Now were talkin’ ’bout some real health care reform

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Now were talkin’ ’bout some real health care reform

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Â Instead of poll-driven â€™solutions,â€™ letâ€™s talk about real health-care reform: market-oriented, patient-centered, and result-driven. As the Cato Instituteâ€™s Michael Cannon and others have argued, such policies include giving all individuals the same tax benefits received by those who get coverage through their employers; providing Medicare recipients with vouchers that allow them to purchase their own coverage; reforming tort laws to potentially save billions each year in wasteful spending; and changing costly state regulations to allow people to buy insurance across state lines. Rather than another top-down government plan, letâ€™s give Americans control over their own health care."

Well, well, well; imagine Governor Nobody beating his won-ness to the punch, and perhaps stealing just a bit of his thunder tomorrow.Â Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout!Â Do yourself a favor and read the whole thing; it's pretty good, in spite of the fact that she's a, you know,Â chill-billy...

UPDATE: Sticking with his Trojan Horse fantasy, the WSJ confirms that Obama will endorse the public option plan in tonights speech.Â One! there's nothin' wrong with me, Two! there's nothin' worng with me...

UPDATE II:Â For all of her irrelevance, Palin seems to be the only Republican called out, by name, in the President's speech talking points that are being circulated by the White House to their Hill allies; according to Politico.

UPDATE III:Â AceÂ skewers Marc Ambinder for being, as Kaus laughingly observes, the only political writer willing to commit the most ludicrous spin from the White House to postings which are supposed to be seriously-intended.

UPDATE IV: Palin responds to the White House talking points singling her out for criticism with a shot across Obama, and the MSM's, bows!

BOO-YAH! BABY

Rocketman

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SBP
September 8th, 2009 - 22:28

I’m glad she’s not backing down calling them “death panels”. That’s a powerful image, as you can tell by the screeching, impotent rage it induces in the enemy.

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Enoch_Root
September 8th, 2009 - 22:36

Yep – she’s done for – political suicide – she’s just going to be a good little girl and go away – ;) Dipshitz.

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Bob Reed
September 8th, 2009 - 22:45

Now look at one way Mr. Obama wants to eliminate inefficiency and waste: He’s asked Congress to create an Independent Medicare Advisory Councilâ€”an unelected, largely unaccountable group of experts charged with containing Medicare costs. In an interview with the New York Times in April, the president suggested that such a group, working outside of “normal political channels,” should guide decisions regarding that “huge driver of cost . . . the chronically ill and those toward the end of their lives . . . .”

Given such statements, is it any wonder that many of the sick and elderly are concerned that the Democrats’ proposals will ultimately lead to rationing of their health care byâ€”dare I say itâ€”death panels? Establishment voices dismissed that phrase, but it rang true for many Americans. Working through “normal political channels,” they made themselves heard, and as a result Congress will likely reject a wrong-headed proposal to authorize end-of-life counseling in this cost-cutting context. But the fact remains that the Democrats’ proposals would still empower unelected bureaucrats to make decisions affecting life or death health-care matters. Such government overreaching is what we’ve come to expect from this administration.

It’s a thoughtful, well written essay where she tells it like it is. No vitriol or mean-ness, but simply candor and facts…

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Bob Reed
September 8th, 2009 - 22:46

As a private citizen this is precisely the kind of role she needs to be playing; regardless of what the establishment or MSM have to say about her.

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Edgell McHickfistter
September 9th, 2009 - 00:13

Stupid as usual, Sister Wasilla never fails.

“Simply candor and facts!” The enthusiast of failure informs us. He loves the legs and ass on the hick-stupid shrew-mouse from Retard Holler, Alaska.

Go pay an AIG-esque corporation to make those life or death health care decisions for ya and see where that gets you, hahaha.

We’re a country of clueless angry nutballs too stupid to govern ourselves, that’s what it’s come down to. If only ignorance was fascinating, if only.

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Edgell McHickfistter
September 9th, 2009 - 00:16

Enoch_Root :

Yep â€“ sheâ€™s done for â€“ political suicide â€“ sheâ€™s just going to be a good little girl and go away â€“ Dipshitz.

She’ll quit and run away, like the winky-winky hick-loser she is.

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Cowboy
September 9th, 2009 - 01:51

Stimulus: Post concerning Palin.

Response: Thor-spittle.

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Pablo
September 9th, 2009 - 06:36

Yeah, that was exactly no argument whatsoever, was it?

Hey, I wonder if Sarah will run into Van Jones out there in Quitterville.

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Squid
September 9th, 2009 - 08:15

The Retard Who Calls Others Retarded wrote: Go pay an AIG-esque corporation to make those life or death health care decisions for ya and see where that gets you, hahaha.

The Thrilla From Wasilla wrote: And it’s true that insurance companies can be unaccountable and unresponsive institutionsâ€”much like the federal government.

Obviously, it does not read the linked article; it just types insults as though they were arguments. I used to get angry when it insulted my intelligence like this, but since I’ve learned about the major handicaps it’s trying to overcome, I’ve become a lot more tolerant of its constant poo-flinging.

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Bob Reed
September 9th, 2009 - 08:25

Edgell McHickfistter :
Go pay an AIG-esque corporation to make those life or death health care decisions for ya and see where that gets you, hahaha.
Weâ€™re a country of clueless angry nutballs too stupid to govern ourselves, thatâ€™s what itâ€™s come down to. If only ignorance was fascinating, if only.

At least there is recourse when dealing with an AIG-esque corporation; an appeal to the insurance commission or the courts for redress. And, if you don’t like AIG’s coverage plans, there is always another insurer out there; there are approximately 1300 in this country. But that would not be the case if a single-payer national system came to pass…

Were we a country of angry nutballs when the giant paper-mache heads on parade used to demonstrate? Or when the congressional Democrats declared in 2006 that none of Booooosh!’s appointments to the federeal bench would even come up for a vote? Were you worried about angry nutballs when it was the Democrats doing it?

Palin gave voice to what many in this country would constitute as real reform of the health care delivery system. One that would preserve consumer choice, the incentive for aggressive medical research, and avoid the nationalization of 15% of our economy. I like those goals more than any T&A of Palins…

Sincerely,
The Enthusiast of Failure…

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SBP
September 9th, 2009 - 08:27

There are approximately 1300 in this country.

Wouldn’t it be great if we were allowed to buy insurance from other states?

Can’t have that, though. That’d be almost as bad as school vouchers! Pure anarchy!

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Edgell McHickfistter
September 9th, 2009 - 08:49

Type your comment here

Bob Reed :

Edgell McHickfistter :
Go pay an AIG-esque corporation to make those life or death health care decisions for ya and see where that gets you, hahaha.
Weâ€™re a country of clueless angry nutballs too stupid to govern ourselves, thatâ€™s what itâ€™s come down to. If only ignorance was fascinating, if only.

At least there is recourse when dealing with an AIG-esque corporation; an appeal to the insurance commission or the courts for redress. And, if you donâ€™t like AIGâ€™s coverage plans, there is always another insurer out there; there are approximately 1300 in this country. But that would not be the case if a single-payer national system came to passâ€¦
Were we a country of angry nutballs when the giant paper-mache heads on parade used to demonstrate? Or when the congressional Democrats declared in 2006 that none of Booooosh!â€™s appointments to the federeal bench would even come up for a vote? Were you worried about angry nutballs when it was the Democrats doing it?
Palin gave voice to what many in this country would constitute as real reform of the health care delivery system. One that would preserve consumer choice, the incentive for aggressive medical research, and avoid the nationalization of 15% of our economy. I like those goals more than any T&A of Palinsâ€¦
Sincerely,
The Enthusiast of Failureâ€¦

You have no idea what you’re talking about, again.

I have no time for this right now.

Palin is a fuckin’ dizzy dingbat and anyone who can’t spot her moose-sized retard horns is hopelessly deluding themselves.

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Bob Reed
September 9th, 2009 - 10:18

I can understand if you don’t like the messenger edge; everyone ain’t for everybody…

But, if you consider the points made, independant of the speaker and any partisan affinities, you have to admit that they make sense,

How am I wrong; tell me, please…

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bryan
September 9th, 2009 - 10:39

Bob. He can’t explain it. He’s a misogynist like most of his other heros.

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SDN
September 9th, 2009 - 11:09

Well, my dealing with my AIG-like HMO got me roughly 1 million in pancreatitis surgery last year. Out of pocket, I paid…. $10,000.

My experience is not unique.

What a moron it is.

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September 9th, 2009 - 15:36

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Edgell McHickfistter
September 10th, 2009 - 01:45

SDN :

Well, my dealing with my AIG-like HMO got me roughly 1 million in pancreatitis surgery last year. Out of pocket, I paidâ€¦. $10,000.
My experience is not unique.
What a moron it is.

Gee, if I were in such feeble condition I don’t think I’d be posting death threats on Jeff Goldstein’s blog, but you’re you, laughably so, I might add.

Hope your health improves, SDN, and the best to you and yours.

Once again I have to be the bigger man, oy.

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