Best Moment Of The Summit So Far: Obama On Cheap-o Health Insurance

[babylonsister]

http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/best-moment-the-summit-so-far-obama-cheap-o-health-insurance

Best Moment Of The Summit So Far: Obama On Cheap-o Health Insurance
Jonathan Chait


President Obama has launched a discussion about minimum benefits. Republicans have focused on the general principle of choice, competition, and getting Washington out of the way. Obama keeps bringing those principles back to Earth and explaining what it means. He has a good anecdote about having bought cut-rate car insurance, getting rear-ended, and then calling up the insurance company to get reimbursed and having them laugh in his face. Obama wouldn't name the company, but he calls it "Acme Insurance Company," a name the returns to later.

Obama explains how cut-rate insurance plans force people to pay high deductibles and don't cover all sorts of treatments. Republicans just come back at him with rhetoric about regulation and big government. Then Obama points out that everybody in Congress has good insurance with the kind of minimum benefits he proposes. If they tried to switch Congress over to Acme-type insurance, "there would be a riot." He doesn't see anybody in Congress looking to take advantage of the kind of "choice" Republicans say is so important.

It's a very effective rebuttal.

[DevonRex]

1. Excellent! Thanks for posting this. nt

[Clio the Leo]

2. FOOLS!!!!

They were FOOLS to walk into the room bringing only a large stack of paper and nothing to back it up!

[niceypoo]

3. Or raking Boner over the coals about his, 'lawsuits are the biggest driver' of healthcare costs

....and reminding him that lawsuits account for about .2% of total healthcare costs.

Boner, knowing Obama is right, just stupidly sits there sweating, looking uncomfortable, saying nothing.

[cutlassmama]

4. He is on fire! Love the man. He's smart and the Rethugs are stupid.

[LSK]

5. my favorite part until the Barasso smackdown

[Whisp]

6. I also loved that part what Obama said about meat inspection.

something to the effect that, you accept that, same deal. paraphrasing of course.

but huge big simple point whap between those fuckers eyes. I realllly hope a lot of people took note of the simple and eye opening comparison.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. If it's good enough for us

It's good enough for Congress IMHO. Why aren't WE getting the kind of benefits they are?

[mifdsam]

8. I agree

Honestly, it's just like when Bill Kristol was on the Daily Show, and admitted that the government can provide a good health care plan, for those who are in the armed forces, and then went on to say that the average American doesn't deserve that kind of health care

Scumbag

Here's the youtube link for what I'm talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa69puS7J0Q&feature=PlayList&p=B2E6F014A0DB7C76&index=7

[eridani]

9. They why in the FUCK is he in favor of mandating shitty coverage?

The crap we will be forced to buy covers only 60% of expenses.

[ShortnFiery]

10. Because all this is, in essence, smoke and mirrors.

The moneyed political elites can not even begin to relate to us wage slave Americans. The ones who came from middle class or working class standandings have long forgot their past.

Look and Rangel who has NO IDEA who paid for his trips to the Carribean. :puke:


Answer: The ruling politicos (to include media whores) don't care about you and me. Under the surface, their goals are soley for increased money and power.

[Cha]

11. Kickety..thanks~