what is this we you speak of, kemo sabe? what is your definition of over-utilization? I did not see that in the press conference, unless you are talking about where he said "we are looking into that"?
But I will admit to my own brand of skepticism on this. I foresee an unfunded mandate for individuals to buy coverage. This is not what I hoped for. I found this amusing, and yes, I know it is on the Huffington Post. Deal. I think you might agree with it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/the-unbearable-weakness-o_b_261651.html On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Dana wrote: > > > > > eh. I'd call the "flag" address a PR faux pas -- a gift to people who > need > > something to be outraged about. > > > As I said, democrats, including the white house, have committed a bunch of > unforced errors recently. the flag@ and email spamming go beyond unforced > errors - not because of ill intent, but because of the very serious > underlying legal issues involved. > > > > I don't see anything in your other link that > > says these emails are from third-party lists? If so that is also not a > good > > thing, but in the absence of any evidence that this si what happened, I > am > > remnding myself which party brought us swiftboating, and moving on. > > > Gibbs admitted it in the press conference. Basically third party political > organizations fed the White House email lists of people who had signed > petitions or other such materials. I guess it's cheaper than using the Air > Force to paper the countryside with leaflets. > > > > > > > People dying for lack of insurance vs. (perhaps) a couple of people > getting > > unsolicited email. > > > > people don't die for lack of insurance. they die for lack of care. millions > of people in this country are uninsured by choice. but somehow that's a > crisis, oh no! we can't have those people going without ... insurance? > really? > > the underlying issue, and what has been driving the push for mandatory > coverage is that by forcing young, healthy people to buy insurance they > don't need and don't use, you can bring a huge new amount of capital into > the system, capital that will be used to pay for the programs that are > going > broke because of over-utilization by the elderly and the infirm. it's a > scam, yet another transfer of wealth away from the young and healthy to the > elderly and infirm. > > i am all for reform, we made a very good list of things that could be > improved in the current system without forcing people to have coverage. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:302102 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
