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CBS 60 Minutes July 2008.
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| People raise their hands for a showing of who’s come for dental treatment at the Remote Area Medical clinic. Bristol Motor Speedway. Bristol, Tenn. May 4, 2013 Linked  |
The New York Times August 2009
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — They came for new teeth mostly, but also for blood pressure checks, mammograms, immunizations and acupuncture for pain. Neighboring South Los Angeles is a place where health care is scarce, and so when it was offered nearby, word got around.
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When Remote Area Medical, the Tennessee-based organization running the event, decided to try its hand at large urban medical services, its principals thought Los Angeles would be a good place to start. But they were far from prepared for the outpouring of need. Set up for eight days of care, the group was already overwhelmed on the first day after allowing 1,500 people through the door, nearly 500 of whom had still not been served by day’s end and had to return in the wee hours Wednesday morning.The enormous response to the free care was a stark corollary to the hundreds of Americans who have filled town-hall-style meetings throughout the country, angrily expressing their fear of the Obama administration’s proposed changes to the nation’s health care system.
Americans Against the Tea Party
First quarter reports from several for-profit hospital systems across the country show that the number of uninsured emergency room admissions are seeing sharp declines, particularly in states which chose to expand Medicaid. The CFO of Community Health Systems, Larry Cash, told investors in the company’s first-quarter earnings call on Wednesday that he expects the ACA to cut uninsured admissions by half, from 8% to 4% over the next three years. He reported that the company has already seen some moderate reductions in such admissions, especially in the states which accepted the option of Medicaid expansion.
“We believe we have recognized, although on a roughly calculated basis, at least $10 million from the ‘woodwork effect’ [a term coined to describe those who were already eligible for Medicaid but only found out when they attempted to sign up for a plan on the exchanges] and the Affordable Care Act for additional Medicaid business,” He told investors.
Bill Carpenter, the CEO, said that at this point the effect of the law had been positive and expected and that he thought those positive effects will continue.
“In the seven states where we operate that have expanded coverage, we saw increasing Medicaid and decreasing self-pay volumes. Increases in Medicaid membership and health insurance exchange participation contributed measurably to our results in the quarter. While we don’t expect additional states to expand coverage in 2014, we’re optimistic that more conversions will occur over time,” he said.
Lifepoint, another hospital system, reported similar positive effects in its first-quarter earnings call last week and said the where Medicaid expansion had been embraced, the results were the most apparent.
HCA reported that it has seen a 29% drop in uninsured admissions in states which expanded Medicaid while their hospitals in states which declined to do so have seen a 5.9% increase in such admissions.
Take a look at The Libertarian Party web page healthcare issues: Linked.
The Libertarian Party
Platform
Libertarian Party 2012 Platform
Adopted in Convention, May 2012, Las Vegas, NVWe favor restoring and reviving a free market health care system. We recognize the freedom of individuals to determine the level of health insurance they want (if any), the level of health care they want, the care providers they want, the medicines and treatments they will use and all other aspects of their medical care, including end-of-life decisions. People should be free to purchase health insurance across state lines.
Retirement planning is the responsibility of the individual, not the government. Libertarians would phase out the current government-sponsored Social Security system and transition to a private voluntary system. The proper and most effective source of help for the poor is the voluntary efforts of private groups and individuals. We believe members of society will become more charitable and civil society will be strengthened as government reduces its activity in this realm.
Why would any American strive to return the US healthcare system to its greedy, insensitive and denial oriented past?
Why return the Bush (pharma) Donut Hole to our seniors?
Why not force Insurance companies to use our premiums with rebate to the insured for non-use?
Why should women pay more for medical coverage?
Why would any group of people find fault in assistance to people who have worked beyond their usefulness to corporate America?
How would could anyone find comfort in Libertarianism and the far-right GOP?
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The 10 minute setup is classic propaganda and craftily done, I will add.
http://youtu.be/PuGRv-2rXlU?t=10m
AATP
Koch Brothers Back Right-Wing Militia Terrorists in Nevada Land Dispute (via Americans Against The Tea Party)
Media Matters
The Money Behind Fox’s Promotion Of Cliven Bundy’s Battle With The Feds
Right-wing media have been rushing to distance themselves from the Nevada rancher they’ve spent weeks championing after Cliven Bundy revealed his racist worldview, but two of Bundy’s biggest cheerleaders — Sean Hannity and Fox News — have vested corporate, financial, and political interests in the promotion of Cliven Bundy’s anti-government land ownership agenda.Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy became Fox News’ favorite folk hero after he refused to comply with court orders directing him to remove his trespassing cattle from public land. Hannity and many other right-wing media rallied around Bundy and his armed supporters as they threatened violence against federal law enforcement officials attempting to impound Bundy’s cattle and collect the $1 million he owes in fines and fees after decades of noncompliance with the law.Bundy has said he doesn’t recognize the existence of the federal government nor its authority over the land and has attacked the federal ownership of lands as subverting Nevada’s “state sovereignty.” Hannity has promoted Bundy’s anti-government rhetoric, arguing that the federal government owns far too much land and pushing Bundy’s claim that not only does the federal government not have land-ownership authority but that they don’t need or use the land they claim to own. On the April 23 edition of his show, Hannity attacked the government for owning too much land, agreeing with Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano that they do not have the constitutional authority to own any of the land. Throughout the land battle, Hannity continuously argued that the government is irresponsibly fighting for land they have no intended use for — such as building hospitals, schools, or roads — and should focus their efforts elsewhere to rapists, murderers, criminals, and pedophiles.Bundy and Hannity’s promotion of state ownership of federal lands gives airtime to an issue that conservatives have long been campaigning for but have had difficulty getting voters excited about — an issue in line with the land interests of the Koch brothers. Slate reported on April 23 that the Fox News corporate, financial, and political interests being served by Hannity’s promotion of Bundy lie in the network’s connection to the Koch brothers:
Bundy’s anti-federal agenda is closely aligned with that of Charles and David Koch, major Republican donors who have been pushing for states to gain control over federal lands – so they can be sold or leased to people like the Koch brothers in deals.
Two affiliates of the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity are helping conservative media promote the cause of a Nevada rancher who has made violent threats against the federal government.
UPDATE: On April 25 the Huffington Post reported that after Cliven Bundy’s racist tirade became public,Americans for Prosperity scrubbed several of their social media posts supporting Bundy. A Media Matters check of the links below from AFP Nevada and AFP Colorado showed that incendiary posts supporting Bundy had been removed from the Internet.
Almost 100 Recent Murders Tied to White Nationalist Site Stormfront (via Americans Against The Tea Party)
Paul Ryan Accidentally Proves Anti-Poverty Programs are Effective While Trying to Discredit Them (via Americans Against The Tea Party)
…..AND THE BAND PLAYS ON….
Republicans Kill 13,000 Jobs in Tennessee with Anti-Union Vote. (via Americans Against The Tea Party)
“This is an old news story,” he told the Post. “Many of the ones that have been highlighted of late have actually been in the [Milwaukee] Journal-Sentinel and other places several years ago.” Scott Walker (R), Governor Wisconsin.
Scott Walker has been the center of negative news since he won his gubernatorial seat in 2010 (inaugurated in January 2011. Almost immediately after this inauguration, Walker embarked on a strategy to reduce the number and influence of public service workers (Democratic voting collective bargaining ) via major statewide cutbacks.
MSNBC, Ed Schultz, The Ed Show….
http://youtu.be/xPKc2Gn9P7E
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“……mixed in color, unemployed, lazy, can’t speak English and have no frigging clue who the r [sic] Daddys [sic] are.”
AlterNet Dot Org…..
The emails, released this week, discloses in a six-page email the horror the writer experienced when he woke up from his bizarre nightmare.
“I am a homosexual, and on top of that with a Mexican boyfriend. Oh, my God … Black, Jewish, disabled, gay with a Mexican boyfriend, drug addict, and HIV-positive!!!
The email continued, TPM reported, ending with the narrator fearing that he’s also a Democrat.
“Say it isn’t so!!! I can handle being a black, disabled, one armed, drug-addicted, Jewish homosexual on a pacemaker who is HIV positive, bald, orphaned, unemployed, lives in a slum, and has a Mexican boyfriend, but please, Oh dear God, please don’t tell me I’m a Democrat.”
Ah, the innards of the GOP comes so often.
Holy Cow! Watch Fox News Grill Scott Walker To IMPLOSION Over Embarrassing Emails (Video) (via Americans Against The Tea Party)
More Walker email saga
I. Possible Vote Rigging
II. Priebus does the Koch bidding and leaks primary opponent info to Walker
III. (May have) Directed County Workers to Break the law?
Tea Party-Type Militia Terrorists Used Facebook To Plot Attack Against The United States (via Americans Against The Tea Party)
Do you vote for the same candidates as these people? If so, can I convince you that you may also pose a danger to the nation.
Ever alert, ever mindful, ever aware, vigilant; peaceful when at peace, dangerous when riled........ We live on the Left and we love it!
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