Posts Made By: david elosser

Another common sense question: if they can't afford to make the mortgage payments, then how are they going to pay the rent?

David E

That's odd. According to AMA's own scorecard, Medicare denies 6.85% of it's claims. That may not seem like much, but it's the highest on record and is actually twice the private insurance average. And yet AMA endorses a plan that includes a public option! It's hard to understand why they think the public option would provide better care to patients, given their own research.

David E

They've been running ads for this in my area for quite some time now. It's getting down right disgusting. It seems like every other commercial now is: Need a house payment? Call Obama. Need a car? Call Obama. Too much credit card debt? Call Obama. Need a cell phone? Call Obama. About the only thing he ain't givin' away is real jobs. :C

David E

Jim Babcock said:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was "absolutely" committed to doing so.

She is the leader of the Party of No.

David E

No, I did not see it. But I can make the following comments:
1) Not surprised, as cyber attacks happen all the time.
2) Actually President Bush and VP Cheney admitted numerous times while in office that the CIA and FBI were doing their job, and domestic terror attacks had been thwarted, but never gave much in details.
3) It doesn't bother me that they withheld such information on terror attacks if they felt disclosure would compromise our War On Terror.
4) I wouldn't be surprised if President Obama is following the same policies and recommendations.

David E

When I got laid off last June I found some interesting things about health insurance. Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC actually has a number of policies, from the all-inclusive coverage to the bare bones. One thing I found out it that it is a myth that group insurance policies through employers is cheaper than individual. It's actually more expensive per policy. Much more expensive. In round numbers, my former employer was paying $400 a month for my group policy. BCBS will offer me the same policy as individual with the same coverage for $300 a month. I can even get policies for as little as under $130 a month. Now if instead of offering group insurance, my employer had given me $250 a month for purchasing my own health insurance, I could have had a policy that is very close to what I had in coverage with the group plan. The company would save about $1000 a year, and I would actually being paying less as I had to pay a percentage of my group insurance premiums. The government could further help by making my individual insurance premiums directly tax-deductible, or give a tax credit, which the Democrats steadfastly refuse to do.

Some employees can elect to get a cash benefit in lieu of their company's group health insurance, so they can go out and buy their own insurance. If you work for the federal government, or a private company with government contracts, employees can do this. My wife elects to have her company pay her premiums in a group plan because it works for us. But many of her co-workers elect to opt out the the group plan and buy their own insurance, or get on Medicaid, and pocket the extra $100 a week on their paychecks.

David E

I noticed they waited until President Hussein Obama left the country...

David E

In the old days, maybe not so long ago, it would have been very appropriate for our President to use this as a speech, at least the very first paragraph. Like this:

"As [the President of] the United States, I am outraged for so many reasons over what happened at Ft. Hood. I'm angry that twelve [of our best Americans] were murdered. As President I'm angry that over thirty people have suffered life altering injuries from which they will never fully recover. I'm angry that the lives of so many families have been forever ruined. I'm [especially] angry that this happened on an Army post on American soil where soldiers should be safe. And I'm certainly angry that the murderer was a terrorist who masqueraded as an Army officer for half a dozen years. [This will not stand. I will immediately take every step neccessary to prevent this type of tragedy from ever happening again.]"

*sigh* Those were the good ol' days.

David E

Scott Satko said:

Your point is well-taken, Pete. I'd just feel more comfortable with this recommendation if the American Cancer Society seconded it (maybe that'll come soon, though, who knows?).

I am siding with the ACS which has decades of experience fighting cancer, rather than some government bureaucratic agency setting the health agenda. But let us not miss the real point here. In an Obamacare society, women would have NO CHOICE. If Obama's health care panels determine that a certain screening shouldn't be done (usually under the pretense of "saving money") then it won't be done. The ACS and the rest of the real medical community could do little more than complain, as people have been in Great Britain for the longest of time.

David E