Comments on: VP Candidates Debate Health Plans; Biden Uses Data From Health Affairs

By: acavale

acavale — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:23:53 +0000

Not being particularly convinced by either party’s health care proposals, I would prefer someone who completely ignores the details (Palin) to someone who deliberately picks and chooses what is a convenient sound bite (Biden). Enough of lawyer-talk, I feel.

Unfortunately none of the forums are conducive to detailed discussion about details of any proposal. Since the vast majority of viewing public only cares for soundbites, I suppose that’s what they get, and they cannot complain about it.

I cannot understand why health insurance mandates on employers is expected to work (like the Obama folks would make us believe). Of course one would have to be an employer to understand why I feel this way (Washington, DC economic experts don’t get this concept). All these analyses are a good beginning, but have the real potential of being cherry picked in televised debates.

By: Health Care BS

Health Care BS — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:12:23 +0000

HEALTH AFFAIRS: PROUD SOURCE OF BIDEN BS

Last week, Jean Hiebert-White, executive publisher of Health Affairs, took me to task for suggesting that her publication had devolved into just another media conduit for Democrat talking points.
Hiebert-White’s case isn’t helped by this…

By: Michael D. Miller, MD

Michael D. Miller, MD — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:41:27 +0000

Apparently Sarah Palin didn’t read any of the Health Affairs articles, and only referred to her campaign’s talking points, since she stated: “Barack Obama’s plan to mandate health coverage and have universal government run program and unless you’re pleased with the way the federal government has been running things lately, I don’t think that it’s going to be real pleasing for Americans to consider health care being taken over by the feds.” [Transcript text taken from CNN.com]

Anyone who has looked at the Obama plan knows that it is not “health care being taken over by the fed.” That is just campaign rhetoric designed to scare people. Maybe that’s how hockey Mom’s intimidate the mothers of the opposing team, but it is shameless for someone who claims to be qualified for national office.