Posted on 08/08/2009 3:06:53 PM PDT by WillT
On her Facebook page, former Governor Sarah Palin referred to several articles questioning Obama's push for healthcare reform:
"As Americans spend the next few weeks discussing health care reform, I thought it might be helpful to share some articles (and one panel discussion video) that I’ve found especially insightful.
Washington Post editorial, July 26, 2009 “The Health-Care Sacrifice: What President Obama needs to tell the public about the cost of reform”
But Mr. Obama's soothing bedside manner masks the reality that getting health costs under control will require making difficult choices about what procedures and medications to cover. It will require saying no, or having the patient pay more, at times when the extra expense is not justified by the marginal improvement in care.
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Betsey McCaughey, Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2009 “GovernmentCare’s Assault on Seniors”
But legislation now being rushed through Congress—H.R. 3200 and the Senate Health Committee Bill—will reduce access to care, pressure the elderly to end their lives prematurely, and doom baby boomers to painful later years.
The Congressional majority wants to pay for its $1 trillion to $1.6 trillion health bills with new taxes and a $500 billion cut to Medicare. This cut will come just as baby boomers turn 65 and increase Medicare enrollment by 30%. Less money and more patients will necessitate rationing. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that only 1% of Medicare cuts will come from eliminating fraud, waste and abuse."
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Breaking news: Former Gov. Palin pwns idiot SEIU members.
Nice to see articles from the WSJ, Heritage, Cato, Thomas Sowell, Mark Steyn and Arthur Laffer among her reading material.
She has done more in three days to push back against this National Socialist Monstrosity than the Vichy G.O.P. has done since Obama has been inaugurated.
Has anyone seen or heard from the Mittens lately?
Best,
Chris
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