"Clown Prince" Weekly Blather; December 19th

A Patriotic Response To The Clown Prince; 12/19/2009 Weekly Address, December 19, 2009 Over the past few decades, there has been an intense struggle in Washington between the lobbyists for the insurance industry and the interests of the American people over what has been called a Patient’s Bill of Rights – a set of rules to protect Americans from some of the worst practices of the health insurance industry; rules to ensure that all Americans are getting the care they need from their doctors and the care they deserve from their insurance companies. The last time a Patient’s Bill of Rights was within reach was roughly a decade ago, and it was supported by Democrats and Republicans alike, from Ted Kennedy to John McCain. It included the right to an appeals process so you could challenge an unfair decision by an insurance company before a third party. It included the right to choose your own doctor. It included the right to access information about what your health insurance plan means for you. And it called for a new level of transparency so that patients would know if their doctors had a conflict of interest when providing services. Now, this Patient’s Bill of Rights never made it into law. It fell victim – again and again – to the same special interest lobbying that has blocked passage of health insurance reform for so many decades. But today, we are being given another chance to make it a reality, because each of these rights, and many more, are incorporated in the health insurance reform bill that recently passed the House of Representatives and in the bill that is currently making its way through the Senate. [What I'm not telling you: Before we go too far...... For Mahammud's sake, DO NOT go to the "Monday edition" of Justin Case's blog!!! This "Patient's Bill of Rights" is a long-overdue protection for Americans; preventing unscrupulous health insurance companies from denying covered procedures. You should live long enough to find that this bill of rights has no bearing on "the rationed care" that will be forthcoming in this rediculous healthcare reform bill coming through the senate. With that neandrathol Phatt Kennedy supporting ANYTHING, how can it be more than "just another taxpayer screwing?!?!?!" McCain is not much better; do you remember what my handlers did to him in the election they bought?? That guy is just too nice to be in a "Chicago Style" political fight-just not up to lying, cheating, obfuscating the facts-all requirements for buying an election!! Even if the "bill of rights" becomes law, it'll just be one of those laws-like others intended as actually benefitting the public, from the congressional morons-will have few if any, teeth; hence be just more political blather that you've come to know as "barack INSANE obama-Mm...MM...Mm!!!"] Both the House and Senate bills would make it against the law for insurance companies to deny you coverage on the basis of a pre-existing condition or illness. Both would stop insurers from charging exorbitant premiums on the basis of age, health, or gender. Both would prevent insurance companies from dropping your coverage when you get sick. And both would put a limit on how much you have to pay out of pocket for the treatments you need in a year or lifetime. Simply put, the protections currently included in both the health insurance reform bill passed by the House and the version currently on the Senate floor would represent the toughest measures we’ve ever taken to hold the insurance industry accountable. Anyone who says otherwise simply hasn’t read the bills. Just open these proposals at random and you’ll find on almost any page patient protections that dwarf any of those passed by Congress in at least a decade. These protections are just one part of a landmark reform that will finally reduce the cost of health care. When it becomes law, families will save on their premiums. Small businesses and Americans who don’t get any insurance today through their employers will no longer be forced to pay punishingly high rates to get coverage. This legislation will also strengthen Medicare and extend the life of the program, while saving senior citizens hundreds of dollars a year in prescription costs. And reforms to target waste, inefficiency, and price-gouging by the insurance industry will help make this the largest deficit reduction plan in over a decade. The insurance industry knows all this. That’s why they’re at it again, using their muscle in Washington to try to block a vote they know they will lose. They’re lobbying. They’re running ads. They’re spending millions of dollars to kill health insurance reform, just like they’ve done so many times before. They want to preserve a system that works better for the insurance industry than it does for the American people. [What I'm not telling you: See how reid and I have "put the screws to" the insurance companies?? They didn't go along with this economic takeover so now they have to cover everything!! This is quite similar to calling the insurance company covering your house and demanding coverage after your house is consumed by fire!! How cool is that!! Are you really believing that blather about spending a $TRILLION and saying that it will reduce the deficit?? If you are, you're bigger morons than the congresspeople are!! If it were more about your actual health insurance coverage than economic and personal control over every aspect of your lives, I would have demanded that health coverage be sold across state lines, rather than states' restricting what company{ies} you can deal with. Remember, fascists are against everything "free-market!!" A free market atmosphere would have spurred competition, thus driving costs down; coverage-per-dollar, UP!! {Can't have that, now can we??} Speaking of Medicare/Medicaid..... when have you ever seen a "government program" that was actually manageable, sustainable, beneficial?? Those two programs just served to enhance the obamacRATic voters' rolls; did very little good--at least not without alot of bitching--for the benenficiaries!! ] But now – for the first time – there is a clear majority in the Senate that’s willing to stand up to the insurance lobby and embrace lasting health insurance reforms that have eluded us for generations. The question is whether the minority that opposes these reforms will continue to use parliamentary maneuvers to try and stop the Senate from voting on them. Whatever their position on health insurance reform, Senators ought to allow an up or down vote. Let’s bring this long and vigorous debate to an end. Let’s deliver on the promise of health insurance reforms that will make our people healthier, our economy stronger, and our future more secure. And as this difficult year comes to a close, let’s show the American people that we are equal to the task of meeting our great challenges. [What I'm not telling you: "....a clear majority..... willing to stand up....." What a hoax that statement is!! The only one's they're willing to stand up to are you, the American taxpayer!! They're standing up to the will of 62% of Americans who don't want health care reform of any sort-thinking you'll forget by the 2010 election cycle!! I've spent $Billions out of that porkulus "presidential slush-fund," buying off whores like that moron-Landrieu; like AARP; like that whore Lieberman; like that whore Ben Nelson. I could go on-and-on.... Nearly all of the obamacRATic congressional morons!!] Thanks for listening, and on behalf of Michelle, Malia, Sasha, and Bo, happy holidays, from our family to yours. [What I'm not telling you: Now that I've declared that the United States is not a christian country, how could I possibly use the phrase "Merry Christmas??" Furthermore, what the Hell do I care what you think.....?? This is MY country, to shape it as my handlers and I see fit-with NO INPUT from ANYONE who doesn't agree with my fascist directions for the country.....nay, for the planet!!]