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Posted by ConnieMc (Member # 191) on :

Quote from the State of the Union address last night:

There are many other ways that Congress can help. We need to expand
Health Savings Accounts. (Applause.) We need to help small businesses
through Association Health Plans. (Applause.) We need to reduce costs
and medical errors with better information technology. (Applause.) We
will encourage price transparency. And to protect good doctors from junk
lawsuits, we passing medical liability reform. (Applause.) ***In all we
do, we must remember that the best health care decisions are made not by
government and insurance companies, but by patients and their doctors.
(Applause.) ***

AMEN to that.

Now, all they have to do is put this into practice. Much easier said than done. The insurance companies and government ARE dictating our medical care and OUR doctors' decisions they make for our benefit are cut down.

Let's hold their feet to the fire and make this happen.

Posted by Kendrick (Member # 10990) on :

I noticed that too, but politicians say a lot of crap.

Posted by meg (Member # 22) on :

ConnieMc: Now, all they have to do is put this into practice

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AMEN to that!!!! [Smile]

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

quote:
Originally posted by meg:
ConnieMc: Now, all they have to do is put this into practice

Don't hold your breath!

Posted by hiker53 (Member # 6046) on :

Bush also wants to tax insurance premiums paid by our employers. I say NO to that.

Posted by savebabe (Member # 9847) on :

You do not want tort law reform, that will only hurt the patients and not the docs.

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

connie, you forgot the 2nd most important point towards end of his speech ....

something about our providing FUNDING FOR MALARIA FOR 15 AFRICAN COUNTIRES !!

did anyone catch all of this, i was reading other things when listening so only caught part of this!

can anyone look this up if a newspaper had full speech in it?

also, bill gates w/warren buffet's millions of windfall, was going to fund MALERIA FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES!??? [cussing]

Posted by groovy2 (Member # 6304) on :

Hi All

the Maralia statment was a Missleading statment --

It is the Gates Foundation and the WHO who
are doing this --Not bush--Jay--

Posted by Squeegee (Member # 7219) on :

The malaria statement is probably about the President's Malaria Initiative. Here is an excerpt from the website:

The President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) is a historic $1.2 billion, five-year initiative to control malaria in Africa. Announced by President Bush on June 30, 2005, it is a collaborative U.S. Government effort led by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), the Department of State, the White House, and others.

You can read the whole thing at:

http://www.fightingmalaria.gov/

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

quote:
Originally posted by savebabe:
You do not want tort law reform, that will only hurt the patients and not the docs.

That is why Texas is in so much trouble with LLMD's. Their recent tort reform had a provision to give more POWER to their medical boards.

They used that power to X the LLMD's. THAT in affects the patients!

Posted by Aniek (Member # 5374) on :

Bush's actual health care proposal will work to discourage employers from providing health insurance. That pushes more people onto the individual healthcare market, where insurance companies can deny coverage to people and refuse to cover pre-existing conditions.

We've all read the posts on this board of people trying to find good, affordable health care on the individual market. [dizzy]

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Squeegee:

The malaria statement is probably about the President's Malaria Initiative. Here is an excerpt from the website:

The President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) is a historic $1.2 billion, five-year initiative to control malaria in Africa. Announced by President Bush on June 30, 2005, it is a collaborative U.S. Government effort led by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), the Department of State, the White House, and others.

You can read the whole thing at:

http://www.fightingmalaria.gov/

thanks squueegee! [Big Grin]