Wow! President Obama is a piece of work. I cannot believe he just spent an hour saying a whole lot of nothing. He just gave another WORTHLESS SPEECH about a health care reform bill that he has ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL over and knows nothing about. Just you wait and see when we DISSECT the FINAL health care reform bill, it will be NOTHING that President Obama claimed in this speech. Please take a moment to browse the current bill drafted by Congress H.R. 3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 actual text, you will notice that they have thrown everything in there PLUS the kitchen sink. And President Obama wants us to believe the health care reform bill will NOT ADD A DIME to our federal budget? Come on! Let's walk through some facts for a moment.
Fact #1: The United States Census Bureau states that there are a little over 307 MILLION American citizens. Before the Obama administration along with the Democratic Congress and their moutpieces have claimed that there were 47 MILLION UNINSURED Americans. Now President Obama claimed in this evening's speech that we need to cover the 30 MILLION UNINSURED. Well what is it, 47 million or 30 million? How the heck did all of you even come up with these numbers??? I want to know! Well, let's just say for the sake of argument that there really are 30 million uninsured Americans. If we have 307,405,551 American citizens to date, that means that is less than 10% of the POPULATION!!! Then President Obama stated in tonight's speech, "And every day, 14,000 Americans lose their coverage." Where the heck does he get these numbers? I want to know! EVERY DAY, really now?! Come on! Then President Obama claimed the following:
One man from Illinois lost his coverage in the middle of chemotherapy because his insurer found that he hadn't reported gallstones that he didn't even know about. They delayed his treatment, and he died because of it.Oh really now, it is heartbreaking that ANYBODY would have to ENDURE that kind of treatment. This kind of treatment sounds much like what MEDICAID PATIENTS have to endure today!!! Many have to wait a year to get treated for cancer if they are lucky! I wish the media would search out American citizens on MEDICAID and ask them how this government-run insurance program treats them?
Another woman, from Texas, was about to get a double mastectomy when her insurance company canceled her policy because she forgot to declare a case of acne. By the time she had her insurance reinstated, her breast cancer had more than doubled in size.
That is heartbreaking, it is wrong, and no one should be treated that way in the United States of America.
Fact #2: The reason why millions of Americans end up in the emergency room is because most are MEDICAID patients who don't have medical centers in their urban or rural communities that accept MEDICAID government-run health care coverage! Why? Well simply because the government sets limits on the cost of health care and has a real bad habit of NOT PAYING MEDICAID CLAIMS! What is the point in offering Medicaid to low-income and poverty stricken American families and then leave these people with no medical facilities to go to? They have government-run medical coverage and cannot use it. How crazy and stupid is that?! So these Americans wait until their medical problems get worse and end up in emergency rooms. Our government has GROSSLY FAILED Americans who qualify for MEDICAID! President Obama ought to be focusing on MEDICAID REFORM as a completely separate legislative bill.
Fact #3: The reason why the rest of us pay high health care insurance premiums is because our very own government has ALLOWED the health care industry to MONOPOLIZE the regions they do business in. If our government would simply remove this one restriction and OPENED UP the market, this in itself would DRIVE DOWN the cost of health care SIGNIFICANTLY! Why? Well simply because this would mean that the health care industry would have to COMPETE for OUR BUSINESS NATIONALLY. Plus, Americans would be able to KEEP the same health care insurance policy if we move to other regions.
Fact #4: Tort reform is an essential element that needs to be addressed in this bill. Doctor's do too many expensive and unnecessary tests because they fear being SUED. Why doesn't our government include TORT REFORM in this bill? Isn't that part of the reason why our premiums are being driven up? Did you notice President Obama barely mentioned TORT REFORM tonight? He only offered to so-call test it in some obscure part of the U.S. President Obama does not have the balls to CHALLENGE the attorney's who have STAUNCHLY SUPPORTED his Presidential campaign. Ok, I see your friends come first before the America people you are SUPPOSED TO SERVE!!! Special interest group lobbyist's win once again...
President Obama quoted the late Ted Kennedy with this statement:
He never forgot the sheer terror and helplessness that any parent feels when a child is badly sick. And he was able to imagine what it must be like for those without insurance, what it'd be like to have to say to a wife or a child or an aging parent, "There is something that could make you better, but I just can't afford it."Fact #5: This leaves me to EMPHASIZE my final fact that EVERY CHILD IS COVERED IN AMERICA! "The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a program administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides matching funds to states for health insurance to families with children. The program was designed with the intent to cover uninsured children in families with incomes that are modest but too high to qualify for Medicaid. This bill was passed during the Clinton administration that Hillary Clinton pioneered. Then on On February 4. 2009, President Obama signed the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA)." As for the aging parent, wouldn't they QUALIFY FOR MEDICARE? Come on!
If and I mean if Obama's health care plan gets passed it WILL NOT improve the quality of healthcare the poor, sick, needy and low-income citizens desperately need addressed! Not one bit. These same people will still have to go to emergency rooms because they don't have medical centers that accept MEDICAID in their urban and rural areas OR they DO NOT QUALIFY for Medicaid. Therefore, Remote Area Medical (RAM) will have to continue to provide medical, dental and vision to 100s of thousands of uninsured Americans. Just you wait and see. President Obama's health care WILL NOT SOLVE this dilemma.
One last point, there are approximately 3 to 4 million Americans who do not financially qualify or are too young to qualify for any medical assistance through Medicaid and Medicare. These government-run medical programs already exist. Why doesn't our federal government adjust them so everyone has has a chance to qualify?! Fill in the gap. These are the very same people Remote Area Medical (RAM) has been serving in the United States. Medicaid Reform should be presented in one legislative bill and Health care Insurance industry Reform should be presented in another legislative bill. BREAK IT UP MR. PRESIDENT. Quit drowning in a glass of water. Quit listening to people who will no longer be by your side and start doing what is RIGHT for America. I would like to end with this last statement made by President Obama this evening. REQUIRED MEANS FORCED and if you notice once again those people in our society who are still unable to pay for health care coverage or do not qualify for Medicaid or Medicare will be OFFERED a HARDSHIP WAIVER!!! Do you get it now? Can you see?
That's why under my plan, individuals will be required to carry basic health insurance -- just as most states require you to carry auto insurance.
Likewise -- likewise, businesses will be required to either offer their workers health care, or chip in to help cover the cost of their workers.
There will be a hardship waiver for those individuals who still can't afford coverage, and 95 percent of all small businesses, because of their size and narrow profit margin, would be exempt from these requirements.
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