I was planning on writing a blog today on the "cash for clunkers" program today, but hearing certain information...I felt I had to address this. We all know there are lies, or "mis-information" as Obama would call it, on health reform. Death Panels, abortions, gov. take over etc. etc. We all know people on the right, and people funding the right, are trying incredibly hard to fight of reform at any cost. But honestly, I couldnt belive what I read today. Dick Armey, chairman of Freedom Works, released this statement this week, "
"In September or October there will be a hyped up outbreak of the swine flu which they'll say is as bad as the boubonic plague to scare the bed-wetters to vote for the health care reform"This will probably one of the few times I will swear on this blog. But honestly, are you fucking serious?! Dick Armey, former House Majority Leader, says swine flu is hoax to pass health reform. Let show you how utterly out-of-this world this statement is, at the time Armey made that comment, according to the Wall Street Journal, more than 7,511 people have been hospitalized due to the swine flue, and 477 have died...in the US alone. And he has the nerve to say swine flu is a hoax!?
This is why, liberals in congress taking a hard nose view on health care, saying public option or no reform is good thing. Because republicans like Armey, Grassley, Palin, Mccaughey, all of them, will stop at nothing to break reform. They will do whatever it takes, ethical or non-ethical, to make sure reform doesnt pass. Check out these numbers from an NBC poll based on "mis-information" and downright lies,
THE POLL: 45 percent said it's likely the government will decide when to stop care for the elderly; 50 percent said it's not likely.
THE FACTS: Nothing being debated in Washington would give the government such authority. Critics have twisted a provision in a House bill that would direct Medicare to pay for counseling sessions about end-of-life care, living wills, hospices and the like if a patient wants such consultations with a doctor. They have said, incorrectly, that the elderly would be required to have these sessions.
THE POLL: 55 percent expect the overhaul will give coverage to illegal immigrants; 34 percent don't.
THE FACTS: The proposals being negotiated do not provide coverage for illegal immigrants.
THE POLL: 54 percent said the overhaul will lead to a government takeover of health care; 39 percent disagree.
THE FACTS: Obama is not proposing a single-payer system in which the government covers everyone, like in Canada or some European countries. He says that direction is not right for the U.S. The proposals being negotiated do not go there.
THE POLL: 50 percent expect taxpayer dollars will be used to pay for abortions; 37 percent don't.
THE FACTS: The House version of legislation would allow coverage for abortion, but the bill says a beneficiary's own money — not taxpayer funds — must be used to pay for the procedure. How that would be enforced has not been determined.
What is the red is not my writing either. That is sheer fact, no opinion based on the poll and whats in the bill. My point is, democrats need to get on board like the republicans did these past 8 years to pass some of their legislation. If republicans like Grassley do not want to negotiate, so be it, make the best bill you can and sign it without them. If they don't want health care reform, do not cater to them.
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