Obama White House Goes After Drudge Report and Conservative Blogs for Uncovering Truth
The Obama White House is going after the Drudge Report, Naked Emperor News, and other conservative websites for posting a video that showed Obama saying that employer-based healthcare coverage should be made illegal. Some nobody in the Obama Administration is accusing them of taking words out of context.
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Categories: Conservative Blogs Tags: attacks, blogs, conservative, drudge, healthcare, house, illegal, insurance, nakedemperornews, obama, private, report, websites, white
Not so Fast, Obama, Say Insurance Companies
The health insurance industry has some lingering doubts about President-elect Barack Obama’s health care plan. Even though they have supported a plan that will require them to accept all applicants without regard to pre-existing conditions, there are still concerns. The National Health Insurance Exchange is giving them issue.
The National Health Insurance Exchange would give Americans a choice between a private plan and a government sponsored plan. The premise is that by combining government sources and open market options, the insured will have more resources with which to tailor a custom plan. The New York Times reports Tom Daschle, the incoming HHS Secretary, as stating that the government’s plan is designed around the Medicare model.
The Plan would encourage competition between itself and participating private companies. Proponents say the competition that it encourages is likely to drive down market rates. The insurance industry, however, says this is not necessarily true. They argue that the opposite is true, that the government plan would likely underpay doctors for services rendered, causing private providers to raise their prices to cover their losses experienced from government plans.
Karen Ignagni, president of America’s Health Insurance Plans, recently stated “A new public program similar to Medicare would exacerbate cost-shifting, which already adds $1,500, or 10%, to the average premium for a family of four.” President-elect Obama, in spite of differences, seems to be keeping his word regarding giving all parties an equal seat at the negotiating table. This in itself is commendable.
Stephanie Cutter, spokesperson for Obama’s White House transition, recently said, “These are listening sessions. We are trying to find people who share Obama’s goal of health care reform, even if they disagree on the specifics.” Thousands of meetings have already been scheduled with health care reform as the subject. All parties are being welcomed.
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Ethan Kalvin
http://www.articlesbase.com/insurance-articles/not-so-fast-obama-say-insurance-companies-704939.html
Categories: Government Reform Tags: Academy of Conservative Study, care, change in government, conservative academy, Critical Thinking, critical thought, government, government change, Government Reform, health, insurance, obama, plan, teaching students critical thought
Sen Franken Smacks Down Conservative Health Care Arguments
Senator Al Franken (DFL- Minnesota) questions Diana Furchtgott-Roth of the conservative think tank Hudson Institute about bankruptcies caused by medical crises. Franken points out there are no such bankruptcies in Switzerland, France or Germany. Furchgott-Roth tries to bring up a flawed study about cancer survivor rates in those countries. Franken cuts her off, noting that the study she is talking about cherry-picked information and included easily survivable cancers in the US.
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Categories: Conservative Studies Tags: Bankruptcy, Cancer, Franken, furchtgott, healthcare, Hudson, Institute, insurance, Minnesota, MN, Obamacare, roth
