During the long national debate over the future of American health care, President Obama frequently chastised his opponents for launching exaggerated attacks on his plan for “reform.” He took particular exception to the criticism that the changes he was pushing amounted to a government takeover of the whole health sector. He knew full well that this kind of criticism might derail the entire effort in Congress, because most Americans recoil at the thought of a distant and bureaucratic federal government running the health-care system for everyone. So Obama vigorously denied that his program would lead to any such thing. In his Aug. 8, 2009, radio address, he described the “takeover” accusation as “outlandish” and characterized his approach as a mainstream and moderate attempt simply to reform the nation’s private health-insurance system.
It’s now been six months since Congress passed Obamacare — not a long time given the sweeping nature of the legislation and the long phase-in schedule for its most significant provisions. Even so, it is already abundantly clear that Obamacare’s critics were dead right: The new health law has set in motion a government takeover of American health care, and a very hostile one at that. The Obama administration’s clumsy and overbearing behavior since its passage proves the point.
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Either the insurers conform to the political agenda of the administration and describe the reasons for premium increases in terms acceptable to the Democratic party, or they will be shut out entirely from the government-managed insurance marketplace.
Fascism.
This is what Obamacare has brought us.
I would like to point out that when patients cannot access doctors, basic medical services and affordable insurance it may be a hostile takeover of the government rather than the reverse. Cheers.
BO (before Obama) it would have been inconceivable that Americans could have ever been so irresponsible regarding the future of their country as to permit themselves be conned into electing this guy. A President so evil, so dishonest, so anti-democracy, so marxist, so incompetent it’s to stagger the imagination. Astonishingly, despite all the destruction he has wrought on that nation and the fact that the majority of Americans strongly object to his policies, they (65%) still like him as a person. What!!!!
BTDT…I guess Americans can thank Bush, his republicans and their policies for Obama coming to power.
And, according to UV, the Americans can blame Bush for an unexplained out break of severe halitosis. Personally I believe that Oblamebush’s ascension to power is the result of Americans voting for him.
Geez Joe, great insite. However,you partially answered the question. The rest of the question is ‘why did they vote for Obama?’
Dont leave us hanging.
I blame George Washington.
Bang on John as it may have started when he cut down that damn cherry tree and then lied about it. Could it have been a devine power at work?
Well UV if I knew all the reasons Americans voted for Oblamebush I would be so wise as to know why you can’t stay ON TOPIC. In the mean time most Americans for reasons I do not know, want to keep their private insurance instead of relying on their federal government with its massive debts to cover their health care costs. What many of the ones I have talked to don’t like is the false pretenses under which this bill was passed.
Hey Joe, I’ll stay on topic if you will for which my brilliant & humerous response was in reply to your unusual stale statement as noted in your #5.
Re#9: He looked good, had a great orator’s voice, the media supported him unconditionally and didn’t look under any rocks for creepy crawlees, skeleton’s in the closet, actual competence or experience running anything ” BIG “.
Now he still has a good voice, looking a little less fresh, more tired and aging fast, and the rhetoric seems long on generalities and short on substance.
Hasn’t accomplished much and where he succeeded in passing legislation it mostly has everyone either angry at him for going too far or disappointed that he hasn’t gone far enough: The coolaid taste bitter instead of sweet as promised and it’s poisoning the Nation. ( But maybe I’m being too kind …. SARCASM …. LOL ).
UV: you might ask Hillary why Obama got elected? How did she become so, oh yesterday in a heartbeat.