, Medicare and Medicade short falls. You deny quality care to seniors, they die earlier than they otherwise would then their off the Social Security, Medicare and Medicade rolls. Problem solved all the while pretending to care about the “little people”.- Al Morrison

Jackie and Dunlap on the passionate give and take and polite dialogue between opponents of Obamacare and those who want to kill old people and sick babies.

From TPM Reader TM … From where I’m placed, I have to say that I agree with TPM Reader CS about how our side is losing the message war, and TPM as well. Even if the lies are not believed by a majority, they are believed by a significant number, and those people are well represented in Ohio, based on my experiences canvassing for healthcare reform in the last couple of weeks. Then there’s the layer of people who know that the palaver about death panels is nonsense but are very fearful that they have much to lose from a public option.

REDSTATE MORNING BRIEFING FOR AUGUST 14, 2009 Sign up to get the morning briefing by email here. HEALTH CARE BILL FACT OF THE DAY Creating Another Federal ‘Czar’ The “Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009,” the House health overhaul bill, creates the position of Health Choices Commissioner, or “Insurance Czar.” The Insurance Czar would be appointed by the President to oversee the Health Choices Administration. This would be the 33rd federal ‘czar’ appointed by President Obama since his January 20, 2009 inauguration.

Jackie and Dunlap on the passionate give and take and polite dialogue between opponents of Obamacare and those who want to kill old people and sick babies.

CHIQUITITA, TELL ME WHAT’S WRONG? – srgtpepper.blogspot.com 08/14/2009 It’s been a good productive work week! YEEHA! Goodness gracious, my head is spinning with all this talk and arguing over health care reform. UGH! Who to believe?! The plan sounds really cool and all, but then there’s been all these town hall meetings where average American citizens are fuming mad at Obama’s plan. And the conservative right-wing assholes on Fo x and radio are having a field day ripping the president to shreds over what they call “evil socialist Nazi” Obama policies.

Coincidentally, two of the major network newscasts ran stories tonight on the need for Health Care Reform, just as new polls revealed growing opposition to President Obama and legislation put forth by Congressional Democrats. CBS Evening News August 13: NBC Nightly News August 13:

Bad example, maybe.  Cruel example.  This woman doesn’t seem like a bad person.  She’s just mind-blowingly naive.  And the thing is, she’s exactly like most of the people on her side of the health care debate.  She doesn’t know a lot, but she knows what she’s heard.  And she doesn’t like it.  And, frankly, if I didn’t know better, and I’d heard that the Government was going to come in and force me to buy into their health plan and kill my grandparents and make my mentally challenged son stand