Barack Obama's window: 'Prime-time'

Some data from the WashPo/ABC poll that David Axelrod and Mark Silva don't want publicized: only 8% of the people polled said they were better off since Obama became president. Three times as many (27%) said they were worse off, and 64% said "about the same".

Obama still has an approval rating right at 60 and gets majority support for most of his agenda items. What crisis?

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Republican leaders insist there is no rush

This is obvious. If it was a concern to them, they would have worked on it while they were in complete control. Until the amount of Americans suffering from this issue outweighs the amount of money from the Pharm lobbyists, it is a moot point to them.

If Obama really wanted a new window, he would prove publicly where he was born and quit hiding his expensive secret.

Republican leaders insist there is no rush

This is obvious. If it was a concern to them, they would have worked on it while they were in complete control. Until the amount of Americans suffering from this issue outweighs the amount of money from the Pharm lobbyists, it is a moot point to them.

Posted by: bill r. | July 20, 2009 11:14 AM

Bill r;

Work on it? whats to work on-?
How do you call throwing truckloads of our kids and grandchildrens yet to be earned income as "working" on anything? Your party is not t even "working" at reading this nonsense initiatives before voting on them. Change? When has a DEM solution to any domestic issue NOT been spending a ton of cash?

To your questions - So what prevented the DEMS when they took over as a majority power in congress after the 2006 mid term from pursuing this urgent nonsense ?

The top priorities then ...immigration reform and increasing the minimum wage.

The honest answer is that this is an ideological urgency only- a liberal wish list of economic suicide that Obama, Pelosi and Reid do not want to pursue closer to the 2010 mid terms.

Even if the reforms have any merit ( they don't) - pushing them so aggressively in the middle of this recession is classic ideology over common sense liberal thinking...

You're hilarious Inky, have you posted your birth certificate yet?

If every other industrialized nation can figure this out (including France!), why can't we? Why do Republicans continue to insist France is better than us, that we can't have universal health care? Not very patriotic.

How can anybody expect vibrant economic activity / JOB CREATION ( faulted by the non-alternative naysayers to distract a series of scandals ) and housing boom in the context one in two Americans say someone in their family skipped pills, postponed or cut back on needed medical care due to the cost ?

And there have been many different polls that show the public is overwhelmingly in favor of Obama's version of reform, which includes a public option (for example, a CBS News/New York Times poll had 72% in favor and even a poll done by healthcare reform opponents showed 83% in favor of the public option).

Thank You !

Bruce, checked the stock market today? Nearing 9,000.

This story from AP News:
Economic indicators up more than expected in June
US leading economic indicators rise more than expected in June, sign recession nearing an end
By Tali Arbel, AP Business Writer
On Monday July 20, 2009, 1:41 pm EDT

Of course your too biased to admint success.

You're hilarious Inky, have you posted your birth certificate yet?
Posted by: born near the border | July 20, 2009 1:24 PM
Same town Elvis was born in.
Hint- A town in the USA- God Bless America

Same town Elvis was born in.
Hint- A town in the USA- God Bless America

Posted by: Inky | July 20, 2009 3:29 PM

There are still people who believe your birth certificate is a fake. Prove them wrong!

That 'splains it, Inky.

Same town Elvis was born in.
Hint- A town in the USA- God Bless America
Posted by: Inky | July 20, 2009 3:29 PM
There are still people who believe your birth certificate is a fake. Prove them wrong!
Posted by: bill r. | July 20, 2009 4:33 PM
Bill a little more clearer
on that response- Obama or me?

This spring, due to the demand decrease, the highest fuel price came down below $40 per barrel, though, the 'similar' insurance premiums still go on rising, which may imply that health care is not optional, but essential, and the inaction could bankrupt family, business, and government beyond this recession, as all across the board agree.
Earlier, the revised HELP BILL with the public option and employer mandatory has got a green light from the CBO, yet still, a new 'incomplete' analysis of emerging House legislation said it would increase deficits by $239 billion over a decade.
But, CBO does not score any savings from prevention / wellness and the rest, even as Prevention / Wellness is an actual and essential part of the savings, without which the reform would be meaningless.
And I think the other things such as increased productivity / consumer confidence, 'potential stem cell effect', 'decreased mental stress', and 'massive job creation', 'stock price effect' and etc considered, the reform might be within reach. Most importantly, a few years later, if the excessive war and military spending goes toward the health care program, the cost issue does not matter at all, I think.
Edward M. Kennedy argues, the perfect should not be the enemy of the good, "Everyone won't be satisfied and no one will get everything they want. But we need to come together, just as we've done in other great struggles in World War II and the Cold War, in passing the great civil-rights laws of the 1960s, and in daring to send a man to the moon. If we don't get every provision right, we can adjust and improve the program next year or in the years to come. What we can't afford is to wait another generation."

Thank You For Reading !

This spring, due to the demand decrease, the highest fuel price came down below $40 per barrel, though, the 'similar' insurance premiums still go on rising, which may imply that health care is not optional, but essential, and the inaction could bankrupt family, business, and government beyond this recession, as all across the board agree.
Earlier, the revised HELP BILL with the public option and employer mandatory has got a green light from the CBO, yet still, a new 'incomplete' analysis of emerging House legislation said it would increase deficits by $239 billion over a decade.
But, CBO does not score any savings from prevention / wellness and the rest, even as Prevention / Wellness is an actual and essential part of the savings, without which the reform would be meaningless.
And I think the other things such as increased productivity / consumer confidence, 'potential stem cell effect', 'decreased mental stress', and 'massive job creation', 'stock price effect' and etc considered, the reform might be within reach. Most importantly, a few years later, if the excessive war and military spending goes toward the health care program, the cost issue does not matter at all, I think.
Edward M. Kennedy argues, the perfect should not be the enemy of the good, "Everyone won't be satisfied and no one will get everything they want. But we need to come together, just as we've done in other great struggles in World War II and the Cold War, in passing the great civil-rights laws of the 1960s, and in daring to send a man to the moon. If we don't get every provision right, we can adjust and improve the program next year or in the years to come. What we can't afford is to wait another generation."

Thank You For Reading !

The House leaders reached a deal on Medicare payments: A "Pay for Value" reimbursement system that rewards doctors and hospitals that achieve the best outcomes at the lowest cost.

As a result, The House gained a lot of votes, a lot of people who were withholding support.

The federal Medicare program insures some 44 million elderly and disabled Americans at an annual cost of $450 billion, almost one-fifth of total U.S. health care spending.

Supporters of the agreement say it could save the Medicare System more than $100 billion a year and improve care, that means $1trillian over a decade. (Please visit http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=820455&catid=391 for detailed infos)
The Times in a July 7 editorial argued “As much as 30 percent of all health-care spending in the U.S. -some $700 billion a year- may be wasted on tests and treatments that do not improve the health of the recipients,” Thus the remaining $239 billion over a decade does not matter.
No one can disagree with this best outcome / evidence-based system, and private insurance, too, will be greatly influenced by this change with the focus on value over volume. !

THANK YOU !