Obama assembled 150 doctors from all 50 states who supported his health care rationing plan for a photo op. The White House wanted the doctors to wear lab coats during the photo op and they were told to bring them, when some of them forget, the WH staff handed lab coats out (which we paid for, I'm sure):
President Obama yesterday rolled out the red carpet -- and handed out doctors' white coats as well, just so nobody missed his hard-sell health-care message.Obama's sledgehammer approach to pushing his agenda: making sure the public know that doctors support his plan (white lab coats are pretty much a grammar school assembly visual aid):In a heavy-handed attempt at reviving support for health-care reform, the White House orchestrated a massive photo op to buttress its claim that front-line physicians support Obama.
"Nobody has more credibility with the American people on this issue than you do,"If he really thinks that doctors have the most credibility on this issue, maybe he should listen to the hundreds who have been descending on DC to make sure that ObamaCare doesn't pass:
Hundreds of doctors took their health care fight to Capitol Hill Thursday. They deal with patients and insurance companies every day and now they want their voices heard.So, who do we believe? Doctors standing around looking professional in their lab coats or doctors who understand the implications of what is about to happen to our health care system.[...]
"I'm here to tell everyone if you're not listening to the American people, try listening to the doctors of America because we're here to tell you this is a disaster," said Dr. Colin Blake, a Massachusetts resident.
BTW, speaking of government run health care:
While most of political Washington has been consumed with the debate over how to make health care more accessible to low-income Americans, the government unexpectedly raised rates by more than 20 percent on the in-patient co-payments that must be paid by retired military veterans and their families who have their health insurance provided by Veterans Affairs.This is our future if the public option (stealth single payer) passes. Once the government has control of our health care, we can expect our fees to rise as well.[...]
A spokesman for Tricare Management Activity said that the program was required to raise fees unless Congress says otherwise, as it has in the past.
"For the previous two years, Congress passed legislation to freeze these rates, and this time they did not," spokesman Austin Camacho said.
Update: OOPS! WH didn't do such a great job vetting the doctors they invited to the event:
He raises a good question: how many of these guys are really supporters or just want to be at the WH with Obama.
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"So pass it! What are they (Dems) waiting on? If the Republicans are "completely and totally irrelevant," then just pass it. Why don't they do it?"
Maybe they're afraid that doing something so drastic would cause even more conservatives to show up with guns where the president is speaking?
"We can't."
in that case, mr. ed, why don't all the republicans just stay home?
the topic was about using medical professionals on both sides of the debate to try to bolster their case... you went off topic to challenge the dems to just pass healthcare reform. the dare is stupid and formed by a simpleton view of the world.
it amuses me the way conservative republicans view congress and the world. black or white, with us or against us. for you i guess it's that simple, since all the republicans remaining are extremist ideologues with a common mindset and belief system; simple drones who do the bidding of the queen bee (they're still trying to decide if the queen is rush limbaugh or glenn beck). because of small thinking, conservative republicans assume that everyone with a label or in a group must do the same thing, think the same thoughts and vote the same way.
however, in the democratic party there are also some conservatives along with liberals and moderates. i know, it's hard for a republican to believe that a political party can have such a diverse, big tent. but this is why the republican party is irrelevant. democrats need to hash out their differences among themselves and pass the bill that the people want, despite republicans' obstruction. considering congressional republicans' childish antics, i predict that's exactly what will happen.
"Nice redirection try... The rest of your comments are off topic."
funny, nobody before complained when you went off topic. but hey, if you don't want to address that your conservative congressmen aren't willing to put anything worthwhile on the table for discussion and then vote for it because their goal is simply to bring down obama, well that's your prerogative.
i'd correct you on the rest of your comments, but they're off topic.
Wow, Michelle, your hate and fear really came through strongly on this post.
I guess that means things are looking good for American.
The fact that a sitting US president puts together a photo op at the White House to help push one of his major legislative agenda items isn't exactly shocking news, except in the right wingnuttosphere.
The polls show the majority of Americans, and the majority of doctors, support a public option. And by a significant margin.
My mother has Tricare. Unlike many private plans, it continues to cover her even after her second husband's (a navy vet) death. That's not cheap to do. It's really very good. A 20% cost increase in 3 years is still less than the rise in premiums and copays for most private insurances.
Obama will do the right thing. You will thank him when you or someone you love gets free care instead of DYING because the cost for treatment is ridiculously high!
Why do you think that poor people deserve to die?
Why do you only want rich people to have medication?
Are you a nazi?
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