Here is the truth about Obamacare, as spoken among friends by Barack Obama, NPR’s Julie Rovner, Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Yale professor Jakob Hacker, the architect of the ObamaCare sham.
Here it is. The truth as spoken among friends by Barack Obama, NPR’s Julie Rovner, Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Yale professor Jakob Hacker, the architect of the ObamaCare sham.
In the words of VerumSerum.com, “Jacob Hacker has been a key player in the formation of the public plan strategy, dating back over 5 years. We thought it was time someone shined some light on the ulterior motives embedded within his plan. The mainstream media has been well-aware of the historical players and developments related to the public plan option, and the fact that they have not been bringing all aspects of this to the public’s attention is yet another clear illustration of liberal media bias.”
Hoisted on their own petard. (We’ve always loved that phrase and would like to thank the Democrats for giving us this opportunity to use it).
Let’s just ignore all the stuttering and stammering from the Wizard of Uhs. Let’s concentrate on his contention that ObamaCAre will be good because it’s like the post office.
Let’s just ignore all the stuttering and stammering from the Wizard of Uhs. Let’s concentrate on his contention that ObamaCAre will be good because it’s like the post office.
The post office has no competition. It has a monopoly on first class mail. Much like ObamaCare will have a monopoly on healthcare.
Despite that monopoly, they lose money hand-over-fist every year. Much like ObamaCAre will have a monopoly on healthcare.
Fedex and UPS eat the post office’s lunch where they actually compete. Much like insurance companies…uhhhh…well, there won’t really be any insurance companies to compete with ObamaCare.
The Greatest President In History, who has never worked in private enterprise, shows absolutely no understanding of how that real world thing works.
“Astroturfing” is a word created by Obama puppetmaster David Axelrod. Look at these photos and tell us just which side is astroturfing.
Handmade signs versus professionally designed and printed signs. Which side of this debate is astroturf?
We’d like to nominate “astroturfing” as the next word to be eliminated from the English language. After this story, we hope to never hear or see the word again.
European Member of Parliament Daniel Hannan appeared on the Glenn Beck Show last week and told the sad plight of European-style single payer healthcare.
You may recall Daniel Hannan, the European Member of Parliament who delivered a blistering (and hilarious) speech condemning British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a few months ago.
Hannan appeared on the Glenn Beck Show last week and told the sad plight of European-style single payer healthcare.
If you support ObamaCare, you need to hear what Hannan has to say.
If you don’t support ObamaCare, same instructions.
The French system’s fragile solvency shows how tough it is to provide universal coverage while controlling costs, the professed twin goals of President Barack Obama’s proposed overhaul.
Gratuitous, completely unrelated photo of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, France's hot First Lady
One quick disclaimer: We hate France. We hate the French. We hate Napoleon. We hate DeGaulle. We have Charles Aznavour. We hate Jerry Lewis just because the French love him. We like Carla Bruni, but only because she’s hot.
That being said, France’s friggin’ healthcare system has been held up as the perfect example, the ideal, the epitome of what America’s healthcare should look like. So it is with great pleasure that we pass along this report from the Wall Street Journal:
“… soaring costs are pushing the system into crisis. The result: As Congress fights over whether America should be more like France, the French government is trying to borrow U.S. tactics.
In recent months, France imposed American-style “co-pays” on patients to try to throttle back prescription-drug costs and forced state hospitals to crack down on expenses. “A hospital doesn’t need to be money-losing to provide good-quality treatment,” President Nicolas Sarkozy thundered in a recent speech to doctors. Continue reading “Sacre Blue! Universal healthcare going broke in France”
Some ObamaCare proponents in congress have shut down their town hall meetings. Some have run from their constituents. Others, like Georgia Democrat David Scott from Georgia, have gotten a little hot under the collar.
Democrats are testy these days. They just didn’t expect opposition to their hairbrained healthcare scheme and they don’t know how to handle it. They thought the lemmings would quietly and compliantly step off the cliff.
Wrong.
It’s been quite a week. Some ObamaCare proponents have shut down their town hall meetings. Some have run from their constituents. Others, like David Scott, the distinguished Democrat congressman from Georgia, have gotten a little hot under the collar.
One of his constituents, a physician, had the temerity to ask the Congressman about ObamaCare. The congressman responds by erupting in anger and accusing him of “hijacking” the town hall, despite the fact that attendees had been told that no subjects were off limits during this open question-and-answer session.
They’re disintegrating, folks. Falling apart at the seams.
Keith Ellison, the Democrat Muslim Extremist (forgive us for wallowing in redundancies) from Minnesota, is asked by a constituent at a Town Hall meeting if he’ll give up his rich congressional healthcare plan and apply for coverage for himself and his family under ObamaCare.
Keith Ellison, the Democrat Muslim Extremist (forgive us for wallowing in redundancies) from Minnesota, is asked by a constituent at a Town Hall meeting if he’ll give up his rich congressional healthcare plan and apply for coverage for himself and his family under ObamaCare. The question comes just after the 1:00 mark.
Rather than answer the question, Ellison hands the microphone to a nearby moonbat like he’s in a relay race and it’s a baton.
The only thing he was running from, though, was the truth.
President Obama, who supposedly taught Constitutional law at University of Chicago, must have skimmed that dang First Amendment a little too quickly when he was speed reading the Constitution.
President Obama took a day trip to McLean, Virginia to promote his howling dog of a healthcare plan. He made it clear that his opinion is the only one worth hearing.
As the Democrats attempt to force you onto a healthcare plan run with a Department of Motor Vehicles mentality, it’s interesting to note that they bask in the healthy glow of the world’s best private plan.
The Congress of the United States of America, where hypocrites give themselves the same perks they deny you
If there’s one thing you can count on in Washington, DC it’s healthcare hypocrisy by the truckload.
As the Democrats attempt to force you onto a healthcare plan run with a Department of Motor Vehicles mentality, it’s interesting to note that they bask in the healthy glow of the world’s best private plan.
You, loyal citizen, can help the Obama administration put a stop to the lies and distortions on his healthcare plan, and return peace and order to the nation.
And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. - George Orwell, 1984
The rightwing nuts are at it again–not content with domestic terrorism via Tea Party protests against the energy bill, a bill that could literally save the planet, but now they are spreading lies and distortions about President Obama’s healthcare program. We must be vigilant–their slander against our dear leader is increasing and their new mob tactics of confronting congressional leaders in their home districts with uncomfortable questions, is creating an unsafe environment for these public servants.
This escalating disruption cannot continue, as it could possibly derail Obamacare. You, loyal citizen, can help the administration put a stop to this, and return peace and order to the nation.
It would be wise to listen to Linda Douglass, the communications director for the White House’s Health Reform Office, as she addressed the nation on what is quickly becoming a dangerous national security issue.
“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 [email protected].”
Ms. Douglass, we’d like to be one of the first to help you. We have heard of one trickster, a con artist, that we’d like to tell you about. Last year, he was seen traveling the country hypnotizing large crowds of people, and telling them many untruths, including ones about healthcare. There are so many, but we believe the biggest deception was his saying that the president promised “…you’ll be able to get the same kind of coverage that members of Congress give themselves.” Note that he may be in collusion with the media, since even though this lie is so outrageous, there has been no coverage of it.
We hope you can find him; he’s a master of disguise. He can pass himself off as either black or white. He may have passports for both the U.S. and Kenya. He’s been seen on extravagant dates in New York with one of the world’s most beautiful women. His wife can switch her wardrobe from J Crew to Gucci from one occasion to the next. Take heed though, that he is very dangerous when armed with a teleprompter.
If we can be of further assistance, please let us know.
Democrat Senator Arlen Specter and Obama’s Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius found out how unpopular Obamacare is when they attempted to pitch their snakeoil to the people.
Apparently, it’s illegal to post the results of polls in Washington, DC, because Democrats seem blithefully unaware how unpopular ObamaCare is back home.
Republican Democrat Senator Arlen Specter and Obama’s Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius found out when they attempted to pitch their snakeoil to the people.
The highlight is when Specter attempts to explain why this healthcare fiasco has to be rushed through congress.
As we used to say back on the farm, “He really stepped in it this time.”
1. Obama admits his goal of eliminating private insurance companies. 2. Linda Douglass, Communications Director for the White Houses Health Reform Office accused Drudge of using deceptive editing. 3. Drudge runs this uncut, uncensored version of a 2003 video featuring Barack Obama talking about single payer health insurance.
In Round One, Drudge ran a 2007 video in which Obama admits his goal of eliminating private insurance companies.
In Round Two, Linda Douglass, Communications Director for the White Houses Health Reform Office, threw a counterpunch with this video and accused Drudge of using deceptive editing to alter the context of Obama’s 2007 comments.
In Round 3, Drudge landed a haymaker to Obama’s lying jaw by running this uncut, uncensored version of a 2003 video featuring Barack Obama talking about single payer health insurance. Oops. Nothing out of context here.
The ring girls are now circling the ring holding up big cards that say “Round 4.” Drudge is dancing in his corner, refusing to sit down between rounds. Obama is slumped on a stool in his corner with Rahm Emanuel is applying ice to his swollen jaw.
Obama’s corner should end this thing and throw in the towel.
Is it just us or is the plotline for ObamaCare starting to sound a lot like the plotline of Soylent Green? Medicare will be cut. Medicaid will be cut. End of life care will be denied. Bodies of the elderly will begin piling up and the government will have to figure out how to get rid of them.
Remember Soylent Green? It was a 1973 science fiction movie set in a future, fascist, overpopulated world.
“Soylent Green” was a food product provided by the government to its starving citizens. Police detective Charlton Heston discovered that people were mysteriously disappearing and attempted to find out why. In the end, as shown in this clip, he revealed the horrible secret of Soylent Green as he was being taken away by authorities.
Is it just us or is the plotline for ObamaCare starting to sound a lot like the plotline of Soylent Green? Medicare will be cut. Medicaid will be cut. End of life care will be denied. Bodies of the elderly will begin piling up and the government will have to figure out how to get rid of them.
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, wants doctors to look beyond the needs of their patients and consider social justice, such as whether the money could be better spent on somebody else.
Emanuel thinks doctors’ decisions on who gets care should be based on “communitarianism.” Medical care, he said in a Hastings Center Report in 1996, should be reserved for the non-disabled and kept from those “who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens … An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia.”
What’s the difference between Soylent Green and ObamaCare?
Soylent Green is people, but ObamaCare is anti-people.
Dr. David Scheiner was Barack Obama’s doctor for twenty years. But the good doctor is not happy with ObamaCare. Not happy at all.
Dr. David Scheiner is not happy with ObamaCare.
Dr. David Scheiner was Barack Obama’s doctor for twenty years. But the good doctor is not happy with ObamaCare. Not happy at all.
“I look at his program and I can’t see how it’s going to work,” Scheiner said. “He has no cost control. There would be no effective cost control in his program. The [Congressional Budget Office] said it’s going be incredibly expensive … and the thing that I really am worried about is, if it is the failure that I think it would be, then health reform will be set back a long, long time.”
Now don’t get Scheiner wrong. He’s no conservative. In fact, he wants a more progressive approach to healthcare reform.
“His pragmatism is what is overwhelming him,” Scheiner said “I think he’s afraid that he can’t get anything through if he doesn’t go through this incredibly compromised program.”
Obama’s pragmatism? Forget everything we said in the above article. This Scheiner character is an obvious fraud who has never met the President.
Republican Congressman Paul Ryan schooling two MSNBC hosts about ObamaCare. It’s not just that they’re ignorant, it’s that they’re proudly ignorant.
This is a thing of beauty – Republican Congressman Paul Ryan schooling two MSNBC hosts about ObamaCare. It’s not just that they’re ignorant, it’s that they’re proudly ignorant. If you want to skip ahead to minute 03:28, it really gets good when Katrina Vanden Heuvel joins the discussion to demonstrate her complete ignorance.
Katrina Vanden Heuvel: You have good government-plan health care. Why shouldnt all Americans have what you have?
Congressman Paul Ryan: I have good private-sector healthcare. We do not have a public option. The federal employee plan lists a number of private plans to choose from to select and my employer, the taxpayer, pays for a portion of these private plans. There is no public plan option in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. You are mistaken on that point. My Patients Choice Act that I’ve introduced with Congressman Nunes, Senators Burr and Coburn actually proposes just what youre suggesting: give people the ability, in State-based exchanges, to have a plan just like what we have here in Congress. A private health care plan that’s actuarially equivalent to what we in Congress have. We actually had a vote in the House Ways and Means Committee on an amendment I offered with Congressman Dean Heller which said, “Let’s put members of Congress in this public health care plan so that we can experience the same thing we want to impose on the rest of the country.” You know what? That amendment failed on nearly a party-line vote.
Katrina Vanden Heuvel: Competition is at the heart of America. To deny Americans competition by denying them the option of a public plan seems to me to be un-American.
Congressman Paul Ryan: What’s weird about that line right there, Katrina, is that I know you and others are very much in favor of a single-payer plan, which is obviously to deny competition and have the government run it all. What’s concerning about this debate with me is that you’re using capitalist rhetoric to try and move a plan that is inherently anti-market. The problem is that the facts tell us this: A public plan option quickly becomes a government-run monopoly. The actuaries are telling us is that in a few short years, the public plan option displaces the private sector, employers dump their employees on the public plan and then they have no choices but the public plan. And so, let’s not try to sell a government-run plan using free market rhetoric. Let’s have an honest debate about what this bill is all about.
Honest debate on MSNBC? Get serious, Congressman Paul Ryan.
Appointing Chris Dodd as head of the banking committee and Kent Conrad as chair of the Budget Committee didn’t help the real estate market; now they are in charge of health care?
Senator Kent Conrad indicating how much interest he paid on his Countrywide mortgage
Why did America’s real estate market crater?
Appointing Chris Dodd as head of the banking committee and Kent Conrad as chair of the Budget Committee didn’t help.
According to testimony from an official at Countrywide’s VIP division, while millions of Americans struggled to make their house payments, those two Democrat Senators were getting sweetheart mortgage deals from the soon-to-fail bank. And, while they blamed the Bush administration and tax policies for the cratering real estate market, Dodd and Conrad swore they had no idea they were getting a good deal on their mortgages.
After all, who pays attention to things like interest rates when you’re financing a home purchase? Or payment terms? Or the monthly payment amount?
Now, these are the guys that are in charge of a health care fix (fix being the operable term here).
Wonder what health care will be like for U.S. Senators under a Dodd-Conrad health system? Maybe private hospitals will run specials for VIPs:
Free ACL surgery with every kickback.
Bribe one, get one liver transplant free (The Kennedy special).
That’s what ObamaCare means. A 20-year old Illegal alien and his family will be covered, but your elderly mother might not be. What has happened to America?
That’s what ObamaCare means. A 20-year old Illegal alien and his family will be covered, but your elderly mother might not be. What has happened to America?
Swami-in-Chief Barack Obama used the stars to look into the future during Wednesday night’s press conference. Here is your Obamacare horoscope.
The Swami Obama sees all, knows all, taxes all
Swami-in-Chief Barack Obama used the stars to look into the future during Wednesday night’s press conference. He sees all, he knows all, he taxes all who make over $250,000.
The moon is in the seventh house. Jupiter’s aligned with Mars. So this is as good a time as any to peer into your future under ObamaCare as divined by the stars.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Say good-bye to your family. You will soon catch Swine Flu. Although the government is preparing 190 million doses of vaccine, you will not be able to get one.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Be prepared for disappointment. Your primary care physician will ask you to get an MRI, but an ObamaCare bureaucrat will overrule him.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
While some people say ObamaCare will kill capitalism, others think it will kill patients. As a Gemini, you will be able to see both sides of the issue.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
A new child will soon enter your life. Despite the fact that it’s not your child, you will pay for its healthcare for the rest of your life.
Leo (July 23-August 22)
You will have a moment of clarity today when you ask yourself, “If ObamaCare is so good, why aren’t Congressmen demanding it for themselves?”
Virgo (August 23-September 22)
You will suffer from a sinus infection, but your doctor will insist on removing your tonsils.
Libra (September 23-October 22)
Travel is in your future. You will take a trip to Mexico in a desperate attempt to find a doctor.
Scorpio (October 23 – November 21)
You are a born worrier and are prone to stress and tension. With good reason.
Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)
Congratulations! The doctor will see you now. You will reach the top of the waiting list and your turn for medical care will finally arrive.
Capricorn December 22-January 19
Eat better, exercise, relax, stop smoking and soon you’ll be glowing with health. It will make no difference because ObamaCare will tax you to death.
Aquarius (January 20-February 18)
Take plenty of vitamins and minerals. You’ll feel better than ever after the 2012 election.
Pisces (February 19-March 20)
Keep a positive attitude and remember that you’re no more depressed than the rest of us.
Missouri’s Democrat Congressman Russ Carnahan, for his role as Barack Obama’s pathetic bootlicking Obamacare lacky, is the dumbest congressperson.
And the award goes to…Missouri’s Democrat Congressman Russ Carnahan for his role as Barack Obama’s pathetic bootlicking lacky.
Carnahan recently held a meeting in his home district to drum up support for ObamaCare.
“The overall cost of the package has been estimated at about a trillion dollars over ten years,” Carnahan said. “About half of that comes from savings and efficiencies in the system.”
The audience broke into laughter.
Undeterred by reality, Carnahan continued. “The congressional budget office most recently came out and analyzed the current plan and said that it was not only deficit neutral, which has been one of the important factors for the president and congressional leaders,” Carnahan continued, “but also that over ten years would create a six billion dollar surplus.”
The audience broke into even more raucous laughter.
Carnahan continued his unintentional laughfest when someone – apparently blogger Kevin Jackson of TheBlackSphere.net – hollered out the logical question, “If it’s so good why doesn’t Congress have to be on it?”
In what appears to be an effort to postpone the day of reckoning for President Obama’s insane spending spree, the administration is delaying the release of updated economic numbers for 30 days.
It doesn't take Sigmund Freud to figure out that all this federal spending is insane
In what appears to be an effort to postpone the day of reckoning for President Obama’s insane spending spree, the administration is delaying the release of updated economic numbers for 30 days.
The Associated Press reports:
The White House is being forced to acknowledge the wide gap between its once-upbeat predictions about the economy and today’s bleak landscape.
The administration’s annual midsummer budget update is sure to show higher deficits and unemployment and slower growth than projected in President Barack Obama’s budget in February and update in May, and that could complicate his efforts to get his signature health care and global-warming proposals through Congress.
The release of the update – usually scheduled for mid-July – has been put off until the middle of next month, giving rise to speculation the White House is delaying the bad news at least until Congress leaves town on its August 7 summer recess.
The administration is pressing for votes before then on its $1 trillion health care initiative, which lawmakers are arguing over how to finance.
Got that? The president is going to delay release of the bad numbers until after congress has a chance to approve ObamaCare, an additional trillion dollar expenditure.
We think we just figured this out.
Obama’s got a gambling addiction. ObamaCare is his attempt to double down on the trillion dollars he’s already lost. He’s knows he only has a few chips left on the table and he’s willing to make wilder and wilder bets, thinking to himself, “If I just win this bet I’ll be even and the wife will never know I’m gambling with the kids’ college money.”
This explains why he came out so strongly against Las Vegas conventions. It’s what psychologists call projection – ascribing his own personal attributes onto other people.
Of course, we are able to make this diagnosis because we are highly-trained clinical psychologists.
Which also allows us to say that this guy’s spending is absolutely insane.
Democrats think your hard-earned tax dollars should provide free medical coverage for 12 million illegal aliens living in the United States.
Illegal aliens will be running to the nearest American medical facility for free healthcare
Democrats think your hard-earned tax dollars should provide free medical coverage for 12 million illegal aliens living in the United States.
Last week Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee voted down a Republican amendment that wouild have made legal residence a requirement for coverage under ObamaCare.
The 1,018-page bill passed Friday morning by a 23-to-18 margin. Three Democrats jumped ship to join Republicans in voting against the plan.
Democrats seem committed to this fiscal fiasco despite the fact that it flies in the face of public opinion. A recent Rasmussen poll indicated that 80% of Americans oppose providing medical coverage for illegal aliens.
Obviously, you don’t have to be a genius to figure out that free medical coverage will lure more illegal aliens across the border.
And just as obviously, you don’t have to be a genius to get elected to congress.
Mayo Clinic does not like Obama’s Obamacare healthcare plan.
The president is discovering that socialism is hard to swallow Mayo Clinic! Mayo Clinic! Mayo Clinic!
Over and over again, President Obama holds up the Mayo Clinic medical center up as his role model for American healthcare.
“The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota is famous for some of the best quality and some of the lowest cost,” Obama said on June 11. “People are healthier coming out of there, they do great.”
“Now what we’ve seen is that there’s some communities and some health systems that do this very well,” he said on June 24. “Mayo Clinic, a classic example, in Rochester, Minnesota. People go there. They spend about 20-30 percent less than some other parts of the country and yet have better outcomes.”
“People fly in from everywhere to go to Mayo Clinic to get treatment,” he said on July 1. “It turns out Mayo provides care much more cheaply than a lot of other health systems, even though it’s better care.”
So the President has been showing the love for the Mayo Clinic. Unfortunately, it’s unrequited love.
Here’s what the Mayo had to say about ObamaCare:
Although there are some positive provisions in the current House Tri-Committee bill – including insurance for all and payment reform demonstration projects – the proposed legislation misses the opportunity to help create higher-quality, more affordable health care for patients. In fact, it will do the opposite.
In general, the proposals under discussion are not patient focused or results oriented. Lawmakers have failed to use a fundamental lever – a change in Medicare payment policy – to help drive necessary improvements in American health care. Unless legislators create payment systems that pay for good patient results at reasonable costs, the promise of transformation in American health care will wither. The real losers will be the citizens of the United States.
That hurts. But don’t worry – the Mayo Clinic probably has an outstanding pain management program.
Congress will be exempt from whatever ObamaCare healthcare plan congress foists on the rest of the American people. And Congressman John Fleming has the guts to call them on their hypocrisy.
Republican Congressman John Fleming has some nasty-tasting medicine for congress
In a remarkable case of “Do as I say, not as I do,” Congress will be exempt from whatever ObamaCare plan they foist on the rest of the American people. And one congressman has had the guts to call them on their hypocrisy.
Republican Congressman John Fleming of Louisiana thinks the people who vote for ObamaCare should give up their perk-laden congressional healthcare plan and live under the same plan they foist upon the rest of us:
“Under the current draft of the Democrat healthcare legislation, members of Congress are curiously exempt from the government-run health care option, keeping their existing health plans and services on Capitol Hill. If Members of Congress believe so strongly that government-run health care is the best solution for hard working American families, I think it only fitting that Americans see them lead the way. Public servants should always be accountable and responsible for what they are advocating, and I challenge the American people to demand this from their representatives.”
Fleming is also a physician, so he might just know what he’s talking about.
If you agree with Congressman Fleming, you can sign a letter of support at his website.
If you disagree with Congressman Fleming, we hope that psychiatric care is included in ObamaCare. Because you definitely need it.
“Boyfriend With Health Benefits” tells the touching story of a young woman who’s searching for true love. Well, true love and a healthcare plan that covers lasik eye surgery. And shiatsu massage. And prescription drugs. And acupuncture. And podiatry.
“Boyfriend With Health Benefits” tells the touching story of a young woman who’s searching for true love. Well, true love and a healthcare plan that covers lasik eye surgery. And shiatsu massage. And prescription drugs. And acupuncture. And podiatry.
As the song says, “If you really wanna be my man, boy, you gotta put me on your health care plan.”
This is 2009, honey. You don’t need a boyfriend, you need ObamaCare.
