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In the Congress there are 5 Different Plans, so, which one does President Obama support and talk about ?
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Some weeks ago a major health care proposal was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, headed by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and with [...]

Message from Dennis Kucinich. What do you think?

HEALTH CARE WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE

The masquerade is over! The “public option” is … dead.

Health care reform is now a private option: WHICH FOR PROFIT INSURANCE COMPANY DO YOU WANT? You have to choose. And you have to pay. If you have a low income, under HR3200 government will subsidize the private insurance companies and you will still have to pay premiums, co-pays and deductibles.

The Administration plan requires that everyone must have health insurance, so it is delivering tens of millions of new “customers” to the insurance companies. Health care? Not really. Insurance care! Absolutely. Cost controls? No chance.

You will next hear talk about “co-ops.” The truth is that insurance company campaign contributions have co-opted the public interest.

I need your help to spread the word and rally the nation around true health care reform which covers everyone and maintains fiscal integrity without breaking our nation’s bank! Your contribution will empower our efforts to continue to fight for the single-payer, not-for-profit health care bill, HR676 “Medicare for All,” which I co-authored with Rep. John Conyers. The bill now has 85 sponsors in the House.

The hotly-debated HR3200, the so-called “health care reform” bill, is nothing less than corporate welfare in the guise of social welfare and reform. It is a convoluted mess. The real debate which we should be having is not occurring.

Removing the “public option” from a public bill paid for by public money is not in the public interest. What is left is a “private option” paid for with public money. Why should public money be spent on a private option which does not guarantee 100% coverage nor have any cost controls? A true public option would provide 30% savings immediately which would then cover the 1/3rd of the population who presently have no health care.

Unfortunately, under HR3200, the Government is choosing winners and losers in the private sector; proposing to spend public funds on subsidizing insurance companies who make money not providing health care. This process will insure only the expansion of profits. Gone is the debate over cost.

As a result of current negotiations, the Medicare Part D rip-off will continue for another decade, further fleecing senior citizens. Drug importation has been dropped, so no inexpensive drugs can be accessed from other nations.

Instead we are told the pharmaceutical companies will accept a 2% cut in the growth rate of their profits – they call this cost control!

If the matter were not so serious, it would be farcical: The executive branch pretends that the proposed health care reforms are something they are not. The legislation is being attacked for something it is not. Congressional leadership and the White House defend the legislation, pretending it actually is the very proposal that is being attacked. But it is not.

A commonsense government health care reform policy would insure that every single American has full access to health care by expanding Medicare to cover everyone under a Single Payer System. We are already paying for a universal standard of care, it is just we are not getting it.

I need your help to spread the word and rally the nation around true health care reform which covers everyone and maintains fiscal integrity without subsidizing insurance and pharmaceutical companies and breaking our nation’s bank!

My voice in Congress will continue to challenge the special interests who do not want “single-payer” to succeed. I need you to join me in combating the special and corporate interests who spend millions to try to win this Congressional seat. With your help WE will win again. With your help I will continue to represent your concerns, be YOUR VOICE in the United States Congress, and be the voice for health care for all Americans!

Please contribute $25, $50, $100 in support of my campaign. Please contribute now.

With your help, we can accomplish ANYTHING in America. Persistence, dedication, truth and courage will lead the way and win out in the end.

Thank you.
Corruption Grumpy. He didn’t get elected because the media blacked him out.
Kucinich was excluded from the January 15, 2008 debate in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kucinich sued for the right to participate in the debate, but the Nevada Supreme Court ruled in favor of MSNBC. The media was trying the entire election to keep him hidden. If I recall correctly he was the most liked after the first debate. That was cause of concern for the power structure that he challenged.

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Is a private non profit co op better than a public option?

What are the facts that Republicans won’t tell us?

Some members of Congress are pushing the idea of nonprofit health co-ops as an alternative to a public health insurance option. According to a July 6, 2009 article in Congressional Quarterly:

“The [Senate] Finance Committee would set up consumer-owned “co-ops” that would essentially function as nonprofit insurers to compete against private health insurance companies. The proposal is seen as a compromise designed to attract moderate Democrats and Republicans.”

The strong and persistent presence of private nonprofit health insurance companies has not prevented any of the structural problems leading to our current health care crisis.
•Private, Nonprofit Health Insurance Does Not Promote Competition. Today, 84 of the 138 private health plans (61 percent) in the United States with at least 100,000 enrollees are nonprofit. Yet consolidation in the private insurance industry has narrowed price and quality competition. In 2008 the PPO/HMO industry’s market power was considered highly-concentrated, or anti-competitive, in 94% of metropolitan areas. A public health insurance plan option coupled with more regulation of health insurers will break the stranglehold that a handful of private companies have on the market. Most importantly, these reforms will enable consumers to vote with their feet and switch out of plans that don’t satisfy them.
•Private, Nonprofit Health Insurance Does Not Control Costs. While health care cost growth is unsustainable for individuals, businesses and the government, nonprofit status does not mean private insurance companies do not waste money. For example, many nonprofit insurers across the country have been abused by their officers and directors. For example, “Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maryland and its sister plan in the District of Columbia were poster children of nonprofit corruption and incompetence, squandering their assets on ego-building but money-losing diversification initiatives and on lavish executive lifestyles that devoted more days per year to jetting around the globe than to paying insurance claims back home,” according to one study. A public health insurance plan with public accountability and national purchasing reach would be able to slow health-cost growth and, through competition, keep private insurers honest and force them to become more efficient. Between 1997 and 2006, spending grew 59 percent faster for private plan enrollees than for Medicare beneficiaries. If private plans—either for- and not-for-profit—drop had controlled growth as effectively as Medicare, insurance premiums would be much lower than they are.
•Private, Nonprofit Health Insurance Does Not Provide Stability.
Experience with Medicare private health plans shows the disruption caused when all kinds of private insurers drop out of geographic markets, change benefits, contract with different doctors and hospitals, or boost out-of-pocket responsibilities for patients. While for-profit insurers withdrew from the Medicare program more frequently, nonprofit insurers have also abandoned their Medicare members. A survey of Medicare private health plan members whose plans were scaled back or terminated suffered financial harm damaged their physical and mental health. Among enrollees seeing medical specialists, 22 percent reported they had to stop seeing that doctor, and 15 percent said they had to forgo a prescription drug after leaving their former plan.
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•Private, Nonprofit Health Insurance Does Not Advance Innovation.
While private nonprofit insurers in some cases have been found to perform better than for-profit insurers on several health outcomes measurements, they do not have the clout to drive other insurers and providers to adopt their practices. In addition, since they still have to compete with for-profit insurers and have fewer options for raising capital than companies that can sell shares to Wall Street, they have no incentive to share best practices with industry competitors. A new public health insurance plan would spur the development of innovative and transparent payment mechanisms, quality-of-care incentives, and evidence-based protocols. A new public health plan could follow the achievements of the Department of Veterans Affairs and Medicare and adopt large-scale use of electronic medical records, incentives for greater integration of delivery systems and improved measures of quality.

http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2009072807/private-nonprofit-health-insurance-co-ops-cannot-adequately-reform-our-health-

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Is this a Win for the American people?

The Government run Health Care proposition is off the table. Or is it?
Now Americans wait to see what the Co-opt plan will be.
Why is the main issue of Health Care a Democratic win? Shouldn’t it be an American win that benefits Americans?
I don’t believe my personal health has a political party.
Democrats can claim victory as long as Americans are the real victors.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that a government alternative to private health insurance is “not the essential element” of the administration’s health care overhaul. The White House would be open to co-ops, she said, a sign that Democrats want a compromise so they can declare a victory.

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Are you happy about some of the Blue Dog compromises?

1) Cost: The Democrats were able to cut the cost of the bill by $100 billion over ten years. Much of the savings will come from shaving low income subsidies.

2) Small Businesses: The Blue Dogs also wanted to change the requirements on small businesses. Those businesses with a payroll of $500,000 or less will be exempt from the requirements

3) Public Option: Some in Congress worry that a government program will be unfair because doctors may be tied to the Medicare fee structure. The change in the plan will allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services negotiate rates for the public option.

4) State Co-ops: The party leaders also agreed to allow for optional state health care co-operatives in addition to a government run health insurance plan (public option).

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