With his approval ratings slipping, President Barack Obama will use a town hall-style meeting in Portsmouth, N.H., to promote a retooled message on his health care overhaul, aiming to win over Americans who already have insurance.
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The President reveals his bold plans for better health care ! — $ $ $ — |
In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Obama told the American people that the “day of reckoning” has arrived for the nation’s economy, which he pledged to not just fix but make stronger than it was before the current crisis.
“Now is the time to act boldly and wisely — to not only revive this economy, but to build a new foundation for lasting prosperity,” the president said in his televised prime-time address.
Obama was greeted with thunderous applause in the House chamber, as lawmakers reached out to try and get a handshake or, in some cases, a kiss as the president made his way down the narrow aisle to the podium.
Obama is enjoying a 68 percent approval rating after his first month in office, according to the latest ABC News-Washington Post poll, and his pledge to reverse the nation’s economic woes earned him an early standing ovation from both Democrats and Republicans.
“While our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken; though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this: We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before,” Obama said.
Obama laid out proposals in energy, health care and education policy that he said would help everyday Americans struggling with rising costs and would be long-term investments toward economic recovery.
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A healthcare solution for America as explained by L. Monty Slim’s corporate advisor and pet Monkey in support of the Republican platform’s political vision explained in first hand, real personal story…think.
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Obama Health Bill Allows Government Real-time Access to Bank Accounts
http://www.infowars.com/obama-health-bill-allows-government-real-time-access-to-bank-accounts/
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars
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August 3, 2009Not only will Obama ration your health care — especially if you are a senior citizen — and have the government decide what treatment and benefits you get, the proposed plan will also build and expand the governments surveillance and control grid.
Section 163 of the bill now in Congress allows the government real-time access to a persons bank records, including direct access to bank accounts for electronic fund transfers.
Section 163 of the bill now in Congress allows the government real-time access to a persons bank records, including direct access to bank accounts for electronic fund transfers. Even-though the bill mentions privacy aspects, the fact remains that if approved, Obamas health care plan will allow government access at any time to your personal bank records, KFYI News reports.
Its pretty Orwellian, it certainly gets the government pretty darn deeply involved in private matters in our lives, Arizona Congressman John Shadegg told the news radio station.
Orwellian it is, but hardly surprising or unprecedented.
After September 11, 2001, the government began tapping into a vast global database of confidential financial transactions. The government implemented a surveillance program and used a broad interpretation of the Treasury Departments administrative powers to bypass traditional banking privacy protections. It is run by the CIA and managed by the Treasury Department.
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Top insurer tells 1,000 GPs not to give swine flu vaccine
An insurance company has warned 1,000 GPs not to administer the swine flu vaccine.
The HSE plans to enlist family doctors to give the swine flu vaccine to patients with pre-existing medical conditions.
But an insurance company which covers around 1,000 of the 2,200 to 2,500 GPs in the country advised them not to sign up for the work because of legal indemnity issues.
The HSE has given GPs until today to sign up to give the vaccine to 400,000 of their patients with certain medical conditions from next week.
Medisec Ireland, which covers around 1,000 GPs, told their members yesterday not to sign up until all indemnity issues were resolved.
GP sources said last night this may lead some doctors who have signed up to withdraw their participation in the programme.
In a letter to the doctors Medisec said it was unclear where a GP would legally stand if they exercised their discretion not to give the vaccine to their patients.
There are also unresolved legal issues around the doctors identifying and offering the vaccine to at-risk patients.
The company said the Irish Medical Organisation had been trying to negotiate an acceptable resolution to the serious medico/legal issues with the HSE, but had not been successful.
Other concerns relate to the cost of legal representation for doctors who may find themselves before their disciplinary body the Medical Council if they fail to give the vaccine to a patient.
They could also have to go before the same body for exercising their clinical judgment not to administer the vaccine to a patient of another doctor who had been referred to them.
Concern
The letter to GPs said that while the administration of the vaccine would be deemed normal work and covered by a doctor’s policy, the outstanding issues of concern
might not fall into this category due to the amount of work involved and could lead to “adverse indemnity consequences”.
It added: “Accordingly, in the circumstances, we do not recommend our members to sign up for the programme until all issues have been resolved.”
The other company indemnifying doctors, the Medical Protection Society, is believed to have indicated GPs could go ahead with the vaccinations.
The HSE may have to extend today’s deadline for more clarification. It plans to publicise the rollout of the vaccine to at-risk patients tomorrow.
- Eilish O’Regan, Health Correspondent
Irish Independent
http://www.independent.ie/health/swine-flu/top-insurer-tells-1000-gps-not-to-give-swine-flu-vaccine-1912502.html
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Moments after President Obama’s health care reform address to Congress, Bill O’Reilly and Karl Rove react. here, they debate Obama’s reference to him saying death panels are “a lie, plain and simple.”
In the next segment, White House senior advisor David Axelrod responds to Rove’s comments, and mentions that Sarah Palin is the one who coined the term “death panel” and then called her a hypocrite because she has backed off of the idea. O’Reilly responds by calling the death panel “a dopey idea.”
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Betty unleashes the power of the Holy Ghost and provides advice on car insurance for the mentally ill
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Scene: Don AIGy meets with Sollozzo Health Insurance Inc. Meeting in AIGy’s Genco office. Scene includes the Don, Sollazzo, Tom, and Tessio sitting in room.
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The President and the First Lady speak about the achievements of women around the world at a reception marking International Women’s Day. March 8, 2010.
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