Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of August 18, 2009

As the health care debate heats up, President Obama and other Democrats have identified a new villian; insurance companies. At a press conference on July 22nd, President Obama said: “You know, there had been reports just over the last couple of days of insurance companies making record profits. Right now, at the time when everybody’s getting hammered, they’re making record profits and premiums are going up.” At the end of July, Nancy Pelosi identified the new villians with: “They are the villains.

Nickelback, everybody: My best friend gave me the best advice He said each day’s a gift and not a given right Leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind And try to take the path less traveled by That first step you take is the longest stride I suspect that once one reaches a certain level of success, the motivation to keep trying becomes harder and harder to retain.

A ndrew Biggs crunches some numbers on Medicare over at the AEI blog.   Contra Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann and others adopting the new “Obamacare vs. Medicare” talking points, Biggs rightly points out that Medicare is not a program conservatives should be defending.  Conservatives should be looking at ways to reform Medicare, certainly, but defending it without caveats while decrying the government-run-health care bogeyman is ludicrous.  A reformed, solvent entitlement may worth be defending, but the status quo is not.

Robert Gibbs says the public option is not off the table. This is why you have to sleep with one eye open with these people. Leftists will be leftists, and they will never, ever give up their endeavor of controlling you. Any overture toward the contrary is simply a decoy intended to relax those of us who value individual liberty. Gibbs insists Obama not backing off public option – Yahoo! News Posted in ObamaCare

This morning I was thinking about health care reform, and the vociferous opposition to it in the form of people, many armed , showing up to disrupt town hall meetings on the subject. I thought about those who would say it’s not wise for an artist to publicly express an opinion about this issue, because he or she could risk alienating collectors or others who may bear some power over them.

The radical left screamed bloody murder after the test balloon was launched this past weekend by Secy Sebilius. When she even hinted that the ‘public option’ might be off the table, the left went ballistic. Barry will tow the line for his Socialist pals, but he’s in for a big surprise come September. When the Congress returns from their summer vacation, ObamaCare will be DOA.

Is this Howard Dean’s Second Scream, the quiet version? After a week of incendiary language from liberal talk hosts bent on pushing the idea that conservatives want to harm the president, along comes Howard Dean to show them how it’s really done! Yeaaaaaahhhhhhhh…. Technorati Tags: Howard Dean , Barack Obama , Obamacare Bookmark/Search this post with:

This morning I was thinking about health care reform, and the vociferous opposition to it in the form of people, many armed, showing up to disrupt town hall meetings on the subject. I thought about those who would say it’s not wise for an artist to publicly express an opinion about this issue, because he or she could risk alienating collectors, or others who may bear some power over their lives.

Apparently, some AARP members aren’t pleased to see their money going to advocate a health care plan they disagree with: (CBS) CBS News has learned that up to 60,000 people have cancelled their AARP memberships since July 1, angered over the group’s position on health care. (…) Many are switching to the American Seniors Association, a group that calls itself the conservative alternative as CBS News Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports.

On the Sunday morning talk shows, especially NBC’s Meet the Press , there was a great deal of talk about the ongoing protests at health care townhall events. One of the issues repeatedly raised was the display of signs with images of President Obama as Hitler or comparing him to Hitler. To my surprise, the representatives of the political right who were generally sympathetic to the protesters largely failed to speak out and set the record straight on this issue.

Her supporters say that she is the leader of a revolution, her opponents say that she is crazy. It seems now, ever so clear that Sarah Palin is crazy; crazy like a fox. Consider these recent moves; her resignation, her farewell speech, and her facebook takedown of Obamacare. In all of these instances Sarah Palin has had the last laugh. When Sarah Palin left the governor’s office early, many suggested her political career was over. Many could not understand how leaving office early would help her in a presidential run.

One aspect of ObamaCare bubbles to the surface of the debate every few days.  Will ObamaCare require raising taxes?   If so, will it tax the bottom 95% Candidate Obama promised to insulate from any tax increases? Be assured no tax increase on the 95% will be included in the initial health care legislation.  Obama and his supporters will act as if they have been chastened by public opinion and have submitted to The People’s demand that the Obama 95% continue to be protected from tax hikes.

American Seniors Association vs. AARP: Seniors have a choice – Examiner.com According to the American Seniors Association website, ASA is “looking out for seniors by fighting a health care reform bill that will cost upward of $1.8 …. Has the White House Abandoned the Public Option? – CBS News CBS News reported on yet another anti-reform group tonight, the American Seniors Association . CBS also reported that up to 60 thousand people have quit AARP ….

The media herd stampeded to this latest twist:  Maybe the President and Democratic leaders in Congress would accept so-called “reform” without the so-called “public option.” In a mish-mash  of ambiguous, conflicting announcements, policy statements and legislative text the public option has, at least, been consistent.  The government would own and operate a new health insurance company.

Aug 18 We’re Sorry She Didn’t Like Being Told To Pound Sand Are you really, really sure you’re ready for government-run health care? I mean, really sure?Because I don’t think you ladies are quite ready to deliver your babies on the sidewalk because the government flunky you called denied you an ambulance because you had nine months to plan for a ride.The best part of that story? The government mouthpiece said she was sorry if the new mother didn’t like the advice she got.

Even our Narcissist-in-Chief, Barack Obama, is showing signs of recognition that the government takeover of Health Care in the United States is strongly opposed by the people. Opposed enough that the totalitarians who tried to shove this treachery through Congress are finding their own political careers in jeopardy, which is the sole language to which they would listen.

How American Health Care Killed My Father Disgust and Loathing – Live Report From Congressman Grayson’s So-Called “Town Hall Meeting” Grayson Town Hall Meeting a “Joke” Dirty Secret No. 2 in Obamacare Did Government Run Healthcare In The UK Needlessly Kill 17,000 People? Cooperatives Being Pushed as an Alternative to a Government Plan Protest remains an important right in health-care debate Hussman: Investors Guzzling Kool Aid Pimco: Stock Rally Has Hit a Wall

Aug.18, 2009 in Global Idiocy, It Must Be Said, Loony Left, Personal ResponsibilityIf you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. You might also consider my newsletter. Thanks for visiting!Would it be the epitome of hubris for me to point out, despite the fact that a dozen protestors showed up at Obama’s Phoenix event on Monday armed with handguns, rifles and even an AR-15, that nobody was shot and nobody died?Wouldn’t that be proof, even in a situation where a liberty-loving American might be tempted to pop off a few rounds in anger and frustration, that the guns themselves are not dangerous?

Via Human Events:I’ve read on several blogs that if my tears can cure cancer, I should take care of universal health care. Cute.The real fact is that neither I nor Obamacare (in its present form, the 1,000-plus-page H.R. 3200) can provide the remedy.In my column last week, I explained that dirty secret No. 1 in Obamacare is that the House bill would grant government the authority to come into homes and usurp parental rights over child care and development.I have a few more secrets to share over these hot August political nights.Dirty secret No.

Jennifer Brunner has a rather long, generic defense of ObamaCare’s proposed “public option” on Markos “ screw them ” Moulitsas’ crazy-left blog, Daily Kos. While the White House is backing off the public option in exchange for co-ops, I don’t see what the big difference is. Government will charter co-ops and run them just like a government health program, but “promise” to turn them it over to members years down the road. This is still another method which can kill off private insurance through predatory pricing.

OBAMA Has HUGE Campaign in OBAMACARE Dear Desert Conservative Visitor, As you can see from the link below, the Obama people are launching a huge TV ad blitz to restore momentum behind their health care proposals.  Funded by money from drug companies and other vendors who have been bought off to back the plan, it tries to refocus the campaign for his legislation on the supposed benefits of his plan for the average person. Click the link below to watch the ad.

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The Democratic Party agenda tends to be a mixture of socialism and corporatism, whereas Republicans probably emphasize corporatism and socialism. Obama’s health care plan has always been a hybrid, as most interventionist polices are in a mixed economy. Perhaps in the longterm he wants to move toward as fully socialist a system as possible, but it is hard to know. We do know that the president would rather push something significant through than nothing.

IT’S ALL A DEATH PANEL: THE TRUTH ABOUT OBAMACARE By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN Published in the New York Post on August 17, 2009 Washington is all atwitter about “death panels”: President Obama derides the idea that his health-care reform calls for them; the Senate is stripping “end of life” counseling language from its bill — and last Friday the voice of the liberal establishment, The New York Times, ran a Page One story “rebutting” the rumor that ObamaCare would create such boards to decide when to pull the plug on elderly patients.

Last week Whole Foods CEO John Mackey had an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal with his opinion on health care reform… and that’s when the poop hit the fan. There’s a boycott a brewing and fast . While you can decide on your own if you want to get your organic milk at Whole Foods or your local (still nationally owned) grocery store, I return again to the thought of are we justified to hold an entire company accountable for the views of its leader?

Even our Narcissist-in-Chief, Barack Obama, is showing signs of recognition that the government takeover of Health Care in the United States is strongly opposed by the people. Opposed enough that the totalitarians who tried to shove this treachery through Congress are finding their own political careers in jeopardy, which is the sole language to which they would listen. The prospect of a major shift in Congressional control in 2010 has finally convinced the political con artists to back off this abomination just a bit.

Sprint Ramps Up 4G Deployment – seekingalpha.com 08/18/2009 Zacks.com submits: Sprint Nextel ( S – Analyst Report ) officially launched its 4G wireless broadband services Monday, In line with expectations, in the markets of Atlanta, Las Vegas and Portland. This represents a significant expansion initiative by the third-largest US wireless carrier. The company’s 4G service is being offered under the “Sprint 4G” brand and leverages the WiMax (a mobile broadband technology) network operated by Clearwire Corp.

Now I can hardly take credit for the following but I will certainly post it on the internet. I received this from a friend who is really going to take a hit with the possibility of Obamacare. Now I doubt whether he wrote it as well since I think it’s from an email making it’s way through cyberspace, but you certainly do not hear from the media about any of the dunder headed moves our new president has made. And look at that, 2 posts in as many days as when I haven’t written anything in 2 months! I guess plagiarism doesn’t really count as original.

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) returned to the ObamaCare battle on MS-NBC’s Morning Joe today, preaching the public-plan gospel just as he did yesterday on CNBC. However, this time, Joe Scarborough goaded Weiner into a little more honesty than he’s offered on the effort to “reform” health care. Declaring that “health care is not a commodity,” Weiner says his aim is to eliminate all private insurance — which is why he will not yield on the public-plan option: Share and Enjoy:

Constitutional law professor Rob Natelson argues that Obama’s health-care plan is unconstitutional in four different ways . The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says that the racial preferences and quotas contained in ObamaCare are likely unconstitutional. Professor Natelson says that ObamaCare is unconstitutional because : “1. It is not based on any enumerated power of Congress, not even on a very expansive reading of the power to regulate interstate commerce. 2.

President Obama’s approval ratings have taken a further downward swing, among likely voters, not among “adults” that the national media uses to inflate the polling results in President Obama’s favor. Here is the approval rating graph . What is also interesting is that 54% of Americans — among likely voters — believe it would be better if Congress did nothing at all on health reform. It bears repeating, a majority of Americans want Congress to do nothing on health reform this year .

Is that right? Then what about Medicare? We spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year on socialized medicine for old people, and a whole bunch of it goes to extraordinary measures in the last year of life. And a whole lot of these people who are out protesting against Obamacare are senior citizens who are worried that if the government starts providing free medicine for everyone, then it will have less to spend on them.

I find that it’s impossible to argue with liberals because they do not understand the difference between reason and conclusion. Why are blacks doing poorly in school? Because they are discriminated against (conclusion masquerading as reason).How do you know they are discriminated against? Because whites hate blacks (conclusion masquerading as reason). How do you know whites hate blacks? Because whites are racist (conclusion masquerading as reason).

No matter how flippant AARP tries to be about losing 60,000 members in about a month, it is a serious blow to their Libtard agenda. If you are still an AARP member and/or looking for a Conservative alternative, might I suggest the American Seniors Association? ( click here for their profile ).

As Ed Morrisssey notes at Hot Air , Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) returned to the ObamaCare battle on MS-NBC’s Morning Joe today, preaching the public-plan gospel just as he did yesterday on CNBC. However, this time, Weiner was goaded by Joe Scarborough into a little more honesty than he’s offered on the effort to “reform” health care in which he displayed an astonishing lack of understanding in economics . ( Video and transcript )

Congresswoman Herseth Sandlin is apparently going to speak in Sioux Falls on the 31st of this month, from 11:30 to 1 at the Ramkota in Sioux Falls. And aside from needing $20, I don’t see where it’s limited to strictly chamber members. The postcard notes that our Representative – the one who won’t take the public option off the table – is supposedly going to answer audience questions.

What Would Rove Do? James Carville took a shot Sunday : “What about this?,” Carville said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union, “Suppose they pass a House bill that can get 56 Senate Democrats.” Then, Carville suggested, instead of using reconciliation, a special budgetary maneuver in Senate procedure that frustrate GOP attempts to mount a filibuster, Democrats should call for a vote. “And make [Republicans] filibuster it. But the old kinda way is that they filibuster it and make’em go three weeks and all night and [Democrats] will be there the whole time.

USA Today (AP), “ AARP loses members over health care stance ” The approximately 60,000 number represents members who specifically cited AARP’s stance on the health overhaul debate in canceling their membership between July 1 and mid-August, Nannis said. WASHINGTON (AP) — About 60,000 senior citizens have quit AARP since July 1 due to the group’s support for a health care overhaul, a spokesman for the organization said Monday.

Despite AARP’s best efforts at lying to their members ( here ) people are not stupid and they know a pile when they smell one.  The AARP is serving up a hot steaming pile and so far 60,000 (including Holly and me) with perfectly good noses have made the call to AARP canceling our memberships. Here is the story of the 60,000    …   and here is the story of my adventure in canceling my AARP membership and how to cancel yours

She’s done it again, this time with a lucid explanation of how centralized control of health care will inevitably result in drug price controls which in turn dampen innovation : The political logic of pharmaceutical price controls is nearly overwhelming.  You have a product that has a very low marginal cost and a very high fixed cost, which means that you can force them to provide it cheaply and eat the fixed costs if you have enough market power.  You’ve got program that is rapidly turning

Are those speaking out against Obamacare at Town Hall meetings part of an unruly mob? Looking past a few extremes (even Democrats have a few of these), the people at the Town Hall meetings seem like concerned and reasonable American citizens who do not want to go the disastrous way of Canada with national health care. A 23-year old University of Colorado student, Zach Lahn, challenges President Obama about the public option.

by Chuck Norris Dirty secret No. 2 is that Obama is not the leader of Obamacare. And neither is Congress. The one who has been spearheading the initiative behind the scenes is one who goes under the misnomer “adviser” to the Obama administration, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a bioethicist and breast oncologist and brother of White House [...]

This heart rending story of a deadly botched test on a young woman not only underscores how the ‘death panels’ operate, it thrusts the human tragedy of government run health care deep into one’s soul: Mrs Brickell, first asked for a smear test at the age of 19 but was told she didn’t need one until she was 20-years-old. A year later, when she returned to her doctor, she was told that the age had been raised to 25. At 23, she was diagnosed with an incurable cervical cancer.

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One of the strange by-products of the UK National Health Service (the UK’s version of a ‘public option’. a.k.a. government run health care, single payer, Obamacare, etc.) is the complete lack of transparency and accountability regarding malpractice. Government entities usually have the nasty ability to cover up their mistakes and hide them from the public footing the bill and paying the price, in more ways than one.

http://www.vancouversun.com/story_print.html?id=1878506&sponsor More news from the Canadian government-run healthcare system. Just like EVERY OTHER socialized, government-run healthcare system, long waits, cutbacks and poor care runs rampant through the Canadian system. Gee, I can’t wait for ObamaCare. Vancouver patients needing neurosurgery, treatment for vascular diseases and other medically necessary procedures can expect to wait longer for care, NDP health critic Adrian Dix said Monday.

Hat Tip: Larwyn Channeling your inner Goldstein: Obama’s Renewable Two-Minute Hate Fest Obama, ACORN, and the SEIU? They Go Way Back Wanted: American Intellectuals Thinkers Proposition 8 in the Papers and in Court Rabid The Pathetic Last Children of Nietzsche’s Pitiable Last Men The Voice of the Neuter is Heard Throughout the Land @ AMERICAN DIGEST Tinkerers No More The Power and Danger of Iconography: The Resistance Steals Obama’s Weapons Half the Joker’s On You.

Morning Must Reads New York Times — Alternate Plan as Health Option Muddies Debate Muddy is an understatement. In trying to get the health debate back under control, the White House has made a total hash of the discussion. The good news for team Obama is that no one is talking about who gets to “pull the plug on granny.” The bad news is that the one point on which the president was clear about health care – he wanted a new national health plan funded in part by cuts in Medicare – is now another mystery.

18Aug 09 Posted by MP under Headlines. Tags:aarp, elderly, health care reform, obama, obamacare, protest, senior citizens, Sharyl Attkisson CBS Evening News, Sharyl Attkisson reports.USA Today: AARP loses members over health care stance…About 60,000 senior citizens have quit AARP since July 1 due to the group’s support for a health care overhaul, a spokesman for the organization said Monday.The membership loss suggests dissatisfaction on the part of AARP members at a time when many senior citizens are concerned about proposed cuts to Medicare providers to help pay for making health care available for all.

Hat Tip: Larwyn Obama Joker artist found Obama Joker artist unmasked: A fellow Chicagoan The NYT’s ‘Nuanced’ View of Rahm Emanuel: A ‘Tammany Hall Pol’ Who Loves Puppies Health Care Trading Cards: Collect ‘em all! Huge Payoff for Unions in Support of Obamacare Labor thugs pack Obama health care meetings “How American Health Care Killed My Father’ How the climate bill would expand government Obama’s Energy Plan: Mandated Scarcity in the Richest Country in the World Effing Ingenious Does Reading The Bill Really Matter?