Imagine an extremist who adamantly opposes mandatory health insurance which will go into effect under President Obama’s Affordable Health Care Act. He is enraged by the Supreme Court decision and has threatened a violent response if forced to comply. Imagine how surprised he would be to find out several former Republican presidents also supported federal involvement in health care!
The enraged opponent might point out the "culprits;" Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton. "What else is new?" he might say. Of course, FDR made up a new national policy: all Americans have a right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health. Let FDR pay for it.
And that other Democrat, Harry S. Truman, stated, “Our ultimate aim must be a comprehensive insurance system to protect all our people equally against insecurity and ill health."
But, there are other, surprising supporters of affordable health care to be found in the history books. See if you can guess who made the following statements:
A) “Many of our fellow Americans cannot afford to pay the costs of medical care… and they are not protected by adequate health insurance… I recommend, consequently, the establishment of a Federal health reinsurance service to encourage private health insurance organizations in offering broader benefits to insured individuals and families and coverage to more people.
“In addition, to improve medical care for the aged, the blind, dependent children, and the permanently and totally disabled who are public assistance recipients, I recommend the authorization of limited Federal grants to match State and local expenditures.”
B) “Twenty-five million Americans have no health care insurance at all, and millions of others have inadequate protection. Less than half of those under 65 years of age have protection against catastrophic health costs, and almost no one over 65 has protection, .such as preventive services, mental health care, outpatient services, and medication are often excluded from coverage. Many other essential
services are not adequately covered."This week, the Senate Finance Committee will begin hearings on health insurance legislation that could usher in a historic reform of the American health care system… I am confident that the executive and legislative branches of the Government, in a spirit of statesmanship and compromise, can work together to resolve the problems of providing health insurance legislation which meets the needs of all Americans.”
C) “My health care plan provides insurance security for all Americans while preserving and increasing the idea of choice. We make basic health insurance affordable for all low-income people not now covered.”
Answers:
A) President Dwight D .Eisenhower
B) President Richard Nixon
C) President George H. W. Bush
For one, the bill addresses none of the issues most consistently ranked by physicians as the most critical for lowering costs and improving access. Tort reform, streamlining billing and payment, and fixing the flawed government formula for calculating physician reimbursement are given little, if any, serious attention. the government will be forced to take the path of least resistance to save money That means reducing physician reimbursement, just as the country is counting on even more physicians to be available. Physicians knew the health care bill had a "gotcha" buried deep inside. The only way it could be called "budget-neutral" was to implement significant reductions in physician payments. So just as we are hoping more physicians become available to treat the influx of 31 million more patients, the government is implementing a massive reduction in physician reimbursement (a 21% reduction in physician reimbursement went into effect April 1 meaning physician reimbursement has been declining for several years
I don't think you have a clue as to how drugs get approved or the food supply is "inspected". You would be a bit less cavalier if you did
(CNSNews.com) – Vice President Joe Biden told people attending an AARP town hall meeting that unless the Democrat-supported health care plan becomes law the nation will go bankrupt and that the only way to avoid that fate is for the government to spend more money. “And folks look, AARP knows and the people with me here today know, the president knows, and I know, that the status quo is simply not acceptable,” Biden said at the event on Thursday in Alexandria, Va. “It’s totally unacceptable. And it’s completely unsustainable. Even if we wanted to keep it the way we have it now. It can’t do it financially.” “We’re going to go bankrupt as a nation,” Biden said. “Now, people when I say that look at me and say, ‘What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?’” Biden said. “The answer is yes, that's what I’m telling you.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt2yGzHfy7s
While they are one step above too stupid to remember to breath, they try to control the lives of the rest of us. With people like this running things, we, as a nation, are screwed. BTW, I did not mean to insult rocks.
Umm...Im not unaware that the segregationists no longer exist.... in fact, BRad, I said so.. . You cant see that? Strange? No, the point is , that while you hurl invective and charges of racism, the only credible racists are long gone, yet from the Democratic party. Your statement of "FDR needed them" is repulsive. But just again, to reassure me that your integrity is questionable, and your NEED to justify, outweighs your pursuit of truth---let me ask this question: If history will say that Romney "Needed the far right as part of his coalition," would that make those people that more acceptable to you , Brad? Are you against racism, or for the Democratic Party? Obviously the latter--because today's democratic party is against racism,--but who knows they may again switch, and Brad has taken a long time, to justify their inclusion in the party in the past. Therefore, I have to assume, if the ends justify the means, Brad is Ok, with racism --when and only when, the Democrats "need" them. Nice, Brad-- Its repugnant --but certainly the way most people feel these days. All I need to do is find a way to justify my actions; maybe find out why it was different, or how it all worked out, and then I dont have to acknowledge its wrong--. When my party switches, I ll switch with them--and never regret my former actions. To Brad, Japanese internment camps were ok--FDR implemented them as well--that guy who only was for oppression when he "needed to".
you looking forward to going to jail for a federal crime? Now youre trying to use my name? Fine , man... knock yourself, out. But youre going to jail..
- Thomas Jefferson Ooops. Too late.
Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1792
George Washington
http://www.redstate.com/barrypopik/2010/01/31/origin-myth-of-the-lobbyist-glenn-beck-uses-another-fake-thomas-jefferson-quote/ http://www.guncite.com/gc2ndbog.html http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/two-enemies-people-are-criminals-and-governmentquotation