Today’s email from teh One.
Dear Friend,
If you’re like most Americans, there’s nothing more important to you about health care than peace of mind.
Given the status quo, that’s understandable. The current system often denies insurance due to pre-existing conditions, charges steep out-of-pocket fees – and sometimes isn’t there at all if you become seriously ill.
It’s time to fix our unsustainable insurance system and create a new foundation for health care security. That means guaranteeing your health care security and stability with eight basic consumer protections:
No discrimination for pre-existing conditions
No exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses, deductibles or co-pays
No cost-sharing for preventive care
No dropping of coverage if you become seriously ill
No gender discrimination
No annual or lifetime caps on coverage
Extended coverage for young adults
Guaranteed insurance renewal so long as premiums are paid
Learn more about these consumer protections at Whitehouse.gov.
Over the next month there is going to be an avalanche of misinformation and scare tactics from those seeking to perpetuate the status quo. But we know the cost of doing nothing is too high. Health care costs will double over the next decade, millions more will become uninsured, and state and local governments will go bankrupt.
It’s time to act and reform health insurance, drive down costs and guarantee the health care security and stability of every American family. You can help by putting these core principles of reform in the hands of your friends, your family, and the rest of your social network.
Thank you,
Barack Obama
President Obama, stop calling Obummercare insurance. It is not insurance, it is nothing but socialized healthcare handouts on the tax payers dime. Insurance companies make money by charging premiums and not giving every Tom, Dick and Hairy a policy. Higher risks require higher premiums or its nothing but a losing proposition.
Ironically the “avalanche” of misinformation teh One speaks of will be coming from teh One himself. This guise of protecting “consumers” will not drive-down cost, it will have quite the opposite effect. The only way teh One will drive down cost is by doing what the government does now. They will simply dictate what the doctor can change and what the government is willing to pay. And common sense dictates that a root-canal that cost $1200 dollars last week but only $400 dollars this week, will not be the same quality root-canal.
How many business owners are willing to allow the government to dictate what they can and can not charge for their professional services and how many employees are willing to allow the government to dictate the most they can be paid?
Obummercare BS and scare tactics coming from teh One soon.
From the White House Website
The Administration believes that comprehensive health reform should:
1* Reduce long-term growth of health care costs for businesses and government
2* Protect families from bankruptcy or debt because of health care costs
3* Guarantee choice of doctors and health plans
4* Invest in prevention and wellness
5* Improve patient safety and quality of care
6* Assure affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans
7* Maintain coverage when you change or lose your job
8* End barriers to coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions
1. So doctors, what you make now is all you will ever make. Forget about getting a pay raise, teh One needs to keep costs down.
2. Everything is free, well its not really “free” but it is for you. Someone else will have to foot the bill, so you don’t go into debt, save that for the new Plasma and surround sound system.
3. I smell an HMO, if you thought those were bad, wait until you have Obummercare.
4. More trips to the doctor for nothing and the doctor doesn’t make more money by doing more work. He now works more for much less money, thus the quality care we will all get.
5. See number 4
6. See number 4
7. Most companies have that already. But it will raise the cost of other things. No small business owner is not going to pass that extra cost onto their products or services.
8. So instead of a “family” going bankrupt over health costs, the health insurance company can go bankrupt, then all those families can lose their jobs. So their bankruptcies will be job based instead a lack of health insurance based.
Man that Obummer sure is a smart guy!
