Obama on Health to Congress: "If you misrepresent what's in the plan, we will call you out" part 3

The GOP propaganda machine is in full spin as operatives and hot talk stations spread lies and hysteria about items said to be found in the current House bill language of the American Affordable Health Care Act.

Talk of genocide on both ends of the life cycle are paraded down the street in a grotesque death march of wing nuts eager to drink any Kool-Aid and any lie to sabotage discussion about actual substance. Scare tactics included outrage over mandated funding for abortions and assisted suicide for those over 65.

Per a recent Kaiser Family Foundation analysis, the abortion coverage was modified significantly in committee. The Energy and Commerce Committee amendment: Prohibits abortion coverage from being required as part of the essential benefits package; and requires segregation of public subsidy funds from private premium payments for plans that choose to cover abortion services beyond Hyde—which allows coverage for abortion services to save the life of the woman and in cases of rape or incest; and require there be no effect on state or federal laws on abortions. See also the Guttmacher Report of July 22, 2009, that discusses these restrictions in the context of the insurance industry.

The genocide mandate is a considered a wild distortion of the House Bill. All manner of documentation to the contrary, Republicans try to paint a provision for suggested elderly medical counseling every five years as some Soylent Green scenario where seniors are meekly led to assisted suicide chambers.

Snopes, Media Matters, and AARP try to dispel these distorions originally forwarded by wing nut Betsy McCaughey.

Despite the facts, these same talking points of abortion funding and killing Grandpa were rebroadcast all day Friday by the vast right wing echo chamber, including Rush Limbaugh, and by the sick freak, Glenn Beck. //// The blatant and not-so blatant sabotage that's happening in our country today regarding health care reform is nothing short of criminal. People's lives are actually at stake and once again, people's ignorance and lack of education and being informed is about to do us all in... The greed from our health insurance companies shouldn't be surprising, if you're paying attention, but it's still astounding to me. /////////// Obama attacked "bogus claims spread by those whose only agenda is to kill reform at any cost," addressing the so-called "death panels" and that reforms would insure illegal immigrants.

"And one more misunderstanding I want to clear up -- under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions, and federal conscience laws will remain in place," he said.

The president said he would no longer stand for allowing gross misrepresentations to continue.

"I will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it's better politics to kill this plan than improve it," Obama said. "I will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are. If you misrepresent what's in the plan, we will call you out. And I will not accept the status quo as a solution. Not this time. Not now."

Obama said his plan isn't intended to put insurance companies out of business, but a not-for-profit option would "keep insurance companies honest" by providing competition.

The public option is a government-funded, government-run health care option, similar to Medicare. Under the plan, people would pay premiums 10 percent to 20 percent less than private insurance.

That leaves the door open for Congress to come up with another option, such as a co-op or a "trigger," in which a public option would kick in only if insurance companies fail to make reforms within a defined period.

Obama argued that a public plan wouldn't create unfair competition for insurers because it would rely on premiums it collects rather than public funding, but would save money by avoiding overhead like administrative costs and executive salaries.

And he said his plan won't add to the deficit because it includes a provision that requires the government to cut spending if health care savings the admnistration promises don't materializes.

Obama also addressed seniors who have expressed concerns about the quality of care they have enjoyed being eroded by health care reform, which he said has been "subjected to demagoguery and distortion."

"The only thing this plan would eliminate is the hundreds of billions of dollars in waste and fraud, as well as unwarranted subsidies in Medicare that go to insurance companies -- subsidies that do everything to pad their profits and nothing to improve your care," he said.

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[ockraz]

You're getting this up fast! Thanks. Is this the last, or is there more?

[ProtectSouthOssetia]

more

[gartios11]

i typed in "get out of the door way you failed abortion" and this came up? what does this have to do with abortions or call of duty or blametruth

[grandmastercleaver]

@ockraz Ha. That's what she said.

[bojhns]

please don't degrade the 3 Stooges bt comparing them to these 3 idiots.

n'yuk, n'yuk, n'yuk

[Usagikitti]

I would like to point out a glaring smudge on this whole "reform" idea. The government already runs 2 healthcare options for its people - namely Medicare & Medicaid. They are for the elderly and the poor - they are also the 2 lowest paid. And trying to find a Dr to accept these, especially Medicaid is a nightmare, I know because my daughter is disabled and has Medicaid. I took medical billing courses and the paperwork for these programs are a nightmare - I say "No Thanks" for that option.

[CORVETTELUVR]

I think this is a video of the three stooges.

[geckogal13]

What bill? There is no bill or are there 2? I don't know what bill O is talking about. I stand on my position. He's a liar!

[brefnyorourkefanX69X]

The fact that not all states are that way would seem to indicate that the government regulations are at the state level (not the federal), no? Therefore, the same people who are resisting the passage of healthcare reform (which undeniably aims to force further diversification) are also over-regulating the people who elected them.

[brefnyorourkefanX69X]

Never a liar. Read the bill, instead of sensationalist news and the rhetoric of politicians who are only interested in re-election. Obama is intelligent enough to realize that a nation supported by lazy voters will collapse, and that by being honest, he is shifting the paradigm of government several degrees back to an even keel. Self-serving politicians are a symptom of a collapsing democracy. The easiest way to confront them is to go to the sources we have the freedom to confirm.

[brefnyorourkefanX69X]

Looks like that congressman has just forfeited his right to a respectable reputation in the democracy except among those fools who don't value a civilized political process and are not shaken by the use of subterfuge. Those people do not believe in democracy and are only invited to the discussion as a gesture of good faith. They are not entitled to anything from the pooled resources of the public, because they have no interest in contributing to the greater good.