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		<title>By: More health care stumbling by Team Obama&#160;&#124;&#160;KeithHennessey.com</title>
		<link>http://keithhennessey.com/2009/05/11/the-presidents-silly-health-care-announcement/comment-page-2/#comment-4167</link>
		<dc:creator>More health care stumbling by Team Obama&#160;&#124;&#160;KeithHennessey.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] unintentional elevation of the actually honest CBO Director makes that harder than usual.  Anyone who thinks they have a deal should be careful.  If these bills implode, all bets are off, and the probability escalates that [...]&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;4167&#039;,&#039;More health care stumbling by Team Obama&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;KeithHennessey.com&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply&lt;/a&gt;  - &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;4167&#039;,&#039;More health care stumbling by Team Obama&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;KeithHennessey.com&#039;,&#039;&#91;...&#93; unintentional elevation of the actually honest CBO Director makes that harder than usual.&#194;&#160; Anyone who thinks they have a deal should be careful.&#194;&#160; If these bills implode, all bets are off, and the probability escalates that &#91;...&#93;&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] unintentional elevation of the actually honest CBO Director makes that harder than usual.  Anyone who thinks they have a deal should be careful.  If these bills implode, all bets are off, and the probability escalates that [...]
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4167','More health care stumbling by Team Obama&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;KeithHennessey.com'); return false;">Reply</a>  &#8211; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4167','More health care stumbling by Team Obama&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;KeithHennessey.com','&amp;#91;...&amp;#93; unintentional elevation of the actually honest CBO Director makes that harder than usual.&Acirc;&nbsp; Anyone who thinks they have a deal should be careful.&Acirc;&nbsp; If these bills implode, all bets are off, and the probability escalates that &amp;#91;...&amp;#93;'); return false;">Quote</a></div>
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		<title>By: David</title>
		<link>http://keithhennessey.com/2009/05/11/the-presidents-silly-health-care-announcement/comment-page-2/#comment-498</link>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would have assumed the pledge to reduce the rate of growth for health care means from the current level, not what it would otherwise be.  However, that rate of increase has already been dropping fairly steadily from about 16%-18% in 2002 to about 10%-12% today.  So a reduction of 1.5 percentage points every year for the next ten years would bring it to a negative growth rate.  Also note that the providers&#039; letter states that the goal is to reduce the rate by 1.5 percentage points, but does not say &quot;every year&quot;&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;498&#039;,&#039;David&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply&lt;/a&gt;  - &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;498&#039;,&#039;David&#039;,&#039;I would have assumed the pledge to reduce the rate of growth for health care means from the current level, not what it would otherwise be.  However, that rate of increase has already been dropping fairly steadily from about 16%-18% in 2002 to about 10%-12% today.  So a reduction of 1.5 percentage points every year for the next ten years would bring it to a negative growth rate.  Also note that the providers\&#039; letter states that the goal is to reduce the rate by 1.5 percentage points, but does not say \&quot;every year\&quot;&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would have assumed the pledge to reduce the rate of growth for health care means from the current level, not what it would otherwise be.  However, that rate of increase has already been dropping fairly steadily from about 16%-18% in 2002 to about 10%-12% today.  So a reduction of 1.5 percentage points every year for the next ten years would bring it to a negative growth rate.  Also note that the providers&#8217; letter states that the goal is to reduce the rate by 1.5 percentage points, but does not say &#8220;every year&#8221;
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('498','David'); return false;">Reply</a>  &#8211; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('498','David','I would have assumed the pledge to reduce the rate of growth for health care means from the current level, not what it would otherwise be.  However, that rate of increase has already been dropping fairly steadily from about 16%-18% in 2002 to about 10%-12% today.  So a reduction of 1.5 percentage points every year for the next ten years would bring it to a negative growth rate.  Also note that the providers\' letter states that the goal is to reduce the rate by 1.5 percentage points, but does not say \&quot;every year\&quot;'); return false;">Quote</a></div>
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		<title>By: Vicki</title>
		<link>http://keithhennessey.com/2009/05/11/the-presidents-silly-health-care-announcement/comment-page-2/#comment-497</link>
		<dc:creator>Vicki</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Health insurance just tells me what I can&#039;t have in REAL Health Care and forces me to say &quot;thank-you&quot; while I pay them more than I could get my REAL Health Care.  What a CROCK!  This is Highway Robbery!&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;497&#039;,&#039;Vicki&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply&lt;/a&gt;  - &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;497&#039;,&#039;Vicki&#039;,&#039;Health insurance just tells me what I can\&#039;t have in REAL Health Care and forces me to say \&quot;thank-you\&quot; while I pay them more than I could get my REAL Health Care.  What a CROCK!  This is Highway Robbery!&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Health insurance just tells me what I can&#8217;t have in REAL Health Care and forces me to say &#8220;thank-you&#8221; while I pay them more than I could get my REAL Health Care.  What a CROCK!  This is Highway Robbery!
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('497','Vicki'); return false;">Reply</a>  &#8211; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('497','Vicki','Health insurance just tells me what I can\'t have in REAL Health Care and forces me to say \&quot;thank-you\&quot; while I pay them more than I could get my REAL Health Care.  What a CROCK!  This is Highway Robbery!'); return false;">Quote</a></div>
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		<title>By: So You Want The Folks Who Handled the Auto Bailouts to Take Charge of Your Health? Are You Nuts? &#171; American Elephants</title>
		<link>http://keithhennessey.com/2009/05/11/the-presidents-silly-health-care-announcement/comment-page-2/#comment-495</link>
		<dc:creator>So You Want The Folks Who Handled the Auto Bailouts to Take Charge of Your Health? Are You Nuts? &#171; American Elephants</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] being told that health care organizations have promised to reduce their costs by 1.5 % every year. This is not true. They said they would try to reduce costs by 1.5% by [...]&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;495&#039;,&#039;So You Want The Folks Who Handled the Auto Bailouts to Take Charge of Your Health? Are You Nuts? &laquo; American Elephants&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply&lt;/a&gt;  - &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;495&#039;,&#039;So You Want The Folks Who Handled the Auto Bailouts to Take Charge of Your Health? Are You Nuts? &laquo; American Elephants&#039;,&#039;&#91;...&#93; being told that health care organizations have promised to reduce their costs by 1.5 % every year. This is not true. They said they would try to reduce costs by 1.5% by &#91;...&#93;&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] being told that health care organizations have promised to reduce their costs by 1.5 % every year. This is not true. They said they would try to reduce costs by 1.5% by [...]
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('495','So You Want The Folks Who Handled the Auto Bailouts to Take Charge of Your Health? Are You Nuts? &amp;laquo; American Elephants'); return false;">Reply</a>  &#8211; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('495','So You Want The Folks Who Handled the Auto Bailouts to Take Charge of Your Health? Are You Nuts? &amp;laquo; American Elephants','&amp;#91;...&amp;#93; being told that health care organizations have promised to reduce their costs by 1.5 % every year. This is not true. They said they would try to reduce costs by 1.5% by &amp;#91;...&amp;#93;'); return false;">Quote</a></div>
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		<title>By: Jonathan Katz</title>
		<link>http://keithhennessey.com/2009/05/11/the-presidents-silly-health-care-announcement/comment-page-2/#comment-494</link>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Katz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama is supposed to be a smart man.  Is he really stupid enough to write this drivel?  Is this the work of a speechwriter?

Presidents used not to have speechwriters?  That was much better: they were forced to think, and we could see how they thought.  Read Lincoln for inspiration---he wrote, and thought out, all his speeches himself.  He even engaged in real debates with Douglas, not the idiocy the calls itself a &quot;presidential debate&quot; today.&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;494&#039;,&#039;Jonathan Katz&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply&lt;/a&gt;  - &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;494&#039;,&#039;Jonathan Katz&#039;,&#039;Obama is supposed to be a smart man.  Is he really stupid enough to write this drivel?  Is this the work of a speechwriter?\n\nPresidents used not to have speechwriters?  That was much better: they were forced to think, and we could see how they thought.  Read Lincoln for inspiration---he wrote, and thought out, all his speeches himself.  He even engaged in real debates with Douglas, not the idiocy the calls itself a \&quot;presidential debate\&quot; today.&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama is supposed to be a smart man.  Is he really stupid enough to write this drivel?  Is this the work of a speechwriter?</p>
<p>Presidents used not to have speechwriters?  That was much better: they were forced to think, and we could see how they thought.  Read Lincoln for inspiration&#8212;he wrote, and thought out, all his speeches himself.  He even engaged in real debates with Douglas, not the idiocy the calls itself a &#8220;presidential debate&#8221; today.
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('494','Jonathan Katz'); return false;">Reply</a>  &#8211; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('494','Jonathan Katz','Obama is supposed to be a smart man.  Is he really stupid enough to write this drivel?  Is this the work of a speechwriter?\n\nPresidents used not to have speechwriters?  That was much better: they were forced to think, and we could see how they thought.  Read Lincoln for inspiration---he wrote, and thought out, all his speeches himself.  He even engaged in real debates with Douglas, not the idiocy the calls itself a \&quot;presidential debate\&quot; today.'); return false;">Quote</a></div>
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		<title>By: Savings that won&#8217;t happen weren&#8217;t even promised</title>
		<link>http://keithhennessey.com/2009/05/11/the-presidents-silly-health-care-announcement/comment-page-2/#comment-493</link>
		<dc:creator>Savings that won&#8217;t happen weren&#8217;t even promised</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 16:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] And of course the $700 billion in spending would be very likely to happen, while most onlookers were very skeptical about the “2 trillion” actually ever being saved. [...]
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('493','Savings that won&amp;rsquo;t happen weren&amp;rsquo;t even promised'); return false;">Reply</a>  &#8211; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('493','Savings that won&amp;rsquo;t happen weren&amp;rsquo;t even promised','&amp;#91;...&amp;#93; And of course the $700 billion in spending would be very likely to happen, while most onlookers were very skeptical about the &acirc;2 trillion&acirc; actually ever being saved. &amp;#91;...&amp;#93;'); return false;">Quote</a></div>
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		<title>By: Barbara</title>
		<link>http://keithhennessey.com/2009/05/11/the-presidents-silly-health-care-announcement/comment-page-3/#comment-492</link>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 20:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>People are already schlepping to India for all kinds of stuff, but the Caribbean sounds much better for any number of reasons: I think they can prescribe umbrella drinks for medicinal purposes.

Gotta love Cuba.  You can&#039;t get paper plates in the Worker&#039;s Paradise, but there&#039;s a &quot;doctor&quot; on every block dutifully chronically your menstrual periods and who&#039;s sleeping with whom.&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;492&#039;,&#039;Barbara&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply&lt;/a&gt;  - &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;492&#039;,&#039;Barbara&#039;,&#039;People are already schlepping to India for all kinds of stuff, but the Caribbean sounds much better for any number of reasons: I think they can prescribe umbrella drinks for medicinal purposes.\n\nGotta love Cuba.  You can\&#039;t get paper plates in the Worker\&#039;s Paradise, but there\&#039;s a \&quot;doctor\&quot; on every block dutifully chronically your menstrual periods and who\&#039;s sleeping with whom.&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People are already schlepping to India for all kinds of stuff, but the Caribbean sounds much better for any number of reasons: I think they can prescribe umbrella drinks for medicinal purposes.</p>
<p>Gotta love Cuba.  You can&#8217;t get paper plates in the Worker&#8217;s Paradise, but there&#8217;s a &#8220;doctor&#8221; on every block dutifully chronically your menstrual periods and who&#8217;s sleeping with whom.
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('492','Barbara'); return false;">Reply</a>  &#8211; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('492','Barbara','People are already schlepping to India for all kinds of stuff, but the Caribbean sounds much better for any number of reasons: I think they can prescribe umbrella drinks for medicinal purposes.\n\nGotta love Cuba.  You can\'t get paper plates in the Worker\'s Paradise, but there\'s a \&quot;doctor\&quot; on every block dutifully chronically your menstrual periods and who\'s sleeping with whom.'); return false;">Quote</a></div>
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		<title>By: Jelloman5000</title>
		<link>http://keithhennessey.com/2009/05/11/the-presidents-silly-health-care-announcement/comment-page-2/#comment-491</link>
		<dc:creator>Jelloman5000</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 19:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This just in from the ballplayers:

Players state, &quot;Insired by the GM&#039;s plans, we will now give a full 110% effort as compared to what we might have given in absence of the GM&#039;s plans.&quot;&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;491&#039;,&#039;Jelloman5000&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply&lt;/a&gt;  - &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;491&#039;,&#039;Jelloman5000&#039;,&#039;This just in from the ballplayers:\n\nPlayers state, \&quot;Insired by the GM\&#039;s plans, we will now give a full 110% effort as compared to what we might have given in absence of the GM\&#039;s plans.\&quot;&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This just in from the ballplayers:</p>
<p>Players state, &#8220;Insired by the GM&#8217;s plans, we will now give a full 110% effort as compared to what we might have given in absence of the GM&#8217;s plans.&#8221;
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('491','Jelloman5000'); return false;">Reply</a>  &#8211; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('491','Jelloman5000','This just in from the ballplayers:\n\nPlayers state, \&quot;Insired by the GM\'s plans, we will now give a full 110% effort as compared to what we might have given in absence of the GM\'s plans.\&quot;'); return false;">Quote</a></div>
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		<title>By: Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Hennessey: Imagine Obama administration is the Chicago Cubs</title>
		<link>http://keithhennessey.com/2009/05/11/the-presidents-silly-health-care-announcement/comment-page-2/#comment-490</link>
		<dc:creator>Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Hennessey: Imagine Obama administration is the Chicago Cubs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 19:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] the health-care industry to cut $2 trillion in costs over the next decade, or 1.5% year on year, Keith Hennessey figured he&#8217;d heard this before &#8230; and so had the President.  If nothing else is [...]&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;490&#039;,&#039;Hot Air &raquo; Blog Archive &raquo; Hennessey: Imagine Obama administration is the Chicago Cubs&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply&lt;/a&gt;  - &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;490&#039;,&#039;Hot Air &raquo; Blog Archive &raquo; Hennessey: Imagine Obama administration is the Chicago Cubs&#039;,&#039;&#91;...&#93; the health-care industry to cut $2 trillion in costs over the next decade, or 1.5% year on year, Keith Hennessey figured he&#8217;d heard this before &#8230; and so had the President.&#194;&#160; If nothing else is &#91;...&#93;&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] the health-care industry to cut $2 trillion in costs over the next decade, or 1.5% year on year, Keith Hennessey figured he&#8217;d heard this before &#8230; and so had the President.  If nothing else is [...]
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('490','Hot Air &amp;raquo; Blog Archive &amp;raquo; Hennessey: Imagine Obama administration is the Chicago Cubs'); return false;">Reply</a>  &#8211; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('490','Hot Air &amp;raquo; Blog Archive &amp;raquo; Hennessey: Imagine Obama administration is the Chicago Cubs','&amp;#91;...&amp;#93; the health-care industry to cut $2 trillion in costs over the next decade, or 1.5% year on year, Keith Hennessey figured he&amp;#8217;d heard this before &amp;#8230; and so had the President.&Acirc;&nbsp; If nothing else is &amp;#91;...&amp;#93;'); return false;">Quote</a></div>
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		<title>By: rjsgso</title>
		<link>http://keithhennessey.com/2009/05/11/the-presidents-silly-health-care-announcement/comment-page-2/#comment-489</link>
		<dc:creator>rjsgso</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 14:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Mr. President,</p>
<p>We promise to behave from now on. Please, please, please, don&#8217;t make us lose our profit machine. We&#8217;ll curb costs, and look out for the consumer, we promise. We promise we&#8217;ll keep costs from rising as much as they have been.</p>
<p>We like the &#8220;preventive&#8221; care model, where we sell health care to healthy people, that doesn&#8217;t even require RESULTS. We&#8217;d like to get away from the &#8220;disease treatment&#8221; model and just refuse care to all those low-life’s who get sick since they obviously didn&#8217;t pay enough attention to the &#8220;prevention&#8221; part.</p>
<p>Oh, and please don&#8217;t ever mention &#8220;SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE&#8221; because it really doesn&#8217;t support our marketing model at all.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>The &#8220;Health Care&#8221; Industry.
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