No Runny Eggs

I pointed out yesterday the video in which President Obama states that he fully believes private insurance will be eliminated, in time, by the public insurance he is advocating.  Apparently this video caught the White House’s attention.

Later yesterday, the White House released a video intended to counteract the earlier video.  In this video, Linda Douglass tells us that the previous video was put together by people who are “trying to scare us” about health care reform.  She also tells us that because President Obama talks to sooooooo many people about health care it is easy to take a snippet here or a snippet there and present them “out of context.”

Hmmmm, “out of context.”

Would that be “out of context” like the President who told us that he didn’t agree with the positions of Jeremiah Wright’s black theology but when presented with a case in which he knew none of the facts he said that the white Cambridge police sergeant acted “stupidly?”

Or, would that be “out of context” like the President who told us that all important legislation would be posted on the Internet for several days before his signature so that everyone could read it.  Except that none of the important legislation has been posted before signature because everything in this administration is an emergency.

Or, would that be “out of context” like the President who told us he would not have any lobbyists in his administration and now the fastest growing segment of job growth seems to be back filling positions for lobbyists that have been hired into his administration?

Or, would that be “out of context” like Summers and Geithner increasing taxes even though Obama says no one under $250K will get an increase?  Oh, wait, that one hasn’t happened……YET

Or, would that be “out of context” like members of Congress and the President himself, telling us that many of the things that we read in the health care reform bill aren’t really in there but when those items are specifically addressed with amendments they are wholly rejected.

Folks, we went through an entire campaign with Obama telling us that what he said in his past is not who he was today.  Many people bought into that theory.  Some bought into it to the point of deluding themselves to believe that Obama would govern as a centrist rather than the far left ideologue he had always been.

If the video was really cherry picked and out of context, wouldn’t it be pretty easy for the White House to get the original video and release.  America has tired of Obama’s takeover attempt but still remains a country that understands a set up when it sees one.  Don’t hold your breath, the video won’t be coming.

I guess when it comes to what Obama really believes about private health insurance in comes down to that old saying:

Who are you going to believe, Linda Douglass or your lying eyes?

Update:  8/4 2:10 PM by Shoebox – So, out of context huh?  They can make him say anything they want if they just take snippets huh?  How about a full uncut version?

H/T Drudge

As the protests heat up a new tact has been taken by several of the offending electing officials.  When confronted with specifics about the bill circulating in the House some members of Congress and President Obama himself, attempt to claim that because the bill is final the interpretations that people are making of the language are invalid because they aren’t based on “final language.”  “Things could change” seems to be the line that these Congressional folks want to hold to.

Not hardly.

Heritage.Org goes through the recent mark up by the House Ways and Means Committee.  As a part of their review they look at several amendments that were proposed, their potential impact on the legislation and the result of the vote on the amendment.  Each of the amendments were intended to specifically address one of the issues that the offending Congressional folks are trying to tell us “isn’t in there.”  Let’s have a look at a few.

• An amendment was offered that would eliminate Obama care if people on the public plan had average wait times for medical procedures that were longer than for people on private plans.  The amendment was defeated by the Democrats on a straight party-line vote.
• An amendment was offered that would ensure that illegal immigrants would not gain access to Obama care.  The ammendment was defeated by the Democrats on a straight party-line vote
• An amendment was offered that would require members of Congress to forfeit their coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.  This amendment was defeated by the Democrats.
• An amendment was offered that would guarantee that HSA plans would be private plans that would be eligible for future enrollment.  The amendment was defeated by the Democrats
• An amendment was offered that would keep abortions from being mandated as required coverage in Obama care.  A separate amendment was offered that would prevent tax money from being used to provide abortions.  Both amendments were defeated by the Democrats.

There were several other amendments offered, all defeated by the Democrats.

Funny, when challenged with their own language the Congressional cowards hide behind the notion that the language “could change.”  When challenged in committee to clarify the language and say specifically what they mean, they just hide.

I posted last week and Steve followed up here with things we could learn from “The Keystone Cops sells autos,” also known as CARS.  Today, another painful lesson is being learned in the CARS fiasco that can be directly applied to the health care take over.

CARS started July 25th, by last Friday it had been essentially halted.  The CARS program ran an entire 7 days.  Since last Friday government bureaucrats have been pontificating, arguing, pointing fingers, chest puffing and all the other things that bureaucrats do.  Bureaucrats have been doing everything except fixing the program.  The bureaucrats have now spent 50% as much time as the program actually ran debating whether the program should continue, in what form, how to fund it etc.  In the meantime, automobile dealers and potential purchasers are wondering when, if and how they may be able to get their deal done.

Roll forward five years.  Obama national health has been passed and we are in the second full year of its implementation.  Eighteen months into the full implementation of Obama care it becomes apparent that the budget Congress has allotted for Obama care is inadequate.  Let’s say that the amount needed to fund the program is double the original estimate (like what happened to Massachusetts Care) which means Congress needs to debate additional funding.   

Because the “solution” to the funding problem is not obvious on the horizon hospitals, doctors and other health care providers don’t know what will happen to their payments and reimbursements.  Because they don’t know how they will be paid they start slowing work or delaying admissions, a perfectly logical response and one which Medicaid patients have lots of experiences with to say that it does happen.

Finally, imagine you have a surgery scheduled.  Oh, it’s not life threatening.  You don’t have cancer, your heart isn’t about to stop.  No, it’s not life threatening, it’s just a kidney stone that needs to be removed.  How many days will you be willing to wait while Congress debates how they will pay your doctor to do your removal?

None?  Yeah, me neither.  That’s one more reason I like to have say in my health care.