Posted on 02/04/2014 9:42:58 AM PST by Kaslin
These ads and this poll must really be eating away at Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). In a recent appearance on WKXL radio, Shaheen parroted the problematic Zeke Emanuel line in response to questions about the president's bogus "keep your doctor" pledge, and ducked giving a direct answer on whether she'd vote for Obamacare all over again (click through for audio):
Americans who have lost access to their health care providers due to ObamaCare may be able to get their old doctors back but only if they are “willing to pay more.” That’s Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s (D-NH) solution to the problems resulting from the healthcare law she voted for, which blocks tens of thousands of Granite Staters from accessing their doctors and hospitals. “At least for people who are willing to pay more, that they have that option of going to their doctor and hospital no matter what their insurer does,” Shaheen stated...Shaheen said the lack of New Hampshire doctors and hospitals in the approved ObamaCare networks is “clearly still an issue.” Nevertheless, Shaheen maintains, “I don’t think anyone wants to go back.” Later in the interview, Shaheen refused to state definitively whether or not she’d vote for ObamaCare again knowing what she knows about the law now. “I would’ve designed it differently had I been designing it. I wasn’t the person who was writing the law. Hindsight is 20/20,” she said.
First off, the promise wasn't "if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor...if you are willing to shell out more money. No, the vow was people could keep their trusted physician, period-- in addition to seeing their costs go down. Secondly, contra Senator Shaheen's sense of things, most people would, in fact, prefer "to go back" to the old (admittedly flawed) system. They see the reform as making things worse. Finally, if she's so certain of her assertion, why doesn't Shaheen rush out to the cameras and state in no uncertain terms that she's proud of her Obamacare vote, and would gladly cast it again? Also, does she think she's fooling anyone with this demurral? She's as loyal as they come:
MT @Klandrigan CQ out with 2013 ranking of Obama support:@SenatorShaheen 99%;@KellyAyotte-50%; @RepAnnieKuster-87%. #nhpolitics — Andrea Durkin (@andreaedurkin) February 3, 2014
While we're on the subject of the president, he told Bill O'Reilly on Sunday that the law is "working the way it's supposed to." That must be news to these workers and these children. Indeed, the Washington Post reported over the weekend that errors still plague Healthcare.gov, and are preventing people who were screwed over by previous errors to rectify the situation. And their nightmare won't be over any time soon, either:
Tens of thousands of people who discovered that HealthCare.gov made mistakes as they were signing up for a health plan are confronting a new roadblock: The government cannot yet fix the errors...For now, the appeals are sitting, untouched, inside a government computer. And an unknown number of consumers who are trying to get help through less formal means — by calling the health-care marketplace directly — are told that HealthCare.gov’s computer system is not yet allowing federal workers to go into enrollment records and change them, according to individuals inside and outside the government who are familiar with the situation...The Obama administration has not made public the fact that the appeals system for the online marketplace is not working. In recent weeks, legal advocates have been pressing administration officials, pointing out that rules for the online marketplace, created by the 2010 Affordable Care Act, guarantee due-process rights to timely hearings for Americans who think they have been improperly denied insurance or subsidies. But at the moment, “there is no indication that infrastructure .?.?. necessary for conducting informal reviews and fair hearings has even been created, let alone become operational,” attorneys at the National Health Law Program said in a late-December letter...
I'm sure they'll get to addressing that right after the get those payment systems built. Meanwhile, Americans are frustrated by the lack of answers they're receiving from Obamacare bureaucrats, stunned by sky-high deductibles, and stung by increased premiums:
But remember, voters, Obamacare is "working the way it's supposed to." The president said so. Two days ago. Don't believe your lying eyes.
UPDATE - Here's another poll for Shaheen to worry about: "The WMUR Granite State Poll shows that 53 percent of Granite Staters say they are opposed to the health care law, with 34 percent in favor. In October, the same poll showed 47 percent opposed compared to 40 percent in favor."
I’d like to hear from some Granite State FReepers. Is there even a remote possibility that she will be defeated?
We need to start calling it Democare so none of them can hide from it.
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That is an EXCELLENT idea. You need to get that idea to Hannity, Beck, O’Reilly, Greta, and Rush. Or, how about: DemocRATcare?
That ad is AWESOME!!! Is it an internet ad or a TV ad?
The story here says its an ad running in New Hampshire. I would assume that means on television:
Gee, get a clue, every rat in the House and the Senate are abortion machines. All you have to do is go to vote.org and check out her Interest Group Ratings in Abortion
But this is Soviet New Hampshire. She has nothing to worry about. Her GOPe competition is pro-abortion, too, so that’s a non-starter for most NH conservatives.
Now if you are talking about Senator Ayotte, who btw is not due for reelection until 2016. You are wrong that she is also pro abortion and here is the proof
Its obvious to me that you couldn't care less if the rats keep the Senate or not.
Needs to be fired. If it requires Scott Brown then fine. I just want this woman gone. She’s like Debbie Stabmenow’s mini-me.
> Gee, get a clue, every rat in the House and the Senate are
> abortion machines.
Shaheen is a special kind of abortion machine. She was vigorously, vehemently, viscerally, and vocally pro-abortion. Shaheen ran for governor, first and foremost, as a pro-abortionist. A lot of Dems are shy about it, but she is not.
Shaheen, when she was governor, hired the president of the NH chapter of NARAL as her chief of staff. Doesn’t get more blatant than that.
I am not talking about Ayotte as Shaheen’s opposition. I supported LaMontagne in the primary, as I didn’t trust Ayotte, but Sarah’s endorsement of Ayotte helped her prevail in the primary.
Got email from somebody purporting to oppose Shaheen in the next election. I asked her where she stood on abortion, guns, and homeschooling. I got no response, and there was no info on her website about any of these things, so I promptly wrote her off. I’ll remember her when I see her running in the primaries, and I’ll be sure to tell everyone I know not to trust her.
Yes, it is possible that she and the two Democrat Congress women can be defeated. NH voters are made up of 1/3 Republicans, 1/3 Democrats and 1/3 Independents. The Independents swing the elections back and for.
There is a reason Scott Brown sold his house in Mass and now lives in his former vacation home in NH. He knew he could not win a state wide regular election in Mass but could win in NH. He will run for Senator and may very well win. He already has the name recognition and all the woman think he is dreamy. So all he needs to do is drive around in his Chevy pickup, wearing his Carhart jacket, say bad things about Obamacare and he can win.
There are 4 Republicans running for the Senate. One is Andy Martin, the next one is
The third one is former Senator Bob Smith who lost against John Sunuhu. The 4th one is Karen Testerman Testerman Issues
National Security
Economy and Jobs
Educational Choice
Immigration
Life and Family
Second Amendment
We all know that they voted for it.
OK, Testerman for Senate.
If she REALLY, REALLY means what she says, then she’s among the most SOLID conservatives I’ve seen in NH.
Jim Reubens is a global warmist.
Also, nothing in support of the right to life.
Karen Testerman bests him on these issues.
I said Jim Rubens, not Reubens, and that he believes in Global warming would be my least concern. One good thing I have read is, that he is for term limits. So as far as I have seen Karen Testerman would be the best
Well, I’m thinking that if Scott Brown is going to enter the race, he should be running out of time to declare his candidacy for the NH GOP Primary. When is the Primary? He needs to either squat or get off the pot.
Is Scott Brown running?
People seem to think its inevitable. There are some signs.
I wouldn’t know how to do that. You?
Do a Google or Bing search. Get their e-mail address and e-mail them.
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