With the Healthcare Reform Rush, Obama Admits He is Not Familiar With the Bill
While Obama’s healthcare legislation, H.R. 3200, has tanked to a disapproval rate of 50% across the nation, Obama is putting pressure on the U.S. House and Senate to quickly pass their versions of the bill before breaking for summer vacation at the end of July.
Meanwhile, a Bloomberg.com article explains that there is a hold-up due, in part, to “Democrats, who have majorities in each chamber, that have been stymied by squabbles within the party over the measure’s price tag and proposed new taxes.”
However, we Republicans know that there is a lot more reason to stall this bill than to instill even more taxes- the President does not appear to know a heck of a lot about his own "Obamacare" plan.
Obama hosted a conference call with leftist bloggers earlier this week, in which he urged them to pressure Congress to pass his healthcare plan as soon as possible. During this call, as reported by RealClearPolitics, a blogger from Maine asked Obama about Section 102 of the bill, which states the House health legislation would outlaw private insurance. The blogger asked, "Is this true? Will people be able to keep their insurance and will insurers be able to write new policies even though H.R. 3200 is passed?"- to which our very own president admitted, "You know, I have to say that I am not familiar with the provision you are talking about."
After just admitting that he is not familiar with the healthcare bill, Obama goes on to promise, “If you have health insurance, and you like it, and you have a doctor that you like, then you can keep it. Period.” Well which is it?!?! Yes- we can keep our existing health plans, but only if they can survive the wrath of Obamacare, which will slash and burn our preexisting healthcare plans with its slew of new regulations that our healthcare plans must conform to. And how can Obama even attempt to fulfill his promise to the U.S. public when he obviously has not even read through the bill himself?
As Senator John Cornyn has explained in a previous blog post, Congress must take more time to get healthcare reform right partly because "it seems like there's less concern in Washington about lowering health care costs than shifting those costs to the taxpayers."
Could Obamacare be yet another disguise for increased taxes? While there is so much still up in the air about H.R. 3200, one thing is for sure- unless Obama actually reads the bill and the Democrats in Congress stop forcing more and more taxes into this legislative proposal, there should be absolutely no rush on passing this healthcare bill.
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Reform
Health Care Bankruptcy
Health Care - Insane drug pushing and prices
Take control of your own health
My web site has many web sites that teach about natural health care. Cancer is curable and so are all of the so called incurables. You have been robbed by the worlds drug pushers.
Get the knowledge and enjoy the rest of your life. It takes work to change your life style, but it is worth changing what got you sick in the first place. You are a victim only of lack of knowledge. Take control of your own health. cfhsm.ws
All of these points were
healthcare
Rediculously High Insurance Premiums
In addtion, democrats are trying to push this as healthcare reform when it has absolutely nothing to do with the cost of healthcare. This should be called what it is, insurance reform, because politicians decided they couldn't bite the hand that feeds them.
Furthermore, until laws are passed that force congress to be included in any laws they create, and make campaign contributions illegal, there will never be a law passed in this country that is truly for the good of its citizens.
Health Care Options
Insurance companies are out of control. Cost of treatment leaves millions - yes MILLIONS - in our country, unable to receive even basic treatment. How would you feel if you could not get treated for even basic ailments because you could not afford it?
I WANT to see options. And the comments about slashing and burning our pre-existing plans is total crap. I am not big fan of Obama. But I am even less of a fan or propaganda and assumptive representation that clearly fails those who would most benefit.
Future med student opens his mouth
As for the disabled, I'm do have sympathy but maybe you can write your congressmen and tell them how you feel. Maybe then they will give you more money for disability and spend less by not sending money to overseas countries everytime they have a disaster. What about the illegal immigrants who come over here and and scam the welfare? Face it, Americans are becoming jealous, lazy, and neglagent; whining and complaining just to make things accomodate the individual instead of as a team. I work two jobs and go to school and still make a 4.0 GPA. If I can do it, so can anyone else. Get over yourself. Life is not that bad. Stop trying to make people feel sorry for you.
Furthermore,what about these "Not so taleneted sports players and celebrities" who make 32 milion dollars a year and have no idea what it is like to struggle through 12+ years of school. Are you going to have the president create a reform that suggests the movie theatre or sports arena give you your money back everytime you are dissatisfied of how much you paid for a movie that did not meet your standards? or complain that you made a purchase on an overpriced ticket and a player on your favorite football team fumbled the ball and lost the game? What about the car you drive and how the CEO's of that car company managed to buy all new personal Jets last year? You going to get Obama to lower the price you pay on your car too? Think about it.
Since you seem to be so rich. Can I have your address? The reason I ask is because if this reform does go through I will know where to send my college bills. Thank you for being a trooper.
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