AMERICAblog: Wall Street Journal: McCain to pay for health care plan by cutting Medicare/Medicaid
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
This news ought to play well in Florida. Of course some of those old people will just say it is a lie.
grannysue
· 1 year ago
This man is POND SCUM
FunMe
· 1 year ago
More take from the poor and give to the rich.
Unbelievable! McCain really does want to lose.
PLEASE Obama bring this up in the debates on Tuesday!
p.s. I just emailed the Obama campaign
sukabi1
· 1 year ago
so why doesn't he just take out an ad encouraging the old and sick to slit their wrists??? because with this "plan" they might as well, they won't be able to afford their medications or to go to the doctor...
scytherius
· 1 year ago
I can't WAIT til Obama brings this up tomorrow night. McCain could have videos of Obama, ayers and Rev. Wright in a 3-way sex fest after this gets out and they'd STILL lose in a landslide.
hawkseye
· 1 year ago
There goes Florida, and if he isn't careful, he'll put Arizona in play.
FunMe
· 1 year ago
Ugh, my mom just told me that bushie was in town (my birthplace in Texas).
Oh, and ALAMO HEIGHTS is the old money area of town. How disgusting of a human.
And funny, he didn't even mention McCain once.
WORST PRESIDENT EVER ... unless McCain steals it. So let's fight so it does not happen.
BeccaMorn
· 1 year ago
McCain doesn't need Medicare. He's got his free platinum-plated coverage for life, for being in Congress. Plus his VA benefits, and disability.
Oh, right, and he and his wife are worth over $100 million. Every little bit helps! Gawd...
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
Of course, McCain has spent most of his life getting health care from the government.
scottinsf
· 1 year ago
This will go over well.
shanobama
· 1 year ago
Thanks but no thanks, McCain.
Pancho
· 1 year ago
is it just me or is there something strange about the Annexation part up by the star on the top? Does it remind you of that secessionist talk? or what does that 87/9 mean? just wondering. yeah the health care is a top loser for McSame.
lovepeaceandallthat
· 1 year ago
So they can't privatise Medicare and Medicaid in order to steal from it (like they want to do from SS) but they can just go ahead and take it anyway? To allegedly pay for healthcare? I am dizzy with trying to understand how exactly they pull off all this grand-scale theft.
They can't allow any health care plan to get passed that doesn't include the insurance companies making tons of money.... those folks are in on the heist. It is all mind boggling. They want to destroy any and all program that ISN'T making them money -- lots of money. To them, all those programs are like banks just waiting to be robbed.
The entire "small government is good because big governement is bad and therefore we should privatise everything" (uh, is that even a logical argument -- and still people buy it) is just the STORY they tell, like a story you make up for child. A story to make you believe you aren't getting robbed. I
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
One thing you have to undestand lovepeaceandallthat: The Republicans are about privatizing everything! You and I already know that, but what we don't discuss why it is that people actually buy it. For the most part, the Republicans can't sell this to Blacks, Asians, Native Americans, Latinos, the disabled, or seniors on a massive scale. However, they can sell it to the Hockey moms and Joe six-pack. If you listen, really listen, to Palin's speeches, they're directed at a certain segement of White Ameirica. Speaking of Obama, "He's not like you and I, he doesn't see America the same way we do."
The Republicans have been ripping of white America, and all the rest of us for decades. It's all about race, and they've kept us all divided. Take for example an individual who is jobless and lives in an area where jobs will not return. Quite often, if they're white, their comfort zone (even thought they know a McCain presidency would bring them 4 more years of the same) would be to vote the McCain ticket.
The good thing, is the pain, hopes, and fears of Americans have reached critical mass, and the tide turns towards Obama.
Ben Dover
· 1 year ago
Unless McCain is going to offer each and every American access to the same level of health care that he is able to access through his Senate health plan then he has nothing substantive to add to the discussion.
McCain is merely throwing bread crumbs to the masses, nothing more, nothing less.
McCain is worthless.
freshpaint
· 1 year ago
My head just exploded. I thought I'd heard everything.
Will email this immediately to my mother, who will email it to all her bridge and water aerobic buddies, who will email it to all their senior center chums, who will email it to their church newsletter lists, ....
This news just as the donut hole is passing overhead...
Is the guy insane? The only supporters he has left are a few addled seniors and right wing nuts!
They really don't get it, do they? They have NEVER in their lives had to worry about what to do if they get sick. Even if you have insurance (I don't) I understand you spend half your time fighting to make them cover your claim.
I heard a story the other day about a guy that was walking down the street and suddenly collapsed, blacked out. All these people had their phones out phoning the cops. When he came to he started yelling that he didn't want to go to the hospital, he was ok, he just wanted to go home. He had no insurance and was terrified of being taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
Good! Pass this on Fresphpaint. It amazes me that John McCain would have support from even one senior in this country. On the other hand, it's up to the Obama campaign to get this information out way ahead of time. You and I shouldn't be hearing about this 30 days from an election. It's all about educting the people, and it's hard to do when the Rebublicans go on the attack.
SCLiberal
· 1 year ago
After my husband's death from cancer I was looking at over $32k in hospital bills. I have Blue Cross/Blue Shield of South Carolina and he was under that policy. Wealthy people have NO clue. NONE. (and yes I had to declare bankruptcy).
lynchie
· 1 year ago
Sent this to a right wing neighbor last night. He replied this morning.
"John McCain has always put the best interests of Americans first. You are all jealous that he has followed the American dream and made money for himself. You liberals just want to destroy American and allow all the illegal immigrants into the country. If he wasn't honest and all about putting the country first why has he been in office for 26 years."
You know that is the magic questions isn't it. How did this asshole get re-elected and still do nothing for his constituents.
Eyeball_Kid
· 1 year ago
Obama WILL bring this up tonight in the debate. Count on it. McCain gave Obama a huge opening with this issue, and Obama will drive a truck through it. Johnny, say goodbye to the senior vote. Oh, and look in the mirror and call yourself a flaming asshole while you're at it.
billkepps
· 1 year ago
I'm surprised the Obama campaign is not hitting of this attack on Medicare harder, especially in Florida and Pennsylvania. It ought to be scaring the crap out of the elderly, one of McCain's last solid core supporter groups.
debinTexas
· 1 year ago
The truly frustrating thing is that McCain keeps talking about "giving" the American family a $5000 tax credit. That's just great. Never mind that you can't get decent coverage for a family for anywhere near $416.67 a month. Never mind that you'll be excluded if you've ever had anything more than a pimple. And never mind that a tax credit is utterly worthless if you don't make much money, (but you'll probably make too much for Medicaid)! If you couldn't afford to buy coverage before the credit, you probably don't make enough to get any value from any proposed credit, either. My guess is you'll buy food first.
Hubby and I make plenty, and have outstanding coverage. We're still hurt by the bills my chronic conditions cause. The average person? Hasn't a chance of making it. And McCain just doesn't get it. He's rich, and he's got Federal benefits AND Medicare--doesn't get better than that!
Tonight Obama and McCain were each asked if they considered health care a "right," "responsibility," or "(can't remember the third word)." McCain said responsibility. Obama said right. That about sums it up.
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Unbelievable! McCain really does want to lose.
PLEASE Obama bring this up in the debates on Tuesday!
p.s. I just emailed the Obama campaign
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Pre...
Oh, and ALAMO HEIGHTS is the old money area of town. How disgusting of a human.
And funny, he didn't even mention McCain once.
WORST PRESIDENT EVER ... unless McCain steals it.
So let's fight so it does not happen.
Oh, right, and he and his wife are worth over $100 million. Every little bit helps! Gawd...
They can't allow any health care plan to get passed that doesn't include the insurance companies making tons of money.... those folks are in on the heist. It is all mind boggling. They want to destroy any and all program that ISN'T making them money -- lots of money. To them, all those programs are like banks just waiting to be robbed.
The entire "small government is good because big governement is bad and therefore we should privatise everything" (uh, is that even a logical argument -- and still people buy it) is just the STORY they tell, like a story you make up for child. A story to make you believe you aren't getting robbed.
I
The Republicans have been ripping of white America, and all the rest of us for decades. It's all about race, and they've kept us all divided. Take for example an individual who is jobless and lives in an area where jobs will not return. Quite often, if they're white, their comfort zone (even thought they know a McCain presidency would bring them 4 more years of the same) would be to vote the McCain ticket.
The good thing, is the pain, hopes, and fears of Americans have reached critical mass, and the tide turns towards Obama.
McCain is merely throwing bread crumbs to the masses, nothing more, nothing less.
McCain is worthless.
Will email this immediately to my mother, who will email it to all her bridge and water aerobic buddies, who will email it to all their senior center chums, who will email it to their church newsletter lists, ....
This news just as the donut hole is passing overhead...
Is the guy insane? The only supporters he has left are a few addled seniors and right wing nuts!
They really don't get it, do they? They have NEVER in their lives had to worry about what to do if they get sick. Even if you have insurance (I don't) I understand you spend half your time fighting to make them cover your claim.
I heard a story the other day about a guy that was walking down the street and suddenly collapsed, blacked out. All these people had their phones out phoning the cops. When he came to he started yelling that he didn't want to go to the hospital, he was ok, he just wanted to go home. He had no insurance and was terrified of being taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
"John McCain has always put the best interests of Americans first. You are all jealous that he has followed the American dream and made money for himself. You liberals just want to destroy American and allow all the illegal immigrants into the country. If he wasn't honest and all about putting the country first why has he been in office for 26 years."
You know that is the magic questions isn't it. How did this asshole get re-elected and still do nothing for his constituents.
Hubby and I make plenty, and have outstanding coverage. We're still hurt by the bills my chronic conditions cause. The average person? Hasn't a chance of making it. And McCain just doesn't get it. He's rich, and he's got Federal benefits AND Medicare--doesn't get better than that!
Tonight Obama and McCain were each asked if they considered health care a "right," "responsibility," or "(can't remember the third word)." McCain said responsibility. Obama said right. That about sums it up.