Category: Health Care
By Pat Racimora on Nov 6, 2009 in Current Affairs, Health Care, Influenza Pandemic | 74 Comments
First the taxpayers’ treasure was raided to bail out Wall Street firms. Now it’s happening to 13 of them again, this time by putting their employees ahead of the highest risk groups among us ordinary folks to receive the H1N1 vaccine. Melanie Sloan, the Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 5, 2009 in Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Chicago politics, Current Affairs, Foreign Policy, George Bush, Health Care, Messiah, President Barack Obama, Stimulus Plan, Valerie Jarrett | 33 Comments
(Bumped up from Tuesday.)
This is rich. We know about Obama’s many, many czars. Mark Steyn believes Obama has another one, someone of whom you have heard, but who isn’t on the usual list,
Obama Makes Bush His Blame Czar. You know, he has a point - we’ve been hearing for months now “He [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 27, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Gender Bias, Health Care, Insurance Policies & Industry, Women and Children | 62 Comments
There has been a great deal of talk and debate about health care in the country recently as the Democrats push Heath Care Reform. A lot of animosity has been directed at the Health Insurance Industry as a whole. As it turns out, some is justified, but some is not. I was [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 16, 2009 in ABC News, Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, David Axelrod, Depression, Economy, Flip Flopping, Foreign Policy, Fox News, Governance, Harry Reid, Health Care, Hoodwinking, Housing & Housing Crisis, Insurance Policies & Industry, Iran, Iraq, President Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Unemployment, Unemployment/Jobs | 80 Comments
One just has to wonder what prompted the child in the video below to ask Obama the question he did. Maybe people in his household were decrying the lack of it, or maybe this child was picking up on the animosity in the air, or maybe he just wanted to share the good news [...]
By Pat Racimora on Oct 9, 2009 in Current Affairs, Health Care | 24 Comments
Never heard of him? Well, Wendell Potter Should be a Household Name!
By American Girl in Italy on Oct 6, 2009 in Current Affairs, Health Care, Obama Administration, Sara in Italy | 76 Comments
“We are held hostage at any given moment by health insurance companies that deny coverage or drop coverage or charge fees that people can’t afford,” Obama said in August.
And on whitehouse.gov, the Administration promises more stability and security with health care reform, and points out that 20,000 people were denied treatment, to save money:
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 2, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Education, Health Care, Jimmy Carter, Soldiers/Veterans, South Carolina | 31 Comments
The past few weeks, okay, MONTHS, have been fairly contentious: fights on Capitol Hill about Health Care Reform; the race card being played again, by a former president, no less; heightened concerns by those in the know about Afghanistan; our children being indoctrinated; and Hollywood Elite calling for the freedom of a convicted rapist and [...]
By American Girl in Italy on Sep 28, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, George Bush, Health Care, Media Bias, Nancy Pelosi, National Debt, Sara in Italy, Social Security | 70 Comments
“We are spending enough of our kids’ money,” the letter said. “Our country needs to get back to following the teachings of Romans 13:8, which says we should ‘let no debt remain outstanding.’”
“In our view, shifting financial obligations of this magnitude to future generations is immoral, unacceptable and unsustainable,” the senators’ letter said.
“All of us [...]
By Pat Racimora on Sep 26, 2009 in Health Care, Insurance Policies & Industry | 37 Comments
Can you guess which health care costs are rising the fastest? I’ll even help you out by listing the top five (and portraying them in my toon).
Cancer
Asthma
Trauma (externally inflicted injuries)
Heart Conditions
Mental illness
Got your answer in mind?
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 23, 2009 in Barack Obama, Censorship, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Freedom of Speech, Health Care, Insurance Policies & Industry, Medicare | 42 Comments
By now, surely you have heard about the White House threatening a Gag Order on insurance companies, Humana in particular out of KY. Why? Because they dare to tell their members what will happen to Medicare Advantage if the current Health Care Bill goes through. Damn their eyes - what are they [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 22, 2009 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Michelle Obama, Obama Family, Universal Health Care | 54 Comments
A classic case of “She said, he said,” is what we have here, that’s for sure. This next video (courtesy of longtime reader, SFIndie) illustrates the conundrum:
Um, it seems to me that if you happen to be the President of the United States, maybe you could appoint a Fact Checking Czar to go with [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 21, 2009 in Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Current Affairs, General Election, George Stephanopoulos, Medicare, President Barack Obama, Universal Health Care | 54 Comments
In the continuation of my “Was He Lying Then, Or Is He Lying Now?” series, I have yet another video of “Then” and “Now.” I promise I’ll let go of this at some point soon, but there are just SO many things that keep coming up, especially in the Health Care arena, that I [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 20, 2009 in Barack Obama, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Health Care, Media Handling of Story, Obamedia, Republicans | 115 Comments
I tried to write something about Obama after his 263rd speech last Wednesday evening - not making up that number - but I just couldn’t. I am sick to death of him already. I am sick of seeing his face on the cover of my newspaper, on the cover of just about every [...]
By American Girl in Italy on Sep 19, 2009 in Barack Obama, Health Care, Obama's Broken Promises, Republicans, Sara in Italy | 25 Comments
Flopping Aces had a great post up this week about Obama’s empty words and dare I say, lies. It really points out how empty Obama’s promises were/are when it comes to bipartisanship, and the truth about what is going on in Washington.
Congressmen Took Obama At His Word Over Invite to Review Health Bill “Line [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 17, 2009 in Barack Obama, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Gay Rights, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, New York Times, No Quarter Blog, Washington Post | 49 Comments
My well meaning, but decidedly Obot, sister sent me an article from alternet.org recently written by a lesbian mother detailing the additional financial difficulties we face when we are on our partner’s health care coverage (”Unbelievable: As A Lesbian Mother, I Have To Pay More For Health Care“). Well, I can appreciate her alarm, [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 13, 2009 in Bailouts, Bill Clinton, Bloggers, Citizenship, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Deficit, Democrats, Freedom of Speech, General Motors & Chrysler, George Bush, Health Care, MSNBC, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, NBC/MSNBC, National Debt, New York Times, Obama Administration, President Barack Obama, Stimulus Plan, Washington Post | 242 Comments
Yes, more numbers to report to you you today. “Tens of Thousands” is the phrase the Washington Post and The New York Times used to describe the numbers of people marching on Washington yesterday, voicing their concerns over the rampant spending by Congress. “Tens of thousands” has apparently become a euphemism for 1.2 [...]
By American Girl in Italy on Sep 13, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Democrats, Health Care, Keith Olbermann, Sara in Italy | 49 Comments
From Politico: Wilson wins?
The controversy over Republican Rep. Joe Wilson’s shouting out “You Lie!” at the President over his claim that illegal immigrants wouldn’t benefit from health-care reform apparently sparked some reconsideration of the relevant language.
“We really thought we’d resolved this question of people who are here illegally, but as we reflected on the President’s [...]
By American Girl in Italy on Sep 10, 2009 in Current Affairs, Health Care, Obama Administration, Sara in Italy | 151 Comments
People are all a twitter because Joe Wilson yelled out *You Lie* last night when Obama said illegal immigrants would not be covered under his plan.
But, in the very same speech, just seconds prior, Obama accuses Sarah Palin and other Republicans (and the media) of LYING.
By Linda Anselmi on Sep 9, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Health Care, President Barack Obama | 37 Comments
With President Obama set to speak before congress tonight on health care, it seemed an opportune time to look back over some of the key players and the money issues they bring to the health care table.
Insurers - Insuring for the Bottom Line:
Back in June, the House subcommittee on Energy and Commerce held [...]
By American Girl in Italy on Sep 8, 2009 in Current Affairs, Education, Health Care, Obama Administration, Sara in Italy, Sarah Palin, Universal Health Care | 104 Comments
All this talk about Obama speaking to the *shoochildren* got me thinking about the school system. Can’t one look at the education system when pondering what a government run health care program would look like?
Like health care, the US spends more than any other country on education (except Switzerland). And like health care, we are [...]