Health Care Leaders Say Obama Overstated Their Promise to Control Costs
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/health/policy/15health.html?_r=1
Why is this not Headline news? It annoys me how much the news media is pandering to Obama.
"Health care leaders who attended the meeting have a different interpretation. They say they agreed to slow health spending in a more gradual way and did not pledge specific year-by-year cuts.
“There’s been a lot of misunderstanding that has caused a lot of consternation among our members,” said Richard J. Umbdenstock, the president of the American Hospital Association. “I’ve spent the better part of the last three days trying to deal with it.”
Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform, said “the president misspoke” on Monday and again on Wednesday when he described the industry’s commitment in similar terms. After providing that account, Ms. DeParle called back about an hour later on Thursday and said: “I don’t think the president misspoke. His remarks correctly and accurately described the industry’s commitment.”"
Yep the pres misspoke, oh wait no I did. Come on now.
Also in the article
"House Democrats on Thursday circulated the outline of a bill that would require all Americans to carry health insurance and would subsidize premiums for many people with incomes up to four times the poverty level ($88,200 for a family of four).
Under the proposal, employers would have to offer coverage to employees or help finance it by paying a percentage of their payroll. The Democrats are proposing creation of a “public health insurance plan,” which would compete with private insurers.
The public plan would probably be run by the Health and Human Services Department, according to the outline."
Why should I subsidize a family of 4 making $88K? If they couldn't afford to have that many kids then they should have had them. It's called personal responsibility. You know something Obama preached about in 2004.
Why is this not Headline news? It annoys me how much the news media is pandering to Obama.
"Health care leaders who attended the meeting have a different interpretation. They say they agreed to slow health spending in a more gradual way and did not pledge specific year-by-year cuts.
“There’s been a lot of misunderstanding that has caused a lot of consternation among our members,” said Richard J. Umbdenstock, the president of the American Hospital Association. “I’ve spent the better part of the last three days trying to deal with it.”
Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform, said “the president misspoke” on Monday and again on Wednesday when he described the industry’s commitment in similar terms. After providing that account, Ms. DeParle called back about an hour later on Thursday and said: “I don’t think the president misspoke. His remarks correctly and accurately described the industry’s commitment.”"
Yep the pres misspoke, oh wait no I did. Come on now.
Also in the article
"House Democrats on Thursday circulated the outline of a bill that would require all Americans to carry health insurance and would subsidize premiums for many people with incomes up to four times the poverty level ($88,200 for a family of four).
Under the proposal, employers would have to offer coverage to employees or help finance it by paying a percentage of their payroll. The Democrats are proposing creation of a “public health insurance plan,” which would compete with private insurers.
The public plan would probably be run by the Health and Human Services Department, according to the outline."
Why should I subsidize a family of 4 making $88K? If they couldn't afford to have that many kids then they should have had them. It's called personal responsibility. You know something Obama preached about in 2004.