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marmar (1000+ posts) Fri Feb-26-10 05:55 PMTHE ORANGE MARMALADE PRIMITIVEOriginal message Understanding John Boehner’s Lack of UnderstandingHouse Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) didn’t have a whole lot to say at the health care summit yesterday, but when the topic at hand was mandates in the system, the GOP leader took his turn at the mic. Boehner brushed past the subject, and instead asked a few rhetorical questions.“Mr. President, I told you the day after — maybe it was the day you were sworn in as president — I would never say anything outside of the room that I wouldn’t say inside the room. I’ve been patient. I’ve listened to the debate that’s gone on here.“But why can’t we agree on those insurance reforms that we’ve talked about? Why can’t we come to an agreement on purchasing across state lines? And why can’t we do something about the biggest cost driver, which is medical malpractice and the defensive medicine that doctors practice?â€It’s important to keep the larger context in mind. Boehner’s comments came fairly late in the day, which means policymakers had already discussed, in considerable detail, exactly why Democrats and Republicans disagree on insurance reform, across state lines, and medical malpractice. In other words, Boehner wasn’t posing these questions in an opening statement, hoping to lay the groundwork for additional discussion; he was posing questions that everyone in the room already knew the answers to. ......(more)The complete piece is at: http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/02/26/understa... /
SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Fri Feb-26-10 06:01 PMResponse to Original message 1. Answer: He's a republicon. Therefore, it pays him to not 'understand' That what republicon crony insurance and 'health care' profit-making corporations want: no comprendo.Besides, it's tough to get any reality through a thick layer of ManTan.
Atman (1000+ posts) Fri Feb-26-10 06:04 PMPEDRO PICASSO, #11 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009Response to Original message 3. Boner embarrased [sic!] himself. The man is nothing but an obstructionist whore. The irony is that he apparently is not even comfortable with the color of his own skin let alone President Obama's.
gratuitous (1000+ posts) Fri Feb-26-10 06:05 PMResponse to Original message 4. The biggest cost driver is malpractice? Maybe we should ask the medical profession to police itself a little better. Wouldn't that be a nice free market solution? Wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime for doctors to weed out the impaired and the incompetent by themselves? I wonder why Boehner doesn't bring that up to his good friend and colleague Dr. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma?
onethatcares (1000+ posts) Fri Feb-26-10 06:10 PMResponse to Original message 5. amazingly enough, you can find out more about your carpenter than you can about your doctors.
theoldman (1000+ posts) Fri Feb-26-10 06:17 PMResponse to Original message 6. There is not much the federal government can do about malpractice. Malpractice is prevalent all over the medical profession and it is not limited to Medicare or Medicaid. The problem lies with the doctors who will not police themselves. They cover each other's ass. The insurance companies will not do anything because they can just raise the rates to cover loses. I have reported several doctors to insurance companies and they refuse to investigate.
