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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269341/posts
AMA to oppose Obama’s health care reform
Examiner.com ^ | 6-10-2009 | Dianna Cotter
Posted on June 10, 2009 11:21:35 PM PDT by Danae
...concerns have been raised about the course the President has thus far chosen to reveal. Robert Pear for the New York Times reports that the AMA will oppose a government sponsored insurance plan that Mr. Obama’s plan is thus far espousing. The opposition of the AMA could well be an insurmountable hurdle to the Obama Administration’s plans for Socialized Health Care.
The Times goes further:
“But in comments submitted to the Senate Finance Committee, the American Medical Association said: “The A.M.A. does not believe that creating a public health insurance option for non-disabled individuals under age 65 is the best way to expand health insurance coverage and lower costs. The introduction of a new public plan threatens to restrict patient choice by driving out private insurers, which currently provide coverage for nearly 70 percent of Americans.”
If private insurers are pushed out of the market, the group said, “the corresponding surge in public plan participation would likely lead to an explosion of costs that would need to be absorbed by taxpayers.””
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
Currently, the Federal government requires that State have in place very stringent “crowd-out” policies, which prevent those who are eligible for government healthcare coverage from jumping from their private or employee insurance to government paid insurance. Most states require eligibles to be without coverage for 6 months, and that insurance be terminated involuntarily. What’s going to happen is that The Guy with the Ears will demand that all states suspend their crowd-out strategies, and that this regulation be stricken from the CFR. Bush was very adamant that states observe crowd-out, and that states also must show an enrollment of 95% before they could suspend them for an approved temporary period of time. This will all go away now with the stroke of a pen, unless our insurance lobbyists can get really busy and go to the Hill to fight this.
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That's what banking industry execs thought. That's what mortgage lending execs thought. That's what auto industry execs thought. That's what Chrysler bond holders thought. That's what Chrysler dealership owners thought. That's what the families of 9/11 victims thought. That's what the families of U.S.S. Cole bombing victims thought. That's what Hillary thought. That's what the far left base holding a bag of empty promises thought.
Folks, this is not your daddy's United States anymore.