AARP To Endorse House Health Care Bill »
Posted By Newperson 1 month, 1 week ago in Political News
Democratic sources tell me that AARP – easily the most influential seniors lobby – will endorse the health reform legislation put together by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats. Speaker Pelosi and her leadership team have been lobbying the lobby for weeks. AARP officials also met yesterday with WH Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and took the proposed endorsement to their Board of Directors. A public announcement is expected tomorrow or Friday, in advance of a vote by the full House likely to come on Saturday.
“Big victory,” summed up one top Democrat.
The Speaker still doesn’t have the 218 votes she needs to pass the bill. Moderate Dems are balking over abortion funding and illegal immigrants. But Democratic leaders insist the votes will be there before the gavel falls Saturday.
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jordan111 month, 1 week ago
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Moderate Dems are balking over abortion funding and illegal immigrants. >>>>>>
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OK, abortion funding. Take it out. Don't stop insurance reform over that. Deal with it separately. As for illegal immigrants, what's the language? Is it to insure them? What don't the 'moderate' dems like? -
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rightfromwrong1 month, 1 week ago
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That is good. Any immigrants working and have temporary visa should be covered by those they work for. Abortion for those reaped or the mothers health is an issue.
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Make the rich people pay for a change instead of rolling the taxes off on the working and middle class-
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automan9091 month, 1 week ago
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Then there is no incentive to be rich if you will have to pay for the ones that did not try to be successful in life, and the lazy and non productive.
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If I paid to go to a good college, did well, applied myself, worked hard, and an doing well, why should I pay for someone that decided to goof off in school, did drugs, play video games all day, and not try to be a success?
Only you Socialist moron's want that.
I would rather let the hard workers keep what they can earn, and the lazy ones fail.
Work hard or get out of my way.
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Newperson1 month, 1 week ago
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The AARP, which boasts some 40 million members.
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I would say they have some stroke.
Heres a link more about the story. A update.
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/HealthCare/aarp-endorses-...-
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gormannarbor-191 month, 1 week ago
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AARP benefits from selling its name to insurers who sell to the membership. Nothing like a captive market, is there? And if the congress can force you to buy insurance, who benefits? Why does AARP even contemplate endorsing a plan that cuts $400+billion from Medicare?
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Endoscopy1 month, 1 week ago
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Explain to us why the AARP will do this when the bill takes money away from Medicare that the seniors use?? Could it be they want to sell their insurance that pays what Medicare does not pay???? Is this all about money???
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I will be one less member since their betrayal of the elderly. Their money comes before protecting the programs that the elderly use.
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FairNBalanced1 month, 1 week ago
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AARP also endorses a bill in the House that would prevent the pending 21.5% cut in reimbursement rates for doctors who see Medicare patients. Cramer said members "strongly" oppose cutting these reimbursement rates, as it is already difficult for Medicare patients to find doctors who will treat them.
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I left the medical field 7 years ago. At that time Medicare reimbursement for standard physician procedures was already less than half the total bill. Physicians are stopping taking patients with Medicare because it got so ridiculous. Cutting medicare rates to doctors an additional 21% is just asking too much.
Basically folks that means if a physician charge is $200.00, medicare reimbursement will pay about $32.00. Unbelievable. -
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TimALoftis1 month, 1 week ago
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The AMA has also endorsed the House version of the Health Care Reform bill today as well
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http://www.propeller.com/story/2009/11/05/ama-back...-
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FairNBalanced1 month, 1 week ago
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From the AMA announcement:
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“H.R. 3962 is not the perfect bill, and we will continue to advocate for changes, but it goes a long way toward expanding access to high-quality affordable health coverage for all Americans, and it would make the system better for patients and physicians,” Dr. Rohack said. "This is not the last step but the next step toward health system reform. We will remain actively engaged with patients, physicians, Congress and the administration to ensure that the final bill results in marked improvements to our health system." -
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philbrick1 month, 1 week ago
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"The AMA has also endorsed the House version of the Health Care Reform bill today as well"
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So did the American Cancer Society
http://cadillactight.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/aarp...
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FairNBalanced1 month, 1 week ago
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http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/health-system-refo...
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Link above...
From the AMA announcement:
“H.R. 3962 is not the perfect bill, and we will continue to advocate for changes, but it goes a long way toward expanding access to high-quality affordable health coverage for all Americans, and it would make the system better for patients and physicians,” Dr. Rohack said. "This is not the last step but the next step toward health system reform. We will remain actively engaged with patients, physicians, Congress and the administration to ensure that the final bill results in marked improvements to our health system." -
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pboccuti1 month, 1 week ago
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Where in the Constitution does it say anything about Health Care? No where. Health Care was not an issue when the Constitution was penned. But I do believe health care would fall under Life, as in Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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lloydm651 month, 1 week ago
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How come we start out in a conversation about illegals,and right off the bat the word illegal is dropped.Nobody want to deny immigrants who working legally here,but you leftist have to argue the point that borders shouldn't exist.This can't be too far from from open border politics,and legislation this president need all the peons he can rake up.
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lloydm651 month, 1 week ago
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To some some of you idiots,AARP is one of the largest insurance companies in the nation.In the nineteen ninties they were paying twenty six million dollars a year for their office space.They rip off the oldest,and the sickest.I had rather buy a used car on the Mexican border than one of their policies.
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gormannarbor-191 month, 1 week ago
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I fear that AARP is acting in its own business interest as an organization that cashes in on sales of branded insurance to its membership rather than acting in the true interest of duespayers. I told them so today, and will resign if AARP continues to endorse a plan that cuts over $400 billion from Medicare to fund new entitlements and buy more votes.
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gormannarbor-191 month, 1 week ago
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Are you suggesting that the House bill does NOT cut funds from Medicare? Are you suggesting that AARP does NOT have a financial interest in the insurance peddled under its auspices? What evidence do you suggest we look at? The long chain of broken promises by politicians to manage these entitlement programs responsibly seems to offer little to quell fears on the right or the left wing.
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Show me the evidence that we are meeting the funding of current entitlements without borrowing. I'd like to see it.
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eclectic1 month, 1 week ago
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As the bill takes form, more and more interested parties like the AARP and the AMA are liking what they see. The polls also show that Americans want a real change, including a public option. Once again the conservative GOP is having to be dragged into the 21st century, screaming and whining that they don't want to go.
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Klarissa1 month, 1 week ago
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ec - it isn't the GOP
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It is the 85% of the voters who are satisfied with their present insurance and don't want to see it destroyed to PERHAPS cover 5% of the non-covered.
This is Obama's religious belief: "A congregation working towards ECONOMIC PARITY."
Which means the hard workers pay for everyone else so everyone has mediocre medical coverage.
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