Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of October 15, 2009

Alternative Title: Rise of The Petulant Partisans Senator Olympia Snowe has risen to the challenge of being a political leader for the people in her efforts to remain in the fight over  which health care reform options could become law. Unlike those who went the petulant partisan route and took their marbles home, Snowe’s vote in the Finance Committee kept one lone Republican in the battle, able to ally with Democrat centrists who are the best hope for thwarting government rationed health care from destroying our premier health care system.

RedState Morning Briefing For October 15, 2009 Go to http://www.redstate.com/action/ for the name and phone number of your Senator. Call your Senator and demand opposition to the Baucus health care plan. 1. The Totally Real And Not Fake Stupid Quotes Shenaniganza! 2. Rush’s Rams 3. How Limbaugh’s embodiment of MLK’s dream changed my life 4. Is Robert Wexler Under Criminal Investigation? 5. Snowe’s Yes Vote and ObamaCare’s Future 6.

Obama Lied And Said Costs Would Go Down Elitist progressive Barack Hussein Obama told America Obamacare would reduce health care cost for all Americans.  Obama used the figure of $2,500 reduction many times.  Obama lied again.  Obamacare will make your health care costs go up. Obama and the Democrats have to come up with at least $1 trillion dollars to pay for their socialized health care.  That money will come from 2 places.  Increased taxes and slashing Medicare.  The Democrats will slash $500 billion from Medicrae for our senior citizens.  We are in an economic depression and the Democrats want to increase your taxes.

You can see the video at the link at the bottom of the article. Is anybody listening? The MSM is not telling you the truth!  Robert Reich Reveals Brutal Health Care Truths; MSM Snores By P.J. Gladnick “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.” -snip- That quote did not come from a Republican.

First, go read Ambulance Driver telling about a doctor, and a nurse, and what they taught him about being mortal, and human.Then go read the story at New Life Changes that AD links to, about something that must be fought, tooth and nail, all our lives, and then gently, graciously, allowed to pass when the time comes.Then come back here.

Keeps getting better and better : (h/t Michelle Malkin ) President Obama on Wednesday attempted to preempt the announcement that Social Security recipients will not get an increase in their benefit checks for the first time in three decades, encouraging Congress to provide a one-time payment of $250 to help seniors and disabled Americans weather the recession. ~~~ An increase in benefit checks each January has been a yearly ritual since the mid-1970s, when the government moved to ensure that its subsidies to retirees, pension recipients and others who receive Social Security benefits kept pace with inflation.

Politico, “ Democrats launch attack on insurer exemption ” by Patrick O’Connor and Carrie Budoff Brown As for insurance companies, “There isn’t anything we could do to satisfy them in this health care bill. Nothing,” Reid said. “They are so anti-competitive. Why? Because they make more money than any other business in America today. . . .What a sweet deal they have.” The long-simmering tension between insurers and congressional Democrats is erupting into open warfare, with lawmakers stepping up their push to revoke a key federal protection for the insurance industry.

October 14th, 2009 Dana Perino: Sen. Snowe’s “aye” vote wasn’t a ringing endorsement, and we all know the bill that passed the committee isn’t the bill that will come to the floor (it will tack to the left, for sure), then she could be the Senator who voted for it before she voted against it. That will be for good reason – the sweeping reform already doesn’t pass the key test of reducing overall healthcare spending, and wasn’t that the whole point?

PAYOLA? “Why did Olympia Snowe vote for Obamacare? One reason could be that Maine has a ‘public option’ insurance plan that is going broke, and state officials are hoping Obamacare can save it.”I just admire the name “DirigoChoice.”

You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding. Me:President Obama on Wednesday attempted to preempt the announcement that Social Security recipients will not get an increase in their benefit checks for the first time in three decades, encouraging Congress to provide a one-time payment of $250 to help seniors and disabled Americans weather the recession.

Columbus Dispatch Rep. Die Quickly Is a Real Die-Hard Washington Post “For the last six months, Democrats have been dwelling, debating and hoping for Republican Olympia Snowe to vote for health care reform. Why? … Lieberman Opposes Finance Committee Bill New York Times Lieberman Defects Wall Street Journal CBS Cheers ‘Rebel Republican ‘ Olympia Snowe for Supporting obamacare NewsBusters (blog) The Associated Press  - Newsweek all 571 news

From the Desk of: Steve Elliott , President, Grassfire.org Alliance          Please forward this message to your friends and urge          them to go here and join you in this historic petition          delivery to stop the Stealth ObamaCare bill: http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=22196&PID=21999609 Desert Conservative Visitor, President Obama and Harry Reid have their wish… Obama and Reid now have the entire ObamaCare legislative push covered in a veil of secrecy with all the final details being worked out behind closed doors by the Obama and Reid teams.

I’m reasonably sure this is going to change dramatically after ObamaCare passes, but let’s enjoy the class-warrior irony while it lasts.The Democratic-controlled House is now an unusual combination of the richest and poorest districts, the best and least educated, and the best and the worst insured. The analysis found that Democrats have attracted educated, affluent whites who had tended previously to vote Republican.Democrats now represent 57% of the 4.8 million households that had incomes of $200,000 or more in 2008.

For all the news you need to know. This is the only place you need to go. Ben Shapiro explains the reasons why he hates Obama’s America See if you still believe in global warming after reading this report about the coming ice age Michelle Malkin  wants to know who is behind the White House war on Fox News According to Dick Morris, Obamacare means $1,700 more in insurance premiums for a typical family Brent Bozell is demanding that CNN and MSNBC prove their racist allegations

The Health Care Industry is Literally Getting Ready to Stick It In America Health Insurance is mandatory?  Fines imposed?  Let’s make health insurance a mandatory requirement and thus force everyone to buy health insurance from the same 7 or 8 companies.   Then lets see how rich these companies get and how good they can be at making claim denials in spite of the so called repeal of underwriting.   Finally lets watch them merge into one or two companies and really impose their will on the backs of American lives.

See why I wasn’t panicking yesterday? When even a lowly eeyorepundit like me is telling you to chillax, chillax.If Democratic leadership hoped Republican Olympia Snowe’s decision to cross party lines Tuesday would inspire her fellow middle-of-the-roaders, they were mistaken…Moderate Democrats did draw plenty of inspiration from Snowe – but instead of using her “yes” vote as a reason to embrace health care reform, fence-sitters hailed the caveats in her public statement Tuesday as a rationale for withholding their own judgment.Nebraska Sen.

The Chattanooga Times reports : Gov. Phil Bredesen warned Tuesday that pending federal health care legislation could cost Tennessee far more than the $735 million “best estimate” his administration previously has cited. The $735 million would stretch over five years, but “in addition, there are huge unknowns for the states in this reform,” Gov. Bredesen said, estimating that those costs, if realized, could exceed another $3 billion from 2014 to 2019.

Obama calls for $250 payments to seniors   (An INSULT) By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Writer – 30 mins ago WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama called on Congress Wednesday to approve $250 payments to more than 50 million seniors to make up for no increase in Social Security next year. The Social Security Administration is scheduled to announce Thursday that there will be no cost of living increase next year.

FreeMarketCure.com is a veteran of the movement to resist further government meddling in the health insurance markets and health care sector. The site is well-designed and the tag line is catchy: “The Choice is Yours… Don’t Let it Become Theirs.” While the content isn’t updated hyperactively, the site features videos, reprinted op-ed pieces, and semi-regular blog postings that over a period of years has become a substantial treasure trove for those who oppose more top-down bureaucratic control over health care.

It took centuries of intellectual, philosophical development to achieve political freedom. It was a long struggle, stretching from Aristotle to John Locke to the Founding Fathers. The system they established was not based on unlimited majority but on its opposite: on individual rights, which were not to be alienated by majority vote or minority plotting. The individual was not left at the mercy of his neighbors or his leaders: the Constitutional system of checks and balances was scientifically devised to protect him from both.

-By Warner Todd Huston Today at 4:30PM eastern a blogger conference call was held by Representatives John Shadegg (R, AZ) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R, WA). The subject we spoke about was that of House Republican’s ideas and problems on healthcare reform issues in both the Senate and the House. The following are my notes of the call, any direct quotes are in quote marks but the rest is my summation of what was said. The call opened with a welcome from Cathy McMorris Rodgers who introduced herself and Rep.

-By Warner Todd Huston Today at 4:30PM eastern a blogger conference call was held by Representatives John Shadegg (R, AZ) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R, WA). The subject we spoke about was that of House Republican’s ideas and problems on healthcare reform issues in both the Senate and the House. The following are my notes of the call, any direct quotes are in quote marks but the rest is my summation of what was said. The call opened with a welcome from Cathy McMorris Rodgers who introduced herself and Rep.

SarahPAC isn’t enough?“There will be an announcement about it coming up,” Palin associate Tim Crawford said Wednesday.The New York Post reported this week that Palin’s new group will be called “Stand Up For Our Nation.” (News Corp. owns both the Post and The Wall Street Journal as well as HarperCollins Publishers, publisher of Palin’s book.) Crawford, who is treasurer of Palin’s existing political-action committee, SarahPAC, refused to provide any details about the new organization’s purpose or structure.But Palin supporters say the former Alaska governor and last year’s GOP vice presidential nominee is eager to keep the public’s attention, even as she rakes in big earnings.

The former CBO director, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, warns today on the effect ObamaCare will have on our economy and health care. These facts should be painfully obvious to those with even one iota of common sense. This bill will lead to a huge middle class tax increase: Remember when health-care reform was supposed to make life better for the middle class? That dream began to unravel this past summer when Congress proposed a bill that failed to include any competition-based reforms that would actually bend the curve of health-care costs.

October 14th, 2009 Pejman Yousefzadeh: I imagine that eventually, a health care bill will be passed that will not feature a public option, but will feature an individual mandate; the better to throw a bone to liberals upset about the loss of a public option, while at the same time attracting a few moderate Republicans who could accept the individual mandate. At the end of the day, this will not be meaningful reform, since it will focus on mandatory coverage, rather than lowering the barriers to insurance by lowering costs.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, $507 billion of that $829 billion price tag will be covered by NEW federal taxes and fees.  The health-care bill that the Senate Finance Committee will vote on today will cost a total of $829 billion over 10 years, with $507 billion of that cost being covered by new federal taxes and fees, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).On Oct. 7, the CBO released a report on the budget impact of the “chairman’s mark” summary of the bill that the Finance Committee is set to vote on today.

NewsBusters links to a Morgen Richmond YouTube clip , this one of a speech that Robert Reich, who served as President Clinton’s labor secretary, delivered on the subject in 2007: (Emphasis LCs) I will actually give you a speech made up entirely–almost at the spur of the moment, of what a candidate for president would say if that candidate did not care about becoming president.

October 14, 09 Posted by MP under Headlines. Tags:maine, rino, rush limbaugh, susan collins, women Rush Limbaugh Show October 14. Be the first to comment!

The Wall Street Journal has compiled all of its articles and commentaries on ObamaCare in a single reference page. Regular readers of this blog are aware of our respect for the WSJ and our frequent re-posting of its op-eds. This guide serves as an excellent reference tool, I encourage all of our readers to make use of it if you’re ever in doubt as to whether or not ObamaCare really is the disaster that its critics portray.

(ChattahBox)—The Republican Party took time off yesterday, from obstructing desperately needed health care reform for Americans, and decided to compare the Democratic Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi to Adolf Hitler. The National Republican Congressional Committee sent a tweet from its official Twitter account, containing a link to a video comparing Nancy Pelosi with Hitler. After being subjected to outrage for the committee’s disgraceful hate-mongering, the tweet was removed.

Verum Serum: Video: Robert Reich Reveals Obama’s Lies on Health Reform (Updated) There are two videos on this post.  The one on the left is posted and a link to another that I went ahead and placed here.  This is all about the “putrid” optioin of Obamascare. Robert Reich, the former Secretary of Labor under Clinton and more recently an Obama economic adviser, has been all over the media lately shilling for ObamaCare. The public option is no more dangerous than a box of puppies according to this professionally produced video featuring Reich.

ObamaCare President Obama, Pitchman in Chief for government run health care has promised over and over that “if you like your current health insurance plan you can keep it.” On Tuesday, the Senate finance committee, with much media fanfare, passed a “bill.”  Known as “the Baucus bill” it isn’t really a bill at all.  It’s “conceptual” language, and it openly debunks the President’s promise.

Terence P. Jeffrey CNSNews October 14, 2009A d v e r t i s e m e n tThe most revelatory passage in the so-called “plain English” version of the health care bill that the Senate Finance Committee approved on Tuesday (without ever drafting the actual legislative language) says that in the future Americans will be offered the convenience of getting their health insurance at the Department of Motor Vehicles. This is no joke. If this bill becomes law, it will be the duty of the U.S.

Terence P. Jeffrey CNSNews October 14, 2009 A d v e r t i s e m e n t The most revelatory passage in the so-called “plain English” version of the health care bill that the Senate Finance Committee approved on Tuesday (without ever drafting the actual legislative language) says that in the future Americans will be offered the convenience of getting their health insurance at the Department of Motor Vehicles. This is no joke. If this bill becomes law, it will be the duty of the U.S.

Terence P. Jeffrey CNSNews October 14, 2009 A d v e r t i s e m e n t The most revelatory passage in the so-called “plain English” version of the health care bill that the Senate Finance Committee approved on Tuesday (without ever drafting the actual legislative language) says that in the future Americans will be offered the convenience of getting their health insurance at the Department of Motor Vehicles. This is no joke. If this bill becomes law, it will be the duty of the U.S.

Terence P. Jeffrey CNSNews October 14, 2009 A d v e r t i s e m e n t The most revelatory passage in the so-called “plain English” version of the health care bill that the Senate Finance Committee approved on Tuesday (without ever drafting the actual legislative language) says that in the future Americans will be offered the convenience of getting their health insurance at the Department of Motor Vehicles. This is no joke. If this bill becomes law, it will be the duty of the U.S.

Seattle Times Republicans draw the line on healthcare reform costs, says Sen. Orrin Hatch AXcess News Not to mention a slew of new taxes which will simply be passed on to middle class families across the nation,” claimed the Utah Republican . … CBS Cheers ‘Rebel Republican ‘ Olympia Snowe for Supporting ObamaCare NewsBusters (blog) Lieberman Defects Wall Street Journal One Republican Jumps Ship: Snowe Votes Yes on Health Care Reform GroundReport

While Senator Snowe’s yes vote in the Senate Finance Committee was a shock to liberals and conservatives, it is neither a defeat for conservatives nor a victory for liberals. The bill would have passed Committee regardless of how sen. Snowe voted. Senator Snowe, in her own words, said her vote was a maybe on the Senate floor. Smart political observers like Carrie Budoff Brown at Politico understand that Snowe’s vote radically increases the likelihood of Dem-on-Dem political violence over any single significant move to the left that the Democratic Leadership contemplates when they attempt to merge the bill.

The Examiner ’s Tim Carney reports : As the White House dismissed the insurance lobby’s critiques of the Senate health care bill as self-serving corporate disinformation, President Obama used his weekly radio address to laud four former Republican officials for supporting the push for “reform.” 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 the health care industry and could personally

A s the Magic Unicorn and Snake Oil Show moves on to the full Senate after passing out of the Senate Finance Committee on a majority vote, Massachusetts gives us a peek at what we can really expect , should this all pass, at a national level: The state passed a prototype for ObamaCare in 2006 on the same cost-control theory as Senate Finance, only to see spending explode.

I am sitting here in my white lab coat with dirty sleeves (from use), thinking that there is no reason for a practicing physician to support the current health reforms before Congress.  Patients are going to have a rude awakening when their new insurance cards don’t give them the kind of access to doctors they are expecting. Doctors are too frustrated and marginalized to play ball with the president. Here are the reasons that every doctor I know is vehemently against Obamacare: *  No comprehensive tort reform.

Another GOP senator open to health care overhaul WASHINGTON (AP) – A second Republican senator signaled Wednesday she’s open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this year, putting President Barack Obama closer to a historic achievement that has eluded generations of Democratic leaders. But Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told The Associated Press that the bill [...]

Colorado will become the first state to reduce its minimum wage because of a falling cost of living. The state Department of Labor and Employment ordered the wage down to $7.24 from $7.28. That’s lower than the federal minimum wage of $7.25, so most minimum wage workers would lose only 3 cents an hour. Colorado is one of 10 states where the minimum wage is tied to inflation. The indexing is thought to protect low-wage workers from having flat wages as the cost of living goes up.

Newbusters : CNN’s John Roberts omits Leftie background of pro-Obamacare insurance industry insider . Via @exposeliberals . We have no choice but to conclude that Anita Dunn holds Fox News’ journalistic standards in the highest regard… Tagged: media bias, News, Politics

An easy way to send an email to your congressional reps to let them know you are against Obamacare. Go to this link and fill in the blanks. A letter for each rep will be created and you can add or delete from it. Original article: Forum: News/Activism

Sheriff Richard Mack Infowars October 14, 2009 By now we have all heard the cliches and seen the posters from the “Tea Parties” espousing freedom, less government, and perhaps most of all, how the federal government had better back off trying to shove their national healthcare down our otherwise healthy throats. The truth of the matter is all the slogans of “Don’t Tread On Me” or “Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death” or “We’re Mad As Hell And We’re Not Taking It Anymore,” don’t mean a thing when compared to reality; the real and actual answer to all the protests, marches, and outrage.

Sheriff Richard Mack Infowars October 14, 2009By now we have all heard the cliches and seen the posters from the “Tea Parties” espousing freedom, less government, and perhaps most of all, how the federal government had better back off trying to shove their national healthcare down our otherwise healthy throats. The truth of the matter is all the slogans of “Don’t Tread On Me” or “Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death” or “We’re Mad As Hell And We’re Not Taking It Anymore,” don’t mean a thing when compared to reality; the real and actual answer to all the protests, marches, and outrage.

Sheriff Richard Mack Infowars October 14, 2009 By now we have all heard the cliches and seen the posters from the “Tea Parties” espousing freedom, less government, and perhaps most of all, how the federal government had better back off trying to shove their national healthcare down our otherwise healthy throats. The truth of the matter is all the slogans of “Don’t Tread On Me” or “Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death” or “We’re Mad As Hell And We’re Not Taking It Anymore,” don’t mean a thing when compared to reality; the real and actual answer to all the protests, marches, and outrage.

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