VIDEO: Obama: People Are "Held Hostage" By Insurance Companies

Real Clear Politics ^ | August 14, 2009 | Real Clear Politics

[ianschwartz]

Barack Obama says people are being "held hostage" by their health insurance companies.

[DesertRhino]

I *yearn* for the freedom of being a ward of government.

[stephenjohnbanker]

No. The people are being held hostage by a Marxist dictator.

[screaminsunshine]

1st three questions...people whining and wondering why we can not get socialized medicine..unbelievable. A woman on medicaid making sure she won’t have her kid cut off. An old geezer saying how wonderful medicare is. Amazing.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

They're never held hostage by the IRS, EPA, OSHA,... etc., however.

[Jeff Head]

OBAMA CARE BY THE NUMBERS

EZEKIEL EMANUEL AND THE OBAMA CARE FINAL SOLUTION
(Must Read - Shocking, cited quotes by Emanuel)

[kromike]

Oh, he's Moses now?

To the Insurance Company Pharaoh: "Uhhh, let MY...uhhh...people go. Or SOMETHING."

[ml/nj]

Better an Insurance Company than the IRS. I can tell the Insurance Company to go pi$$ up a rope. That doesn't fly with the IRS.

ML/NJ

[onedoug]

The feds tax at gunpoint. And we want them to be in charge of health care?

[Republic]

Being held hostage by an insurance company is NOTHING compared to handing uhbama, a man who has HIRED ezekiel emanuel, a TRUE death stalker, as his medical science advisor along with Holdren, power over our loved ones and ourselves.

Talk about being held HOSTAGE. Talk about a spirit cruncher. Talk about life and death.

Uhbama-you are a liar....YOU ARE THE BAD GUY HERE, a GUY with genuine greed and destruction on his mind....you're gonna get all those white boys, aren't ya uhbama....bet you can't wait to get bill ayers a job running the education for our children exclusively, bet you cannot WAIT to get rev wright into the White House as the religion CZAR. Bet you lay awake at night, laughing with Michelle, over how easy it has been to get your fellow democrats to kiss your bum as you destroy our country.

[andy58-in-nh]

So... we need the government to free us from private enterprise?

How do you like your "hope and change" now, America?

[4rcane]

...thats why we should flee insurance companies and become hostages to government. Great idea!

[WoodstockCat]

He’s tagged his bad guys and he’s going to run with it.
He still thinks he’ll win because of a popularity contest.

[ianschwartz]

bttt

[Evil Slayer]

bet you cannot WAIT to get rev wright into the White House as the religion CZAR

He's doing better than that. Probably getting the Ayatollah, himself, for that slot.

[RexBeach]

This man is really very, very unusual.

I wonder how many Obama voters are now experiencing “buyer’s remorse” in a big way?

Hostage by insurance companies? Better than hostage of the government.

Mr. Obama really does see things differently. And none of those views appear to be good ones.

[givemELL]

Soon they might be hostage to the provisions of the Hellthcare bill.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[J40000]

He’s just jealous. “Why can’t dey let ME hold ‘em hostage???”

[3IDVET]

Anyone else watching this love fest called a town hall. I've watched about 2 min of it and this idiot hasn't answered one question yet all he has done is double speak.