Aug 02 2009
The Speaker of the House, took a break from serious legislation, to spell out their plan for Messaging …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
Nancy Pelosi:
You see CEOs of these Industries making millions of dollars a year — indeed many of them a million dollars a month — for their ‘Leadership’ in withholding benefits, to people in NEED of Health.
let the Drum beating, begin …
Jul 31 2009
For far too long, I’ve heard progressives say we have to be polite when we contact the politicians who keep betraying us. For years, I’ve heard them say we can’t be “rude”, we have to be civil, we have to be respectful. Although they’ve acknowledged that war criminals and their enablers in Congress don’t deserve any respect, they insist that we have to be respectful anyway. That’s what we’ve been told, that’s what we’re still being told.
I’ve had my fill of that. This isn’t complicated. We can either be progressives, or we can be hypocrites. From what I’ve seen, being respectful hypocrites hasn’t accomplished a whole lot. Except for Kos, he has a Newsweek column now, and respectful hypocrite traffic at that Democratic Fan Club of his is at an all time high. This has been presented as an encouraging development, and who can possibly disagree, for as the graph below clearly demonstrates, there’s a direct correlation between higher Daily Kos traffic and spectacular Democratic triumphs in Washington . . .
Yet somehow, many Democrats still feel an extremely compelling urge to betray us. Bush and Cheney went on a crime rampage for 8 years, but Democrats won’t hold them accountable. They won’t prosecute Wall Street criminals for gutting our economy, they’re rewarding them for it. Our health care system is a travesty, the corporate media is a propaganda shithole, the Fed is a Machiavellian nightmare, rightwing madness is escalating, the fuse of economic collapse is still burning, and Congress is still a snakepit of corruption.
Whether the President wants to admit it or not,
You can see it in the paper, read it on the wall,
Hear it on the wind, if you’re listening at all.
Jul 31 2009
as reported on Rachel Maddow’s Thursday show:
Congressman Weiner’s bluff-calling, put-up-or-shut-up amendment to the House health care bill (H.R. 3200):
Really Republicans, don’t like Publicly run Health Care?
Would you care to put your Vote where your rhetoric is,
to eliminate a very successful Public Health Care Program — Medicare?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
So what happened?
Will Medicare be relegated to the “junk heap of history” as another “failed idea” of the Liberal Agenda? … well in a word, HARDLY!
Jul 30 2009
Simulposted at Daily Kos
Simply put, I voted for Obama/Biden, NOT Baucus/Conrad. If these fools want to try to squander away our electoral victories through Bipartisanship with the party of “No/Birthers”, I will not give one more cent to any organization that might fund Baucucrat Senators.
Tell your Senator: If there is no public option in health care reform, there is no public option in our Democracy.
I am NOT holding my breath and hoping this Senate will hold Baucus/Conrad and others accountable. They didn’t do shit when Liberman sided against Obama and with McCain, they won’t do it now.
In my opinion, the ONLY way to force these Baucucrats accountable, the only way to force Senate Misleadership to do something is to hit em in the one place they care about, their election funds.
Therefore, I propose that we withhold ANY and ALL financial support from groups that fund incumbent Senators until a bill with a robust public option is on President Obama’s desk.
Jul 26 2009
The President gave a compelling prime time Press Conference last week mostly about Health Care Reform — the most pressing Issue of our time, and what was the lead story for the next several days?
The merits of Public Option competition?
The plight of 14,000 citizens losing their Health Insurance each day?
No, the lead story was the President’s take on the arrest of his friend — on the emotionally charged “wedge issue” of Racial Profiling. A worthy discussion, no doubt —
But what about the issues of Health Care Reform? What about that Debate?
Of course the Media has been failing to have a Real Health Care Debate for some time now …
ABC Censors Obama’s Longtime Doctor, Dr. Scheiner
Jul 21 2009
A really simple diary. Search or not search. Do what you will and I do know and am aware that some of my sources might be considered as “righttard” oriented. In a proactive answer to that did you get the “change” promised after Barry Soetoro was selected? I know it’s nasty and highly un-Orange like but just look around and take in what is going on. It is indeed going to “change”. Before it does though the plan is to spend yet another spiritual cleansing session deep in the woods of Maine.
Jul 20 2009
Space:
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Framing:
a frame refers to the way media and media gatekeepers organize and present the events and issues they cover, and the way audiences interpret what they are provided. Frames are abstract notions that serve to organize or structure social meanings. Frames […] not only tells what to think about, but also how to think about it.
Jul 18 2009
There is a bit of a Cold War of sorts, raging between Private Insurance “providers” and your neighborhood Health Care professionals (and it’s NOT the Govt getting in between the two.)
It’s the battle over Claim Denials. It’s an “arms race” that just keeps escalating …
DMI: Denial Management, Inc — The Claims Solution People
The Problem:
One in seven claims are denied by insurance companies. This can cost your clinic or practice thousands of dollars every year.
http://www.claimsmgt.com/produ…
That’s about 15% of Claims, Insurers choose NOT to pay. So, Doctors need all the help they can get, to stay focused on Healing, NOT Bill Collecting!
Denial Management Services
Problem: Most Health Systems lose between 3% and 5% of net revenues as a result of payment denials.
Solution: Outsource your denied claims to DMI, the foremost industry leader in capturing additional revenue.
Jul 12 2009
It’s simply amazing, how Obstructionists operate
Step Right Up!
This magic elixir, will solve everything —
It’s called “More of the Same”
(aka “Private Insurance knows best.”)
It’s simply amazing what Paid Shills will say
to keep their Wealthy Patrons rolling in clover.
Jul 11 2009
A Day In The Life Of A Georgia Lobbyist
Her phone rings. It is another board member, and he is at the Capitol. We are off to the third floor and a day that accelerates from 0 to 60 very quickly. Among the sea of suits, we find her guest and connect him with Rep. Stephens, who will escort him onto the floor of the House for a visit.
Immediately thereafter, we meet up with the lobbyist for the Department of Economic Development, which houses the tourism budget and serves as the state’s marketing apparatus for the industry. They discuss the House budget cuts, pending legislation and chart strategy. During that conversation she is approached by another lobbyist from the Association County Commissioners of Georgia who relays concerns over a hotel tax bill introduced a day earlier. Joy assures her the bill is a temporary bill and that a substitute is coming. […]
Not much later, the lobbyist for the Georgia Municipal Association approaches Joy expressing similar concerns. Joy again explains a substitute is coming.
Shhhh! it’s a secret!
Jul 11 2009
Crossposted at daily kos
“That is exactly what’s going on in Canada and Great Britian today, they don’t have the appreciation of life as we do in our society, apparently”
“this program of ‘government option’ is being touted as being the panacea, the savior of allowing people to have quality health care at an affordable price is gonna kill people”
Take ten paces, turn and mock at will.
Jul 09 2009
We learned last week from LA Times reporting, and from Congressional Hearings, that Insurance companies routinely try to drop your Insurance policy, if you happen to get one of their “Hot List” illnesses.
Getting any of these illnesses, can Trigger the Insurance Company’s “Cancellation Police”, into action.
Denial Specialists scour your medical history, and cross-check that against your application, looking for any reason to Cancel, or rescind, your Insurance policy, thus saving the Insurance Company untold thousands in future payments for your expected Care. Denial Specialists, of course, earn bonuses for each Policy they cancel. What a system!
Those 4 illnesses (out of the 1000+ such Triggers) previously disclosed are:
breast cancer, high blood pressure, lymphoma and pregnancy
Well thanks to the tough questioning of the Oversight and Investigations Sub Committee, at least 2 more Triggering Illnesses have been disclosed, as indicated in the video and transcript of the Hearing:
The 2 other newly disclosed “Drop List” illnesses, include:
ovarian cancer, and brain cancer