August 16, 2009
Mob Rule
Vol. 4 Issue 8
President
Obama is to be congratulated. He has
accomplished what no other president has
done before. He has motivated the American
people to finally get out of their chairs
and speak
up. Throughout his campaign he kept
preaching American’s should get engaged.
Spread the
word we need to tell American’s the truth.
So now that American’s have taken his
lead and have learned the truth especially
about the
health care bill, does he find himself
wanting to eat those words?
The recent protests over his health care
bill has led to the White House claiming
that the
attendance at the recent town-hall meetings
is a Right Wing conspiracy led by
conservative talk
radio, right wing activists and insurance
company lobbyists. However, they have not
produced
a single person who claims they were enticed
or organized by any lobbyist.
The White House and Liberal Congressional
representatives have called them out of
control
mobs. Nancy Pelosi, (D-CA) stated publicly
that some protestors showed up carrying
swastikas.
Yes, Nancy someone did have a swastika;
however it was in a circle with a red line
through it
indicating ‘Stop the Nazi’s’. Talk about
taking things out of context. Go back to
2006 to Nancy
Pelosi at a San Francisco anti-war forum,
when hard Leftists start shouting and
disrupting the
meeting the moderator tried to discourage a
shouting match.
Pelosi cut off the moderator and
encouraged her hecklers chanting “NO MORE
WAR:” ‘I
appreciate that. I appreciate that you as
advocates can say that. That’s okay. That’s
okay.’
This dissent is patriotic.” But not when it
comes to health care is it Nancy?.
Senator Boxer (D-CA) stated that it was a
Right Wing movement to hurt the President.
Boxer
called them “Brooks Brothers protestors”
because they showed up wearing suits. Get
your
head out of the sand Senator Boxer. They
showed up wearing suits because they were on
their
way to or came from work to attend the
meetings. That is how concerned the American
people are. You are planning to take away
their income with high taxes disguised as
Cap and
Trade [Crap ‘n Trade as I call it] now you
want to take away their health care
insurance.
I attended a meeting ten days ago that
was held by Rep. Ron Klein (D-FL 22). In
fairness to
Congressman Klein the meeting was not set up
as a town hall meeting, but was a monthly
meeting his staff conducts to address
individual problems his constituents may
need help with.
Normally there is one representative from
his office to handle the approximately eight
people
that show up. However, his office sent three
representatives for this meeting and over
200
people showed up. Did his staff assume
something?
As for the Right Wing radicals, a
majority of the people present were
registered Democrats or
Independents.
The latest rhetoric from the President
during a recent town hall meeting was
America spends
more on health care than Canada or the U.K.
Get your head out of the sand Mr. President
the
reason we spend more is we get more.
In Great Britain, there is no preventive
screening for breast cancer unless the woman
is
between 50 and 70. If you are extremely
obese at risk for heart disease or diabetes
you don’t
get screened. Patients needing hip and knee
replacements are given pain medication not
surgery if they are over 70-years old and
not a productive citizen. In Canada you are
put on a
waiting list for so long that many Canadians
travel to the U.S. for treatment; many time
to save
their lives. There is little preventive
testing and expensive drugs that are
administered to treat
cancer patients are not administered. A
survey done for Parliament in the U.K.
revealed that
94% of British citizens want to go back to
private insurance.
The French government taxes workers 18%
for their health care insurance. It is for
the most
part a single payer system. It comes with a
30% co-pay. Ninety-two percent of French
citizens
have private supplemental health insurance
to cover the high co-pay costs.
If you want to bring our costs in line
with the U.K. and Canada as you say, Mr.
President, will
you cut our medical care just to bring the
costs down? How else can you explain the
disparity?
Do you really think we cannot see through
your rhetoric and talking points?
“The year's biggest survey on healthcare
reveals most Americans oppose the very
reforms that
President Obama is trying to push through
Congress. By 52 percent to 40 percent,
voters say
they are against the healthcare bill
introduced July 14 to the House of
Representatives, a new
Zogby International poll reports.
Co-sponsored by the University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston, the survey
is based
on interviews with nearly 4,000 adults
nationwide? the largest such survey
conducted this
year.
The poll's findings: Americans oppose
raising tax rates to pay for a new
healthcare system.
Instead, they favor innovative approaches
that would save money, which in turn could
be used
to fund health benefits for the poor.
Among those currently insured, Zogby
reports, 84 percent are satisfied with their
current
health care. Also, four out of every five
people surveyed agreed that rising
healthcare costs are
hurting American businesses.”
If the government wants to contain the
rising health care costs, two things need to
happen
immediately: The first is Tort Reform. When
doctors are ordering unnecessary tests so
they
can practice defensive medicine because
American’s have become sue-happy, insurance
costs
skyrocket. Take for example the woman who
was put to bed in her seventh month of
pregnancy; her doctor’s orders saved her
life and the life of her baby. She then sued
her doctor
because she developed excessive stretch
marks. The court system has become the new
lottery.
People are using the courts because the odds
of getting a quick settlement are better
than
winning the lottery.
The second item is Medicare fraud, which is
in billions of dollars each year. The
Medicare Fraud
Reduction Act has done little to bring it
under control. The government wastes
billions of
dollars each year on fraud.
During a press conference on July 23
Obama said Pediatricians check pay schedules
before
treating you child’s sore throat. The doctor
may decide to remove the tonsils because he
gets
paid more to do so. You still have your head
in the sand Mr. President. Pediatricians
don’t
remove tonsils, surgeons do. So removing the
child’s tonsils means the doctor may not see
that child anymore. How stupid do you think
we are?
Paul Krugman of the NY Times has said
this is a race issue White America against a
black
President.
Let’s look at some of the myths and facts
about healthcare. These are right out of the
Health
Care Bill.
Myth: There are 47 million Americans
without health care insurance in the U.S.
Fact: According to the U.S. Census Bureau
the number is actually 35.9 million. If we
reduce
that figure by the number of Illegal Aliens,
those eligible for Medicaid who have not
applied for
coverage, children who are eligible for the
State Health Care Insurance Program ( SHCIP)
who
have not applied and the childless couples
who can afford the insurance but won’t pay
for it.
The true number is less than four million.
President Obama wants to change health
care for 300 million Americans to cover four
million
people.
The fact is these people who do not have
health insurance have access to the finest
health care
in the world. Any emergency room in any
hospital in the United States must treat
them. The
problem is the hospital has no way of being
reimbursed.
Another major part of the problem is
portability. People should have the ability
to change
employment and keep the insurance they have
with no penalty for pre-existing conditions.
Also, there are over 1,300 medical insurance
companies in the U.S. They are prohibited by
law
to write policies except in the states they
do business. Congress should mandate that
they be
allowed to write policies nationwide. This
will increase competition among carriers and
help to
reduce the cost of premiums.
Obama wants to reduce the cost of drugs
by shortening the patent time from 12- years
to five.
His reasoning is that it will make drugs
more available and cheaper because generic
pharmaceutical manufacturers will be able to
get the drugs to the market sooner. What he
fails to realize is that when a drug company
spends $1-$2 billion to research and develop
a
drug they have to spread their costs over
the 12-years, so they can recoup their
costs.
Shortening that time by seven years will
only make the drugs more expensive when the
drug
companies have to recoup their cost in less
time.
Myth: Obama said, “This is the best most
comprehensive health care plan we can give
to all
Americans.
Fact: Obama said during the campaign,
“There is no reason that all Americans
cannot enjoy the
same health care plan that is afforded
members of Congress.” If it is so good why
won’t
members of Congress sign on to it.
Myth: You can keep your private
insurance. If you change jobs you will be
able to keep the
same health insurance.
Fact: The bill States that if you have
insurance at the time of the bill becoming
law and
change, you will be required to take a
similar plan. If that is not available, you
will be required
to take the government option! P. 16.
Myth: Your medical care decisions will be
between you and your health care provider.
Fact: A government committee will decide
what treatments and benefits you get (and,
unlike
an insurer, there will be no appeals
process) P.30 The "Health Choices
Commissioner" will
decide health benefits for you. You will
have no choice. None. P. 42.
Myth: Persons in this country illegally
will not be covered under this plan.
Fact: All non-US citizens, illegal or
not, will be provided with free healthcare
services. So will
persons residing in American Samoa, Puerto
Rico, Guam or any other U.S. protectorate
including the U.S. Virgin Islands. P.50.
Myth: You will not be paying for your
neighbor’s health care.
Fact: Taxpayers will subsidize all union
retiree and community organizer health plans
(example: SEIU, UAW and ACORN) p.65
Myth: There are no penalties for having
your own private or group insurance through
your
employer.
Fact: Any employer with a payroll of
$250K-400K or more, who does not offer the
public
option, pays a 2 to 6% tax on payroll. P.150
“First they ignore you, then they laugh
at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
- Gandhi
And that is my opinion,
Michael Solomon
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