Obama takes health care pitch to Virginia
Published: July 1, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is taking his pitch for health care revisions to Virginia, holding a town hall forum and fielding questions via the Internet.
Congress will fully engage in the health care debate when it returns Monday from a one-week recess. As lawmakers discuss the matter with their constituents, Obama is following suit, going to nearby Annandale, Va., on Wednesday.
Obama’s agenda calls for reducing health care delivery costs through less waste, insuring virtually all Americans and encouraging doctors and hospitals to emphasize quality of care over quantity of procedures.
Obama says the government will not borrow money to carry out the plans, but many Republicans are dubious if not outright hostile to his proposals.
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Well, after all, you are 60 years old…you should think about coming to terms with your age and what is realistic and cost efficient for all. Go home and deal with it!
Obama Health Care Plan, you wanted it, you got it, now deal with it…
Saving money by hampering the quality of care really isn’t the way to go, although traditionally National Health Plans in most countries have not met expectations in cost savings or actual quality care.
“Obama’s agenda calls for reducing health care delivery costs through less waste”
Read: Rationing – Sorry we couldn’t get you that testing/scan that would have prevented your fatel illness but hey look on the bright side, you just saved the tax payers a couple thousand dollars!
“Insuring virtually all Americans”
Read: Billions and Billions of tax dollars that we do not have.
“ and encouraging doctors and hospitals to emphasize quality of care over quantity of procedures.”
Read: Do more work for less money.
I really hope progress is made with today’s town hall. I will be all ears. If you’re going to be at work during the town hall, the app I always use on my iPhone for White House updates will be streaming it, so you can listen to it conveniently here: www.iheartradio.com/whblive. Hoping for the best today.
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