Posted on 07/23/2009 4:40:29 AM PDT by Kaslin
| In his prime-time press conference Wednesday night, President Obama took to the podium to push his health care agenda and pressure Congress into working harder and faster on the hotly contested legislation. Before taking questions from reporters after repeating a number of other talking points that were familiar to those following the health care debate: that his plan would lower costs, rein in the growth of Medicare and Medicaid, and provide security for Americans concerned about their job or the continuity of their plans. He insisted that a government plan would limit the amount the average American could be charged by an insurance company and allow them freedom to retain a private plan even after the introduction of a lower-cost, subsidized government plan. "The default position is inertia. Doing something always creates some people who are unhappy," said Obama. At times, Obama’s tone was testy, adding an authoritative "I mean it" after he insisted his health care plan wouldn't raise costs. When asked whether or not it was his responsibility to make sure reform was enacted, he retorted "Absolutely it’s my job. I'm the President ." He claimed immediate change was possible because he had already been successful in enacting change on a litany of other important issues since he took office: stabilizing financial institutions, improving housing markets, saving jobs, providing tax relief for families and small businesses, and extending employment and health insurance to those who were laid off. It was an ambitious introduction to a press conference that focused on one of the most difficult issues the President has had to face. Health care reform has been mired in partisan squabbling and Committee debate. Despite holding 77 seat majority in the House and a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, Obama has been unable to achieve a consensus. Obama's goal is to get legislation passed before the August 3 recess, which most observers now think is impossible. Obama said that he is rushed because of the immediacy of his compassion for Americans who are struggling with health care bills, and also because if he does not set a deadline, nothing will ever get done. Rep. Tom Price, (R-Ga.), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, had an immediate response to the President hopeful message that reform would be passed:
The president has stepped up his pitch for a government takeover of health care, public support has plummeted. so he's begun to adopt a new desperate strategy: laying blame. Rather than displaying some personal responsibility, he's engaged in a concerted effort to cast blame on republicans and special interest for his health care bill for hitting the wall. |
-- President Barak Hussein Obama (June 24, 2009)
That is his suggestion to the elderly
So true... so true.
But for the WORSE!!!
The context of that remark is very telling. That response was to a question about a pace-maker. The idea that a painkiller could replace a pace-maker is completely absurd. This is the guy who wants to run health care and then tells the world that he thinks a painkiller can replace a pace-maker.
I want to laugh but I can only cry.
I wonder if he'll use that response when the gay community gets all upset when the govt. cuts expensive AIDS drugs...?
If the Stimulus is working;
Why isn’t my NEIGHBOR?
That was a decision made in my case years ago. I have what my cardiologist defined as cholesterol disease. My body manufactures bad cholesterol, or can't counter its effects. I've had bypass surgery and numerous angioplasties, yet my arteries are again effectively clogged, exercise and proper diet notwithstanding.
My cardiologist told me (this was 1990) that further surgery would be meaningless, that medication would help minimize my situation and I should "live my life" as well as I could.
I'm still alive, still on medication, and am comfortable with the situation. I can't do everything I would want, but know my limits and act accordingly. BUT. The decision noted above was one made between myself and my doctor; a person whom I had every trust in. It was based on a fine knowledge of my medical condition and its ability to heal (not very well...). It was NOT a decision made by committee, some government entity, which is more attuned to costs and mindless of the needs of the patient. That is what Obama means and that is disgusting. I frankly can't see how anyone in the medical profession, who has sworn to provide care to humanity, can support such a system.
Obama can go to Hell. Congress can go to Hell. I will see myself die before I submit myself to a plan that removes my freedom of choice in what's best for me.
Will Obaba’s gubberment health care simply go in nation wide and pull the plug on all the patients in a comma to save money and hand it to ACRON to do their community work? Our Loved Ones be dammed.
There, fixed it.
Do you have a link to that video clip?
He hopes we are
Shovel ready health care.
"This isn't about me. I have great insurance, as do the 535 members of Congress."
(both) --- President Barack Obama
He was right.
Not sure what video clip you're referring to.
I found it already, but the video clip of Obama saying “Maybe you are better off not having the surgery, uh, but taking the pain killer.”
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