Comments on: Understanding the House Democrats’ health care bill http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/house-health-bill/ Your guide to American economic policy Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:57:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Lois Laedlein http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/house-health-bill/comment-page-10/#comment-15709 Lois Laedlein Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:43:46 +0000 http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/understanding-the-house-democrats-health-care-bill/#comment-15709 I am 62 years old, collecting social security, my husband is 71 on medicare and supplement. When he retired 5or 6 years ago it left me with UPMC health insurance and no prescription coverage. It is getting exceedingly hard to pay for medicines when you have health problems and have a fixed income. I would like to know what I have to do to get some prescription coverage that everyone else seems to have, except me. I have tried and tried but got nowhere. No one cares and thats the bottom line. ljl0152@windstream.net <div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('15709','Lois Laedlein'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('15709','Lois Laedlein','I am 62 years old, collecting social security, my husband is 71 on medicare and supplement. When he retired 5or 6 years ago it left me with UPMC health insurance and no prescription coverage. It is getting exceedingly hard to pay for medicines when you have health problems and have a fixed income. I would like to know what I have to do to get some prescription coverage that everyone else seems to have, except me. I have tried and tried but got nowhere. No one cares and thats the bottom line. \nljl0152@windstream.net '); return false;">Quote</a></div> I am 62 years old, collecting social security, my husband is 71 on medicare and supplement. When he retired 5or 6 years ago it left me with UPMC health insurance and no prescription coverage. It is getting exceedingly hard to pay for medicines when you have health problems and have a fixed income. I would like to know what I have to do to get some prescription coverage that everyone else seems to have, except me. I have tried and tried but got nowhere. No one cares and thats the bottom line.
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]]> By: Guest http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/house-health-bill/comment-page-10/#comment-14098 Guest Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:20:56 +0000 http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/understanding-the-house-democrats-health-care-bill/#comment-14098 Every empire takes a fall. Currency holds an empire together and while engineered fear works great in manipulating people. Mostly people don't care until it obviously there's a problem or its too late. In September 2008, the transfer of wealth concentrating capital while markets fell. Prior, millions of people were already effected to their detriment. How did this happen? It's complex but at core, Milton Freedman, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank pointed to the policies of the Fed in making the 1929 Great Depression much worse as a result of its intervention. But more pointedly, Milton Freedman highlighted the causes in economic collapse being the retraction of available capital for business growth and consumer credit and money. Against the recent contraction of credit and capital for the use of the people and business, money is printed and debt is produced to the point where some Congressmen and Senators see the destruction of the US dollar within 20 years. It is almost as F.A. Hayek's "Road to Serfdom" was read not as a warning but as a guide to use a dollar to render the lower standard of living as the new way of life. So, it makes sense that health care take steps like "contributing" 497 million dollars to the passage of the mandatory health coverage law - under criminal penalties. One can conclude, this government is at core a broker state, up for sale. With most paid media as cheerleaders and opinion shifters, is it any wonder the blogs are taking hold. Many recognize the dollar is where the power is, lately, many looking to use an exchange service have discovered new membership blocked and exit strategies limited. We should recognize the power of this state, the Air Defense of the United States just didn't react during September 2001 attack while Dick Cheney was at the control, how confident we are in the architect of the invasion of Afghanistan also defining the terms of inquiry as chair of the 9/11 commission, and the impressive precision of the WTC falling in place, never before or since has a fire placed a tall building so well in the ground. How about that building 7 of the World Trade Center: Building 7 reported by the BBC about 30 minutes before it actually happened to have collapsed despite that it was not "hit" by a jet aircraft. So, is it any wonder, that the health care professionals seek to insure profits? Maybe robotics can team up with offshore doctors to move their business abroad? Then perhaps they can feel like the manufacturing sector or the middle class, or what's left of it. <div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('14098','Guest'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('14098','Guest','Every empire takes a fall. Currency holds an empire together and while engineered fear works great in manipulating people. Mostly people don't care until it obviously there's a problem or its too late. In September 2008, the transfer of wealth concentrating capital while markets fell. Prior, millions of people were already effected to their detriment. How did this happen? It's complex but at core, Milton Freedman, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank pointed to the policies of the Fed in making the 1929 Great Depression much worse as a result of its intervention. But more pointedly, Milton Freedman highlighted the causes in economic collapse being the retraction of available capital for business growth and consumer credit and money. \n Against the recent contraction of credit and capital for the use of the people and business, money is printed and debt is produced to the point where some Congressmen and Senators see the destruction of the US dollar within 20 years. It is almost as F.A. Hayek's "Road to Serfdom" was read not as a warning but as a guide to use a dollar to render the lower standard of living as the new way of life. So, it makes sense that health care take steps like "contributing" 497 million dollars to the passage of the mandatory health coverage law - under criminal penalties. One can conclude, this government is at core a broker state, up for sale. With most paid media as cheerleaders and opinion shifters, is it any wonder the blogs are taking hold. \n Many recognize the dollar is where the power is, lately, many looking to use an exchange service have discovered new membership blocked and exit strategies limited. \n We should recognize the power of this state, the Air Defense of the United States just didn't react during September 2001 attack while Dick Cheney was at the control, how confident we are in the architect of the invasion of Afghanistan also defining the terms of inquiry as chair of the 9\/11 commission, and the impressive precision of the WTC falling in place, never before or since has a fire placed a tall building so well in the ground. How about that building 7 of the World Trade Center: Building 7 reported by the BBC about 30 minutes before it actually happened to have collapsed despite that it was not "hit" by a jet aircraft. \n So, is it any wonder, that the health care professionals seek to insure profits? Maybe robotics can team up with offshore doctors to move their business abroad? Then perhaps they can feel like the manufacturing sector or the middle class, or what's left of it. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n '); return false;">Quote</a></div> Every empire takes a fall. Currency holds an empire together and while engineered fear works great in manipulating people. Mostly people don't care until it obviously there's a problem or its too late. In September 2008, the transfer of wealth concentrating capital while markets fell. Prior, millions of people were already effected to their detriment. How did this happen? It's complex but at core, Milton Freedman, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank pointed to the policies of the Fed in making the 1929 Great Depression much worse as a result of its intervention. But more pointedly, Milton Freedman highlighted the causes in economic collapse being the retraction of available capital for business growth and consumer credit and money.
Against the recent contraction of credit and capital for the use of the people and business, money is printed and debt is produced to the point where some Congressmen and Senators see the destruction of the US dollar within 20 years. It is almost as F.A. Hayek's "Road to Serfdom" was read not as a warning but as a guide to use a dollar to render the lower standard of living as the new way of life. So, it makes sense that health care take steps like "contributing" 497 million dollars to the passage of the mandatory health coverage law – under criminal penalties. One can conclude, this government is at core a broker state, up for sale. With most paid media as cheerleaders and opinion shifters, is it any wonder the blogs are taking hold.
Many recognize the dollar is where the power is, lately, many looking to use an exchange service have discovered new membership blocked and exit strategies limited.
We should recognize the power of this state, the Air Defense of the United States just didn't react during September 2001 attack while Dick Cheney was at the control, how confident we are in the architect of the invasion of Afghanistan also defining the terms of inquiry as chair of the 9/11 commission, and the impressive precision of the WTC falling in place, never before or since has a fire placed a tall building so well in the ground. How about that building 7 of the World Trade Center: Building 7 reported by the BBC about 30 minutes before it actually happened to have collapsed despite that it was not "hit" by a jet aircraft.
So, is it any wonder, that the health care professionals seek to insure profits? Maybe robotics can team up with offshore doctors to move their business abroad? Then perhaps they can feel like the manufacturing sector or the middle class, or what's left of it.

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]]> By: Robert Ridgeway http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/house-health-bill/comment-page-10/#comment-14072 Robert Ridgeway Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:25:25 +0000 http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/understanding-the-house-democrats-health-care-bill/#comment-14072 Would someone e-mail me where I can read these bills for myself? I know that they are very large, but where are they posted? My e-mail address is snook01@bellsouth.net . <div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('14072','Robert Ridgeway'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('14072','Robert Ridgeway','Would someone e-mail me where I can read these bills for myself? I know that they are very large, but where are they posted? My e-mail address is snook01@bellsouth.net . '); return false;">Quote</a></div> Would someone e-mail me where I can read these bills for myself? I know that they are very large, but where are they posted? My e-mail address is snook01@bellsouth.net .
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]]> By: bhkhkhgkykyj http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/house-health-bill/comment-page-10/#comment-13567 bhkhkhgkykyj Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:04:17 +0000 http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/understanding-the-house-democrats-health-care-bill/#comment-13567 laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa <div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('13567','bhkhkhgkykyj'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('13567','bhkhkhgkykyj','laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa \n '); return false;">Quote</a></div> laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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]]> By: Dan http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/house-health-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-13417 Dan Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:29:54 +0000 http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/understanding-the-house-democrats-health-care-bill/#comment-13417 Bingo !! You have HIT the nail on the head !!! <div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('13417','Dan'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('13417','Dan','Bingo !! \nYou have HIT the nail on the head !!! '); return false;">Quote</a></div> Bingo !!
You have HIT the nail on the head !!!
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]]> By: T Cruise http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/house-health-bill/comment-page-10/#comment-13156 T Cruise Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:25:39 +0000 http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/understanding-the-house-democrats-health-care-bill/#comment-13156 If this bill should pass its hurt our seniors the most. A 500 Billion cut in Medicare will be a severe blow to the coverage Seniors receive. At the present time Doctors who accept Medicare patients our on the verge of not accepting seniors as new patients who are on Medicare. Life saving tests will be denied as a result . You will not need a Death Panel when vital services for Seniors are denied. I pray the Senate stops this bill in its tracks. I will never vote for the Democrates again. <div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('13156','T Cruise'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('13156','T Cruise','If this bill should pass its hurt our seniors the most. A 500 Billion cut in Medicare will be a severe blow to the coverage Seniors receive. At the present time Doctors who accept Medicare patients our on the verge of not accepting seniors as new patients who are on Medicare. Life saving tests will be denied as a result . You will not need a Death Panel when vital services for Seniors are denied. I pray the Senate stops this bill in its tracks. I will never vote for the Democrates again. '); return false;">Quote</a></div> If this bill should pass its hurt our seniors the most. A 500 Billion cut in Medicare will be a severe blow to the coverage Seniors receive. At the present time Doctors who accept Medicare patients our on the verge of not accepting seniors as new patients who are on Medicare. Life saving tests will be denied as a result . You will not need a Death Panel when vital services for Seniors are denied. I pray the Senate stops this bill in its tracks. I will never vote for the Democrates again.
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]]> By: Pete O Rudo http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/house-health-bill/comment-page-10/#comment-13118 Pete O Rudo Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:13:14 +0000 http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/understanding-the-house-democrats-health-care-bill/#comment-13118 I don't know what jharp does for a living; but he spends allot of time in this blog, maybe you work for a government agency like acorn. lol <div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('13118','Pete O Rudo'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('13118','Pete O Rudo','I don't know what jharp does for a living; but he spends allot of time in this blog, maybe you work for a government agency like acorn. \nlol '); return false;">Quote</a></div> I don't know what jharp does for a living; but he spends allot of time in this blog, maybe you work for a government agency like acorn.
lol
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]]> By: melissa http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/house-health-bill/comment-page-10/#comment-13098 melissa Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:51:49 +0000 http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/understanding-the-house-democrats-health-care-bill/#comment-13098 <a href='#comment-1257' rel="nofollow">@Jessica</a> Where have you people been for the last 20 years? Have you educated yourselves at all on how the Health Care system in this country works at all? YOU ARE ALREADY PAYING FOR THOSE WHO GO INTO REHAB, THOSE WHO ARE OBESE, THOSE WHO HAVE ILLNESS DUE TO SMOKING, ALCOHOLISM, ETC. Additionally, YOU PAY YOUR PRIVATE INSURER EXTRA INCREASES IN PREMIUMS ON TOP OF THAT TO ENSURE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO RECEIVE AN INCREASE IN PROFIT EVERY YEAR. Wake up and educate yourselves--doa non-biased statistical research on Insurance company profits v payouts. Make your own decisions based on cold hard facts. When the Rush Limbausghs of the world, Obese, drug addicted private health insurance carriers go into rehab, your premiums help to pay for his rehab...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('13098','melissa'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('13098','melissa','<a href=\'#comment-1257\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Jessica<\/a> \r\n\r\nWhere have you people been for the last 20 years? Have you educated yourselves at all on how the Health Care system in this country works at all? YOU ARE ALREADY PAYING FOR THOSE WHO GO INTO REHAB, THOSE WHO ARE OBESE, THOSE WHO HAVE ILLNESS DUE TO SMOKING, ALCOHOLISM, ETC. Additionally, YOU PAY YOUR PRIVATE INSURER EXTRA INCREASES IN PREMIUMS ON TOP OF THAT TO ENSURE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO RECEIVE AN INCREASE IN PROFIT EVERY YEAR. \r\n\r\nWake up and educate yourselves--doa non-biased statistical research on Insurance company profits v payouts. Make your own decisions based on cold hard facts. When the Rush Limbausghs of the world, Obese, drug addicted private health insurance carriers go into rehab, your premiums help to pay for his rehab...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Jessica

Where have you people been for the last 20 years? Have you educated yourselves at all on how the Health Care system in this country works at all? YOU ARE ALREADY PAYING FOR THOSE WHO GO INTO REHAB, THOSE WHO ARE OBESE, THOSE WHO HAVE ILLNESS DUE TO SMOKING, ALCOHOLISM, ETC. Additionally, YOU PAY YOUR PRIVATE INSURER EXTRA INCREASES IN PREMIUMS ON TOP OF THAT TO ENSURE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO RECEIVE AN INCREASE IN PROFIT EVERY YEAR.

Wake up and educate yourselves–doa non-biased statistical research on Insurance company profits v payouts. Make your own decisions based on cold hard facts. When the Rush Limbausghs of the world, Obese, drug addicted private health insurance carriers go into rehab, your premiums help to pay for his rehab…

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]]> By: jared http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/house-health-bill/comment-page-10/#comment-13095 jared Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:57:39 +0000 http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/understanding-the-house-democrats-health-care-bill/#comment-13095 I really truly think that this whole health care bill is a joke.I t is being set up by anever-increasing wanna-be socialist government(i.e government bailout and now this.) I work hard and put in alot of overtime to get what i have and to help pay for increasing medical coverage and now i'm being told that my taxes and premiums are going to go up because there are too many people that dont want to get a real job or any job for that matter for fear of having to pay for their own health insurance,thats a bunch of crap. I pay dearly for my insurance,why cant everybody else.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('13095','jared'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('13095','jared','I really truly think that this whole health care bill is a joke.I t is being set up by anever-increasing wanna-be socialist government(i.e government bailout and now this.) I work hard and put in alot of overtime to get what i have and to help pay for increasing medical coverage and now i\'m being told that my taxes and premiums are going to go up because there are too many people that dont want to get a real job or any job for that matter for fear of having to pay for their own health insurance,thats a bunch of crap. I pay dearly for my insurance,why cant everybody else.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I really truly think that this whole health care bill is a joke.I t is being set up by anever-increasing wanna-be socialist government(i.e government bailout and now this.) I work hard and put in alot of overtime to get what i have and to help pay for increasing medical coverage and now i’m being told that my taxes and premiums are going to go up because there are too many people that dont want to get a real job or any job for that matter for fear of having to pay for their own health insurance,thats a bunch of crap. I pay dearly for my insurance,why cant everybody else.
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]]> By: VAS http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/house-health-bill/comment-page-9/#comment-13071 VAS Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:03:46 +0000 http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/09/understanding-the-house-democrats-health-care-bill/#comment-13071 First we must decide if health care is a right. If someone else is paying for it, I don't see how it can be. You could argue that access to health care is a right (we actually already have that thru emergency room services). We must decide if this is the only alternative to reforming some of the shortcomings in our current system (the bill is 2000 pages already and has yet to be passed). We must decided if you want bureaucrats, who are not elected and therefore not accountable, to set and reset the health care standards and costs. We have to decide if we want to cripple many small businesses who will not be able to afford the cost of covering employees (or the "tax" for failing to). And on and on. So far I see nothing redeeming about this proposal, and suggest we explore other alternatives before we turn another portion of our lives over to the Federal Government. <div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('13071','VAS'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('13071','VAS','First we must decide if health care is a right. If someone else is paying for it, I don't see how it can be. You could argue that access to health care is a right (we actually already have that thru emergency room services). We must decide if this is the only alternative to reforming some of the shortcomings in our current system (the bill is 2000 pages already and has yet to be passed). We must decided if you want bureaucrats, who are not elected and therefore not accountable, to set and reset the health care standards and costs. We have to decide if we want to cripple many small businesses who will not be able to afford the cost of covering employees (or the "tax" for failing to). And on and on. So far I see nothing redeeming about this proposal, and suggest we explore other alternatives before we turn another portion of our lives over to the Federal Government. '); return false;">Quote</a></div> First we must decide if health care is a right. If someone else is paying for it, I don't see how it can be. You could argue that access to health care is a right (we actually already have that thru emergency room services). We must decide if this is the only alternative to reforming some of the shortcomings in our current system (the bill is 2000 pages already and has yet to be passed). We must decided if you want bureaucrats, who are not elected and therefore not accountable, to set and reset the health care standards and costs. We have to decide if we want to cripple many small businesses who will not be able to afford the cost of covering employees (or the "tax" for failing to). And on and on. So far I see nothing redeeming about this proposal, and suggest we explore other alternatives before we turn another portion of our lives over to the Federal Government.
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