"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Good Morning Everyone;
I have been silent on the HealthCare issue for quite some time. It became almost a non~issue for me with the deletion of The Public Option.
BUT... Since there is still minor hope for The Public Option, of course I have much to say about it all.
Casey and I did watch that Health Care summit last Thursday. We were very proud when President Obama (found his gonads and) finally stood up to the blatant disrespect; even while keeping the agenda on Health Care.
We were just 2 of the following people.
"Some had the audacity to hope that the Republicans would come to the table to work with the President to solve problems like health care. Now, it’s clear they are putting insurance industry profits above the health of America’s families."
D. Bhargava, from "The GOP Health Plan: A Cruel Joke"
We found it odd that "the leading Republican spokesperson for their new plan, Congressman John Boehner has pocketed nearly a million dollars from the insurance special interests." (Cited above).
Perhaps "odd" isn't the correct word.
"Par for the course" would be more fitting.
Read on- As always, I have cited my sources.
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Anthony Mason, CBS News, quoted below
"As Washington tries to write a new prescription for HealthCare, American business says it can't afford to be left in the waiting room"
- Some of you are getting by.
- somehow.
- somehow.
- Some have lost their jobs already.
- Still others do not have the money for food.
- Some are working- having their hours and wages cut.
- "Benefits" is a gold mine to an employee
- And an obscene word to an employer
- Some are working two jobs
- and still trying to raise their children.
- and still trying to raise their children.
- Some still believe they can sit on a pedestal and literally or figuratively, denigrate those that cannot even 'see' the pedestal.
- Those pedestals will crack!
- If they haven't begun to crumble already
- Those pedestals will crack!
- Many of us (on my pages) are ill or incapacitated in some manner.
- (Through no fault of our own).
- (Through no fault of our own).
- Some even are fortunate enough to know what they need,
- but lack the funds necessary to have their medicines,
- or the surgeries that would save them.
- but lack the funds necessary to have their medicines,
To those that are still working...
- Does your job offer security?
- Do you really feel safe?
- Should you?
"Every 10% rise in HealthCare costs the economy 120,000 jobs." Source: Rand
- How much has your health insurance gone up?
- Do you even have your employer based insurance anymore?
* Pea, I am not talking about you- You are not arrogant. You are kind. You are wise.
Some grand companies are even dropping health insurance and not telling their employees. Click for that story.
Talk about deception!
What one angry commenter said: "The American People have NOT said they do not want this Health Care Bill, it is the biased media in certain large cities and states reporting that the people don't want it, NOT the people saying they don't want it, some group has taken over and is trying to convince people that they don't want it.
STOP and think, who was it at the Tea Bag Parties, and at the town hall meetings that were on the news networks???
90% of those that spoke out against it are retired and already on medicare!!! They were convinced to assemble and speak out against an issue that did not even concern them. Did they ask the currently employed people that DO NOT have health care? NO..... Did they ask the unemployed? NO. Who did they ask?
As many people as they could that the health care bill would not affect whether it passed or not. "
End quote
While I may disagree about this mans comment about the Tea Baggers, this article did make me wince- First from it's obvious language, then from the fact that he may possibly be correct.
Still, reeking of Nixon's Silent majority is not what my blog is about.
This is: "Most Americans would like to see a "public option" in health insurance reform but doubt anything Congress does will lower costs or improve care " end quote.
Thomson Reuters PULSE Healthcare Survey
There are questions still.
Like, has your senator taken a stand on the public option? Click.
120 House members signed their support also. Click.
Note: "Statements are only counted if they make clear that the senator will vote yes if the House version of the public option (or stronger) is brought up for a vote in reconciliation."
Also quoted, "If 100 senators are not on board for a public option and true reform, then NONE of them is listening to the American people." end quote
"Capitalism, when you're shopping for a TV or a car, is fine; [but] when necessities are involved, capitalism is pure evil. We should aspire to something better. If you want to call that socialism, which I define as caring about people, that's fine with me." end quote
I could not agree more!
"This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
If you, for any reason, are not hearing these truths, may you be safe and secure in the knowledge that you did nothing to help while the deaths and lives of many fellow Americans are summarily hanging in the balance.
What do these words mean to you? As taken from The Preamble to the US Constitution at the top, "promote the general welfare"
Here are your options...
- Please define "security" for me.
- Then define "health" for me.
- How is YOUR health?
- More importantly, how will your health be tomorrow?
Sleep well my friends.
XOXO
Me
"It's time to act" from President Obama's most recent health care speech
click
Also (ALL from whitehouse.gov).
- March 4, 2010 at 11:23 AM EST
What Reform Would Mean for Laura Klitzka
- March 3, 2010 at 8:38 PM EST
Watch, Discuss, Engage at 3:40: HHS Secretary Sebelius & Health Reform Director Nancy-Ann DeParle
- March 3, 2010 at 3:32 PM EST
Moving Forward to Put the American People Ahead of Insurance Companies
- March 3, 2010 at 11:16 AM EST
Incorporating the Best Ideas from Both Parties
- March 2, 2010 at 12:55 PM EST
President Obama Follows Up on Thursday's Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform
- February 27, 2010 at 6:00 AM EST
Weekly Address: The Olympic Spirit, the Spirit of Bipartisanship, and Health Reform
Hi Mommy,
ReplyDeleteI could not agree more... The fact that this nation and the people against public option are willing to sit and watch as more and more people are dying because they can't afford the health treatments to help/save them is ridiculous...
The public option will allow for almost all Americans to be able to afford health insurance, and those who are against it seem to be the insurance companies (as they won't be able to screw it's members over and over) and those who are paid by these insurance companies ( the many republicans who have made BILLIONS in profit by blocking the public option). They should all be ashamed of themselves.
Ashamed of the fact that they would rather get richer than save other people's lives... Ashamed that they would rather fill their own pockets than insure the welfare of the country as a whole... They need to see the facts for what they are, and need to stop thinking of only themselves and listen to the American public as a WHOLE, not just the select few (and I mean very FEW) who disagree with the public options...
Open up your ears, Representatives, Senators, and other top-dogs, and listen to the plea of millions of Americans, and not just the plea of ONE insurance company... As your sources of money will change and change again, the people who you represent will NOT... Listen to them... It's your job...
Or did all that narcissism make you forget what your job actually IS about???
PUBLIC OPTION IS WHAT WE NEED, FIGHT FOR IT!!!!!
Love,
~Casey
Even Richard Nixon, for all of his flaws both as a politician and a person, favored national health care.
ReplyDeleteBravo Annie!
ReplyDeleteHi Again!
ReplyDeleteI forgot to answer the questions at the end of the blog for you... Here you go:
Please define "security" for me.
I don't know how it is officially defined, but I think that security for me would include everything... This includes health security... Making sure that I am able to have the option to get affordable insurance so that if my health fails again, I know that I have the option to be able to find treatments or other ways to make it better...
Then define "health" for me.
Health? Wow, I don't know that I'm qualified to answer this one! Lol... I would venture to guess that health is the ability of your body to withstand daily use... From eating to other activities... If your body is unable to do that, then you don't have your health... At least in my humble opinion...
How is YOUR health?
My health is good right now... It's not great, but I'm getting there... Hopefully I will be given a clean bill of health at my next check-up appointment. My insides are trying desperately to get used to the intense changes they have all undergone in the last year, but they are working okay for now...
More importantly, how will your health be tomorrow?
I do not know... No one does and no one is able to say that they will be incident free tomorrow... No one should say that they will not require health insurance... All it takes is a couple of seconds for your health to fail you and do we really want to take the chance that it won't happen to us?? We are not immortal, and certainly no one is immune to getting sick...
This is why our nation needs the public option as no one can guarantee complete health forever...
Love you MUCH MUCH!
~Casey
ReplyDeleteFrom my email now...
"Yesterday, President Obama called on Congress to send him a final health care bill by the end of the month—the leadership and urgency we've been waiting for on health care for so long. And with leaders in Congress mobilizing to get it done, we're once again on the verge of seeing historic health care reform become a reality.3
And Republicans know it. They've launched "Project Code Red," a full-fledged attempt to kill health care once and for all. In dozens of key congressional districts, they're planning to unleash attack ads, misleading robocalls, and a right-wing physicians front group in an effort to scare some Democrats away from voting for health care.4
We've got less than a month left to win historic reform that American families, workers, and businesses so desperately need."
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Robocalls:
Dear MoveOn member,
Check out this alarming headline from last night:
"GOP To Unleash Huge Wave Of Robocalls Warning Of Dem Plot To 'Ram' Health Reform Through"1
Starting today, voters in 40 Democratic House districts will receive robocalls that paint health care reform as a "dangerous" and "out-of-control" "scheme"—just one part of a new all-out assault on health reform from the GOP.2
We've come too far to let Republicans kill health care in the homestretch. We have to fight back—so we're launching a final push to finish health care reform now.
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Sources: 1. "Exclusive: GOP To Unleash Huge Wave Of Robocalls Warning Of Dem Plot To 'Ram' Health Reform Through," The Plum Line, March 3, 2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=86589&id=19227-17313833-6WE1vZx&t=5
2. "NRCC orders 'Project Code Red,'" Politico, March 3, 2010
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/33823.html 3. "In Final Push, Obama Urges 'Up or Down' Vote on Health Care Bill," The New York Times, March 3, 2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=86588&id=19227-17313833-6WE1vZx&t=6
4. "Exclusive: GOP To Unleash Huge Wave Of Robocalls Warning Of Dem Plot To 'Ram' Health Reform Through," The Plum Line, March 3, 2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=86589&id=19
Also from my email...
ReplyDeleteGood morning, Democrats and Republicans agree -- the health care status quo isn't working for the American people. Health insurance is growing more and more expensive by the day. Too many of us can't afford it -- not middle class families, not businesses, not the Federal Government. Insurance companies have too much control over health care decisions that should be left between a patient and their doctor. They freely ration care based on who's sick and who's healthy; who can pay and who can't. On both sides of the aisle, we all agree that if we do nothing, the problem will just get worse. Now, after a long and wrenching debate, it's time to make a decision. Yesterday, President Obama called on the United States Congress to cast a final up or down vote on health insurance reform in the coming weeks and pledged to fight for it every day until that happens. Watch what the President said yesterday and learn more about what's at stake:
The President's final plan for health insurance reform puts control of health care where it belongs -- in the hands of American families and small businesses, not <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204);background:
ReplyDeleteRidiculous?
I have a better word for that- But it is not suitable for my blog or my grandbabies.
ReplyDeleteThey know no shame as they laugh at death all the way to the bank.
ReplyDeleteVery well said!
How awful that we, as a people, actually elected these discompassionate people to their positions in the 1st place.
And at what price to us all now?
ReplyDeleteGood point Will!
ReplyDeleteThank you Mary!
1. Security- Think of it this way... Is Greg's job secure?
ReplyDelete2. I love your humble opinion.
3. I love your optimism too. (As Uncle Doctor has stated, you have had good doctors and must be always thankful for them). He is absolutely correct.
4. While I do believe that we die when we die, it is also 'st00pid' to throw oneself under a bus in some quest to live.
Simply put... There are no guarantees. But there should always be help.
i am also thinking that the majority of the people within my site will not have faced cancer, or anything as chronic or debilitating as Casey's disease.
ReplyDeleteThe people that have faced their demons will inherently know and tell you that there are no promises of next month, next year- or the next generation...
XOXO
me
This would also apply to our elected individuals.
ReplyDeleteThose that have, should thank their lucky stars that they are still here, and that they had/have the health insurance necessary to keep them more healthier than they would have been without it.
And then they should at least TRY to walk in the shoes of those who don't.
I too would prefer the public option be a part of reform. Nevertheless, I maintain my initial position that as long as there is progress in the bill I will be pleased. The fact that health care is big business in this country makes it less disrupting to what is left of our economy to move slowly, although that is little comfort to those who continue to suffer as a result.
ReplyDeletePlease know that your last sentence is so good to read-
ReplyDeleteKind of refreshing to read after months and months of people not understanding what our possible "sins of omission" may do to others.
XOXO
Me
The profits of the "all mighty dollar" is what will ruin the greedy rich. And the lack thereof is what will ruin the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteAnd for it all, we are still a nation of "haves and have nots." I'm one of the "have nots." Until the "Haves" become the "have Nots" they will never understand what the rest of really need in order to survive. And the greed of the rich is going to bring down our whole nation.
Money IS the root of all evil. That is becoming more and more apparent with each passing day.
thank you. I was worried for a second.
ReplyDeleteNot that I was against the plan... just certain parts of one version.