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Mr. Romney, How Does Your Proposal Guarantee Health Insurance For All?

robert — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:51:51 +0000

Flip-flopping presidential candidate Mitt Romney has introduced his plan to reform the health care system. His new proposal is in stark contrast to his Massachusetts plan.
Romney would give Americans a tax break to buy their own health plans, regardless of whether their employers offered coverage.

I’m OK with that but what do people that are uninsurable do? I don’t see provisions made for people that are willing to take on the obligation of individual health insurance but can’t because of pre-existing conditions.

Be Careful What You Wish For…….

robert — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:24:20 +0000

Have you ever longed for something (or for someone) and once your wish becomes reality, regretted it? That’s what could happen to opponents of Health Care Reform.

Here’s an insightful article on what could happen if this occurs…

Health Care Reform May Remain in Calif Even If The Supreme Court Kills It

robert — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:51:28 +0000

I read a very informative article in the LA Times today. Even if health care reform doesn’t survive the scrutiny of the Supreme Court, some of its consumer benefits may remain in force in California.

The Hyperbole of Health Care Reform Opponents

robert — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:27:12 +0000

Former insurance industry spokesman Wendell Potter has penned an entertaining but all-too-true blog on how health care reform opponents distort the spirit of health care reform. Potter wrote the tell-all book Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans.

Read Potter’s comments here.

Can California Cut Medi-Cal Payments?

robert — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:14:04 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review whether California can be sued for cutting Medi-Cal payments to health care providers. Twenty-two states have joined California in appealing the issue to the high court.

Rep. Joe Wilson Lied

robert — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:35:31 +0000

I just wrote the following letter to Congressman Joe Wilson:

“Dear Representative Wilson:
I’m a proud American. It’s bad enough that you blurted out your insult to the President during a major speech. But your insult tonight is inaccurate. Nowhere in the bills now making their way through Congress, is there mention of Illegal Aliens getting coverage. In fact, the bills specifically exclude illegal aliens. Only LEGAL aliens would be covered under the proposed legislation.

Your “death panel” comment in the newspaper a couple of weeks ago is also wrong. In the past, Medicare didn’t cover end-of-life counseling by physicians. The proposed legislation mandates that medicare pay for this kind of counseling FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT IT every five years.

If you’d bothered to read the bills being considered, you’d know the above two points to be true.

The problem with your behavior and your misinformation is that not only do your constituents see it, but the rest of the world does, too. You make our country appear like a “banana republic.” Your behavior embarrasses our country in the eyes of the world.

I share your disagreement with parts of the proposed health care reform now on Capital Hill. But rather than spread lies and create fear, I propose that we present alternative proposals. If all you can do is blurt out insults and participate in fear-mongering, please get out of the way of legislators that are serious about making our health care system more effective for all of us.

Respectfully,
Robert Lehrer”