1) You are right I quote a release from the House Energy, Ways & Means and Education & Labor Committees about the most recent CBO report. But, that does not make it any less valuable. It is still a valid analysis of the CBO release late on Friday. What exactly is your point?

2) Also, not sure what your point is on the Rasmussen poll you quote. I don’t disagree with it. The number one issue for many people on healthcare is the cost to them. Given that most people have private insurance that is not a surprise. This does not contradict anything I am saying. If you look at any poll Healthcare is a key issue and priority for people.

But, why trust the results from a single poll when pollingreport.com presents results from multiple pollsters on this issue? In every one of the four polls conducted in the last month which asked whether government should offer a public health insurance plan as an option, a majority of those surveyed supported this option and every poll suggest this should be a big priority for Obama now.

ABC News/Washington Post Poll. July 15-18, 2009. N=1,001 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.5.

Do you think Obama is placing too much of a priority on health care, too little, or about the right amount?”
Too Much 25%; Too Little 21%; About Right 51%; Unsure 3%

That is 76% of people thinking he is either spending enough time or too little.

Ipsos/McClatchy Poll conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs. July 9-13, 2009. N=1,007 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.1 (for all adults).

“Should the primary goal of a national health care overhaul be more to extend health insurance to the millions of Americans who now lack it, or should the primary goal be to rein in the rising costs of health care? If you had to choose one goal over the other, which would you choose?”

Extend Insurance 46%; Rein in Costs 44%; Shouldn’t be Any Overhaul 5%; Unsure 4%

USA Today/Gallup Poll. July 10-12, 2009. N=3,026 adults nationwide. MoE ± 2 (for all adults).

Do you favor or oppose Congress passing a major health care reform bill this year?” N=1,518 (Form A), MoE ± 3
Favor 56%; Oppose 33%; Unsure 12%

CBS News Poll. July 9-12, 2009. N=944 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3

Given the problems the country is facing, do you think the government should or should not exert more control over the nation’s health care system?”

Should 62%; Should Not 34%; Unsure 4%

3) It is very significant that the AMA has got behind Obama. They are the group that helped to kill the Clinton reform and they are a very conservative group. Actually many doctors, a big part of the other 75-80% you quote that are not part of the AMA do support reform, it is usually the AMA that tries to kill it. The argument has always been the reverse of what you seem to be suggesting that the AMA does not truly represent most doctors who do what reform and often are against the AMA who in the past wanted to kill any reform efforts.

It was concluded that he only cared about people in the abstract.

That could be the result of the dissonance of feeling superior to the little people… the need to publicly champion them all the while privately berating them. Sounds a lot to me of what I see from the far left. They love the downtrodden little people… the ones who know their place. Good input about the justice.

Thank you.

It puzzled many that Justice Douglas yelled at and belittled his staff, yet on the bench fought valiantly for the less fortunate and the downtrodden. It was concluded that he only cared about people in the abstract.

I think this is a good explanation for many of the contrasting philosophies of far-left liberals.
Sorry… forgot to say great post – can’t wait to read your next one!

“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”

— Winston Churchill

It puzzled many that Justice Douglas yelled at and belittled his staff, yet on the bench fought valiantly for the less fortunate and the downtrodden. It was concluded that he only cared about people in the abstract.

I think this is a good explanation for many of the contrasting philosophies of far-left liberals.

Health Care reform is the most important thing our country can do right now.

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Reform what exactly? Yesterday the the most important thing was to get our armed forces out Iraq. They are still there.

The day before that, it was “blame Bush”, that worked on a lot of people, with the likes of the “special message” people saturating the airwaves with anything but the real news.

A-nony-mouse, before you go callin people ignorant or corrupt, ya ought to look at the crap you are being told. By the left and the right.

We should be able to agree that 2 things are true.
1) healthcare for profit is unethical.
2) nothing is free.
If that is the case and I do not agree with the current form of the what you consider healthcare reform, you would label others so?

This is a transcript of the 1971 conversation between President Richard Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman that led to the HMO act of 1973:

John D. Ehrlichman: “On the … on the health business …”
President Nixon: “Yeah.”
Ehrlichman: “… we have now narrowed down the vice president’s problems on this thing to one issue and that is whether we should include these health maintenance organizations like Edgar Kaiser’s Permanente thing. The vice president just cannot see it. We tried 15 ways from Friday to explain it to him and then help him to understand it. He finally says, ‘Well, I don’t think they’ll work, but if the President thinks it’s a good idea, I’ll support him a hundred percent.’”
President Nixon: “Well, what’s … what’s the judgment?”
Ehrlichman: “Well, everybody else’s judgment very strongly is that we go with it.”
President Nixon: “All right.”
Ehrlichman: “And, uh, uh, he’s the one holdout that we have in the whole office.”
President Nixon: “Say that I … I … I’d tell him I have doubts about it, but I think that it’s, uh, now let me ask you, now you give me your judgment. You know I’m not to keen on any of these damn medical programs.”
Ehrlichman: “This, uh, let me, let me tell you how I am …”
President Nixon: [Unclear.]
Ehrlichman: “This … this is a …”
President Nixon: “I don’t [unclear] …”
Ehrlichman: “… private enterprise one.”
President Nixon: “Well, that appeals to me.”
Ehrlichman: “Edgar Kaiser is running his Permanente deal for profit. And the reason that he can … the reason he can do it … I had Edgar Kaiser come in … talk to me about this and I went into it in some depth. All the incentives are toward less medical care, because …”
President Nixon: [Unclear.]
Ehrlichman: “… the less care they give them, the more money they make.”
President Nixon: “Fine.” [Unclear.]
Ehrlichman: [Unclear] “… and the incentives run the right way.”
President Nixon: “Not bad.”

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How many Goldman Sachs folks does bO have on staff?
If you think BO is any different than Edgar Kiaser, think again.
Forgive the long post.

Two things: 1)the House bill is Nancy Pelosi’s bill (the only person in Washington that knows what is actually in that bill) 2)Gergen is absolutely right that it should have been 0’s bill except for one thing – 0 could not have come up with that even if he had had plenty of time. This is why Pelosi is the most powerful person in this country, a woman who wants to be the ONLY woman in the room or at the table. She made sure of that with her tireless efforts to get B0 elected POTUS and make sure Hillary Clinton would be defeated.

I noticed on one of his interviews televised today, 0 has even resorted to talking about how the republicans sabataged the Clintons healthcare initiative. I suppose a desperate person will do desperate things. Otherwise, Hillary and Bill’s efforts would have never been spotlighted by this POTUS preferring to take ALL the credit as if it had never been thought of before him.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/healthcare/july_2009/cost_not_universal_coverage_is_top_health_care_concern_for_voters

To quote YOU, “When you cut and paste it results in you not making a very concise argument. Very dis-jointed.” And YOU have the nerve to criticize the writers here at NQ? Pot meet kettle.

The CEO of the AMA is the one who announced the endorsement and he’s on record as an Obama campaign contributor.

The big guy on the floor Danny said he wanted to be like me..Fulfilling he said. I gave him advice…Read everything you can get your hands on. I mentioned that I have read thirty hours a week or more since 1967.

He then said..
Moss, I bet you think when you watch us on the line that everyone has their job because of you.

I corrected him..

When I see the workers on the line I see families that need work and it’s up to me to keep closing deals and think outside the box so that they can keep working.