Showing posts with label Healthcare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Healthcare. Show all posts

Sunday, August 09, 2009

ObamaCare, For The Faint of Heart


Dan from New York writes:

The media has changed the subject from the high costs and negatives consequences of ObamaCare to the alleged ill manners, tsk, tsk, of some of its opponents at town hall meetings. According to Keith Olbermann some people are shouting.

Can you imagine?

Fair enough. For those of us who never raise our voices and insist on keeping our napkins in our laps, here and here are two videos featuring two decorous gentlemen in coat and tie quietly discussing the freakin’ socialist disaster Obama is trying to shove down our freakin’ throats!

That's the problem with Dan. His opinions are too guarded and ambivalent.

Saturday, August 08, 2009

Habla Astroturf?


Looking at the Left has must-see coverage of Nancy Pelosi's visit to Denver, where anti-ObamaCare protesters faced paid hacks rustled up by "Organizing for America". OFA is Barack Obama's personal "army" of supporters (as an aside, has any President in the history of the Republic had his own personal cadre of supporters that is completely separate from his political party?).

An excerpt from this long, fascinating post:

...[the area] is adjacent to Denver’s day laborer pickup street, Park Avenue. Being fluent in Spanish, El Marco asked these guys “¿hablan ingles?” “casi nada” was the reply from our amigo on the left. I asked him if he could tell me what the signs said. “¿Quien sabe?” (who knows?) was all he said to me, with a big grin. I’m kicking myself for not asking them how much they were getting paid to support the grassroots...

Take note of the lady [in black]. She is holding a sign that reads “Pants on Fire” with Pelosi’s image. The image is repeated three times on her sign. There are no other words. I left the event early but the photo below, from the Denver Post, shows what I missed. The astrozoid on the left below, with the HOPE T-shirt, decided that she didn’t like the Nancy Pants on Fire sign. Not a problem. Just grab it... [This picture shows the] woman in black struggl[ing] to maintain her free speech while calling for help from police nearby...

These two were taking a break while they waited for Nancy to emerge in her SUV. It’s nice when Democrats spend time with their children...

Now that's astroturf we can believe in!

Hat tip: Pundette.

Friday, August 07, 2009

Ouch! Even hard-core libs confirm Democrats are lying about Town Hall protesters!


Even the most whacked-out liberals are admitting that the Town Hall protesters are neither "Nazis", "Insurance Lobbyists" or "Paid Corporate Suits".

I just want to make a quick comment here where it will be seen. I know it's popular these last few days to talk about astroturfing and corporate sponsorship of protesters. However, I don't think much of that was going on tonight. These people are angry and afraid. They may be getting their talking points via the insurance industry but they were there because they wanted to fight what they are afraid of. They believe that this country is being turned into a socialist/fascist/communist/Nazi state (yes, many of them actually believe all of these things simultaneously) and that makes the angry, afraid and dangerous. Be wary of blaming this all on the insurance companies and their propaganda. Of course it plays a role. But these people were there tonight because they wanted to be. If you want to address this issue you need to get to the root of it: Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and all the other hate-radio/television profiteers.

Of course, once the new FCC 'Chief Diversity Officer' -- the author of several anti-talk-radio strategy documents -- gets his way, the First Amendment will be flushed down the drain along with the rest of the Constitution.

As for turning into a socialist state, I'm no political scientist, but consider. If the government owns the means of production (banks, auto companies, insurance companies -- with designs on health insurance companies, oil refineries, energy companies, etc.), that probably qualifies as socialism. Oops! Did those facts -- disturb you?

The Marxist blogger goes on to list some questions posed to John Dingell (D-MI):

"Will I lose my health insurance though my employer if this bill passes?"

No. Of course you will. Everyone knows it -- and Barney Frank even admitted it, bonehead.

"Will illegal aliens get health care under this bill?"

No. Of course they will. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) has already said as much (""the useless barriers of citizenship would not be in this bill").

"Will abortions be covered under this bill?"

No. Of course they will. US News & World Report admits that Democrats are fighting over this now.

"Will elderly people be euthanized under this bill?"

No.

Of course they will. Perhaps this rocket scientist could take a moment and read the writings of Obama's "Health Care Czar", Ezekiel Emanuel. Zeke is on record saying that the disabled, the elderly and other "non-productive" members of society no longer merit care. It's a waste of rationed care, dontcha know? May I quote Dr. Mengele Emanuel?

...services provided to individuals who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens are not basic and should not be guaranteed. An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia. A less obvious example Is is guaranteeing neuropsychological services to ensure children with learning disabilities can read and learn to reason.

Smells like Nazi Germany!

Of course, the Marxist blogger hasn't bothered to read Emanuel and his ilk. The concerned electorate still befuddles him.

I don't understand these people but I can tell you this: nothing you or I or anyone else can say will change their minds...

...A woman holding a sign reading "Abortion is not health care" was told TWICE by Rep. Dingell that abortion would never be paid for with public funds under this bill and yet she still persisted in claiming it would. When he told the audience that illegal aliens will not be covered by this program, their response wasn't, "Oh, excellent", it was "LIAR!!!"

They can not be reasoned with; you will not change their minds...

...The thing to remember is that they are, in reality, a tiny minority. Vocal? Yes. Obnoxious? Yes. In the media? Yes. But do they represent mainstream America? I feel confident in saying, unequivocally: NO.

Of course not. Like all of the Obama administration's fabrications, this is yet another fairy tale that everyone should ignore.

Come to think of it, that behavior smells of Goebbels, too.

CBS News Uses Obscene Terminology to Tar Taxpayers


CBS News shows its true colors by painting law-abiding citizens in the most obscene of terms.

It really has come down to this: the Democrats, the unions and the mainstream media (let's call all three of those interchangeable parts the tax-takers) have aligned themselves against the taxpayers.

Cooper, you ignorant buffoon, why don't you read the Constitution for the first time in your life so you can understand why 65-year old women are shouting "tyranny" just before they are beaten down by union thugs?


Linked by: Gateway Pundit, NewsBusters, This Ain't Hell and Vocal Minority. Thanks!

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Cash for Codgers: a Practical, Final Solution to the Health Care Crisis


A new government website called codgers.gov was introduced earlier today. The "Cash for Codgers" proposal aims to repair the Democrats' image problems related to health care while simultaneously expanding upon the "Cash for Clunkers" program.


The site explains the basic appeal of the program.

In order to address public concern with the federal government's proposals for health care reform and building upon the success of the popular "Cash for Clunkers" program, the Obama administration is proud to announce "Cash for
Codgers".

Each senior in your household (aged 65 or above) may be turned for a $4,500 instant cash reward at a conveniently located Senior Turn-In Center near you.

Each Senior will be disposed of humanely, using an intravenous drip consisting of a saline, morphine, short-acting barbiturate and a chemical paralytic solution. This saves the Social Security Administration and Medicare from spending between $40,000 to $80,000 for an average end-of-life treatment.

President Obama praised the proposal, calling it an "elegant and humane way to solve the health care crisis, Medicare spending deficits and the 'overwhelming number of right-wing zealots' who are seniors -- all at the same time!"

That David Axelrod is a genius!


Linked by: Maggie's Farm. Thanks!

"I want my dues back"


A "Town Hall" meeting turned angry yesterday when the AARP's spokes-idiots spouted fabrications that parroted the Statist campaign for socialized medicine. And, when their lies were challenged, they stormed off like petulant children, only less mature.

These members are doing the right thing by resigning their memberships in the AARP and joining groups that actually support seniors like 60plus.

Pat Dollard has the video. And ask yourself, "which side is acting rationally... and which is suppressing debate?"

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Barack Obama versus Matt Drudge versus Google


Yesterday, Matt Drudge linked a video from 2003, featuring Barack Obama. The link was headlined, "Obama in '03 (Uncut): I’d Like to See a ‘Single Payer Health Care Plan'".

The video is labeled, "SEIU Health Care Forum 3/24/07," and shows Obama saying, "I don’t think we’re going to be able to eliminate employer coverage immediately. There’s going to be, potentially, some transition process: I can envision a decade out, or 15 years out, or 20 years out."

The Obama administration's response was swift. Linda Douglass, one of more than a dozen mainstream media journalists hired by the Obama administration, claims that Drudge was "taking sentences and phrases out of context, and they're cobbling them together to leave a very false impression."

In an email to the Wall Street Journal, Douglass wrote, "There is a lot of misinformation about health insurance reform circulating on the internet and elsewhere. Some of it is intentionally misleading... We want to be sure people have the facts about health insurance reform that will lower costs, protect consumers from insurance regulations that deny them coverage and assure quality and affordable health care for all Americans. We are not compiling lists or sources of information. We may post fact checks from time to time to be sure Americans know the truth about health insurance reform.”

Really?

Consider the following items, found in a matter of minutes using the amazing new "Google" search tool:

• In June 2008, the U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a resolution in support of single-payer health care; in addition, thirty-five state AFL-CIO organizations support single-payer health care. Does anyone really believe that if the AFL-CIO supports single-payer, Barack Obama would be opposed?

• In December 2006, The New York Times reported that in "two speeches and a news conference, Mr. Obama called for universal health care — the issue with which Mrs. Clinton, the New York Democrat, was once closely identified."

• Obama said, "I think that there is no reason why in a country that is spending as much on health care as we are that we can't provide basic coverage to everybody, and I don't think we should shy away from that. I think we should present an agenda for universal health care."

• "Universal health care" is synonymous with a single-payer system or any other form of mandatory, government-controlled health insurance. For example, The Case for Universal Health Care in the United States reports that "28 industrialized nations have single payer universal health care".

• Obama's been attacking insurers and pushing for single-payer for years. In 2007, The Boston Globe reported on Obama's lobbying connections while serving as a state senator:

When Barack Obama and fellow state lawmakers in Illinois tried to expand healthcare coverage in 2003 with the "Health Care Justice Act," they drew fierce opposition from the insurance industry, which saw it as a back-handed attempt to impose a government-run system... During debate over the [act], Obama also attacked the insurers, accusing the industry of "fear-mongering" by claiming, even after he made changes they wanted, that the bill would lead to a government takeover...

• In December of 2007, Politico ("Liberal views could haunt Obama") observed that, "Obama said he would support a single-payer health plan for Illinois... although such a program will probably have to be instituted at a federal level; the long-term objective would be a universal care system that does not differentiate between the unemployed, the disabled, and so on. The campaign says Obama has consistently supported single payer health care in principle."

• During a presidential debate aired by CNN on January 21, 2008, Obama said, "What I said was that if I were starting from scratch, if we didn't have a system in which employers had typically provided health care, I would probably go with a single-payer system."

• Finally, in a June 2009 speech to the AMA, Obama expressed admiration for single-payer systems, stating, "let me also address a illegitimate concern that's being put forward by those who are claiming a public option is somehow a Trojan horse for a single-payer system. I'll be honest, there are countries where a single-payer system works pretty well."

For Linda Douglass to market the proposition that Obama and the Democrats haven't pressed for single-payer -- whether through Barney Frank's frank admission or Obama's entire history as an ACORN and SEIU agitator -- is disingenuous at best and outrageous otherwise.

But it's not out of character for an administration that long ago tossed transparency, hope and change under the bus.

Smoking Gun: Health Insurance Lobby Really Did Pay Off Town Hall Protesters!


It's with deep regret that I produce irrefutable, rock solid evidence that the so-called "grass-roots opposition" to socialized medicine is a hoax. A fraud. A con. A flim-flam. A grift. A...

All of the disruptive protests were orchestrated by the health insurance industry, as you can see from this exclusive "smoking gun" memo.


All of these phony astroturfers should hang their heads in shame.

You've all been exposed as the paid mob of anti-government health care hypocrites that the Obama administration portrayed you as.

Nationwide Recess Rally on 8/22/2009: Say Nyet to Socialized Medicine


Visit the http://recessrally.com/ website for details on the rally in your area.


Hat tip: Jasmine.

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

If you see something, say something


Informants wanted, no experience necessary.

From the White House website:

There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.

I would encourage citizens to report any and all suspicious activities to the White House immediately. Especially if your parents, siblings or children are involved. It's your patriotic duty to fight those who oppose socialized medicine and the inexorable march to totalitarianism.

'Blue Dog' Steve Driehaus makes the Drudge Report!


And not in a good way. Driehaus is, of course, the 'Blue Dog' Democrat and self-proclaimed 'fiscal conservative' who voted for the Stimulus package and Cap-and-Trade. Yesterday, Driehaus held a town hall on health care that turned raucous after he filibustered, deflected and dissembled.

Correspondent Amalaur sends in some new commentary this afternoon to address criticism that the health care town hall meetings were purposefully disrespectful and disruptive. That appears, at least in the case of the Steve Driehaus town hall, not to be the case.

I saw Rick Moran's column today where he said that "screaming in impotent rage at your congressmen is not the way to go".

As I described, the meeting was respectful and quiet to begin with. That was even the case after the moderator called any anti-Government Health Care folks "teabaggers"... after Driehaus filibustered for about 15 minutes with a prepared statement... and so on. It was only after a series of deflections and a refusal to run a real town hall meeting, like letting people line up and ask questions, that the folks started getting angry. The average age was probably 60. This wasn't a bunch of activists, these were seniors genuinely worried about losing insurance they have, they'd paid for, losing their relationship with their doctors, even getting denied care, which frequently happens to seniors in Canada and Britain. Everyone knows that state-run care will mean rationing as you can't add tens of millions of people without adding doctors!

Watch this video for an example. She asks a good question about state portability of insurance, which I mentioned in my first email. Driehaus would not answer any of these questions directly.

No one was getting shouted down here, they were cheering a question that Driehaus continued to evade and never answered. No one in the meeting hall that I saw came in to be rude or disrespectful, they were genuinely worried about losing health care.

And rightfully so, if these headlines are any indication.

Why is it that ACORN and "community organizing" and SEIU protests -- why is all of that okay, but real grassroots dissent by taxpayers, seniors and veterans is somehow "programmed", "directed" or otherwise illegitimate?


Update: Democrats see phony health bill outrage (Washington Times)

Update II: Crisis of Confidence: America's Government Losing Faith in Out-of-Touch Constituents. Also: The Corner and Virtuous Republic weigh in.

Saturday, August 01, 2009

What's Really Inside the Democrat WelfCare™ Bill


Law Professor Matthew Staver slogged through H.R. 3200 ("America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009") and delivered a startling summary. As an aside, have you noticed that this Democrat Congress routinely names bills that are diametrically opposed to their real purpose? Like "The Employee Free Choice Act", which destroys the secret ballot for unionization votes? Anyhow, the bill's particulars are as follows:

Democrat Government Care Plan Details

Pg 22 of the HC Bill MANDATES the Government will audit the books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self insure!

Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC Bill - YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!!

Pg 30 Sec 123 of HC Bill - THERE WILL BE A GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get

Pg 42 of HC Bill - The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your benefits for you. You have no choice!

Pg 50 Section 152 in HC Bill - HC will be provided to ALL non-U.S. citizens, illegal or otherwise

Pg 58 HC Bill – Government will have real-time access to individual’s finances and a National ID Health Care Card will be issued!

Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 Government will have direct access to your banks accounts for electronic funds transfer.

(NOTE FROM RJ-This really does mean they can take your money at any time. Who will have this authority?—a government bureaucrat.)

Pg 65 Sec 164 is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in unions and community organizations (ACORN).

Pg 72 Lines 8-14 Government is creating a Health Care Exchange to bring private health care plans under government control.

Pg 84 Sec 203 HC Bill - Government mandates ALL benefit packages for private health care plans in the Exchange

Pg 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The government will ration your health care!

Pg 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill - Government mandates linguistic appropriate services.

Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 The government will use groups i.e., ACORN & AmeriCorps to sign up individuals for government Health Care Plan

Pg 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs of Ben Levels 4 Plans. #AARP members - Your health care WILL be rationed

Pg 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill - Medicaid Eligible Individual will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No choice.

Pg 124 lines 24-25 HC No company can sue the government on price fixing. No “judicial review” against government monopoly.

Pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill - Doctors/ #AMA - The government will tell YOU what you can make.

Pg 145 Line 15-17 An employer MUST auto enroll employees into public opt plan. NO CHOICE

Pg 126 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay for health care for part-time employees AND their families.

Pg 149 Lines 16-24 ANY Employer w/ payroll 400k and above who does not prov. pub opt. pays 8% tax on all payroll

Pg 150 Lines 9-13 Businesses with payroll between 251k and 400k who do not provide public opt pays 2-6% tax on all payroll

Pg 167 Lines 18-23 ANY individual who doesn’t have acceptable health care according to government will be taxed 2.5% of income.

Pg 170 Lines 1-3 Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes (Americans will pay).

Pg 195 Officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access to ALL Americans' financial and personal records.

Pg 203 Line 14-15 HC - “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax.” Yes, it says that.

Pg 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill Government will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors, low income, poor affected.

Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill - Doctors, it does not matter what specialty you have, you’ll all be paid the same.

Pg 253 Line 10-18 Government sets value of doctors' time, prof judg, etc. Literally value of humans.

Pg 265 Sec 1131Government mandates and controls productivity for private health care industries.

Pg 268 Sec 1141 Federal Government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.

Pg 272 SEC. 1145. Treatment of certain cancer hospitals – Cancer patients - welcome to rationing! Many cancer treatments will not work unless implemented early, but the waiting time just to see a specialist will likely be months when this plan is implemented. As you can see in this bill, the option of the health care bureaucrat is to deny treatment to those they deem not likely to be helped by it. Watch the cancer death rate skyrocket, like in Canada and the U.K.

Page 280 Sec 1151 The government will penalize hospitals for what government deems preventable readmissions (Incentives for hospital to not treat and release).

Pg 298 Lines 9-11 Doctors that treat a patient during initial admission that results in a readmission-Government will penalize you.

Pg 317 L 13-20 PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Government tells Doctors what/how much they can own.

Pg 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion- Government is mandating hospitals cannot expand.

pg 321 2-13 Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception, BUT community input required. Can you say ACORN?!!

Pg335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339 - Government mandates establishment of outcome based measures. Health Care the way they want. Rationing.

Pg 341 Lines 3-9 Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans (Part B), HMOs, etc. Forcing people into Government plan.

Pg 354 Sec 1177 - Government will RESTRICT enrollment of special needs people!

Pg 379 Sec 1191 Government creates more bureaucracy – Tele-health Advisory Committee. Health care by phone/Internet?

Pg 425 Lines 4-12 Government mandates Advance [Death] Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of life.

Pg 425 Lines 17-19 Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney. Mandatory!

Pg 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 Government provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death.

Pg 427 Lines 15-24 Government mandates program for orders for end of life. The government has a say in how your life ends.

Pg 429 Lines 1-9 An “adv. care planning consult” will be used frequently as patient's health deteriorates.

Pg 429 Lines 10-12 “adv. care consultation” may include an ORDER for end of life plans. AN ORDER from Government.

Pg 429 Lines 13-25 - The government will specify which doctors can write an end of life order.

PG 430 Lines 11-15 The government will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life. The above really does give the government the authority to determine who lives and dies, and when. A government bureaucrat really will be making this decision for you and your loved ones.

Pg 469 - Community Based Home Medical Services=Non-profit orgs. Hello, ACORN Medical Services here!!?

Pg 472 Lines 14-17 PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORG. 1 monthly payment to a community-based org. Like ACORN?

Pg 489 Sec 1308 The government will cover Marriage and Family therapy. They will insert government into your marriage.

Pg 494-498 Government will cover Mental Health Services including defining, creating, rationing those services.

PG 502 Sec 1181 Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research Established. – Hello Big Brother – Literally.

Pg 503 Lines 13-19 Government will build registries and data networks from YOUR electronic medical records.

Pg 503 lines 21-25 Government may secure data directly from any department or agency of the U.S., including your data.

Pg 504 Lines 6-10 The “Center” will collect data both published and unpublished (that means public and your private info).

PG 506 Lines 19-21 The Center will recommend policies that would allow for public access of data.

PG 518 Lines 21-25 The Commission will have input from Health Care consumer reps – Can you say unions and ACORN?

PG 524 18-22 Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund set up. More taxes for ALL.

PG 621 Lines 20-25 Government will define what quality means in health care. Since when does government know about quality?

Pg 622 Lines 2-9 To pay for the Quality Standards, government will transfer money from other government Trust Funds. More Taxes.

PG 624 “Quality” measures shall be designed to assess outcomes and functional status of patients.

PG 624 “Quality” measures shall be designed to profile you including race, age, gender, place of residence, etc.

Pg 628 Sec 1443 Government will give “Multi-Stake Holders” Pre-Rule Making input into Selection of “Quality” Measures.

Pg 630 9-24/631 1-9 Those multi-stake holder groups include unions and groups like ACORN deciding health care quality.

Pg 632 Lines 14-25 The Government may implement any “Quality measure” of health care services as they see fit.

PG 633 14-25/ 634 1-9 The Secretary may issue non-endorsed “Quality Measures” for Physician Services and Dialysis Services.

Pg 635 to 653 Physicians Payments Sunshine Provision – Government wants to shine sunlight on doctor but not government.

Pg 654-659 Public Reporting on Health Care-Associated Infections – Looks okay.

PG 660-671 Doctors in Residency – Government will tell you where your residency will be, thus where you’ll live.

Pg 676-686 Government will regulate hospitals in EVERY aspect of residency programs, including teaching hospitals.

Pg 686-700 Increased Funding to Fight Waste, Fraud, and Abuse. You mean like the government with an $18 million website? Or $60 billion in Medicare and Medicaid fraud every year?

PGs 701-704 Sec 1619 If your part of health care plan isn’t in Government Health Care Exchange but you qualify for Federal aid, no payment.

PG 705-709 SEC. 1128 If Secretary gets complaints (ACORN) on health care provider or supplier, government can do background check.

PG 711 Lines 8-14 The Secretary has broad powers to deny health care providers/ suppliers admittance into Health Care Exchange. Your doctor could be thrown out of business.

Pg 719-720 Sec 1637 ANY Doctor who orders durable medical equipment or home medical services MUST be enrolled in Medicare.

PG 722 Sec 1639 Government MANDATES doctors must have face-to-face with patient to certify patient for Home Health Services.

PG 724 23-25 PG 725 1-5 The same government certifications will apply to Medicaid and CHIP (your kids).

PG 724 Lines 16-22 Government reserves right to apply face-to-face certification for patient to ANY other health care service.

Pg 735 lines 16-25 For law enforcement, proposes the Secretary-HHS will give Attorney General access to ALL data.

PG 740-757 Government sets guidelines for subsidizing the uninsured (That's your tax dollars people).

Pg 757-762 Federal Government will shift burden of payments to Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH) to States. (Taxes)

Pg 763 1-8 No DS/EA hospitals will be paid unless they provide services without regard to national origin.

Pg 765 Sec 1711 Government will require Preventative Services including vaccines. (Choice?)

Pg 768 Sec 1713 Government – Nurse Home Visitation Services (Hello union paybacks).

Pg 769 11-14 Nurse Home Visit Services include economic self-sufficiency, employ adv, school-readiness.

Pg 769 3-5 Nurse Home Visit Services - “increasing birth intervals between pregnancies.” Government ABORTIONS anyone?

Pg 770 SEC 1714 Federal Government mandates eligibility for State Family Planning Services. Abortion and State Sovereign.

(NOTE FROM RJ—Can you believe that in America you will be told how many children you can have, and when? Does this mean we can expect the government to impose mandatory abortions? How else can this be interpreted?)

Pg 789-797 Government will set, mandate drug prices, controlling which drugs brought to market. Bye innovation.

Pgs 797-800 SEC. 1744 PAYMENTS for graduate medical education. The government will now control doctors’ educations.

PG 801 Sec 1751 The government will decide which health care conditions will be paid. Say RATION!

Pg 810 SEC. 1759. Billing Agents, clearinghouses, etc. req. to register. Government takes over private payment system.

Pg 820-824 Sec 1801 Government will identify individuals ineligible for subsidies. Will access all personal financial information.

Pg 824-829 SEC. 1802. Government sets up Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund. Another tax black hole.

PG 829-833 Government will impose a fee on ALL private health insurance plans including self-insured to pay for Trust Fund!

PG 835 11-13 fees imposed by government for Trust Fund shall be treated as if they were taxes.

Pg 838-840 Government will design and implement Home Visitation Program for families with young kids and families expecting kids.

PG 844-845 This Home Visitation Program includes government coming into your house and telling you how to parent!?

Pg 859 Government will establish a Public Health Fund at a cost of $88,800,000,000. Yes that’s billion.

Pg 865 The government will MANDATE the establishment of a National Health Service Corps.

PG 865 to 876 The NHS Corps is a program where doctors perform mandatory health care for two years for part loan repayment.

PG 876-892 The government takes over the education of our medical students and doctors.

PG 898 The government will establish a Public Health Workforce Corps to ensure supply of public health prof.

PG 898 The Public Health Workforce Corps shall consist of civilian employees of the U.S. as Secretary deems.

PG 898 The Public Health Workforce Corps shall consist of officers of Regular and Reserve Corps of Service.

PG 900 The Public Health Workforce Corps includes veterinarians.

PG 901 The Public Health Workforce Corps WILL include commissioned Regular and Reserve Officers. HC Draft?

PG 910 The government will develop, build, and run Public Health Training Centers.

PG 913-914 Government starts a health care affirmative action program thru guise of diversity scholarships.

PG 915 SEC. 2251. Government MANDDATES Cultural and linguistic competency training for health care professionals.

Pg 932 The Government will establish Preventative and Wellness Trust fund- initial cost of $30,800,000,000 billion.

PG 935 21-22 Government will identify specific goals & objectives for prevention & wellness activities. Control YOU!!

PG 936 Government will develop “Healthy People and National Public Health Performance Standards” Tell me what to eat? This is no joke -- the government will be able to actually mandate what you can eat or not eat. This could be helpful for some, but do we want the government doing it? What is the most fat and out of shape entity on the planet? The Federal Government. What kind of shape do you think the bureaucrats will be in who mandate such for everyone else?

PG 942 Lines 22-25 More government? Offices of Surgeon General -Public Health Svc, Minority Health, Women’s Health

PG 950- 980 BIG GOVERNMENT core pub health infrastructure including workforce capacity, lab systems, health info sys, etc.

PG 993 Government will establish school based health clinics. Your kids won’t have a chance.

PG 994 School Based Health Clinic will be integrated into the school environment. Say government brainwash!

PG 1001 The government will establish a National Medical Device Registry. Will you be tracked?

Consider the central assertion of the Democrat Statists: that a public option will somehow make things more efficient. But the facts are stubborn things:

• Government workers in any health care bureaucracy will be protected from performance-related terminations by Civil Service rules.

• Most of the government workers will also be in public sector unions (Obama's ACORN-linked SEIU, for example) that will further shield failed employees from discipline or termination.

• Health care services will be delivered with all the efficiency of a Social Security office or the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

This bill is another payoff to the unions and ACORN. If enacted, these Democrat leaders -- a group of losers, thugs and tax cheats -- will destroy health care in America and, worse, create a vast federal system with which they can control the citizenry.

I urge you to contact your representatives in Congress and demand they reject Statist health care.

Rahm Emanuel, Committee Heads Discuss Agenda Before Recess



...bitchin' about that committee vote you shot...


...some son-of-a-bitch don't...


...want to vote the right way...


...Let's talk about something important...


Are they all here?


All but one. Pelosi's in that military jet, flying back home.


Well, I'm goin' anyway. Let's talk about something important.


Put. That coffee. Down.


...


Coffee's for closers only.


Huh?


You think I'm f***ing with you?


I am not f***ing with you.


I'm here from the White House.


I'm here for the President.


And I'm here on a mission of mercy.


You're name's Waxman?


Uh huh


You call yourself a committee chair, you son-of-a-bitch?


I don't gotta listen to this s***.


You certainly don't, pal.


Cuz the good news is you're all toast.


The bad news is you've got exactly one month to retain your committees, your seniority, your credibility.


Starting with tonight.


Oh, have I got your attention now?


Good. 'Cause we're adding a little something to this month's contest for DNC financial support. As you all know, first prize is a hundred grand. Anyone want to see second prize?


Second prize's a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired from all your committees.


You get the picture? You're laughing now? You got your orders. Axelrod paid good money to the mainstream media. Polls, news stories, surveys, what-not, that showed all kindsa support for Cap-and-Trade, Socialized Medicine, the rest of our agenda.


And you can't close the orders you're given, you can't close s***, you ARE s***?


Hit the bricks, pal, and beat it, 'cuz you are going OUT!!


Public support... is... weak.


The support is weak? The f***ing support is weak?


You're weak.


Who do you think you are?


F*** YOU. That's who I think I am. Cuz I come from Chicago and you come from some half-assed town that don't know how to get s*** done. WE get s*** done in Chicago. THAT's my name.


And your name is "you're wanting." And you can't play in a man's game. You can't close them. And you go home and tell your wife your troubles.


Because only one thing counts in this life! Get them to vote for what WE want! You hear me, you f***ing faggots?


A-B-C. A-always, B-be, C-closing. Always be closing! Always be closing!! A-I-D-A. Attention, interest, decision, action. Attention -- do I have your attention? Interest -- are you interested? I know you are because it's f*** or walk. You close or you hit the bricks! Decision -- have you made your decision for Christ? And action. A-I-D-A; get out there!! You got your constituents comin' in; you think they came in to get out of the rain? Guy doesn't walk in your door unless he wants to buy what you're selling! Sitting out there waiting to give you their money! Are you gonna take it? Are you man enough to take it?


What's the problem pal? You. Hoyer.


You're such a hero, you're so cool. Why you coming down here and waste your time on a bunch of bums?


You see this watch? You see this watch? That watch was a gift from the President for getting s*** done. You see, pal, that's who I am. And you're... nothing. Nice guy? I don't give a s***.


Good father? F*** you -- go home and play with your kids. CLOSE!


You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you c***sucker? You can't take this -- how can you take the abuse you get on a bill?! You don't like it -- leave. I can go out there tonight with the materials you got and get these bills passed! Tonight! In two hours! Can you? Can you? Go and do likewise! A-I-D-A!! Get mad! You sons of bitches! Get mad!! You know what it takes to be a great Congressman?


It takes brass balls to be a great Congressman.


Go and do likewise, gents. Convince your constituents to buy what we're selling.


You don't -- I have no sympathy for you. And to answer your question, pal: why am I here? I came here because President Obama asked me to, he asked me for a favor. I said, the real favor, follow my advice and can all your f***ing asses because losers are losers.