62%-New Health Care Ad Blasts GOP: “Who Are They Listening To?”

[babylonsister]

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New Health Care Ad Blasts GOP: “Who Are They Listening To?”


Get ready for the debate set to shift hard to health care this week, with President Obama set to address the American Medical Association later this morning.

First up: A powerful liberal group allied with the White House is going up on the air with a new spot that hammers Republicans for refusing to back health care reform despite majorities who are demanding it:

The spot, which is being aired on D.C. cable by the labor-backed Americans United For Change, casts the health care battle as a purely partisan standoff, citing a poll showing 62% back the President’s plan. “If the Republicans in Congress ignore what sixty-two percent of us support, you gotta wonder: Who are they listening to?” it asks.

The ad, though, also describes the President’s plan as offering the option to choose a public insurance plan, to create competition with private insurers. That goal isn’t only opposed by Republicans; it has created deep divisions among Congressional Dems.

The battling among Dems over a public option has made it trickier for outside groups driving the White House message to cast the fight as nothing more than the “Party of No” Republicans versus a popular President, as they did with previous fights.

[Capt. America]

1. I know who they are listening to, along wit quite a few Dems I might add,

1) Big Pharma
2) Big Insurance
3) Right wing radio kooks
4) AMA

[pattmarty]

7. Well, the first two for sure. What is it "they" say; "money talks, bullshit walks".

[ihavenobias]

8. Excellent comment. n/t

[bc3000]

18. exactly

These congressmen are criminals selling their votes

[JDPriestly]

2. Great ad. Thanks. I proudly recommended this one.

[Bozita]

3. A HUGH!! K&R from me

[underpants]

4. 62% isn't a mandate

failing to defend the country is a mandate

:sarcasm:

[lame54]

5. It's sad that this ad is needed...

Theoretically we should be able to walk right over them

This is the ad that should be run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QkgUkM0o6Q

[pattmarty]

6. Can we please post ALL the Senate Dems that are against the "Public option"?

I know in my state both my Dem Senators are AGAINST it. We ALL have to hammer at these "republicans" to either change or face US when they come up for re-election.

[quidam56]

9. We must have health care reform this year,

In East Tennessee and southwest Virginia, I have seen what is deemed, defended and supported as "the acceptable standards of health care" http://www.wisecountyissues.com/?p=62 Clearly PROFIT CARE is more important than PATIENT CARE. How many more will die thanks to the greed and mislead health care system we have now.

[yy4me]

10. We demand support by Congress to pass the changes in our

healthcare delivery options. We all know that.

Not all Doctors are against the proposed changes. Let me relay to you a little about a conversation I had recently with my daughter, who is a Doctor of Internal Medicine in group practice.

She says, and I know it is true, that they are so burdened by paperwork that it is like a huge pile of rubble ready to collapse. In her office, she sees on average, 25 to 30 patients a day. Then she has to document all the medical info, at times, staying late and going weekends to the office to catch up on all the required paperwork. She, as well as probably all other Doctors, is overburdened with mandated paper. Between required forms for insurance companies and medical records, there are also the Medicaid requirements, Medicare paperwork.. ad infinitum. They are exhausted.

Many young Docs are burdened with over $100,000 worth of loans for Medical School. They love what they are doing but are sometimes very discouraged. Their reimbursement from the government and from insurance companies is minimal. Even when not working, the Doctors are always at the other end of the phone with other Doc's regarding patient info. They are also required to be "on call" so that there is always someone available. Sometimes she gets calls at home from patients.

As she said to me recently, "Mom, It is getting to be just too much, I have very little time for a real life and I am exhausted. The government has to do something".

Hey, Congress, this crappy system that you are balking about changing is killing all of us in one way or another. Its is not just the patients that are suffering, it is the doctors too.

I guess the happy ones are the insurance companies. They have had their day in the sun. Time to change that. In fact it is far past time.

[bertman]

11. Surely they can come up with some other ads showing people who have had their doctors

changed by the insurance companies, who have been refused care, who have had their essential medications eliminated.

This is a decent ad, but we need some that are aimed at the HUGE INEQUITIES in our current system, as well as the bogus claim that only the government will be able to tell us who our doctor will be.

With the right ads we could put some serious pressure on the anti-public option Democrats.

Recommmend.

[pattmarty]

12. Agree. Take the "rationing" argument they throw out there....................

........ANYONE with any kind of insurance experiences some kind of rationing at one time or another. Something else that could be used is taking single payer countries such as Canada and show the large majorities that love their healthcare system. Michael Moore did a pretty good job in "Sicko", but he has been so marginalized by the press no one in the mainstream wants anything to do with him. A huge thing that I have NEVER heard discussed it the "cap" a lot of insurance policies have (mine is $300.000 lifetime, which "ain't shit") where when you reach the "cap" you no longer have insurance.

[izquierdista]

16. A cap on payout

I'm sure if you wanted to pay more than $300,000 lifetime in premiums, they would have no problem with that.

[pattmarty]

19. Yeah, right. But, that's different because they have to make a profit.

:sarcasm:

[nolabels]

20. Screw that too

My employer and me will end up paying $468,000. at current rates. Unless something happens that is catastrophic i would be willing to bet the HMO will only pay out a tenth of that to service my policy during my life. This freaking whole health insurance is racket as far as i am concerned. If the government decides that it also needs to tax me for my insurance benefits there is going to be hell to pay :shrug:

[YewNork]

23. The opponents like to cherry pick the worst case scenarios from other countries' health systems

And then make it sound as if it's the norm when you have a publicly funded health care option.
You know - like they'll say "In England, the government told Emma that she did need her operation."

Well, how about an ad with the following statements about the current system we have here:

In America.....
Elaine was told that she could not obtain any health insurance because she had cancer seven years ago.
Jim had to file for bankruptcy to pay his medical bills.
Al was told by his insurance company that the medical procedure he needed was not covered.
Roberta was told by her insurer that she couldn't go to the doctor of her choice because he wasn't part of her insurance group.
Janet was told by an insurance company bureaucrat that they wouldn't pay for her prescription as it wasn't proven effective.
Chris lost his health coverage when he got sick and started using his insurance too much.
Tom was told by his employer which health insurance company he had to use.
Jennifer had to choose between feeding her family or buying health insurance.
Dave waited an hour in the emergency room after having a heart attack, before a doctor would see him.
Edith died in a hospital emergency room while hospital staff refused to help her.
Joey spent the night on an emergency room gurney because there were no available hospital beds.
Helen started having seizures, because her medical insurance stopped covering the brand name version of her medication.
Some prescription medicines are so expensive that some people have to travel to other countries to be able to buy them.
Private insurers say that creating a publicly funded health insurance plan to cover the people that private plans refuse to cover, would be unfair.

Anyone say that this couldn't be true?

[pattmarty]

24. You have provided EXCELLENT points for single payer in your post.

We need MORE TV & print ads pounding these and other good points home. A majority of Americans are on our side already, what they need is a "push".

[JimWis]

13. Very good ad. Thanks for posting it. Kick.

[bobbolink]

14. I wasn't aware that Baucus is a Republican.

:wtf:

[Canuckistanian]

26. He might as well be

He pretty much lines up with them on almost every issue.

[Stuart G]

15. K and R...thanks for posting this.

[jillan]

17. I Like it!!!!!

[GivePeaceAchance]

21. This ad shows the nation the GOP for who they are and in a nice subtle way too. Excellent...

Also takes heat off the Democratic party who overall are trying their best up against the forces working agianst them.

[quidam56]

22. We must have health care reform NOW

We MUST have health care reform this year. As a former health care giver, I am sad to see Profit Care is now more important than Patient Care. www.wisecountyissues.com/?p=62 In East Tennessee and southwest Virginia what the heath care system is selling is nothing at all like what really is their "acceptable standards " on public record in Greeneville, TN Federal Court, cases no. 2:04-cv-375. Apparently it's legal to lie about health care and legal to run false and misleading advertising about health care in TN & VA.

[TankLV]

25. I don't know ANYBODY who get to "choose their insurance plan"...

My EMPLOYEER chooses our plan, as have ALL employeers - I get to choose to participate or not - have coverage or pay for ALL of it out of my pocket MYSELF. Some choice.

And ALL insurance plans limit the CHOICE of Doctors - I had to switch doctors when my EMPLOYEER changed plans.

Also, EVEN FOR EMERGENCIES, my previous doctors all told me the EARLIEST I could see them when I was really sick was ONE MONTH or more!

I'm supposed to see an endocrinologist, but can't for SIX MONTHS because I'm not considered an EMERGENCY - and that even all CANCELATIONS are reserved for "CRITICAL" patients...!!!

WHY DON'T THEY TALK TO PEOPLE LIKE ME!!!