For President Obama, The Devil is in the Details

President Barack Obama spoke to the nation by way of a speech to a special Joint Session of Congress. The purpose: to resuscitate his health care takeover plan that suffered a major setback during the bruising Congressional recess. Opposition to the Presidents efforts has steadily increased as the details of the plan have been publicly examined.




In the message that sounded more like a campaign stump speech than a concrete policy explanation, the President accused critics of the government takeover of using scare tactics and spreading misinformation. But he also said this:

[President Obama clip: "...there remain some significant details to be ironed out..."]

Never has the old adage; the devil is in the details had more meaning.




The President said he wanted to clear up the misunderstanding that under his plan no federal dollars would be used to fund abortions.

Allow me to address one of the details

The healthcare bills will fund abortion unless it is explicitly excluded, and the Capps amendment explicitly included government funding of abortion. To resolve this detail the President could simply tell his Partys leaders in Congress to accept one of the nearly dozen amendments, like the Stupak-Pitts amendment that will exclude abortion funding?

The President also said that the federal conscience laws will remain in place.

Here is an important detail. The regulations that would enforce the current conscience laws were suspended by President Obama just days after he took office. To take care of this detail the President should again tell his partys leaders to accept one of the amendments, like Sen. Coburns or Rep. Stupaks which would protect the conscience rights of health care workers.

The president said his plan would not increase deficits and that reducing the waste and inefficiency in Medicare and Medicaid would pay for most of this almost $1 trillion dollar plan.

Mr. President, this really isnt a detail, it is more of a question. If there is this much waste and inefficiency in the governments present health care system, why do you need to create another government health care program to clean up the current one? Show us first, that the government can manage its money or rather our money then we can talk about creating another program that could potential takeover nearly 16% of the nations economy.

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[NightBlazer37]

The Devil is in Obama.

[UNIQUE1982]

@SteveR88888888 Agreed!

[UNIQUE1982]

Why do we tolerate liars and snake presidents!

[scumbubbles1]

Abortion is good. I wish you were aborted

[omm85]

@SteveR888888 ill tell you why Steve..cuz the U.S. is too busy using your money and the rest of the 300 million American citizens' money killing Iraqis and Afghanis. Moreover, providing financial support of more than 5 billion U.S. Dollars annually to Israel that is subject to increase every year in order to sustain its terror in the Middle East and to continue to oppress the Palestinians and its neighboring countries around it. The U.S. is too busy obeying what Israel orders it to do.

[juliocesar24]

@SteveR88888888 Cuba too.

[SteveR88888888]

If Canada, Britain, Sweden, etc can have government run national healthcare, and damn good healthcare at that, then why can't the U.S.? The private healthcare providers are making a fortune off the American people. Hospitals refusing gun shot victims cus they have no insurance? Dropping half cared for patients on the street in a gown in the middle of winter? A women bleeds to death on a hospital floor? Disgusting! The U.S.'s biggest shame to the world is their healthcare, rather, lack of.....

[TheTruthSpeaksTruth]

I stumbled upon the Capps amendment myself a few days ago. I'm not sure of Congress' views on it, but it's good to see more people bringing information to the people.

[1995CRA]

Great video!

Agree 100%