I decided to wait until after September 11 before I placed this post to rant about a few things.
According to Open Congress: Rep. Joe Wilson [R, SC-2], , the member of Congress who shouted “You lie!” at President Obama when he said that the healthcare bill would not cover illegal immigrants, voted in 2003 to provide federal funds for illegal immigrants’ healthcare. You can read the full article HERE
Here is also an article debunking some of the most prominent Health Care Lies (by reading the bill) … which were repeated again yesterday at a rally in Washington DC by William Green, while he also praised Joe Wilson for shouting “You Lie” (during the Joint Congressional meeting) to President Obama when he stated that Illegal Immigrants would NOT be covered by this bill.
At this same rally, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) shouted “Obama said that if we disagree with him, he would call us out!” That’s not what he said. If they continue misrepresenting and spreading lies about the bill … then he would “Call them out!”
On a more personal note … I found it very interesting that the state of TX started mass calling to those now on Medicaid (but soon going to Medicare) to get them to change now to a program called HIP (Health Insurance Providers) to replace Medicaid. When I asked what they did, I was told they would pay insurance companies such as Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, etc to cover us instead. These and some of the other companies she rattled off, are the same ones that have denied people medicine, procedures and tests that would prolong a person’s life, prevent a disease from becoming too large to cure or manage, deny access to doctors or hospitals of the patients choice and not accepting some because of pre-existing conditions. They also charge outrageous prices for what they do cover … and now they want YOU to pay them those high prices … when it costs YOU, the tax payers less for people like me to be on Medicaid. I choose my doctors and have been made healthier … not to the point where I will no longer be disabled … that’s permanent … but where I am no longer in fear of having to enter the hospital every time I turn around.
Oh yeah … This gal first says that I would be required to do this change, but when I continued to question her about it, she then tells me the only reason she called me was that I had “signed up” for it. No I didn’t! What is really scary … how many people have they called that won’t question what it is and why it would be better for us and just accept it at it’s face value cause that’s what we are supposed to do … and then later find out they were screwed, but can no longer do anything about it, cause they have already given up what they had.
This isn’t the last of what I want to say about this. I will leave it for now though. What I would like to do is this …
Those of you who say that this Administration is trying to make this a Socialist Country by asserting too much Government Control, seem to have a very short memory about “Our Rights” being taken away …
Of course … this is Just My Opinion …