Comments on: Obviously Glenn Beck has 8 more hemorrhoids up his ass or maybe he’s just a typical rich white guy who doesn’t understand that there are some Americans who can’t afford healthcare without the cushy job?

By: kayinmaine

kayinmaine — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:19:18 +0000

J., you should have heard that hatemonger on the air the next couple of days after he screamed at this caller. He was hoarse and he sounded like more of a lunatic than he did in this video! The man is insane for crying out loud! I think the next time he has surgery the doctor should do a lobotomy. It could save our nation!

By: J.

J. — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:52:08 +0000

Glenn Beck is about the most despicable man on air.

I can’t believe that miserable, hateful fucktard gets rewarded with a show and book deals. People should just ignore him; act like he isn’t even there. Maybe then he’d go away. They should do the same to Sarah Failin’.

By: kayinmaine

kayinmaine — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:39:52 +0000

So let me see if get this straight….the right wingers want competition in all business sectors except for the health industry? Idiots. I heard the right winger who is filling in for Howie Carr this week say that it’s mandatory for all hospitals in America to accept every patient that walks in through the door. This is true, but this is not free healthcare where the person is treated and then walks away without a bill. These Americans most certainly do get charged for the visit…..they just don’t have to pay right then at the hospital! Anyone who has a heart attack and is rushed to the hospital and gets treatment will be responsible for the treatment if they don’t have insurance. Medicaid might pick up the tab if the person is within the income guidelines and the hospital might have a fund to tap into to help with the cost too, but ultimately this patient is going to owe thousands of dollars in the end!

By: madhatter

madhatter — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:53:36 +0000

You are right that foreign physicians make up a lot of small town medicine. Some of the reason is they are accepted there because they are the only game in town. Most are just as competent as American born but they do not have the cost of education to pay for and wives who will live in rural America.

Again I agree that employers will cease providing healthcare if obamacare gets approved. The issue is still who is going to pay for it because someone has to and there won’t be enough “rich” people to make up for all the victim society members.

By: Grant in Texas

Grant in Texas — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:31:03 +0000

Go anywhere outside of the major cities of America and everywhere are doctors who are Filipino, Indian, Pakistani, etc. practicing family medicine and doing minor surgeries. This has been the case for a couple of decades now. These doctors/nurses are happy to serve their fellow man working for a reasonable rate. I get my medical care at the University of Texas Medical School and notice that so many of our students in medicine are Oriental or South Asian. Seems anymore that many white guys want to only practice medicine in the big cities where many are becoming cosmetic surgeons to rearrange faces/bodies of the rich who can afford to pay for it.

I broke my arm in the UK in early May. I was seen right away as their “socialized medicine” works on the triage system. However, if I needed a wart removed, I might have to wait a few weeks. My x-rays, seeing doctors twice, and pain medication was FREE and I am not British. I then cruised all over the “socialist” Baltic and not once heard a Dane, Swede, German, Finn, or Estonian complain about the quality of their healthcare. In fact, even though the recession is worldwide, detected a happy populace NOT complaining about every little thing.

Visiting now in RED state Indiana where every TV in most every restaurant/bar (including McDonald’s) have their Fox News playing loudly. During breakfast this morning at a diner, Fox was reporting that the AVERAGE yearly cost to U.S. employers for a single employee was nearly $5,000 a year, and for a family of four, over $12,000. No wonder our employers here cannot compete in the world market when most other nations have universal healthcare and their employers don’t have to tack on healthcare costs onto the final costs of their products.

By: madhatter

madhatter — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:28:02 +0000

Your talking points forgot to include page 1018 of the house bill where it says under limitations on new enrollment where if your employer stops their healthcare plan you cannot get your own and those who have private healtcare cannot change it.

What this means is total national healthcare or rationed healthcare for all.

This is not a sustainable system because there are only so many “rich” to pay for our victim society.

By: kayinmaine

kayinmaine — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:07:31 +0000

But Lisa! This organization sounds so important and official! LOL *shaking head* The right wing of this country uses Orwellian titles in the hopes someone will have respect for them. I knew as soon as I read the name of this place it had to be a farce!

By: Clif

Clif — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:17:08 +0000

Lisa, given how far the idiot brigade the GOPers have left have fallen, most what they push now a days is comical at best and insane for the most part.

mad hatter. capitalist skud-puppy is just a symptom of the derangement syndrome they suffer from drinking the reich-wing kool aid for years.

hell by the time Obama finishes his eight years in office they will be completely certifiable, but then again many of them are already completely off their rockers,

“birfers”,

teabaggers,

and Militia movement (old men playing Army)

are just three examples of the derangement syndrome.

By: Lisa K.

Lisa K. — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:46:23 +0000

Calling The Health Administration Bureau a think tank is flattering it. It’s essentially Swift Boaters on HealthCare.

http://healthadministrationbureau.com/

Read it and die laughing.

By: kayinmaine

kayinmaine — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:52:02 +0000

Michelle Bachmann is spreading lies about Obama’s plan:

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/16/bachmann-misreads-health-care/