tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084784365151727367.post7260479288367949811..comments2017-06-02T17:20:09.270-08:00Comments on OMFGAlaska: President Obama, please STEAL THIS PLAN... NOW!Lazarhathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385885201009012907noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084784365151727367.post-48237747347650071362009-07-22T16:52:12.028-08:002009-07-22T16:52:12.028-08:00Budo7 had another comment, mentioning how congress...Budo7 had another comment, mentioning how congress always screws things up on bills with amendments and then veering off into states rights that has nothing to do with this issue, so I did not post it. The original post mentions at least twice that he's absolutely right about congress tweaking the present bill because of the extra 160 amendments added by Republican obstructionists. So it's a moot point to post his comment because in essence it was his own form of obstructionist amendment to my original premise. It was already said twice. So I deemed it off topic and rejected it.<br /><br />The states rights issue is as much a straw man as his original tort reform ploy. I add as a final point and one that answers his states rights issue: the state of Alaska has been enjoined from adding any more patients to the state administered Medicare and Medicaid system exactly because of mismanagement by this state. It's all over the news, look it up or Google it if you are interested. Giving a state the right to manage health care is not a guarantee that things will be managed correctly. Exhibit 1? My state, the state of Alaska.<br /><br />-LazLazarhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385885201009012907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084784365151727367.post-62767834386296085062009-07-21T19:59:02.125-08:002009-07-21T19:59:02.125-08:00Ok Patrick, can I call you Patrick since I now kno...Ok Patrick, can I call you Patrick since I now know you from FB? Let's address those numbers and allow me to correct and then back them up with FACTS.<br /><br />Thank you for pointing out my errors of memory and please see the update added to the original post.<br /><br />Oh and in the future, before you go calling out a Republican -- even a progressive one like me, judging a book by it's cover, I ask that you please actually READ and fully GROK what is being communicated, Ok? O-TAY!<br /><br />-LazLazarhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385885201009012907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084784365151727367.post-89573354154526329252009-07-21T11:04:22.900-08:002009-07-21T11:04:22.900-08:00Sorry but not sure where your getting your numbers...Sorry but not sure where your getting your numbers from but 72% feel the health care needs reform, they are not repeat not in favor of a national or universal health care plan. While this system needs to be changed starting with tort reform, the numbers you are posting are not correct. <br />Given a choice between health care reform and a tax hike or no health care reform and no tax hike, 47% would prefer to avoid the tax hike and do without reform. Forty-one percent (41%) take the opposite view.<br /><br />The opposition is stronger when asked about a choice between health care reform that would require changing existing health insurance coverage or no health care reform and no change from current coverage. In that case, voters oppose reform by a 54% to 32% margin.Budo7https://www.blogger.com/profile/15186907318938651180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084784365151727367.post-24817046644019522212009-07-21T05:51:47.850-08:002009-07-21T05:51:47.850-08:00Please forward this to the White House in an email...Please forward this to the White House in an email, or better yet, fax it.majiinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084784365151727367.post-64526009368665527442009-07-21T03:53:07.627-08:002009-07-21T03:53:07.627-08:00Thank you.Thank you.Georgia Eliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14891721603380889339noreply@blogger.com