Obama Tells GOP: Nice Try on
Health Care Records
Sunday, 13 Mar 2011 10:39 AM
When it came time to sit down with pharmaceutical companies
to get them on board in supporting Obamacare in 2010, they
bargained away low-priced drugs to Americans for a
pharmaceutical company exemption from Obamacare rules.
In other words, pharmaceuticals sold the American public
down the river to maintain their own profits at the highest levels in history.
If you want to go to
Mexico or Canada,
you can buy
generic drugs which
are just as good as
brand name
medicine in the U.S.
But the Democrats
beat down
the public by giving
in to Big Pharma
firms desire to
restrict U.S. patients
from getting discounted
products,
like Canadians
and Mexicans get.
In other words,
Americans continue
to pay a big part of the tab for
citizens across the globe to obtain expensive drugs.
It's one of the "perks" (costs) of being a U.S. citizen.
Yet, Obama promises that he will level the income
playing field so that people from other countries will be
earning equal or better wages than Americans. How
fair is that? When is he going to stop discriminating
against Americans in medicines where they have to
pay top dollar?
It used to be Americans whose work ethic was better
than any place on the globe that would earn more
because they worked harder. It sounds like Obama is
taking out of the equation our hard work ethic, our
inventiveness, and our competitiveness to remain the
number one country on earth.
Why has Barak Obama "got it in" for Americans? Is it
something he brought with him from Africa or Arabia -
or from wherever he was born and raised? Is it built into
this man from his father's un-realized hopes and dreams?
Sounds masochistic, doesn't it. Well, it is.
Next time you go to the polls you should retaliate and
elect a conservative who will look after your interests.
1) Read in SLATE how Big Pharma out negotiated Obama:
http://www.slate.com/id/2224621/
2) "Internal Memo Reveals Big Giveaways In White
House Deal With Big Pharma:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/13/internal-
memo-confirms-bi_n_258285.html
Don White
Here is a Newsmax article outlining some of
this competitive and rotten stuff:
__________________________________________
Read more on Newsmax.com: Obama Tells GOP: Nice Try
on Health Care Records
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama once
promised that negotiations over his health care overhaul
would be carried out openly, in front of TV cameras
and microphones. Tell that to the White House now.
Republican congressional investigators got the brush-off
this past week after pressing for details of meetings
between White House officials and interest groups,
including drug companies and hospitals that provided
critical backing for Obama's health insurance expansion.
Complying with the records request from the House
Energy and Commerce Committee "would constitute a
vast and expensive undertaking" and could "implicate
longstanding executive branch confidentiality interests,"
White House lawyer Robert Bauer wrote the committee.
Translation: Nice try.
It's one more roadblock for Republicans who tapped into
widespread anxiety about the scope and costs of the new
health care law to regain control of the House in last fall's elections.
So far, they've been unable to repeal the landmark legislation
they dismiss as "Obamacare." GOP efforts to deny
administration agencies the money to carry out the law
are running into unintended consequences, not to mention
the sheer difficulty of tracking those dollars. Now it looks like
oversight isn't going to be easy either.
"We are both concerned and disappointed by your response,"
the committee chairman, Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich.,
wrote back to Bauer. "The American public deserves the
information we have requested. The secret meetings
conducted by (White House officials) are a perfect example
of why transparency in government is so important."
Upton urged the White House to carefully reconsider, but
it's uncertain he'll ever get what he wants. Even if the standoff
dramatically escalates to a congressional subpoena, history
shows that presidents usually succeed in keeping records
away from snooping eyes.
President George W. Bush's administration beat back efforts
to reveal the dealings between Vice President Dick Cheney's
energy task force and industry. President Bill Clinton's
administration successfully resisted demands for records
of its failed push to remake the health care system, which
was overseen by then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The request for records from Obama's health care reform office
is broad. The committee asked for a list of every meeting, briefing
or telephone call regarding changes to the health care system,
as well as notes or summaries of those encounters. It wants a
list of every employee of the now-disbanded health reform
office, including their salaries. Committee investigators are
also seeking any written communications, whether by letter
or e-mail, with outside groups.
White House visitor records released at the request of The
Associated Press in late 2009 show that Obama's top aides
met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry
leaders during the marathon congressional debate over health care overhaul.
The list included George Halvorson, chairman and CEO of
Kaiser Health Plans; Scott Serota, president and CEO of the
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association; Kenneth Kies, a
Washington lobbyist representing Blue Cross/Blue Shield,
among other clients; Billy Tauzin, then head of PhRMA, the
drug industry lobby; Richard Umbdenstock, chief of the
American Hospital Association; and numerous others.
Nearly every health industry group has complaints about
aspects of the final legislation. But they're also working to
carry out its provisions, even as challenges to the law's
constitutionality advance in federal court. Some sectors got
significant concessions from the administration.
The pharmaceutical industry and hospitals agreed early on to
tens of billions in savings to help finance new coverage for the
uninsured. When an amendment to allow importation of low-
cost prescription drugs came up in the Senate, the administration
worked successfully to defeat it, although Obama had supported
the idea as a presidential candidate. Hospitals won a reprieve of
several years from cuts proposed by a new Medicare cost control board.
The White House sent the Energy and Commerce Committee
some 100 pages of records that have already been made public,
including visitor logs and press releases. That may be all they
get for a long time.
to get them on board in supporting Obamacare in 2010, they
bargained away low-priced drugs to Americans for a
pharmaceutical company exemption from Obamacare rules.
In other words, pharmaceuticals sold the American public
down the river to maintain their own profits at the highest levels in history.
 |
| Obama Stares Down John Q. Public Telling Him He Lost in a negotiation with Big Pharma and had to increase prices of meds for Americans in Exchange for a big Pharma donation to his re-election. |
If you want to go to
Mexico or Canada,
you can buy
generic drugs which
are just as good as
brand name
medicine in the U.S.
But the Democrats
beat down
the public by giving
in to Big Pharma
firms desire to
restrict U.S. patients
from getting discounted
products,
like Canadians
and Mexicans get.
In other words,
Americans continue
to pay a big part of the tab for
citizens across the globe to obtain expensive drugs.
It's one of the "perks" (costs) of being a U.S. citizen.
Yet, Obama promises that he will level the income
playing field so that people from other countries will be
earning equal or better wages than Americans. How
fair is that? When is he going to stop discriminating
against Americans in medicines where they have to
pay top dollar?
It used to be Americans whose work ethic was better
than any place on the globe that would earn more
because they worked harder. It sounds like Obama is
taking out of the equation our hard work ethic, our
inventiveness, and our competitiveness to remain the
number one country on earth.
Why has Barak Obama "got it in" for Americans? Is it
something he brought with him from Africa or Arabia -
or from wherever he was born and raised? Is it built into
this man from his father's un-realized hopes and dreams?
Sounds masochistic, doesn't it. Well, it is.
Next time you go to the polls you should retaliate and
elect a conservative who will look after your interests.
1) Read in SLATE how Big Pharma out negotiated Obama:
http://www.slate.com/id/2224621/
2) "Internal Memo Reveals Big Giveaways In White
House Deal With Big Pharma:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/13/internal-
memo-confirms-bi_n_258285.html
Don White
Here is a Newsmax article outlining some of
this competitive and rotten stuff:
__________________________________________
Obama Tells GOP: Nice Try
on Health Care Records
Sunday, 13 Mar 2011 10:39 AM
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama once promised
that negotiations over his health care overhaul would be
carried out openly, in front of TV cameras and microphones.
that to the White House now.
Republican congressional investigators got the brush-off
this past week after pressing for details of meetings between
White House officials and interest groups, including drug
companies and hospitals that provided critical backing for
Obama's health insurance expansion.
Complying with the records request from the House Energy
and Commerce Committee "would constitute a vast and
expensive undertaking" and could "implicate longstanding
executive branch confidentiality interests," White House lawyer
Robert Bauer wrote the committee. Translation: Nice try.
It's one more roadblock for Republicans who tapped into
widespread anxiety about the scope and costs of the new
health care law to regain control of the House in last fall's
elections.
So far, they've been unable to repeal the landmark legislation
they dismiss as "Obamacare." GOP efforts to deny administration
agencies the money to carry out the law are running into
unintended consequences, not to mention the sheer difficulty
of tracking those dollars. Now it looks like oversight isn't going
to be easy either.
"We are both concerned and disappointed by your response,"
the committee chairman, Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., wrote
back to Bauer. "The American public deserves the information
we have requested. The secret meetings conducted by (White
House officials) are a perfect example of why transparency in
government is so important."
Upton urged the White House to carefully reconsider, but
it's uncertain he'll ever get what he wants. Even if the standoff
dramatically escalates to a congressional subpoena, history
shows that presidents usually succeed in keeping records
away from snooping eyes.
President George W. Bush's administration beat back efforts
to reveal the dealings between Vice President Dick Cheney's
energy task force and industry. President Bill Clinton's
administration successfully resisted demands for records of
its failed push to remake the health care system, which was
overseen by then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The request for records from Obama's health care reform
office is broad. The committee asked for a list of every meeting,
briefing or telephone call regarding changes to the health care
system, as well as notes or summaries of those encounters.
It wants a list of every employee of the now-disbanded health
reform office, including their salaries. Committee investigators
are also seeking any written communications, whether by
letter or e-mail, with outside groups.
White House visitor records released at the request of The
Associated Press in late 2009 show that Obama's top aides met
frequently with lobbyists and health care industry leaders
during the marathon congressional debate over health care
overhaul.
The list included George Halvorson, chairman and CEO of
Kaiser Health Plans; Scott Serota, president and CEO of the
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association; Kenneth Kies, a
Washington lobbyist representing Blue Cross/Blue Shield,
among other clients; Billy Tauzin, then head of PhRMA,
the drug industry lobby; Richard Umbdenstock, chief of
the American Hospital Association; and numerous others.
Nearly every health industry group has complaints about
aspects of the final legislation. But they're also working to
carry out its provisions, even as challenges to the law's
constitutionality advance in federal court. Some sectors
got significant concessions from the administration.
The pharmaceutical industry and hospitals agreed early
on to tens of billions in savings to help finance new coverage
for the uninsured. When an amendment to allow importation
of low-cost prescription drugs came up in the Senate, the
administration worked successfully to defeat it, although
Obama had supported the idea as a presidential candidate.
Hospitals won a reprieve of several years from cuts proposed
by a new Medicare cost control board.
The White House sent the Energy and Commerce Committee
some 100 pages of records that have already been made public,
including visitor logs and press releases. That may be all
they get for a long time.
that negotiations over his health care overhaul would be
carried out openly, in front of TV cameras and microphones.
that to the White House now.
Republican congressional investigators got the brush-off
this past week after pressing for details of meetings between
White House officials and interest groups, including drug
companies and hospitals that provided critical backing for
Obama's health insurance expansion.
Complying with the records request from the House Energy
and Commerce Committee "would constitute a vast and
expensive undertaking" and could "implicate longstanding
executive branch confidentiality interests," White House lawyer
Robert Bauer wrote the committee. Translation: Nice try.
It's one more roadblock for Republicans who tapped into
widespread anxiety about the scope and costs of the new
health care law to regain control of the House in last fall's
elections.
So far, they've been unable to repeal the landmark legislation
they dismiss as "Obamacare." GOP efforts to deny administration
agencies the money to carry out the law are running into
unintended consequences, not to mention the sheer difficulty
of tracking those dollars. Now it looks like oversight isn't going
to be easy either.
"We are both concerned and disappointed by your response,"
the committee chairman, Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., wrote
back to Bauer. "The American public deserves the information
we have requested. The secret meetings conducted by (White
House officials) are a perfect example of why transparency in
government is so important."
Upton urged the White House to carefully reconsider, but
it's uncertain he'll ever get what he wants. Even if the standoff
dramatically escalates to a congressional subpoena, history
shows that presidents usually succeed in keeping records
away from snooping eyes.
President George W. Bush's administration beat back efforts
to reveal the dealings between Vice President Dick Cheney's
energy task force and industry. President Bill Clinton's
administration successfully resisted demands for records of
its failed push to remake the health care system, which was
overseen by then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The request for records from Obama's health care reform
office is broad. The committee asked for a list of every meeting,
briefing or telephone call regarding changes to the health care
system, as well as notes or summaries of those encounters.
It wants a list of every employee of the now-disbanded health
reform office, including their salaries. Committee investigators
are also seeking any written communications, whether by
letter or e-mail, with outside groups.
White House visitor records released at the request of The
Associated Press in late 2009 show that Obama's top aides met
frequently with lobbyists and health care industry leaders
during the marathon congressional debate over health care
overhaul.
The list included George Halvorson, chairman and CEO of
Kaiser Health Plans; Scott Serota, president and CEO of the
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association; Kenneth Kies, a
Washington lobbyist representing Blue Cross/Blue Shield,
among other clients; Billy Tauzin, then head of PhRMA,
the drug industry lobby; Richard Umbdenstock, chief of
the American Hospital Association; and numerous others.
Nearly every health industry group has complaints about
aspects of the final legislation. But they're also working to
carry out its provisions, even as challenges to the law's
constitutionality advance in federal court. Some sectors
got significant concessions from the administration.
The pharmaceutical industry and hospitals agreed early
on to tens of billions in savings to help finance new coverage
for the uninsured. When an amendment to allow importation
of low-cost prescription drugs came up in the Senate, the
administration worked successfully to defeat it, although
Obama had supported the idea as a presidential candidate.
Hospitals won a reprieve of several years from cuts proposed
by a new Medicare cost control board.
The White House sent the Energy and Commerce Committee
some 100 pages of records that have already been made public,
including visitor logs and press releases. That may be all
they get for a long time.
Read more on Newsmax.com: Obama Tells GOP: Nice Try
on Health Care Records
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama once
promised that negotiations over his health care overhaul
would be carried out openly, in front of TV cameras
and microphones. Tell that to the White House now.
Republican congressional investigators got the brush-off
this past week after pressing for details of meetings
between White House officials and interest groups,
including drug companies and hospitals that provided
critical backing for Obama's health insurance expansion.
Complying with the records request from the House
Energy and Commerce Committee "would constitute a
vast and expensive undertaking" and could "implicate
longstanding executive branch confidentiality interests,"
White House lawyer Robert Bauer wrote the committee.
Translation: Nice try.
It's one more roadblock for Republicans who tapped into
widespread anxiety about the scope and costs of the new
health care law to regain control of the House in last fall's elections.
So far, they've been unable to repeal the landmark legislation
they dismiss as "Obamacare." GOP efforts to deny
administration agencies the money to carry out the law
are running into unintended consequences, not to mention
the sheer difficulty of tracking those dollars. Now it looks like
oversight isn't going to be easy either.
"We are both concerned and disappointed by your response,"
the committee chairman, Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich.,
wrote back to Bauer. "The American public deserves the
information we have requested. The secret meetings
conducted by (White House officials) are a perfect example
of why transparency in government is so important."
Upton urged the White House to carefully reconsider, but
it's uncertain he'll ever get what he wants. Even if the standoff
dramatically escalates to a congressional subpoena, history
shows that presidents usually succeed in keeping records
away from snooping eyes.
President George W. Bush's administration beat back efforts
to reveal the dealings between Vice President Dick Cheney's
energy task force and industry. President Bill Clinton's
administration successfully resisted demands for records
of its failed push to remake the health care system, which
was overseen by then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The request for records from Obama's health care reform office
is broad. The committee asked for a list of every meeting, briefing
or telephone call regarding changes to the health care system,
as well as notes or summaries of those encounters. It wants a
list of every employee of the now-disbanded health reform
office, including their salaries. Committee investigators are
also seeking any written communications, whether by letter
or e-mail, with outside groups.
White House visitor records released at the request of The
Associated Press in late 2009 show that Obama's top aides
met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry
leaders during the marathon congressional debate over health care overhaul.
The list included George Halvorson, chairman and CEO of
Kaiser Health Plans; Scott Serota, president and CEO of the
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association; Kenneth Kies, a
Washington lobbyist representing Blue Cross/Blue Shield,
among other clients; Billy Tauzin, then head of PhRMA, the
drug industry lobby; Richard Umbdenstock, chief of the
American Hospital Association; and numerous others.
Nearly every health industry group has complaints about
aspects of the final legislation. But they're also working to
carry out its provisions, even as challenges to the law's
constitutionality advance in federal court. Some sectors got
significant concessions from the administration.
The pharmaceutical industry and hospitals agreed early on to
tens of billions in savings to help finance new coverage for the
uninsured. When an amendment to allow importation of low-
cost prescription drugs came up in the Senate, the administration
worked successfully to defeat it, although Obama had supported
the idea as a presidential candidate. Hospitals won a reprieve of
several years from cuts proposed by a new Medicare cost control board.
The White House sent the Energy and Commerce Committee
some 100 pages of records that have already been made public,
including visitor logs and press releases. That may be all they
get for a long time.
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