White House: We're One Vote Away from Ramming Obamacare Through Congress (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, January 31, 2010, 8:35 PM
The White House says they are one vote away from ramming Obamacare through Congress.
The radical democrats didn’t learn a thing from the Virginia gubernatorial election. The radicals didn’t learn a thing from the New Jersey gubernatorial election. The radicals didn’t learn a thing from the Massachusetts election for US senator. They’re going to ram Obamacare through Congress no-matter-what.
And, Robert Gibbs still insists that Scott Brown’s win in Massachusetts is a referendum on Barack Obama’s radical policies.
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Lynn C commented:
I wish I could say I was shocked, SHOCKED! But I knew that there were only 2 responses to the MA election possible. First response, pull back to the right & hold the supermajority by being like Clinton. Second response, stomp on the accelerator like Thelma & Louise. After all, so many senators/representatives are retiring what do they care about re-election?
gus commented:
But but but but, they want Bi-partisanship.
BigAlSouth commented:
Bring it on, Gibbles. Bring it on.
TxTenther commented:
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Pinkie French commented:
We really need to start drug testing these people.
richwill commented:
There is much critizism about Nelson and Landrieu, but how about the other 58 idiots that are voting for healthcare? They are just as guilty of malfeasance as the two named senators. Even the secure democrats are voting for this egregiously faulty healthcare bill.
Angela commented:
They want us to get fatigued, let down our guard. If they continue these “it’s almost inevitable” messages, eventually people will believe it and give up fighting. Keep calling your representatives. We have to keep up the pressure.
DKN commented:
Hey, what else would one expect from the Alinsky administration? If they say the sky is blue – check for yourself, and never, ever, ever, never, turn your back on these guys.
Jim commented:
He’s blowing smoke. They are just trying to keep the freaks & nutroots on the far left from screaming in their ears. These guys can’t stand being criticized, especially by their base.
If they had the votes, they would have already passed this turkey.
Let them keep posturing and beating their chest like this, it’s just costing them votes. They come off as dumb, tone deaf, arrogant, belligerent, and defiant against the will of the people.
TxTenther commented:
There have been some great analyses at Hot Air and RedState on the few ways forward for the Dems. None of them pretty.
Olympia Snowe says she won’t go reconciliation and Orrin Hatch says if the Dems try it, it will blow the Senate up.
a-disgusted-former-democrat commented:
These people have lost it, completely lost it.
I have been a democrat for over 3 decades, these people are nothing like JFK democrats… Hell, they are nothing like Americans.
These people need to be ALL kicked out.
If it has a “D” by its name, campaign against them, vote against them…. KICK THEM ALL OUT!
No exceptions!
And I am a still registered democrat saying this!!!
This is completely and utterly disgusting behavior, November cannot come soon enough!
Dell commented:
The way I read Beltway Bob’s lips, Pelosi needs one more vote in the House to pass the Senate version. If the House passes the Senate bill unamended, it goes straight to the President’s desk for signing. Game over.
The plan, of course, is to get something – anything – passed and then go back and make changes to bring it more in line with the House membership’s desires. Amendments after the fact, as it were.
Those amendments won’t happen anywhere near the way the House has been promised and there will be political bloodshed on Capitol Hill. Democrats eating their own.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the aisle, there must be at least a dozen challenges being prepared questioning the Constitutionality of Obama Care, just waiting for the President’s signature making it official.
jainphx commented:
We are dangerously close to being a socialist society, if it weren’t for Massachusetts we would already be there. Why are the Repubs. not making a stink about that Mass. appointee voting, when laws prohibit him.
So many questions and so few answers. Make a stink and let the cards fall where they may.
Dana White commented:
At this point, I’m sick to death of these democratic threats to pass the health care bill. If you have the votes, go ahead and do it and quit talking about it. We’ll see you in November!
jainphx commented:
Hang in is all we can do, I think now I realize how the French felt watching the Nazi’s marching down their main drag. These idiots are JUST as dangerous.
down with dems commented:
Sounds like bluster, but if they do it there will be riots. Sounds like the Obama/Alinsky strategy… use an “emergency” to ram health care through, which creates a new “emergency” leading to the imposition of martial law.
sandy commented:
Dana White — my sentiments exactly. Robert Gibbs is about as honest as Bagdad Bob. I think they are trying desperately to keep Healthcare on the front burner. Orrin Hatch said yesterday if they do this with reconciliation there will be all out war in the Senate. He said the Republicans will pull out every trick in the book to stop them.
An ti ci pa a tion Is Making Me Wait la la la.
Corporal Vere commented:
Two real American quotes come to mind.
“Make my day.”
“There you go again.”
Jim commented:
If there is a tea party near you, GO! The more people out in the streets the better.
Take pictures, email, post all over the place on the internet.
They are going to be starting up again soon. Our 1 year anniversary tea party here in St. Louis is this month.
jonyjoe101 commented:
I agree, they need to drug test Obama and michelle they both look like they are smoking the crack pipe. Also Rahm might need a drug test too.
That’s what happens when people vote for an illegal alien. The guy has “foreign ideas” that are contrary to the American way.
I thought we had heard the last of obamacare, but communists never give up.
sandy commented:
a-disgusted-former-democrat — I too am a disgusted former Dem. I can’t believe how excited I was when Grandma Pelosi became Speaker. Now I find the whole lot repulsive. I used to believe that the Dems were the party of the people. Now I see they don’t give a damn about voters. For me the real populists are Republican–they love this country, our constitution and believe in individual freedom.
Jeff commented:
Words and deeds have been so disconnected for this White House and Democrats for the last 6 months that nobody, and I mean nobody including the liberal faithful believes them anymore. And why should we.
They are making claims that are 180 degrees from reality. Its not even close. They are not just fudging some things, they are calling white black and expecting everyone to just accept it.
Obama thinks he can just campaign his way out of this. What he can’t do is control Pelosi and Reid and his lies and their behavior is destroying what little believability they had left.
It couldn’t happen to a nastier piece of work than Obama. He deserves to fall as far and as hard as he has. I can’t wait for the landing because its not the fall that gets you its the stop. Reality will destroy this con man as it has previous pretenders.
This man will set back race relations 50 years when he blows up. He will inflame the African American community on a national scale the same way his Rev. Wright worked his magic in Chicago. There will be blood in the streets and he will be responsible for all of it.
bg commented:
++
What They Told Us: 1/30/10
[Sixty-one percent (61%) think, too, that Congress should drop health care and focus on more immediate ways of helping the economy and creating jobs. ]
==
a-disgusted-former-democrat commented:
sandy:
I know what you mean, I had my daughter take off from school to see Botox woman get sworn in, as the first female Speaker of the House.
I cannot express the disgust I now have towards my soon to be former party, ALL of them! I trust none of them, lies, I do not trust a word that comes from them!
One thing, I am not a repub, nor will I ever be one, but I am changing my registration to a (Tea Party) Independent. I don’t really care what party they call themselves, I want the vision for America that the founding fathers and people like Reagan envisioned. If this is a repub, then I will vote for a repub.
Reagan and Palin were the only 2 repubs I have ever voted for, I believed in both in of them, and trusted their love for America.
I have no idea who these lunatics that are in DC are right now, I don’t recognize the dem. party anymore. These fools shouldn’t be running a lemonade stand let alone the country!
Sojourner commented:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w115/tawiskaro/Animations/GibbsPicking.gif
Crystal commented:
Why is Kirk still being allowed to vote? I know the libs are nothing but a bunch of liars but how will Reid and Obama explain away their words that there wouldn’t be a health care vote until Brown was seated?
DocScience commented:
This election, and all that follow.
Not one vote for Democrats
ANY Democrat.
At ANY level.
In ANY race.
In ANY state.
They simply can not be trusted with power.
Anyone honest still left in the party can leave the party NOW.
Crystal commented:
One more thing. IF Brown is seated won’t his vote stop the bill from passing?
donh commented:
I agree that Gibbs is just keeping the loonies on the path. Last thing Obama needs right now is for the far left to believe it is all over and provoke their wrath towards Obama.
wanumba commented:
The seat-filler is still voting, not Brown.
Tom commented:
Boy, reading the comments in this thread, you would think Democrats were trying to use some parliamentary rule to block an up-or-down vote, not the Republicans. Check me if I’m wrong, but isn’t it majority rule in the Senate? I’m with those that say let’s have a vote on the bill!
vargas commented:
Just tried to leave a message for Senator Kickback but wouldn’t you know it, his phone message bank is full. Start dialing again tomorrow people. Never let your guard down!!!
Jim commented:
Oh god, O’keefe must have been at his office too!
**snort**
Callipygian1 commented:
Tom: You don’t get it. You’re the only one that wants a vote. Parliamentary rule or not, that’s what it is… so deal with it.
jainphx commented:
Tom the ignorance of the left is breath taking, and you are their poster boy.
Tom commented:
jainphx, the “left” in this case is in the majority. However you may feel about health care reform, the majority of our elected representatives want to vote for it, and a minority of them are standing in the way. Is that really how a democracy is supposed to work?
Let them hold the vote. If the American people aren’t happy about it, we’ll see that expressed in November.
“If you have the votes, go ahead and do it and quit talking about it.” -Dana White #14
TheScribbler commented:
If they pass this crap we shouldn’t wait until November. Walking on the capitals of each and every state, millions strong calling for resignations and impeachments is what is going to get our voices finally heard with the crowd on capital hill. We The People need to finally let these clowns know that enough is enough. Frankly I’m surprised that there isn’t more outrage and calling for Obama’s ousting from the oval office long before this.
Cap\'n Rusty commented:
Tom: You don’t understand how the American political system has been working so well for so long. The House can pass something 218 to 217 and get away with it, because they have to run for re-election every two years and we can kick them out quicker if they screw up. But the Senate is supposed to be wiser and more deliberative. They’re supposed to be the “cooler heads” that prevail. So, they serve 6-year terms, and only 1/3 get replaced each two years. Also, and this is critical, every Senator could always speak as long as he wanted … that’s what the “filibuster” used to be. A few Senators would feel so passionately that something supported by the majority was either wrong or un-wise, that they’d tie up the whole process with speeches for hours and days on end. It’s a form of minority rights, if you want to see it like that.
When legislation can be passed by a simple one-vote majority, whatever party is in power can completely change everything all the time. A few elections later, the other party gets back in power, and changes everything back again. A country cannot make any progress when all the laws change every couple of years. That’s why Banana republics never get anyplace.
A country of free people and free markets benefits when the laws change slowly, and when a large majority of the citizens support the changes that are made.
In addition, when changes are proposed that change something so fundamental as healthcare, to such a massive extent as has been proposed in Obamacare, it is very advisable that you have significantly more than a one-vote margin in adapting them. I don’t know if you’ve ever negotiated a contract, but when one party gets everything it wants and the other party gets nothing, the deal never works.
Tom commented:
Cap’n Rusty, thank you for the articulate explanation of the rationale behind the filibuster rule. I already understood the reasoning, but I appreciate your comment very much.
My point is more about some of the rhetoric I’m hearing about Democrats “ramming” something through the Senate, when in fact they already have more than a majority of votes. Let’s not pretend that something unAmerican, sneaky, or improper is going on here.
God bless us all and our different opinions about what’s best for the United States.
bg commented:
++
Crystal @10:13 pm #28
aside from them not giving a you know what, i can think of two
other possible reasons (there may be more) it will be passed..
1) they have a JUDAS (aka: RINO) lined up to take the fall.. one who will most likely be run out of town on a railroad headed straight for his newly acquired offshore “retirement” account..
2) they made a back room deal, give them Health Care & the Dems will take a defeat in Cap & Trade (upon which once the deal is consummated,
the Dems will proceed to pass Cap & Trade in much the same fashion, one thing i’ve learned is the Republicans never learn, but then again, they seem to working against each other in order to work together to scam “we the people” = i’m talking Congressional lifers, not new comers, they don’t really seem to have much of a choice in what their party’s up to either)..
==
bg commented:
++
Tom @ 12:52 am #39
re: [My point is more about some of the rhetoric I’m hearing
about Democrats “ramming” something through the Senate]
simple explanation for that..
they aren’t trying to ram it through via votes per se, they’re going to ram
it though irrespective of “we the people’s” objections to it’s passing by the
majority or not..
and btw, if they ram it through against the ‘will of the people”, we’ll know
for certain that there’s something much worse than unAmerican, sneaky,
or improper going on..
==
ogee commented:
I can’t watch gibbs video. His shot eating grin is annoying. They all lie. The 2 parties are the same. They all belong to the same secret NWO society who is their real employer. We need to start over from the bottom up and for God’s sake do not use the rigged electronic voting machines. Ask for a paper ballot.
ogee commented:
Oh and to refresh your memory:
Dr. Stephen E. Frazer, to Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN):
Senator Bayh,
As a practicing physician I have major concerns with the health care bill before Congress. I actually have read the bill and am shocked by the brazenness of the government’s proposed involvement in the patient-physician relationship. The very idea that the government will dictate and ration patient care is DANGEROUS and certainly not helpful in designing a health care system that works for all.
Every physician I work with agrees that we need to fix our health care system, but the proposed bills currently making their way through congress WILL BE A DISASTER IF PASSED.
I ask you respectfully and as a patriotic American to look at the following troubling lines that I have read in the bill.
You cannot possibly believe that these proposals are in the best interests of the country and our fellow citizens… READ THESE CAREFULLY AND JUST IMAGINE WHAT COULD RESULT ………..
Page 22 of the HC Bill: Mandates that the Govt will audit books of all employers that self-insure!!
Page 30 Sec 123 of HC bill: THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get.
Page 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill: YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!!!
Page 42 of HC Bill: The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC benefits for you. You have NO choice!
Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non-US citizens……….. illegal or otherwise.
Page 58 HC Bill: Govt will have real-time access to individuals’ finances & a ‘National ID Health card’ WILL be issued!
Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Govt will have DIRECT ACCESS to your bank accounts for ELECTIVE funds transfer.
Page 65 Sec 164: Is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in unions & community organizations: (ACORN).
Page 84 Sec 203 HC bill: Govt mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the ‘Exchange.’
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans–The Govt WILL ration your health care!
Page 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill: Govt mandates linguistic appropriate services. (Translation: illegal aliens.)
Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18: The Govt will use groups (i.e. ACORN & Americorps) to sign up individuals for Govt HC plan.
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans.
(AARP members – your health care WILL be rationed!)
Page 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill: Medicaid eligible individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. ( NO choice.)
Page 12 4 lines 24-25 HC: No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No “judicial review” against Govt monopoly.
Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill: Doctors/American Medical Association – The Govt WILL TELL YOU what salary you can make.
Page 145 Line 15-17: An Employer MUST auto-enroll employees into public option plan. (NO choice!)
Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for part-time employees AND their families. (Employees shouldn’t get excited about this employers will be forced to reduce its work force, benefits, and wages/salaries to cover such a huge expense) UNSUSTAINABLE.
Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k & above who does not provide public option will pay 8% tax on all payroll!
(See the last comment in parenthesis.)
Page 150 Lines 9-13:A business with payroll between $251K & $401K who doesn’t provide public option will pay 2-6% tax on all payroll.
Page 167 Lines 18-23: ANY individual who doesn’t have acceptable HC according to Govt will be taxed 2.5% of income.
Page 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill: Any NONRESIDENT Alien is EXEMPT from individual taxes.
(Americans will pay.)
Page 195 HC Bill: Officers & employees of the GOVT HC Admin.. WILL HAVE ACCESS to ALL Americans’ finances and personal records.
Page 203 Line 14-15 HC: “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax.”
(Yes, it really says that!) Page 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill: Govt will reduce physician services for Medicaid Seniors.
(Low-income and the poor are affected.)
Page 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill: Doctors: It doesn’t matter what specialty you have trained yourself in – you will all be paid the same! (Just TRY to tell me that’s not Socialism!)
Page 253 Line 10-18: The Govt sets the value of a doctor’s time, profession, judgment, etc. (Literally — the value of humans.)
Page 265 Sec 1131: The Govt mandates and controls productivity for “private” HC industries.
Page 268 Sec 1141: The federal Govt regulates the rental and purchase of power driven wheelchairs.
Page 272 SEC. 1145: TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS – Cancer patients – welcome to rationing!
Page 280 Sec 1151: The Govt will penalize hospitals for whatever the Govt deems preventable (i.e… re-admissions).
Page 298 Lines 9-11: Doctors: If you treat a patient during initial admission that results in a re-admission — the Govt will penalize you.
Page 317 L 13-20: PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. (The Govt tells doctors what and how much they can own!)
Page 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3: PROHIBITION on expansion. (The Govt is mandating that hospitals cannot expand.)
Page 321 2-13: Hospitals have the opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input is required. (Can you say ACORN?)
Page 335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339: The Govt mandates establishment of 2 outcome-based measures… (HC the way they want — rationing.)
Page 341 Lines 3-9: The Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Advance Plans, HMOs, etc. (Forcing people into the Govt plan)
Page 354 Sec 1177: The Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of ’special needs people!’ Unbelievable!
Page 379 Sec 1191: The Govt creates more bureaucracy via a “Tele-Health Advisory Committee.” (Can you say HC by phone?)
Page 425 Lines 4-12: The Govt mandates “Advance-Care Planning Consult.” (Think senior citizens end-of-life patients.)
Page 425 Lines 17-19: The Govt will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. (And it’s mandatory!)
Page 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3: The Govt provides an “approved” list of end-of-life resources; guiding you in death. (Also called ‘assisted suicide.’)
Page 427 Lines 15-24: The Govt mandates a program for orders on “end-of-life.” (The Govt has a say in how your life ends!)
Page 429 Lines 1-9: An “advanced-care planning consultant” will be used frequently as a patient’s health deteriorates.
Page 429 Lines 10-12: An “advanced care consultation” may include an ORDER for end-of-life plans.. (AN ORDER TO DIE FROM THE GOVERNMENT?!?)
Page 429 Lines 13-25: The GOVT will specify which doctors can write an end-of-life order. (I wouldn’t want to stand before God after getting paid for THAT job!)
Page 430 Lines 11-15: The Govt will decide what level of treatment you will have at end-of-life! (Again — no choice!)
Page 469: Community-Based Home Medical Services = Non-Profit Organizations. (Hello? ACORN Medical Services here!?!)
Page 489 Sec 1308: The Govt will cover marriage and family therapy.
(Which means Govt will insert itself into your marriage even.)
Page 494-498: Govt will cover Mental Health Services including defining, creating, and rationing those services.
Senator, I guarantee that I personally will do everything possible to inform patients and my fellow physicians about the dangers of the proposed bills you and your colleagues are debating.
Furthermore, if you vote for a bill that enforces socialized medicine on the country and destroys the doctor-patient relationship, I will do everything in my power to make sure you lose your job in the next election.
Respectfully,
Stephen E. Fraser, MD
Dear Reader, I urge you to use the power that you were born with (and the power that may soon be taken away) and circulate this letter to as many people as you can reach. The “Power of the People” can stop this from happening to us, our parents, our grandparents, our children, and to following generations.
ogee commented:
Dr. Stephen E. Frazer, to Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN):
Senator Bayh,
As a practicing physician I have major concerns with the health care bill before Congress. I actually have read the bill and am shocked by the brazenness of the government’s proposed involvement in the patient-physician relationship. The very idea that the government will dictate and ration patient care is DANGEROUS and certainly not helpful in designing a health care system that works for all.
Every physician I work with agrees that we need to fix our health care system, but the proposed bills currently making their way through congress WILL BE A DISASTER IF PASSED.
I ask you respectfully and as a patriotic American to look at the following troubling lines that I have read in the bill.
You cannot possibly believe that these proposals are in the best interests of the country and our fellow citizens… READ THESE CAREFULLY AND JUST IMAGINE WHAT COULD RESULT ………..
Continued.
ogee commented:
Page 22 of the HC Bill: Mandates that the Govt will audit books of all employers that self-insure!!
Page 30 Sec 123 of HC bill: THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get.
Page 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill: YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!!!
Page 42 of HC Bill: The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC benefits for you. You have NO choice!
Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non-US citizens……….. illegal or otherwise.
Page 58 HC Bill: Govt will have real-time access to individuals’ finances & a ‘National ID Health card’ WILL be issued!
Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Govt will have DIRECT ACCESS to your bank accounts for ELECTIVE funds transfer.
continued
ogee commented:
Page 65 Sec 164: Is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in unions & community organizations: (ACORN).
Page 84 Sec 203 HC bill: Govt mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the ‘Exchange.’
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans–The Govt WILL ration your health care!
Page 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill: Govt mandates linguistic appropriate services. (Translation: illegal aliens.)
Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18: The Govt will use groups (i.e. ACORN & Americorps) to sign up individuals for Govt HC plan.
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans.
(AARP members – your health care WILL be rationed!)
Page 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill: Medicaid eligible individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. ( NO choice.)
Page 12 4 lines 24-25 HC: No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No “judicial review” against Govt monopoly.
Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill: Doctors/American Medical Association – The Govt WILL TELL YOU what salary you can make.
Page 145 Line 15-17: An Employer MUST auto-enroll employees into public option plan. (NO choice!)
ogee commented:
Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for part-time employees AND their families. (Employees shouldn’t get excited about this employers will be forced to reduce its work force, benefits, and wages/salaries to cover such a huge expense) UNSUSTAINABLE.
Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k & above who does not provide public option will pay 8% tax on all payroll!
(See the last comment in parenthesis.)
Page 150 Lines 9-13:A business with payroll between $251K & $401K who doesn’t provide public option will pay 2-6% tax on all payroll.
Page 167 Lines 18-23: ANY individual who doesn’t have acceptable HC according to Govt will be taxed 2.5% of income.
Page 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill: Any NONRESIDENT Alien is EXEMPT from individual taxes.
(Americans will pay.)
Page 195 HC Bill: Officers & employees of the GOVT HC Admin.. WILL HAVE ACCESS to ALL Americans’ finances and personal records.
Page 203 Line 14-15 HC: “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax.”
(Yes, it really says that!) Page 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill: Govt will reduce physician services for Medicaid Seniors.
(Low-income and the poor are affected.)
Page 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill: Doctors: It doesn’t matter what specialty you have trained yourself in – you will all be paid the same! (Just TRY to tell me that’s not Socialism!)
Page 253 Line 10-18: The Govt sets the value of a doctor’s time, profession, judgment, etc. (Literally — the value of humans.)
Page 265 Sec 1131: The Govt mandates and controls productivity for “private” HC industries.
Page 268 Sec 1141: The federal Govt regulates the rental and purchase of power driven wheelchairs.
Page 272 SEC. 1145: TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS – Cancer patients – welcome to rationing!
continued
ogee commented:
Page 280 Sec 1151: The Govt will penalize hospitals for whatever the Govt deems preventable (i.e… re-admissions).
Page 298 Lines 9-11: Doctors: If you treat a patient during initial admission that results in a re-admission — the Govt will penalize you.
Page 317 L 13-20: PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. (The Govt tells doctors what and how much they can own!)
Page 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3: PROHIBITION on expansion. (The Govt is mandating that hospitals cannot expand.)
Page 321 2-13: Hospitals have the opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input is required. (Can you say ACORN?)
Page 335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339: The Govt mandates establishment of 2 outcome-based measures… (HC the way they want — rationing.)
Page 341 Lines 3-9: The Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Advance Plans, HMOs, etc. (Forcing people into the Govt plan)
Page 354 Sec 1177: The Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of ’special needs people!’ Unbelievable!
Page 379 Sec 1191: The Govt creates more bureaucracy via a “Tele-Health Advisory Committee.” (Can you say HC by phone?)
ogee commented:
Page 425 Lines 4-12: The Govt mandates “Advance-Care Planning Consult.” (Think senior citizens end-of-life patients.)
Page 425 Lines 17-19: The Govt will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. (And it’s mandatory!)
Page 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3: The Govt provides an “approved” list of end-of-life resources; guiding you in death. (Also called ‘assisted suicide.’)
Page 427 Lines 15-24: The Govt mandates a program for orders on “end-of-life.” (The Govt has a say in how your life ends!)
Page 429 Lines 1-9: An “advanced-care planning consultant” will be used frequently as a patient’s health deteriorates.
Page 429 Lines 10-12: An “advanced care consultation” may include an ORDER for end-of-life plans.. (AN ORDER TO DIE FROM THE GOVERNMENT?!?)
Page 429 Lines 13-25: The GOVT will specify which doctors can write an end-of-life order. (I wouldn’t want to stand before God after getting paid for THAT job!)
Page 430 Lines 11-15: The Govt will decide what level of treatment you will have at end-of-life! (Again — no choice!)
Page 469: Community-Based Home Medical Services = Non-Profit Organizations. (Hello? ACORN Medical Services here!?!)
ogee commented:
Page 489 Sec 1308: The Govt will cover marriage and family therapy.
(Which means Govt will insert itself into your marriage even.)
Page 494-498: Govt will cover Mental Health Services including defining, creating, and rationing those services.
Senator, I guarantee that I personally will do everything possible to inform patients and my fellow physicians about the dangers of the proposed bills you and your colleagues are debating.
Furthermore, if you vote for a bill that enforces socialized medicine on the country and destroys the doctor-patient relationship, I will do everything in my power to make sure you lose your job in the next election.
Respectfully,
Stephen E. Fraser, MD
Dear Reader, I urge you to use the power that you were born with (and the power that may soon be taken away) and circulate this letter to as many people as you can reach. The “Power of the People” can stop this from happening to us, our parents, our grandparents, our children, and to following generations.
Patriotic commented:
Gibbs said they are 1 vote away.
That means the Democrats do not have the votes period.
They’re not going to be able to bribe the last vote this time…and the longer this thing goes, they will need more than 1 vote to ram it through.
I dare the Democrats to try to ram this down the American people’s throat. Republicans are going to take back the House in November as it is. If the Dems keep it up, they will lose the Senate also. I can’t wait.
RoutTheMarxists commented:
If they pull this crap, they are going to see a response that will surprise even me.
Adjoran commented:
The House bill originally only passed by two votes, didn’t it? And Stupak says he has 10 votes against any version without his amendment, plus the Republican Cao (the only GOP vote for the House bill) will surely vote against the Senate bill.
Pelosi surely didn’t have that many votes “in pocket” (Democrats who needed to vote against for their districts but who would vote with her if necessary), or she would never have agreed to Stupak in the first place. Election results in VA, NJ, and MA have not gone unnoticed by the 40-odd Democrats representing districts which went for Bush twice.
I agree it is probably just bluster, trying to “keep hope alive” for the left wing until they can finally just point to Republican intransigence and give up.
John commented:
The thing to remember about the left side of Congress and the White House is they still believe they’re playing with house money. The White House doesn’t think that Obama has to triangulate by moving back to the center until next year, because Clinton didn’t do it either until his third year in office and won re-election, while most of those in the House and Senate who are demanding to stay the course are either in safe Congressional districts or aren’t up for re-election for the Senate in 2010.
So Obama isn’t going to change course until he, Rahm, Aexlrod and Ploffe start to think they need to in order to win re-election in 2012, and that’s stil a ways off (tto be fair, with Harry and Nancy running Congress, even if Obama did try to triangulate and at least appear to be moving to the right, there’s no Republicans in power in Washington to demonize other than the five members of the Supreme Court, and trying to make them the face of the opposition will probably work as well for Obama in 2010 as it did for FDR in 1937-38).
Daniel commented:
Interesting thing about nuclear reaction.
The fallout affects everyone.
So why do the Dims want to be irradiated????
crazyobama commented:
Pitchforks and torches to the White House. That’s what it will take. Obamacare is more taxes that Obama doesn’t care about he is rich.
Crystal commented:
bg
February 1st, 2010 | 12:58 am | #40
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Crystal @10:13 pm #28
aside from them not giving a you know what, i can think of two
other possible reasons (there may be more) it will be passed..
bg, thanks so much for responding.