Doctor Linda Peeno, a renown expert in the field of "Managed Care", explains to Congress the dirty little secrets behind the Business of Health Care Denial:
THE REAL DEATH PANELS: Insurance Companies That Deny Care
In the spring of 1987, as a Physician, I denied a man a necessary operation, that would have saved his life. And thus caused his death. And I'm haunted by the thousands of pieces of paper, on which I have written that deadly word: Denied.
Well, The System's Broken [...] Certainly I don't accept, in the richest county on Earth, that we should have 47 Million people without Health Insurance, and Millions of more people being bankrupted because of a Medical Bill.
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As President of the United States, what I've proposed to do, is to make sure that we got a plan that covers ALL Americans.
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The key to making this happen, is to overcome the resistance we're going to see from Drug Companies, Insurance Companies, HMO's. Over the last 10 years alone, Drug and Insurance Companies spent over $1 Billion, in preventing Health Care Reform from happening. That's going to require then, a mobilization of energy among the American People, to insist on a Congress and a White House, that are actually going to deliver this time.
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When Jesus heard that, he said to them, "Healthy people don't need a doctor; those who are sick do. I've come to call sinners, not people who think they have God's approval."
(emphasis added)
GOP Health Care Obstructionists, are you Listening???
The Pharisees, thought they were doing God's work too.
Imagine their surprise when this upstart Carpenter, from the old neighborhood, dared to stand up to their blatant self-righteousness ... and dish back to them some cold, hard truth ...
(a nice put up or shut up move... - promoted by poligirl)
as reported on Rachel Maddow's Thursday show:
Congressman Weiner's bluff-calling, put-up-or-shut-up amendment to the House health care bill (H.R. 3200):
Really Republicans, don't like Publicly run Health Care?
Would you care to put your Vote where your rhetoric is,
to eliminate a very successful Public Health Care Program -- Medicare?
Well if Talking Points were Rubles ... Some people would be king!
How to Stop Socialized Health Care Five arguments Republicans must make. By KARL ROVE - Wall Street Journal - JUNE 11, 2009
If Democrats enact a public-option health-insurance program, America is on the way to becoming a European-style welfare state. To prevent this from happening, there are five arguments Republicans must make.
The first is it's unnecessary. ...
But 1,300 companies sell health insurance plans. That's competition enough.
Second, a public option will undercut private insurers and pass the tab to taxpayers and health providers just as it does in existing government-run programs. ...
Third, government-run health insurance would crater the private insurance market, forcing most Americans onto the government plan. ...
Fourth, the public option is far too expensive. ...
Fifth, the public option puts government firmly in the middle of the relationship between patients and their doctors. ...
Private vs. Public Schools: What's the Difference?
Your goal is to find a school that will meet your child's needs. But how do you choose between a public school and a private school?
[... interesting list of Pros and Cons ...]
The Bottom Line
There are a few fundamental differences between public and private schools, but here's the bottom line: There are great private schools and there are great public schools. The trick is finding the school that best fits your child's needs. You may also want to consider public charter schools or homeschooling. It's a good idea to research the schools that interest you and, to get a true picture of the school, visit in person.
Has Competition from Public Education "killed" the thriving Industry of Private Education?
Hardly!
Neither will Competition from a Public Option in Health Care, "kill" the thriving Industry of Private Insurance -- assuming they actually have a Product, that People are willing to pay for!
(ahhh - the Party of No... - promoted by poligirl)
In case you haven't noticed, there is a Talking Point War, developing around the "validity" of the Public Option.
There is very much at stake in this inevitable War of Words -- not least of which is YOUR Future Health, Wealth, and peace of mind.
Of course, the forces of the Status Quo, will do everything within their Financial Power, to convince you that a non-profit "Public Option" in Health Care -- is against your best interests!That it is anti-American! ... That a Public Option is somehow an "inferior" product. (says who, btw?)
Just don't buy what their selling, because really it's someone else's "best interests" that those Talking Point warriors, really have in mind:
Beware of Big Business' next "Bait and Switch"!
(Whether it be some amorphous "co-op" idea, or some other shiny object, like promising to finally "play nicely now".)
(the down tickets are soooo important!!! - promoted by poligirl)
It is SO Important to pay attention to Down Ticket races, if we really want to put America on a New Track.
Even though Democrats won a slim majority in the House and Senate in 2006, the GOP has been able to block most of the New legislation that the Democrats have been authoring on behalf of the American People.
The Republican Strategy for the last 2 years, "Run against the Do-Nothing Congress in 2008".
How? By blocking nearly every Bill from Passing in the Senate, under the pretext of Debate, otherwise known as the Filibuster.
Source: Secretary of the Senate
As this chart shows, never have so many filibusters been threatened as in the first session of the 110th Congress. In just the first year, Republicans filibustered more legislation, and required more cloture votes to break those filibusters, than in any Congress in recent history.
