July 25th, 2009 | 
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The Obama Plan Health Plan Is About Insurance And Not Health Care
Under Obama’s proposed health plan, employers would have to insure their employees, or pay into a fund that did it for them.
Individuals would be required under penalty of law to buy a private insurance policy, and if they couldn’t afford one, or preferred not to use one, then there would be something called a Public Option.
The Obama Public Option Is A Bait-And-Switch Scam
The term Public option, refers to a proposal presently before Congress that would create an enormous Medicare look-alike program, which would offer alternative health insurance to the non-elderly, thereby purportedly putting it into competition with the 1,000 to 1,500 health insurance companies that sell health insurance today.
Just Another Reworked Medicare
The idea has been around for a long time and was previously called,
“Medicare Plus” in 2001 and “Health Care for America Plan” in 2007.
In practice however one would expect the private insurers to recruit the younger and the healthier, and the Public Option would only get patients that they didn’t want.
a) The middle aged
b) The poor
c) Those with pre-existing conditions
Private Insurers vs. Medicare
Private health insurers presently spend around 33% of every health care dollar on non-health related things such as,
a) litigation
b) advertising
c) lobbying
d) bad investments
e) bonuses
Medicare spends 2 or 3% on its administrative overhead.
It is estimated that the House version of the public option will cover only 10-12 million people, which would be far too small a number to put any significant pressure on private insurance companies, to say nothing of the 16 to 17 million that would remain uninsured.
According to the CBO (Congressional Budget Office), the Senate version of the Democrat’s which doesn’t have the public option, would leave thirty three million people uninsured.
How Would The Obama Health Plan Be Funded?
Supposedly by,
a) Cuts in Medicaid
b) Taxing those who earn more than $300,000 per year
What needs to be said is that the U.S. already spends more on health care than other country in the world, whilst leaving a greater portion of its population uninsured, than in any other first world country.
Single Payer Health
Single-payer health care is used to describe the payment of doctors, hospitals and other health care providers from a single fund, and the patient is entitled to the full range of medical services without the need for private health insurance.
The single payer idea has the greatest level of support amongst medical professionals, and opinion polls indicate that the public would prefer be in a privately-run health care system than in a government-run one by a margin of 64% to 19%.
According to a study by the California Nurses Association the adoption of the Single Payer system would cause the loss of 550,000 jobs in private insurance, whilst creating 3.2 million new jobs in actual health care.
Moreover, the Single Payer system would pay around $100 billion in annual salaries, thereby generating enormous tax revenue for local governments.
The health plan that is presently being debated, even if approved, wouldn’t cover the uninsured until 2013.
As early, or as late as that, depending on how you look at it.
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LEAD, FOLLOW, OR GET OUT OF THE WAY. (Thomas Paine)
We have the 37th worst quality of healthcare in the developed world. Conservative estimates are that over 120,000 of you dies each year in America from treatable illness that people in other developed countries don’t die from. Rich, middle class, and poor a like. Insured and uninsured. Men, women, children, and babies. This is what being 37th in quality of healthcare means.
I know that many of you are angry and frustrated that REPUBLICANS! In congress are dragging their feet and trying to block TRUE healthcare reform. What republicans want is just a taxpayer bailout of the DISGRACEFUL GREED DRIVEN PRIVATE FOR PROFIT health insurance industry, and the DISGRACEFUL GREED DRIVEN PRIVATE FOR PROFIT healthcare industry. An insurance bailout is all you really get without a robust government-run public option available on day one.
These industries have been slaughtering you and your loved ones like cattle for decades for profit. Including members of congress and their families. These REPUBLICANS are FOOLS!
Republicans and their traitorous allies have been trying to make it look like it’s President Obama’s fault for the delays, and foot dragging. But I think you all know better than that. President Obama inherited one of the worst government catastrophes in American history from these REPUBLICANS! And President Obama has done a brilliant job of turning things around, and working his heart out for all of us.
But Republicans think you are just a bunch of stupid, idiot, cash cows with short memories. Just like they did under the Bush administration when they helped Bush and Cheney rape America and the rest of the World.
But you don’t have to put up with that. And this is what you can do. The Republicans below will be up for reelection on November 2, 2010. Just a little over 13 months from now. And many of you will be able to vote early. So pick some names and tell their voters that their representatives (by name) are obstructing TRUE healthcare reform. And are sellouts to the insurance and medical lobbyist.
Ask them to contact their representatives and tell them that they are going to work to throw them out of office on November 2, 2010, if not before by impeachment, or recall elections. Doing this will give you something more to do to make things better in America. And it will help you feel better too.
There are many resources on the internet that can help you find people to call and contact. For example, many social networking sites can be searched by state, city, or University. Be inventive and creative. I can think of many ways to do this. But be nice. These are your neighbors. And most will want to help.
I know there are a few democrats that have been trying to obstruct TRUE healthcare reform too. But the main problem is the Bush Republicans. Removing them is the best thing tactically to do. On the other hand. If you can easily replace a democrat obstructionist with a supportive democrat, DO IT!
You have been AMAZING!!! my people. Don’t loose heart. You knew it wasn’t going to be easy saving the World.
God Bless You
jacksmith — Working Class
Republican Senators up for re-election in 2010.
* Richard Shelby of Alabama
* Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
* John McCain of Arizona
* Mel Martinez of Florida
* Johnny Isakson of Georgia
* Mike Crapo of Idaho
* Chuck Grassley of Iowa
* Sam Brownback of Kansas
* Jim Bunning of Kentucky
* David Vitter of Louisiana
* Kit Bond of Missouri
* Judd Gregg of New Hampshire
* Richard Burr of North Carolina
* George Voinovich of Ohio
* Tom Coburn of Oklahoma
* Jim DeMint of South Carolina
* John Thune of South Dakota
* Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas
* Bob Bennett of Utah
We have the 37th worst quality of healthcare in the developed world?!