Dictatorship Is A Stubborn Thing
By Mitch Berg
To: President Obama and his Administration
From: Mitch Berg – human ATM machine
Re: Your Stasi
Mr. President,
Before we get down to business:
For the record, the President has consistently said that if you like your insurance plan, your doctor, or both, you will be able to keep them. He has even proposed eight consumer protections relating specifically to the health insurance industry.
Ah. “For the record”. Well, that makes everything totally different.
Look: paper protections mean exactly as much as the paper prediciton that “Cash for Clunkers” funding would last a month. Oh, the paper “protection” might be there – but there is no way for the private insurance industry to compete with a government-subsidized plan over time. The market distortion and its’ “Unintended” consequences count for a lot more than any paper “guarantee”.
OK. Let’s get down to business:
There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.
Flag this. Like most criticisms of Obamacare, it’s not “misinformation” in any way.
Mitch. Berg, with an “e”.
You can come on the Northern Alliance Radio Network and “set the record straight”. Have your people call our people.
August 5th, 2009 at 8:56 am
Wonder how many people will report Obama for supplying misinformation about what’s really in the bill?
August 5th, 2009 at 8:58 am
“For the record, the President has consistently said …”
… if you like rainbows and unicorns, you can keep them. After all, we’re just asking about his vision of health care reform, not any actual legislation.
August 5th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Not “misinformation” , “disinformation” Mitch. That shows the evil intent of those trying to stymie the Founding Father of our great New People’s Republic.
I may have to report you to the Blog Czar.
August 5th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
“If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.”
what’re they going to do with those emails? Sounds fishy to me. :-/
August 5th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
wonder what email address we can use when the govt. is acting fishy.
August 5th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
tolowen said:
“wonder what email address we can use when the govt. is acting fishy.”
An excellent question with regard to the question of health care.
When my insurance provider is “acting fishy” I can call on government to intervene on my behalf.
When my insurance provider is the government, will they answer my call?
August 5th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Can we send in reports on CNN, MSNBC, Huffpo and DKos?
August 5th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
“NO, K-Rod I will NOT admit that there are not 47 million Americans don’t have health insurance.”
More disinformation, not to mention my question was “can’t get” instead of “don’t have”, from a Catholic priest no less. WWJD?
http://ibdeditorials.com/CartoonPopUp.aspx?id=333232530356809
59.9 – 12.6 = 47.3 – 18 = 29.3 – 9.4 = 19.9 – 8.4 = 11.5 million Americans haven’t signed up for government health programs!!!
OMG!!!
It’s a crisis!!!
THE SKY IS FALLING!!!
RUN FOR YOU LIVES!!!
WE ARE ALL DOOMED!!!
Game. Set. Match.