OBAMACARE DEMOLISHED IN 30 SECONDS

Demolished by Richard Foster, the top official at Medicare (hat tip to Mike's America):


Obama so-called health care reform is an epic fail and a series of lies perpetrated upon the American people.

EVAN THOMAS CRITICIZES OBAMACARE

Quite something, considering that Evans's past comment likening Obama to a god:

THE OBAMACARE CHART

Go HERE and use the pdf tool to enlarge the chart.

What a nightmare! What a tangled web of controls and regulations!

OBAMA CARE AND FAMILY-INSURANCE PLANS

Much ado was made of Obama's warning health-insurance companies not to raise costs.

And I personally know of several people who supported ObamaKare because they believed that ObamaKare would help them to keep their children on the family's health-insurance plan until those children reach age twenty-six. Quite the attractive carrot for Obama's health-insurance reform, apparently.

Surprise! There's no such thing as a free ride!

From this June 27, 2010, article in the Washington Post:

It is among the top early selling points of the health-care overhaul -- a new rule that has particular appeal for middle-class, middle-age voters: Young adults who lack health insurance will soon be able to remain on their parents' plans until age 26.

But although Obama administration officials note that the provision will help millions, the benefit is proving less immediate than many families expect.

The administration's success in convincing dozens of insurers to comply with the provision earlier than the law requires has left many parents with the impression that their adult children will be eligible for continuing coverage far sooner than is likely to be the case, experts said.

Furthermore,

Many military families are also just learning that the young adult children provision -- and the rest of the overhaul -- won't apply to TRICARE, the Defense Department health plan serving 9.6 million active and retired service members and their families.

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Many military families are also just learning that the young adult children provision -- and the rest of the overhaul -- won't apply to TRICARE, the Defense Department health plan serving 9.6 million active and retired service members and their families.

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The years to come could bring further rude awakenings for parents as employers and insurance companies look for ways to offset the added costs of covering these workers' children longer into adulthood, experts say.

For instance, roughly half of employer-based insurance plans currently charge a blanket family rate regardless of how many children are included on the plan. But the survey by Mercer found that one in five are now strongly considering or likely to start charging on a per-child basis.

Similarly, while Mercer found that on average employers cover more than two-thirds of the cost of family plans, 16 percent said they are strongly considering or likely to require their workers to start contributing a greater share.

ObamaKare - smoke and mirrors, and utopian fantasy that cannot possibly be fulfilled.

And now that the bill has been passed, we who bear the burden of the costs of ObamaKare are finding out more and more of the ugly details. More such ugly details to come. Quite the reality check is looming.

SOME MUSICAL HUMOR

At BHO's expense, of course:

Obama Risks Becoming ‘Shovel-Ready Project’

During the next two days, President Barack Obama plans to appear on five Sunday talk shows and The Late Show with David Letterman Monday and continue his push for so-called "health care reform" (a.k.a., "ObamaCare"). In waging this near-all-out media blitz*, the president risks becoming a "shovel-ready project."

A shovel-ready project? Perhaps, some clarification is in order, so here goes it...

Ask my wife. She'll tell you I've done it. Heck, we've all done it at some time in our lives. We've made the mistake of talking about a subject well beyond the point when we should have shut our mouths and moved on to another topic -- or, in many cases, said nothing at all.

On the occasion -- or, in my case, occasions -- when you commit such a self-indulgent speech crime, you have to know that most people within earshot of your voice are thinking, "He's digging himself into a hole," and hoping you will stop soon. Such is the case with most Americans when it comes to the words coming out of President Obama's mouth (with the assistance of a teleprompter, of course).

According to Rasmussen Reports® survey results released Friday, 56 percent of Americans oppose the president's health care plan.

The release of those numbers came less than a week after hundreds of thousands of Americans -- who, no doubt, count themselves among the 56 percent mentioned above -- descended upon the nation's capitol to stage a Tea Party. During the event, which drew one of the largest crowds in 20 years to the nation's capitol**, opposition to government-run health care was arguably the "glue" issue among a plethora of left-wing measures that served to bond the protesters representing all 50 states.

If President Obama is as wise as his Latina appointee to the Supreme Court is (sarcasm), he will cancel his appearances on the Sunday talk shows, cancel his appearance on Letterman and walk away from the firestorm that is ObamaCare. Otherwise, he might as well grab a shovel and consider himself a shovel-ready project.

Editor's Note: The photos above, courtesy El Marco at Looking at the Left, capture the scene outside the Stout Street Clinic in downtown Denver prior to Nancy Pelosi's visit Aug. 6. About 200 people gathered to show their opposition to ObamaCare.

*The weekend media blitz does not include any appearances on the Fox News Channel.
**See this article if you want details about crowd-size estimates.

Something’s Wrong With ObamaCare, But Man Can’t Put Finger On It After Incident or...

Something is wrong with ObamaCare, but William Rice can no longer put his finger — specifically, his right pinky finger — on exactly what it is. Why? Because he had it bitten off by a supporter of President Barack Obama’s so-called “health care reform” measure during a rally Wednesday in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Rice was part of a group staging a rally — with a permit, I might add — in opposition to the president’s nationalized-medicine measure.

To watch a segment about the story that aired on Neil Cavuto’s show on Fox News Channel, click here.

P.S. Did you like the alternate headline shown in the graphic above? Let me know.

AARP Losing Ground at Town Hall Meetings

According to news reports, as many as 60,000 people have canceled their AARP memberships since a Dallas-area town hall meeting on health care reform Aug. 6 went terribly wrong. If the town hall forum held yesterday in Brevard County, Fla., is any indication, things aren’t getting much better for the enormous nonprofit group that purports to represent the interests of seniors. Why? Because most Americans don’t think ObamaCare is a good idea.

Read more about it and watch the video here.

HEALTH INSURANCE NIGHTMARE

Short video of particular interest to me (hat tip to Hard To Swallow):



As of this past spring, after long months of searching options and filing applications, this household of two has two individual, high-deductible policies.

Indeed, such catastrophic-coverage policies are the only kinds of policies that Mr. AOW and I can afford. Specifically, the monthly premium for Mr. AOW is nearly $500, mine nearly $200. Mr. AOW and I are close in age. Why the difference in premiums?

Mr. AOW has the dreaded pre-existing conditions, all under control and being treated successfully for well over ten years; he has never been hospitalized for any of his pre-existing conditions. Furthermore, because of the economy and Mr. AOW's age, he is unable to work enough to pay the monthly premium for his policy right now.

ObamaCare would force us into a higher priced policy! UNACCEPTABLE!

Mr. AOW lost his job of some twelve years in January 2008 because the employer-based policy was costing a business suffering a downturn which required cutting back on expenses. Said employer, therefore, laid off Mr. AOW and several others. The company then hired younger workers who opted out of the health insurance plan offered by the company.

My income and assets, pitiful as they are, precludes my husband's option of going onto Medicaid. We are faced with the situation that a divorce would solve the health-insurance problem for Mr. AOW and our financial future. Disclaimer: no divorce proceedings have been investigated or initiated.

Should ObamaCare as outlined in the above short video become law, I wonder how many others will face a situation similar to this household's.

DISSENTERS ARE "POLITICAL TERRORISTS"

(graphic courtesy of GM's Place - disseminate freely)
According to business columnist Steven Pearlstein, who wrote the following August 7, 2009 essay in the Washington Post:

Republicans Propagating Falsehoods in Attacks on Health-Care Reform

As a columnist who regularly dishes out sharp criticism, I try not to question the motives of people with whom I don't agree. Today, I'm going to step over that line.

The recent attacks by Republican leaders and their ideological fellow-travelers on the effort to reform the health-care system have been so misleading, so disingenuous, that they could only spring from a cynical effort to gain partisan political advantage. By poisoning the political well, they've given up any pretense of being the loyal opposition. They've become political terrorists, willing to say or do anything to prevent the country from reaching a consensus on one of its most serious domestic problems.

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Health reform is a test of whether this country can function once again as a civil society -- whether we can trust ourselves to embrace the big, important changes that require everyone to give up something in order to make everyone better off. Republican leaders are eager to see us fail that test. We need to show them that no matter how many lies they tell or how many scare tactics they concoct, Americans will come together and get this done.

If health reform is to be anyone's Waterloo, let it be theirs.

As one who always reads Pearlstein's columns, which typically often sound financial advice, I have to say that I'm astounded as the position he has taken in this essay.

Those with concerns about ObamaCare are "political terrorists"? Perhaps Pearlstein is a covert disciple of Cass Suntein and Zephyr Teachout....

Read the rest at Always On Watch.

'Obamacare' Posts Feature Must-See Videos

Two worthwhile posts at Bob McCarty Writes feature videos every American should watch:

• Released yesterday, one video reveals the real objectives of President Barack Obama’s push for so-called health care reform (a.k.a., “Obamacare”). See it at Video Exposes Objectives of ‘Obamacare’; and
  

• The second video shows Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) receiving some unwelcome publicity. See it at Texans Protest ‘Obamacare’ in Austin.

Enjoy!

Angry Crowd Slams Senator Claire McCaskill’s Support of ‘Obamacare’, Soldier Demands Apology

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) held a town hall meeting last night at Forest Park Community College in St. Louis.

The subject: Obamacare. While hundreds of her upset constituents attended the meeting, the senator did not.

Instead, the loyal supporter of President Barack Obama opted instead to send a team of staffers in her place. Coward! a

As the headline above intimates, the crowd was large and angry and included one veteran of the fighting in the Middle East who was captured on video demanding an apology from Senator McCaskill for not following the Constitution.

It's good stuff! Read it and watch the videos here.

GATEWAY HERE.

MORE ORDERS FROM BHO

Speaking on national health care, BHO orders, "It's time for us to buck up":



And all the people in the background nod and say, "Amen!"

Sheesh!

Videos Cover 'Obamacare' and Broken Guitars

Videos became the subject of two new posts at Bob McCarty Writes yesterday:

• Dr. Randy Tobler, a physician, radio talk show host and voter, explains in a new video why he strongly opposes President Barack Obama's healthcare reform plan. Click here to watch the video.

• "United Breaks Guitars" is the message Dave Carroll shares more than a year after United Airlines baggage handlers allegedly severely damaged his $3,500 guitar. Click here to watch the music video.