Comments on: Highlights from the Health Reform Bill

By: More thoughts from the blogosphere « eat. drink. be merry.

More thoughts from the blogosphere « eat. drink. be merry. — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:31:32 +0000

[...] Highlights from the health reform bill (read the comments, that’s where it gets interesting) [...]

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:29:57 +0000

To posters who say “it’s RANDOM audits, not PERPECTUAL audits”…I say “do you know what the term ‘chilling effect’ means?”

That said:

“• Page 84: All private healthcare plans must participate in the Healthcare Exchange (i.e., total government control of private plans)”

This is FLAT DAMN WRONG. Page 84 says nothing of the kind.

By: Just American

Just American — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:01:12 +0000

It’s amazing…if I knew there were so many people out there that knew what was going to happen before it happened, or what a BILL for example is going to look like before it gets chopped up and changed half a million times I would’ve asked someone for some good lottery numbers a long time ago. Honestly this is a scary debate and nobody fully knows what’s going to happen yet or what the pros and cons are just yet. Guarentee anything the government passed, even if your oh so precious Republicans were still in office, that you’d still have a problem with it and it wouldn’t be the most awesome thing ever…this health care reform so far is iffy but does anyone remember what the other side wanted if they got in? You want to talk about scaring…I guess I’m just hopeful and happy that didn’t get in.

By: More Analysis of Healthcare Reform Bill « WhiteCoat’s Call Room

More Analysis of Healthcare Reform Bill « WhiteCoat’s Call Room — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:32:25 +0000

[...] conduct audits of whether qualified health benefits plans are complying with federal requirements. Unlike Shadowfax’s assertion, the wording does not “require[] ‘random compliance audits and targeted audits in [...]

By: Bianca Castafiore

Bianca Castafiore — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:01:43 +0000

Before I say the part about not wanting you to sully my comment with yours, may I suggest that you consider the most likely cause that something might seem incomprehensible to you.

Take a gander at comment #20 and see if you don’t perchance employ an excess of Weasel Words…

Now… don’t piggyback a nonsensical (and uncomprehending) “reply” onto my comments. Thanks!

By: Mass

Mass — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:08:17 +0000

Kudos to Rosenkris to being one of the few posters to inject some rationality into this debate. I recommend the following weblink to all interested in facts:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2009/jul/30/e-mail-analysis-health-bill-needs-check-/

I find it curious how often conservatives use loaded words and phrases (Obamacare, socialized medicine, Big Brother, Commie Care, euthanasia, etc, etc) in this health care debate. I have yet to receive any responses to the 9 points I raised last week.

To those who feel I am impugning the entire political Right, I ask when was the last time that conservatives appealed to a motive other than fear? Fear of terrorists, fear of government bureaucrats, fear of tax hikes, fear of foreigners, fear of just about anything new? Perhaps they are most afraid of facts (or is that an allergy?). That is why lobbying groups are the most opposed to the proposed changes in the government bill. So if you’re a doctor who is worried that you will make less money under this plan, say so. Don’t trot out the lame excuse that you think patients will get worse care.

Until the Right starts offering actual policies (and facts) rather than retreading the very tired and hackneyed scare tactics more appropriate to Joe McCarthy’s era, they will remain marginalized. Ask the British Tories…

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:03:56 +0000

Any of you who think that all non-resident aliens illegal or not WON’T be covered….

you’re naive. The government can’t run anything without screwing it up.

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:10:36 +0000

I used to enjoy this blog until you reposted this. Very few of these claims have any basis in reality. I am ashamed that more fact checking was not done.

By: Pink

Pink — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:32:43 +0000

Uh-oh, Whitecoat, Big Brother is watching.

“There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.”

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things/

By: Supremacy Claus

Supremacy Claus — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:18:03 +0000

Read parts of HR 3200. It is far worse than implied here. Much of it is incomprehensible, vague, and awaits the life and death decisions of future political hacks and lawyers running decision making boards. This is like a mob takeover of a business. It should be physically resisted. If a loved one is denied care, and dies needlessly, knee cap a member of the lawyer and Democrat hierarchy. Let them have chronic pain. See how they enjoy cheap Commie Care.