Posted on 03/21/2014 10:15:22 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
March 21, 2014, 11:47 am Biden: After healthcare rollout pains, Obama fit 'for sainthood'
By Justin Sink
Vice President Biden told healthcare workers that "patience and empathy" are required to deal with frustrated ObamaCare enrollees and that the president demonstrated saint-like levels of both during the rollout.
Speaking to a conference of community health centers in New York, Biden conceded that enrolling in ObamaCare could be "tedious," and early problems with HealthCare.gov worsened the problem.
"We didn't help you much at the front end here, man," Biden said, adding that he wanted to recommend President Obama "for sainthood" because he maintained his patience through the early technical problems with the website.
"The president and I were as frustrated as anyone you ever knew," Biden said.
But the vice president pressed navigators helping individuals through the enrollment process to reassure those purchasing insurance that "there's no reason to be embarrassed that it's complicated."
"You look these people in the eye. And the first thing you do is, you calm them down," Biden advised.
"How many people you'd spoken to you can tell by the look on their face they're almost embarrassed to ask you the questions?" Biden asked. "Because they don't want to feel stupid. … You dispel their fears; you put them at ease; and you walk them through the process."
Biden said it would be foolish to think enrolling "would not be difficult for people who never, ever, ever had insurance."
"Anybody ever thought this was going to be easy never, ever had insurance," Biden said. "Seriously. Assume you're a very wealthy person; you can buy whatever insurance you want. It's a complicated business. It's a complicated business. It doesn't matter whether you have a GED or a Ph.D."
The vice president's comments came amid a last-ditch push by the administration to enroll uninsured Americans before the March 31 open enrollment deadline.
On Thursday, President Obama pitched the law during appearances on "Ellen" and ESPN Radio. The administration also recruited athletes, including Tony Hawk, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Dwayne Wade, and David Ortiz, to promote the law on their Twitter accounts.
The Department of Health and Human Services said earlier this week that more than 5 million individuals had enrolled through federal and state exchanges.
Ellen practically said the same thing on her show so that must be the DNC talking point to try to lessen the “shellacking” for this fall.
St. Barry of the Mom Pants.
Patron Saint of Selfies.
I think they actually believe this, and since they live and work in such a bubble, like only talking to people like Ellen who are going to worship them and tell them what they like to hear, they’ll never know the truth.
Ahhhh... don’t those nominated for sainthood have to be, you know, dead?
I think Biden may have just issued a death threat to obambi. Better get the SS on the case ASAP!
So plugs Biden is demoting him???
“Anybody ever thought this was going to be easy never, ever had insurance,” Biden said.
I used to have family coverage insurance that had $20 co-pay for office visits, $8 pharmacy co pay with zero annual deductible, zero co-pay for hospitalization and outpatient surgery procedures.
It cost me a whole 4% of my gross pay per year. Never had to muck with payment disputes between hospital and insurance provider.
That’s all in the past now when insurance was easy. Everything this government touches turns to sh*t. Everything.
Barack sh!t!
Peter Welch, a doctor, produced this must-read e-mail.
“I am an internist by training,” Welch writes. “I believe that years ago Biden suffered a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. His life was saved by modern medicine. When aneurysms rupture they frequently lead to brain damage. Biden’s behavior suggests to me that he may have suffered frontal-lobe damage.
“The frontal lobe is sort of our censor — it allows us to inhibit our impulses so that we do not immediately utter everything we think. Biden behaves as if his cannot successfully carry out this function. An MRI might very well show residual damage to his frontal lobe which might explain his inability to control his mouth. Alternatively, he may just be a typical liberal idiot.”
FMCDH(BITS)
Well, a lot of Saints WERE burned at the stake. I'll start gathering some firewood.
Bwahahaha! I'll send you the bill for a new keyboard.
FMCDH(BITS)
Bill it:
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1600 Pennsylvanian Ave
Washington DC
Biden’s a Roman Catholic and he doesn’t understand sainthood?
Bizarre.
Biden’s fit for a straight jacket.
1. I look at my plan choices, look at the cost, choose the plan and pay for it. Not Rocket Science, Joe.
2. Obamacare causes my insurance to be cancelled and fines me if I don' want a high deductible, low care plan mandated by Obamacare... that's complicated and frustrating.
3. Slow Joe...are you on Obamacare? Didn't think so.
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