Myths and Realities

[bluejeans07]

I think this is an important video to watch about the government plan for health care. This is directly from the White House, it's not viral e-mail, it's not word of mouth, it's directly from the source.

More videos and information are available here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/

And now I'm going to get on my soap box for a bit.

I will be laid off from my job soon and I will be losing my health insurance, which I'm not happy about it. I was without insurance for awhile and to lose it again is upsetting, not because that there's anything horribly wrong with me, but because there CAN be and I don't want to be caught without insurance to cover that. Right now, with the way the economy is, the competition for jobs in the animation industry is super tough. Recession is limiting the amount of jobs, pay, and benefits that can be offered, and people who work in animation always had to compete with seasoned veterans. I know that even though I try my hardest to send out my portfolios and my resumes to studios all over Los Angeles, it will be tough for me to get a job, and because of that, I won't have health insurance.

I want there to be an option for me to have and the best option would be that there is a government health insurance OPTION that will cover me. I value my health very much because if you don't have your health, what have you got, eh? So please, I ask that everyone checks out the information on the site, and also to think of me, and anyone else who will not or currently does not have health insurance. After all there are roughly 47 million of us out there, chances are, you know some of us, are friends with us, or are related us. Would you really be willing to stand in the way of your friend/loved one getting affordable health care?

Comments

[noodledaddy.livejournal.com]

I urge you to read this evaluation by a university professor who has read the entire bill and has evaluated it. The bill, for example, will terminate the coverage I currently have.

The bill does present a government option. It favors the government option. The bill is structured to steer people to a government option and eventually force people to the government option. As Obama stated in 2003 and 2007, he favors a single payer (government run) health system.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbXrSK_VfME

[noodledaddy.livejournal.com]

I suppose the link would have come in handy:
http://www.classicalideals.com/HR3200.htm

[bluejeans07.livejournal.com]

Obama, 2009, AARP: "If you like your plan, if you like your doctor, then you can keep your plan."

In 2003, 2007, yes, he did want universal health care for the US people. However, I don't think that's entirely realistic or possible for this country. Clearly, a lot of people don't want that and universal health care has its own problems.

But I don't see a problem with offering the option of government health insurance that someone can choose to have or they can have private insurance.

[noodledaddy.livejournal.com]

My problem is I do not trust Obama to do what he says. Nor do I trust Congress, many of whom have also supported government-run health care.

Obama, 2009, AARP: "If you like your plan, if you like your doctor, then you can keep your plan." That is unless you change jobs or your employer decided it makes more financial sense for them to dump their health coverage and put all their employees on the government-run system. Obama made it clear he had not read the plan when he made this statement.

[aznaphrodite.livejournal.com]

Outside of the whole health reform talk, for your immediate situation, you should get temporary health insurance. I recall it cost me about $150 total for 3 months and covers you in case of an emergency. You can extend it longer than that, depending on how soon you think you'll find another job. I got it through Blue Shield or Blue Cross of California. It's a good option when you are in between jobs. I hope you find a new job soon!

[rasetsu.livejournal.com]

I'm not trying to be political about this, but please take what the White House posts up with a grain of salt. You have to look at the points from the experts on both sides and by experts, I don't mean political talking heads. Make no mistake that the current administration and Congress are very radical to the left. I trust Obama, Pelosi, and Reid about as much as I trust Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter. The drafting of the existing language in the bills are very broad and can be interpreted in different ways. Therein lies the problem. The idea that it sucks for some people now so we need to rush this mess of a bill through is not a good idea. Any type of healthcare reform that does not include tort reform is not good. Even liberals like Arianna Huffington has come out to say that the current reform bills are not a good idea because they leave out key things that would resolve the key problems.

As for your personal situation, please look into temporary health insurance. I had temporary health insurance through Blue Cross for about 4-5 months when I was in-between jobs after law school. It was very affordable. Good luck on your job search!

[hope-guides-me.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with this. Those in the White House are just as apt to lie as everyone else on the planet.

[bluejeans07.livejournal.com]

Then who do you trust in things that you can't control? And I'm not discussing religion, I'm discussing people. You don't trust the government, or officials, or anyone because anyone can lie. I may not agree with the government all the time, past and current, but I'm not in any place of authority to say for sure that a government or an official is lying to me about health care reform or any other sort of policy.

That's fine to check sources to see what people who are considered experts in this field say, but I think it's wrong to judge the government this way and immediately write off this website as a way to lie to the people. The woman in the video I posted is a physician, the people in other videos have direct contact with the bill at hand. Just to write this entire thing off as a lie is narrowing your point of view.

If we believe that everyone in authority is lying to us, then what kind of world is this? Have your own opinions on this view but to call all of this a lie is wrong.

[hope-guides-me.livejournal.com]

I didn't say it was definitely a lie. I didn't say that at all. I'm saying that it could be a lie... just as other sources could be a lie.

I didn't see your post about how you couldn't comment to this until after I commented. Sorry, sweetie.

[bluejeans07.livejournal.com]

I'm really, really sorry too. I kind of lost it for a bit and I didn't mean to get angry about your comment, I'm a bit explosive right now, please forgive me about that. -_- I've been trying to read everything that gets posted to my journal and note it down to address at a later date but yeah, I couldn't keep myself from replying without thinking.

Honesty is a really important thing to me, probably because I was a perpetual liar in my teens to the point I lied to everyone: my friends, teachers, and parents. After one of my lies really hurt me and my family, I've really come to value honesty so much that I'm really honest to the point of bluntness. I know everyone and everything can lie, but I really try to focus on the fact that they can just as well tell the truth. More of the 'glass is half full' instead of 'half empty' sort of thing. So yeah, it hit a bit close, but it wasn't directed at you. And I'm really sorry. *hug*

[hope-guides-me.livejournal.com]

I know, sweetie. I didn't see it as a personal attack. I though maybe you'd just read my comment wrong. <3 LOVE YOU, JEAN! *HUGS*