I was with a group of friends, at one of our favorite coffee shops, talking about things such as weekend activities, children, grandchildren, friends, and politics. One thing led to another and the subject of Health Care/ Insurance Reform came up. The discussion then turned to the irrational response and behavior that has been occurring at the town hall meetings and how so many of them have gotten so out of hand. We all agreed and wondered how these individuals got so misinformed. I stated to my friends, Bud and Mike, that there is one thing that Democrats have not learned to do and I believe will never be as good as Republicans in doing. This is the ability of instilling fear in the minds of individuals. In fact they have it down as an art. They hone in on one's beliefs, lifestyle, race, event and target them. This targeting is done by taking things out of context, giving erroneous information and the trump card of all trump cards, saying that this, or they, are un-American and such behavior or action will erode the fundamental core values which our founding fathers established when they wrote the Constitution. This manipulation starts producing fear which turns into anger and even hatred toward individuals or groups to take the country totally off balance and make people act irrationally because they fear that this targeted group is going to harm the status quo.
Case in point: A majority of these town hall meetings have senior citizens who get up and state that they do not want the government touching, interfering in or changing their health insurance. Fact: Everyone over 65 has Medicare. Hello people! it is a government insurance. And if you don t want it changed and you re threatened by the thought of it, it must be pretty good.Anti public option: Does anyone think that insurance companies will bring down their premiums without one? I reckon this to gas stations, when prices went sky-high last year. Did you see any large diversity in price per gallon? Oh no, they were all in a few cents of each other. Am I the only one that thinks that if there isn t a public option insurance companies will get together and set the bottom of what they think is an acceptable premium price and put those out across the board? This is not competition, it is price fixing.Lastly these Nazi comparisons in regards to the President and health care reform. Please people look up what the Nazi professed, pronounced, and communicated. They were racist. They targeted certain groups and individuals and due to their beliefs, life style, or race, and under the guise of patriotism promoted fear and hatred for them to the point of physical harm and murder. HMMMM
Remember almost a whole country fell for "weapons of mass destruction." Let s not destroy something that will help the underinsured, uninsured and hopefully everyone with more affordable insurance. Anyone just has to look at what happened at Engelwood, CA last week to see something more is needed.
DASHMANN - recommends this story about Castro's comments on American healthcare:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090820/ts_nm/us_cuba_castro_usa
ALICE notes this headline: Democrats Prepare to Push Health Care Without GOP
and makes this comment: THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ALL ALONG!
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ANONYMOUS sends this:
Let me get this straight.
We're going to pass a health care plan written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it,
passed by a Congress that hasn't read it but exempts themselves from it,
signed by a president that also hasn't read it and who smokes,
with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes,
overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and
financed by a country that's nearly broke.
What could possibly go wrong?
Anon.: How do like your water from your tap? Do you call the police if you have trouble? How about the fire department? If your a veteran, how's your care? Elderly? How's your medicare? Many programs are very successfully administered by the government for our protection and benefit. Morally we should feel obligated to make sure the millions(I'm not going to quibble over 56 million or 28 million) are unable to get the kind of care needed. What ever you theological or not theological background it's a must to provide for the poor and unprotected. You don't HAVE to sign up for the public option. The insurance companies are receiving 35 cents of every dollar spent for their own pockets. Casinos only get 20-25%. If you like that better go for it. A whole lot of us out here need help. We're not as smart, lucky, or what ever to have everything fall in place for us financially.
What makes it worse is that people are being screwed by the "status quo". Why on earth would they want to preserve it?
How can having to provide a profit to the middlemen (insurance companies) possible result in better or cheaper health care for sick people?
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Anon.: How do like your water from your tap? Do you call the police if you have trouble? How about the fire department? If your a veteran, how's your care? Elderly? How's your medicare? Many programs are very successfully administered by the government for our protection and benefit. Morally we should feel obligated to make sure the millions(I'm not going to quibble over 56 million or 28 million) are unable to get the kind of care needed. What ever you theological or not theological background it's a must to provide for the poor and unprotected. You don't HAVE to sign up for the public option. The insurance companies are receiving 35 cents of every dollar spent for their own pockets. Casinos only get 20-25%. If you like that better go for it. A whole lot of us out here need help. We're not as smart, lucky, or what ever to have everything fall in place for us financially.
What makes it worse is that people are being screwed by the "status quo". Why on earth would they want to preserve it?
How can having to provide a profit to the middlemen (insurance companies) possible result in better or cheaper health care for sick people?
One point that no one has made is that when Massachusetts health care reform was a horrible flop. There was not enough primary healthcare givers to cover the over flow of uninsured people that entered the system (somewhere around 500,000.) And now with many college students opting to go into a specialized service in the health care field (more money) then become your common family doctor, imagine the impact on a national scale. It would flood our system. With many people with insurance, getting pushed aside due to overcrowding in doctors offices as it is.
All I have to say is I work hard because millions on welfare depend on me. What a joke.
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