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

This will be the soft tyranny imposed on Americans by Obama in the stealthly written Health bill written behind closed doors resulting in a 1,000-page, trillion-dollar Washington takeover which will slash a half-trillion dollars from seniors’ Medicare, add new taxes, raise premiums, and which you will be fined AND imprisoned for up to a year if you don’t buy into the US Gov’ts plan.  That’s not freedom! That’s not reform, Obama.  That is tyranny!  Obamacare – coming soon to your family.

Finally, someone on the left was honest enough to tell the truth about government rationed health care. The truth that, in order to cut costs and provide better care for many, others will have to go without. Robert Reich, formally of the Clinton administration, was quite blunt in 2007 when he spoke on the subject of health care reform: “We’re going to have to, if you’re very old, we’re not going to give you all that technology and all those drugs for the last couple of years of your life to keep you maybe going for another couple of months.

Enact tort reform: CBO now estimates that implementing a typical package of tort reform proposals nationwide would reduce total U.S. health care spending by about 0.5 percent (about $11 billion in 2009). That figure is the sum of a direct reduction in spending of 0.2 percent from lower medical liability premiums and an additional indirect reduction of 0.3 percent from slightly less utilization of health care services.

Thanks to Mark Tapscott at the Washington Examiner for noting my late-September BizzyBlog / NewBusters post (”ACORN Question for Local Media: What in the World Are These People Really Doing?”) on Sunday. I also appreciate Maggie Thurber’s nice write-up . It’s becoming pretty obvious that whatever ACORN’s people have really been doing is mostly not what they say they’ve been doing.

† JMJ/AMDG “For rulers will have to render an account both of the manner in which they sought the natural common good of their subjects and of the way in which they observed the objective order of the world that belongs to Christ, by their acknowledgment of the Indirect Power of the supernatural society founded by Him, the Catholic Church, intemporal affairs.” -ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS BY REV. DENIS FAHEY, C.S.SP., B.A., D.Pa., D.D.

Senator Max Baucus’s version of health care reform is one step closer to the Senate floor: As the last of five congressional committees completed work Tuesday on a health-care reform package, lawmakers braced for a debate before the full House and Senate about whether Americans are ready to embrace the far-reaching changes necessary to extend coverage to millions of Americans. With the backing of a lone Republican, the Senate Finance Committee voted 14 to 9 to approve legislation that would, for the first time, require every American to have health insurance.

Yesterday the Senate Finance Committee with the help of turncoat and Republican socialist Olympia Snowe, passed Max Baucus’ boondoggle health care reform bill. With support from a lone Republican, a key Senate committee Tuesday approved a middle-of-the-road health care plan that moves President Barack Obama’s goal of wider and affordable coverage a giant step closer to becoming law.

Rationing Healthcare exists in all nations with public healthcareBy Klaus Rohrich Tuesday, October 13, 2009For all those people wanting the United States government to provide them with “public option” healthcare, be careful what you wish for; you just might get it. America isn’t the first nation that’s been seduced by the siren call of publicly funded healthcare. In fact, the U.S.

Former Congressman Dick Armey says Obamacare will be “ruthless” to patients and the elderly. ” The first thing they want is, no one should know what’s in this bill, ” says Dick Armey. Once people were able to read the bill, opposition mounted quickly.

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An audio recording of Clinton-era Labor Secretary Robert Reich has surfaced, where he tells a UC Berkley audience back in 2007 what an American presidential candidate would tell votes about health care if he did not care about becoming president:Here is a transcript of the speech, courtesy of NewsBusters:I’ll actually give you a speech made up entirely, almost on the spur of the moment, of what a candidate for president would say if that candidate did not care about becoming president.

Memo to Michelle Bachmann: C’MERE. I’VE GOT THE LASER POINTER. Apparently Michelle Bachmann is like my cat, only stupider. For several weeks running, Bachmann got at least one quote in Idiots Say The Damndest Things. Then, two weeks ago, no Bachmann. Then, last week, no Bachmann. Somehow sensing this lack of attention, she did what my cats do when they lack attention. They go nuts begging for it.

An interesting problem at the intersection of “rights” and health care. Many supporters of ObamaCare claim that health care is a right. But they don’t mean that in the commonly understood sense in the U.S. that, if one has a right to something, one is protected against government deprivation of that right in the general state of things. Thus, government attempts to limit one’s access to privately chosen health care would be a violation of that right. But, in the view of ObamaCare supporters, this notion gets turned on its head.

FOXNews Democrats, Republicans, Gays Atlantic Online Here’s a local NY perspective: The campaign for gay marriage in the state is funded primarily by wealthy donors with GOP ties. The former majority leader of the Senate, Joe Bruno, is Republican and has urged lawmakers to legalize same-sex marriage.

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Bad Idea, Senator Snowe — You Can’t Play “Nicey-Nice” With The Democrats When You Are A Member Of The Party Of “NO!” Or You’ve Got HELL To Pay… Alexander Bolton of The Hill (H/T to MemeOrandum yet again) is reporting the infamous “Party Of… This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!

Those of you who pay attention to politics will likely remember this recent quote: “This is what the Republicans want you to do. If you get sick America, the Republican health care plan is this: Die quickly! That’s right, the Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick.” You might – or might not – remember this one: “If you’re very old, we’re not going to give you all that technology and all those drugs for the last couple years of your life to keep you maybe going for another couple of months.

FOXNews Pro-Obamacare Republicans in the pay of the health industry Washington Examiner But Obama failed to mention that these pro-”reform” Republicans — whom he lauded for “ris[ing] above the politics of the moment” — are all in the pay of … Democrats, Republicans , Gays Atlantic Online Republicans Lead Congressional Ballot The Lincoln Tribune Black Republicans Say 2010 Will Be Their Year FOXNews CNN  - Town Hall  - Daily Kos (blog) all

Canadians warn Americans about government managed health care.  “If the U.S. changes their health care system, where are we Canadians going to go?”With Canadians enduring pain for months and years while they wait for surgery, traveling to the U.S. for treatment, entering “lotteries” to get a doctor, and getting “wait list insurance,” is Canada really a model for U.S. health reform?This video put out by the Mackinac Center

Judge Andrew Napolitano, in an editorial for The Wall Street Journal Online , asks the question, “Why hasn’t the Commerce Clause been read to allow interstate insurance sales?” Last week, I asked South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn, the third-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, where in the Constitution it authorizes the federal government to regulate the delivery of health care.

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USA has been debating about healthcare reform now for about a century but nothing meaningful has emerged. Today, in a historical moment, the reform has taken a step further towards the goal of healthcare reform.  The senate finance committe today voted 14-10 to approve a bill.  There are several other bills that have come out of [...]

Bill Clinton’s Labor Secretary Robert Reich gave a speech on what an “honest president” would say about health reform. It was at Berkeley on Sept. 26, 2007.Reich: “We’re going to have to, if you’re very old, we’re not going to give you all that technology and all those drugs for the last couple of years of your life to keep you maybe going for another couple of months. It’s too expensive, so we’re going to let you die.”This, folks, is the real Obamacare.

Is there a point to her still calling herself a Republican? Its not like the Democrats needed her vote – so, why provide it? Either she’s contemplating a party switch, or she’s just a complete fool…

The Republican National Committee unveiled a new Web site today showing a bouncing, swaying Michael Steele boasting a with-it new approach for his party to find new ideas and new members that would make more use of social media. (Marc Ambinder at The Atlantic posts his own Top 10 List for why the R.N.C.’s relaunch is a fizzle, not a sizzle.) But that new effort got sidelined, or rather sideswiped, by some other Republican moves, that seemed to harken back to Hitler and the Nazis, yet again.

At approximately 7:43 am, Barack Hussein Obama was purportedly heard yelling German obscenities and goose-stepping with pride outside a Lakeville, Massachusetts golf course. He had allegedly ordered the illegal Mexican lawn people at the golf course to cut a NAZI symbol into the grounds and then ‘tag’ it with his African name, Obama.  You may see  the hard picture evidence up above.  Anonymous sources at the White House have expressed concern that Obama is starting a final solution, hidden under the pet name of Operation Obamacare.

From Cynthia Yockey : Obama has finally found a war he is determined to win and a foe for whom he has preconditions before he will negotiate — Fox News You know how Gov. Sarah Palin keeps pointing out that Obama is allergic to the words “victory” and “win” when it comes to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Or any conflict where democracy and capitalism are threatened? And you remember how Obama has declared he will negotiate with terrorist and totalitarian regimes without pre-conditions? But he would not talk to anyone on Fox News when he spoke to every other Sunday news show to push Obamacare? Not even with pre-conditions? Cynthia couldn’t be more spot on.

The NRCC tweet before it was removed. WASHINGTON (CNN) — The National Republican Congressional Committee has removed a tweet Tuesday that linked to a video comparing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with Adolf Hilter. The tweet, sent out Tuesday morning on their official Twitter account , read: “Funny Video: Moonbattery: Hitler Reacts to ObamaCare Maneuvers http://bit.ly/2mOvZ7 #Pelosi”. It comes the same day the NRCC released a petition on their site to “Fire Nancy Pelosi.” The tweet immediately drew strong criticism from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Sayville Rally part 2 of 4 Two caravans of Long Island patriots converged on the town of Sayville to continue their unrelenting demonstrations against Obamacare and the socialist direction of the White House and Congress. From: numag1 Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 09:57 More in News & Politics Bookmark this:

In breaking not-news:  Snowe votes like a Democrat for Disastercare.  She’s the only mislabeled Democrat (aka Republican) who voted with the properly labeled ones to move the bill out of committee.  It was so predictable it’s barely newsworthy. The part of this that is newsworthy is that this disaster is one step closer to becoming a [...]

14 to 9 so it’s out of the Senate Finance Committee . One Republican, Senator Olympia Snowe (RINO-ME) voted in favor of it, but reserves “the right” to vote against it if significant changes are made.  That was obviously a surprise to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) who voted against it and thought Snowe would as well .  What exactly in this current bill Senator Snowe, which still hasn’t seen the light of day for constituents to peruse, is palatable with you?

Annotations & Elucidations The Debate Review EditionThe headlines say it all about last night’s gubernatorial debate. Or at least say what the individual reporters say is all. They range from Democrat Creigh Deeds’ continued haranguing of the “the thesis” issue, to both he and Republican Bob McDonnell going after each other equally, to it was a snoozer. That’s pretty much it today — lots and lots of debate coverage, but that’s what happens when there are so few and so few televised this late in the game.

Think of it. Rush, The One, Van Jones, and Glenn Beck out in the Rose Garden with a case of MGD. Wire them up with lapel microphones and put it on pay-per-view for $100 a pop. Voila: ObamaCare is paid for. Frankly, I’m surprised Limbaugh hasn’t proposed it yet.I’m also surprised NBC didn’t ask him about his alleged fondness for slavery, an old slur that’s been revived of late by the left to block his NFL bid.

Steve Chapman , a Chicago Tribune columnist, makes the case that B. Hussein “Spread the wealth around” Obama is not really a socialist. If you recover after ROFLYAO at Chapman’s claim that George W. Bush was “a conservative hero,” you will find he has three points of evidence for his thesis. Some of Obama’s advisors are not socialists. Frank Llewelyn, a hardcore socialist, says Obama isn’t a socialist. ObamaCare does not outlaw private insurance. As a conservative, I am unpersuaded.

A pat on the head for the sum total of his Republican support on this issue, proudly echoed later by Gibbs when he declared — no joke — “We have today a bipartisan bill.” Like Marc Ambinder and Jay Cost, I’m mystified as to why anyone thought Snowe might vote no. What would she have gained by doing that when we’re still this early in the process? There are fully four more votes to come: The cloture vote on the final Senate bill, the vote on the bill itself, and then the cloture vote and final vote on whatever emerges from the conference committee with the House.

Press Release — The national leadership team of the Nationwide Tea Party Coalition today announced the results of the nationwide poll conducted over the past two weeks at the website www.toptenhealthcarequestions.com .

“A key Senate panel approved an $829 billion health care bill Tuesday, advancing President Obama’s broad vision to reshape the insurance system further than any other such bill has in more than a generation,” according to the USA Today. The Senate Finance Committee, led by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., voted 14-9 to approve the proposal, which [...]

ABC :  “Senate Finance Committee Approves Sen. Baucus’ Health Care Bill.”  Sen. Olympia Snowe votes in favor. Washington Post on Baucus’ bill:  “New Bill Would Raise Rates, Says Insurance Group.”  Financial Times article on the same topic. The Hill on Sen. Joe Lieberman.  I’ll note that I was unaware until reading this article that Lieberman states opposition to the government-run “public option.” “Lieberman echoed concerns that the Finance committee bill would hike taxes on insurance companies, which would then be passed along to consumers.

By a 14-9 vote, the Finance Committee of the United States Senate voted on Tuesday to approve a 10-year, $829 billion version of “Obamacare” that insurance companies say will raise the average American family’s medical bills by as much as $4,000 a year. U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (RINO-Maine), was the only “Republican” to break party lines and vote in favor of the proposal, which now heads to the floor of the Senate. “When history calls, history calls,” Snowe said of her support for the bill, which was authored by Montana Democrat Max Baucus.

Satire by John W. Lillpop Perhaps those in charge of awarding Nobel prizes are not quite the diversity freaks we supposed after their gratuitous gift to Barack Obama for his Eleven Days of Peace, which also happened to be his first eleven days in office. As reported by MSNBC, in part, the Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to two white Americans who were actually accomplished in their field: “WASHINGTON, Oct.

The Senate Finance Committee voted to send its version of the healthcare  legislation to the Senate floor today. The committee voted 14-9 in favor of the package. Republican, Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, broke with her party to support the bill. All 13 Democrats on the panel voted in favor of it, while the rest of the Republicans opposed it. Now is the time to burn those phone lines in Washington! The Senate Finance Committee’s hearing on health care legislation.

GOP’s Snowe will vote for Democratic health billRepublican Sen. Olympia Snowe broke with her party Tuesday and said she will vote for a Democratic health care bill, handing President Barack Obama a much-sought boost in his quest to expand access to medical coverage to all Americans. Approval of the legislation by the Senate Finance Committee was a foregone conclusion going into Tuesday’s vote, since Democrats outnumber Republicans 13-10 on the panel. But Snowe’s decision gave the vote a significance that transcends partisan divisions.

They aren’t going to vote on this soup sandwich on the floor, you know. This is just a happy talk bill that was better suited to flim-flam the CBO than what the Democrats really want. The real abomination is being nightmared up behind closed doors even as we speak. McConnell Statement on Finance Committee Proposal from the Office of Senator Mitch McConnell Tuesday, October 13, 2009 ‘The fact is, this proposal will never come before the Senate’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S.

Sen. McConnell responds to the Finance Committee’s impending vote with some remarks on the floor Senate today: “At a time of nearly 10 percent unemployment, Americans don’t need higher taxes and higher health insurance premiums. And yet one thing that’s perfectly clear about the administration’s health care proposal is that it promises higher taxes on virtually everyone in America.” Full remarks after the jump…

Obamacare will jump over another hurdle today when the Senate Finance Committee passes the Baucus bill with the support (for now) of Republican senator Olympia “When History Calls” Snowe. But health care reform is still far from a certainty. Baucus’s health bill needs to be merged with the Senate HELP Committee’s much more liberal version ; this new bill needs to pass the Senate; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi needs to merge the three House bills ; her new bill needs to pass the House; and, assuming all this happens, the House and Senate bills need to be merged and the final, mutant monster bill must pass both chambers before going to the president.

Yahoo/AP News:WASHINGTON – Congress’ chief budget officer on Tuesday contradicted President Barack Obama’s oft-stated claim that seniors wouldn’t see their Medicare benefits cut under a health care overhaul.The head of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, Douglas Elmendorf, told senators that seniors in Medicare’s managed care plans could see reduced benefits under a bill in the Finance Committee.The bill would cut payments to the Medicare Advantage plans by more than $100 billion over 10 years.Elmendorf said the changes “would reduce the extra benefits that would be made available to beneficiaries through Medicare Advantage plans.”This is the key AARP angle.

*** BREAKING NEWS *** Liberal GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) has indicated that she will vote for the health care bill currently before the Senate Finance Committee. “When history calls, history calls,” Ms. Snowe said in a statement. “I happen to think the consequences of inaction dictate the urgency of Congress to take every opportunity … to solve the monumental issues of our time.

Courtesy of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Canadians want to tell their American cousins all about the joys of the Canadian system that Barack Obama admires so much. They have a number of these videos in which Canadians explain terms like “medical vacations” and communicate the thrill of wait-listing. It also generates new business opportunities, too — or maybe you missed the explosion of wait-list insurance north of the border.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Insurance companies aren’t playing nice any more. Their dire message that health care legislation will drive up premiums for people who already have coverage comes as a warning shot at a crucial point in the debate, and threatens President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority. Democrats and their allies scrambled on Monday to knock down a new industry-funded study forecasting that Senate legislation, over time, will add thousands of dollars to the cost of a typical policy.

Co-Douchebag of the Week – Oct. 12th For her RINO stance in life, for her vote favoring the ObamaCare debacle, for supporting any shit for brains Democratic idea to come down the pike, for being the 2nd ugliest old bat in Washington, D.C., for being an embarrassment to all humanity, Sen. Olympia Snowe (RINO) is hereby [...]