Inhofe Opposes The Health Care Bill He Never Read

Kind of a level of hypocrisy, at least on the part of his supporters that scream, “read the bill”.  Sen. Inhofe (R-OK) told a crowd that he doesn’t have to read the bill in order to know he doesn’t like it.

At a town hall meeting Wednesday Sen. Jim Inhofe told Chickasha residents he does not need to read the 1,000 page health care reform bill, he will simply vote against it.

“I don’t have to read it, or know what’s in it. I’m going to oppose it anyways,” he said.

Inhofe said public opinion and information provided by news media have helped him become a staunch non-supporter of the bill. He said he would prefer waiting until after mid-term elections to enact reforms. He did not say nothing should be done. He simply feels that a topic as important as healthcare should not be rushed through the Senate or House of Representatives.

Isn’t it his job to be informed on what he’ll be voting for??  What’s his job then?  Getting his info from the media means this idiot and apparent slacker on the job, can’t complain that MSM is lying.  The MSM have done a horrible job at reporting the facts of this bill.  And, if he was going based on public opinion then he needs to be supporting the public option.

Then he said, “he would prefer waiting until after mid-term elections to enact reforms”.  Why?  So he can use his opposition to health care reform to make it through the election and then turn around and vote for reform?  What would be the purpose of waiting, Americans are hurting and paying ridiculous health care prices now. Later he goes on to say,

“People are not buying these concepts that are completely foreign to America,” Inhofe said. “We’re almost reaching a revolution in this country.”

A revolution built on ignorance obviously.

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McCain Booed At Townhall For Saying Obama Respects The Constitution

McCain can’t ever seem to catch a break from conservatives whenever he shows some civility in heated discussions.  This time McCain held a townhall on health care reform.  By the way, he opposes health care reform and specifically the public option.  So, a lady snidely comments about how she doesn’t think Obama respects the constitution.  Because of course, a person that studies and taught U.S. constitutional law, wouldn’t respect the constitution   Anyway, McCain replied back to her that he believes Obama respects the constitution and that he is sincere in his beliefs for health care reform.  Of course the audience probably full of teabaggers and deathers start booing McCain.

It’s not like McCain said he supports Pres. Obama.  These people can’t help themselves, they just make noise ceremonially like it’s a religious experience or something.  McCain has always had issues with dealing with these fringe unreasonable people in his party, remember during the campaign some douche guy said he was “scared” of Obama.

Yep, these are the same people who the rest of us have to deal with in the debate on health care reform.

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GOP New Talking Point: VA Encourages Vets To Commit Suicide

A step too far for the republican party?  Probably not, they seem to be on a fear-mongering streak that ceases to persist.  It can only get worse.  Instead of actually solving problems they want to continue to scare people.  This time, Michael Steele says the VA is encouraging veterans to commit suicide in his argument against health care reform.

I shouldn’t actually have to mention that this claim is not true.  But, just in case…Michael Steele’s claim is not true.

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Too Many Old Geezers Are Controlling The Health Care Debate

Meant, with no offense of course.  But, the problem so far in this health care debate is that too many old people (or elderly/seniors) are controlling this health care debate.  These people typically lean republican in their voting and aren’t among the constituency that greatly put carried Obama to the presidency and probably aren’t going to support any type of health care reform anyways.  Again, no offense, but this in the demographic that seems most likely to believe in conspiracy theories and think the government is going to kill them.  The republican party knows this and are targeting seniors for support against health care reform.

This is also the constituency that is thinking more about the “now” instead of the future.  Which is understandable, they have lived their life and want to keep their life as easy going as possible.  This is also the constituency that has medicare.  They don’t have to deal with down the road cost because they will always have it.  This is the demographic most resistant to change.  Under health care reform, their life won’t change and cost will go down but they still aren’t likely to believe that.

Not saying that seniors shouldn’t have a say, because they should.  To also be fair, the loudest of the voices in support of health care reform are even old, though it’s a very small group compared to the amount of loud anti-health care activist on the republican side.

The demographic that seems to be the most quiet are the young supporters.  These are the people who will benefit more from health care reform and they’re letting the older generation control their future. We voted for change in November and we certainly didn’t expect seniors who are either birthers, deathers, or conspiracy theorists to bring about that change.  Without health care reform, the younger generation will see private insurers continue to raise costs and exclude people from pre-existing conditions.  These companies will also continue to control whether or not you get the type of treatment you want.  There will be little money to even pay for medicare because of wasteful spending in the system and prescription costs will rise.  Due to the amount of people that can’t afford to get insurance, we’ll see hospitals continue to raise costs to cover the costs of those that aren’t paying their hospital bills.

The younger generation are the ones that will have to deal with the consequences of an unsustainable health care system.  They need to have a louder voice in this debate.

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Notes From The Obama Strategy Meeting On Health Care Reform

OFA (Obama for America) held a strategy meeting.  If video of the event becomes available then I’ll post it here below.  You can however, read his remarks and the questions asked on the White House Blog.  So, this strategy meeting was to discuss health care reform and how OFA grassroots organizers can help get the word out about the truth of health care reform.  Here’s some key notes that I have gathered from the meeting and think they would be helpful to those spreading the word about health care reform and to those seeking truth about the health care bill.

When asked about a compelling message to tell people when talking about the need for health care, his response was,

• Point out that the current health care system is unsustainable.  Health costs are up and employers wont be able to provide health insurance to employees.
• No one is forcing anyone to take the public option.
• By providing competition this will cause health care insurers to provide better services.  They will cover pre-existing conditions, wont drop consumers from the coverage.
• Cost saving over time.
• He mentioned his recent appearance on conservative radio show with host, Michael Smerconish.  A woman called in thinking the whole plan was about the public option.  So, more people need to know about the plan.

He was asked about the lies being spread around about health care.  He reiterated that we just need to keep putting the truth out there.  The lies:

• Death Panels – LIE!
• Covers Illegal Immigrants – LIE!
• Government Takeover – LIE!
• Come Between You And Your Doctor – LIE!

Mentioned that he doesn’t want private insurance companies or government bureaucrats coming between you and your doctor.   And to quote him exactly on his statement about the end of life provision,

There was a provision in the House bill that very sensibly said, you know, a lot of people towards the end of their life, they haven’t prepared with things like a living will, they don’t understand what their options are in terms of hospice, and we should reimburse people if they want that counseling.  Voluntarily.  If they want it, that’s something that Medicare should reimburse for.  It shouldn’t just be wealthy people who get good counseling and information about how to handle their affairs during a very difficult time.

So that voluntary provision that permits reimbursement, which, by the way, Republicans had supported previously — this was previously considered a bipartisan concept — a Republican senator, former Republican House member, introduced a even — a much more aggressive bill on this issue in the prescription drug bill passed by the Republican members of Congress; they had a similar provision for terminally ill patients.  So this used to be just a sensible thing that everybody could agree to — suddenly became death panels, and scared — scared Grandma.  (Laughter.)  And it’s just irresponsible.

When asked about what more to tell people when they want to know who’s going to pay for this and about employers dropping them from their employer based health care.  His points were,

• 2/3 of the bill is already paid for
• reallocation of funds that are being wasted elsewhere in the system and using it in an efficient way.
• over time the costs will go down because of the efficiencies of the system and cost saving measures.
• Provisions already to prevent employers from taking about employee based health care from their employers to send them to the public option.
• For small businesses that do not provide insurance or are paying too much, they can provide insurance to their employees by buying into the system to lower their costs and provide insurance to their employees.  Because, right now, private insurance companies charge more to small businesses than larger businesses.

These are just a few points made and clarified, there was much more.  You can read the whole remarks and get more facts by clicking on the links below.

Helpful links:

You can read the whole H.R. 3200 bill here.

Read the questions and Pres. Obama’s answers at the OFA strategy meeting.

Health Care Reform Website

Get more facts about health care reform

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Barney Frank Tears Apart Protester Comparing Obama To Hitler

I love when Barney Frank snaps back at the crazies.  It makes for great moments like this,

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