"Obama's public option health plan is a slam dunk

[Shanti Mama]

Slam Dunk, by Jeffrey Dach MD

Obama's Health Reform in Jeopardy? Don't You Believe it
by Jeffrey Dach MD

It's a Slam Dunk, and Here's Why
Although it may appear that corporate medicine's opposition is strong enough to kill health care reform, I would argue that Obama's health reform is now a slam dunk inevitability. Not only that, Obama's public health plan will mean the end of the health insurance industry. And, I say good riddance to this bloated evil empire.

Enemies of Health Reform Line Up for Battle to the Death
The major enemy of health reform is the Health Insurance Industry, and its proxy, the AMA (American Medical Association). With billions of dollars of revenue at stake, the seven major health insurance companies are not planning to die without a bitter fight.

1) Obama Hates the Insurance Industry.
Every chance he gets, Obama recounts the personal story of his mother dying of breast cancer, all the while arguing from her hospital bed over insurance coverage. Obama retold his Mom's story on Jun 15 to the American Medical Association, and gave a stinging rebuke to the AMA which had published a statement opposing Obama's public option. Obama said at a recent Press Conference, "the public option is an important tool to discipline the health insurance industry."

The rest at Slam Dunk, by Jeffrey Dach MD

Interesting take on Obama's "all Wall St. all the time" position.

[DarthDem]

1. Great Read

I for one am tired of hearing about how Obama is some corporate shill. Yawn. He's, um, not. Thanks for helping to illustrate that with regard to the healthcare debate.

[Shanti Mama]

2. You're welcome.

But the article did argue that Obama is in the hands of the finance industry. Hmmmmm.

[DarthDem]

5. Yeah

But it wasn't the principal focus, so I decided to ignore the remark. :)

[eridani]

3. That is true only if--

--ALL OF US keep up the pressure on Congress!

[harun]

4. The sooner we can kill the insurance industry the better.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

6. I love it that Obama knows how disgusting the insurance industry is

ughh, now Excellus/BlueCross is doing a big push on their image, how wonderful and compassionate and Good with a capital G they are....never once saying a word about the thieving they've been caught at.

[bvar22]

7. I found this to be one of th most bizarre articles I have ever read.

Have there been any details released by the administration on "Obama's Health Care Plan"?
If so, I haven't seen them. He HAS said he supports a "Public Option". In his campaign he added the phrase "like Medicare", but that phrase has been dropped lately.

I HAVE seen several plans for a "Public Option" that will actually make things worse.
Some demand that the Public Option be administered by a private corporation composed of For Profit Health Insurance representatives to ensure that the Public Plan is forced to compete on a "level playing field". (This protects the For Profits).

The Public Option plan from HELP funds the Public Option by cutting funds for Medicare.

But I have not seen Obama's plan for Health Care Reform.
If someone HAS seen it, please post it.

This paragraph is beyond bizarre:

John Kusumi says in an Op-Ed article: "If you look also at the people that Obama has put on his appointments list, it's all Wall Street. It's government of Wall Street, by Wall Street, and for Wall Street. There's nobody from heavy industry. There's nobody from the auto sector. Nobody from Silicon Valley. Nobody from big oil. Nobody from defense. No labor, no women, no retirees, no small business, nothing. It's pure Wall Street. The only people who have a voice in Obama's councils are Wall Street finance oligarchs. That's all there is. Nobody else counts for anything under Obama. It's the most extreme Wall Street administration we've ever had."

THIS is supposed to make someone feel good about Obama's concern for the average American who Works for a Living? The Health Insurance Industry and Wall Street Banks are co-joined at the cold, dark place where their heart should have been.
AIG is an Insurance Corporation.

WTF?

[lk9550]

8. Good read

I just hope Obama will follow through on his promises.