Town Hall Crowd Cheers On Man Confronting GOP Rep Over Repealing Health Care

[indimuse]

Run time: 02:36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOfQug5kKno   Posted on YouTube: January 13, 2011 By YouTube Member: ThinkProgress2 Views on YouTube: 20   Posted on DU: January 13, 2011 By DU Member: indimuse Views on DU: 2448

 

[ejpoeta]

1. they are going to have a harder time repealing this than they think.

i hope people are starting to realize what they are benefiting from with this law. i am not happy with it in general, because i believe that we should not be forced to buy into the system as it is, but there are a lot of good things in this law. good for that guy for calling that rep on his bs. and when he tried to claim all those cuts that guy called him on that too! good for him.

[HeroTwins]

6. they cannot repeal it. period. They can just throw a big fit.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. that congresscritter was not expecting that reaction

and he will have some hard thinking to do back in his office, between campaign calls and getting his instructions and bribes from K Street.

[SharonAnn]

12. And they're not cutting $$ from people's Medicare, they're cutting it from insurance companies overc

That's the significance.

Insurance companies are charging the U.S. taxpayer and extra 15% for their Advantage plans. That is being removed.

Why should we pay insurance companies 15% more? That's always been ridiculous and it gets more so every year.

[ejpoeta]

16. and i am so glad that citizen called that rep on his bs about the cuts

to medicare. he told that guy exactly what you said.... why should we be paying insurance companies to provide a service seniors are already getting!

[perdita9]

18. The GOP's Biggest Nightmare ...

...is an educated populace.

[ejpoeta]

19. +1000!!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

20. exactly.

but then, the GOP and tea party folks pride themselves on ignorance.

[jtown1123]

24. Good for him. It's been so tough getting those facts out.

[toddwv]

3. About time.

Glad to see the public catching on to the Republicans' deception.

[Skittles]

4. that is one awesome senior

:thumbsup:

[judesedit]

5. Election was bought with money of domestic & foreign corporations and wealthy individuals!

Americans didn't put them back in power! SCOTUS voted to allow corporations to donate to campaigns as individuals. And unfortunately there are alot of people and their votes and/or their software know-how for sale. Remember the electronic voting machine scandal? Well, a "Canadian" company bought ES&S and Sequoia from Blackwell and Assoc. and we're STILL using the easily manipulated machines. Just ask Clinton Curtis for one. See his testimony to a Congressional panel.

[tomm2thumbs]

7. I guess we'll be needing this bus again

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bXDCzPuEI-4/SoORaeyE-LI/AAAAAAAAA64/ZSla34wa6fU/s400/Hands+Off+My+Health+Care+bus.jpg

[thecrow]

8. I love the look on the rep's face as he is getting reamed out

by the old guy. Great video. We need more justlike them.
Old folks know their stuff when it comes to Medicare.

[lobodons]

9. Did the VA or Medicare costs go up 63%?

Insurance companies are jacking up premiums because they can and in the process are trying to sabotage health reform.

Great video!!!!!

[butterfly77]

10. The rep told the guy in the audience that..

the American people sent him and other reps to Washington to repeal healthcare,ism't he one of those people who sent him there. Now,the repugs are scared(the ones in the audience) about healthcare because they have been listening to Dems even though they won't admit it.

These CONS need to be put on the spot wherever they go and none of this I'll get back with you shit...

[dotymed]

11. Even though we only got a little relief,

with this insurance care deal, most average people (when they realize what they have gained) will not willingly let this go without some type of replacement.
As Dennis Kucinich said, this may be our opportunity to get single payer health care. Hopefully, people will realize that "for profit" health care insurance is the height of immorality. We happen to be the only nation that allows "for profit" insurance in health care.
If people really wise-up and listen to the CBO, they will realize that we can have universal health care and save billions of dollars and lives.
The ban on excluding "customers" for pre-existing conditions, being able to keep your child on your policy even if they are married, the revocation of "coverage limits" and other positive changes will be almost impossible for the GOP to revoke since they have already been felt by average citizens.
Hopefully, the ridiculous premium increases will wake Americans up to the fact that there is no place for CEO's and corporations in health care.
It will be a tough battle considering the massive amounts of money they (insurance companies)have for lobbying, especially since the passage of "Citizens United."

[xchrom]

13. are there people other than american people voting in american elections?

all that ranting by the representative about 'the american people' sent us ....

what is he nuts?

nevermind.

[PA Democrat]

14. You can be sure that the congress critter will have his audience stacked with

teabaggers to shout down any intelligent questions and commentary at his next meeting.

[gibby2433]

15. Think Fox News will have this guy on?

Like when they tried to glorify all the "tea party" screamers during last summer's town halls?

Maybe, but Brian Kilmeade would probably punch him in the mouth before he even spoke.

[lobodons]

17. I find it odd

I find it odd that all we hear now is that the people have spoken in November so we must act. But didn't the people also "have spoken" in 2008? Why didn't these same Congress people feel the need to act then as well..??

[truth2power]

22. Nailed it! You understand, though...

that the primitive brain has no logic circuits.

[truth2power]

21. I'm sick of hearing from these cretins, "The American people..."

"The American people..." "The American people..." blah blah.

The Repubs start off every response with that phrase. Start listening for it. Bleh :puke:

It's a lie. They need to be called on it.

[Swede Atlanta]

23. Finally.............

There are a few Americans that have educated themselves about HCR. There are absolutely things I don't like about the law but having only a choice of it or nothing I'll stay with it.

I think it was a big mistake to delay having the majority of the bill not take effect until 2014. I know the arguments were it takes time for this type of significant change to be implemented. But the timing creates a window between 2012 and 2014 for the opponents to gain repeal. If the Democrats lose either the Senate or the White House in 2012 I think you can assume this bill is history.

It will only be when the majority of Americans begin to see the benefits of the bill that plans to repeal or significantly overhaul it will be in jeopardy.

[sulphurdunn]

25. How dare that old fart

use facts to disrupt the talking points of a career Republican politician who obviously doesn't know shit about the legislation he's peddling and less about the legislation he wants to repeal. :rofl:

[underpants]

26. Well informed citizens are water on the burning turd of Republican talking points

well done to Mr. Renacci


http://thinkprogress.org/2011/01/13/town-hall-man-cheers/

FONTE: You’ve said you want to repeal the health care law and replace it. There’s a lot of things that took effect that help seniors. Once you repeal it, what happens to all that? And what are you going to replace it? Why don’t you make a replacement plan before you repeal it so we can look at it? <...> There’s preventing screening in there that took place. There’s people between 45 and 64 that lost their jobs. Now you want to replace it, that’s fine, repeal it, but what are you going to replace it with we don’t know what’s going to happen. What do we tell the seniors out there, that there’s already stuff taking place, and it’s gone now? Let’s think about this before we jump and do whatever we wanna do.

RENACCI: Remember, it was the American people sent us down there, 87 new Representatives, and I agree there are some good things, but there’s also a half a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare that are going to go in place real soon —

FONTE: And that’s through Medicare Advantage, which takes more out of traditional Medicare, than anything. That’s what you have to tell us. Why should insurance companies get more?! Now I’ll tell you something, I was involved in health care, and since 1993 health care has went up every year double digits, and it’s never come down. What’s going to make it come down? And tell me one job that’s been taken away from it, this new health care law.

RENACCI: I’ll take you around any time you want to go, to three businesses –

FONTE: I’m ready.

RENACCI: — that have lost seven or eight jobs because their health care went up 63 percent.

FONTE: It’s went up every year!

RENACCI: Yeah but now, and I’ve been a business man for 28 years, when it goes up 7, 8, 10 percent –

FONTE: That’s not acceptable either.

RENACCI: — that’s a problem.