In yesterdays New Hampshire town hall meeting, President Obama stated that he never said he supported a single-payer health care system. But as clearly evidenced by this video, in 2003, he declared: “I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care plan.”
Meanwhile, at another point of the town hall meeting, Obama was pushing back against the idea that the creation of a new government-run plan would drive private insurers out of business, and he said that UPS and FedEx were doing fine, but “it’s the post office that’s always having problems.” Oops! See the video by clicking HERE.
The gaffe arose from the inherent contradiction of those arguing for the introduction of a government government-run plan. On the one hand, Obama and other supporters of the idea argue that we need to have a strong government plan to create more efficiency, drive down prices, and “keep private insurers honest.” Yet at the same time, they have to make it appear weaker to push back against those of us who argue that it will threaten private insurance and move us toward a single-payer system. So then you get statements in which Obama, in the course of arguing for a government-run system, takes a shot at the government-run post office.
(Source: American Spectator)
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The big lie of a stimulus package has now been exposed.Good luck shoving this one down Americas throat.
Define single payer!
Medicare and Medicaid are “single payer” systems.
If they took the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP) and made that the national plan, as some have suggested, would it be a single payer (there is a single source of money, but individuals choose among a variety of private insurance plans, often including HMOs, PPOs, fee for service and non-profits). Does single payer refer to a single source of funding, or to be limited to a single health insurance plan?
Does single payer mean the Canadian model where all medical care is funded centrally, private practice is largely banned, and anyone wanting to go “out of systems” has to come to the US (in the US we would probably never prohibit individuals from spending their money on out of system care).
Has Mr. Obama, or his critics, even given the matter that much thought, or at they too busy yelling at each other and trying to score media points?
Its no surprise when a guy contradicts himself from one moment to the next, that he contradicts what he said SIX years ago as well.
Last night Reuters News ran a “FactBox” summary comparing the specifics of the various legislative proposals on health care reform. If you are truly interested in the dry, sometimes even boring, but hard FACTS of what is going on, rather than hysterical and inaccurate polymics – See below
Here is the link:
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE57A50T20090811
The big lie of a stimulus there is no stimulus read my lips no stimulus he is only burying this country and the dems and the left are very happy
#6 – without various forms of government welfare (medicaid, WIC, food stamps, etc.) the kollel system would be in big trouble. Abolishing the ability of companies to discriminate against frum families will help Baal ha-Baatim, other than those who work for big companies or the government (who already have good insurance)
# 8 did you ever think, that “government welfare (medicaid, WIC, food stamps, etc.)” coming from tax, paid by everyone, who works – Jews and goyim? Did you ever ask all these goyim, if they would like to support kollel system? Did you ever think that only a few generations ago not every young man spent 100% of his time learning Torah, but only one, who has potential. The rest of the men learned and worked and supported their families. It was no welfare.
5 bacci40, surly you jest! And yes, I did call you shirley. The USPS is not private!