Schwarzenegger Endorses Obama Health Care Effort

Isn’t California bankrupt?
So, yes, let’s get behind Arnold on this one too…

It’s amazing that those who back Obamacare are ones whose states/communities are economic failures!

George, please. This is not an endorsement of the Obama plan per se (whatever that is), but a broad endorsement of principles that everyone agrees are important. It’s akin to endorsing mom and apple pie and it should carry the same weight.

CA would not be the first state with health care for all. I have the feeling that Pelosi (this is her state) must have worn out the knees in her hose to get Arnold to put this out.

Nice to see that there is at least one Republican who is not an obstructionist who simply says NO to anything President Obama tries to do.
Still waiting for the Republican plan!

It doesnt appear Arnie even mentions the current paln but endorses the idea of reform. Lets see what he says when congressional plan details are made public, which they seem to try and hide from our eyes.

why try to change a system that works perfectly now? sure, insurance companies deny care to the critically ill, but hey, it’s that person’s fault for getting sick in the first place, right? my fear is that obama will cut into insurance executives $260 million salaries. they’re the real victims here. (sigh)

Figures that RINO Arnie would support ObamaCare. Just look what Arnie has done for California’s economy. Wonder if he’s still hoping to snuggle up to Barry and get a ‘bailout’.

Looks like his wife cut him off! if you know what I mean….

great to see a leader and a Republican who puts his country before his party.

The bill coming out of the Senate Finance Committee is written by the insurance, pharmaceutical and hospital lobbies. It needs fixing.

Medicare denis more treatments than all of the insurance companies combined, so all of you people voicing the Dems line of reasoning, they are LYING to you.
The Medicare denial rate found in the study was, on a weighted average basis, roughly 1.7 times that of all of the private carriers combined (99,025 divided by 2,447,216 is 4.05%; 6.85% divided by 4.05% =1.69).
You would think Medicare’s sheer size might enable it to have smoother procedures with its providers that would enable it to turn down a lower percentage of claims. But no, this is the government we’re talking about.
So who’s the most “heartless” now? And why should Americans accept the idea of gradually being forced into a government-run system when, based on documented government experience, they will be more likely to see their claims denied?
And I didn’t even get to the idea of refusals to treat in the first place, something that is present to some degree in virtually every state-run system, but is currently against the law in hospital emergency rooms in the U.S.

What, specifically is our Governor endorsing? Does he approve a federal mandate for individuals to purchase health insurance? Does he approve the idea of premiums for seniors being as much as 5 times the premiums for others? Does he approve the idea that people should pay up to 13% of their incomes for health insurance? We do not know what it is exactly that the Governor is endorsing. Please get some facts before writing another article.

California bankrupted by inept liberalism; US would be bankrupted by Obamacare — See a trend here!?!?!?!?

His screen persona aside, this is a very savvy man. Just proves that not all Republicans are far-right freaks who jump every time the extremists at the irrational core of the party yelps. Good for him.

I really don’t know of one person that is against healthcare reform. It’s just that some focus on cutting costs without cutting services and choice while others don’t really care what it costs and want the government to run it all. I personally like low cost and choice.

We need healthcare reform – we need it now – before you come on this blog making statements that you THINK are accurate read the plan – educate yourself before condeming this plan. The American people need health care reform NOW

Courtesy Maria’s slap.

There are many aspects to the health proposals that are good and make sense. There are also ones, like the public option that are misguided and will increase costs over the long term.
I think the instrangience of the liberal democrats with the public option is a stealth means to nationalize the health care industry for politicians to control 1/6th of the economy.
Our government cannot control medicare costs now, cannot fund it adquately and pay only 78% of providers costs, shifting the burden on private sector.
The public option will allow them to shift more costs onto the private insurance forcing emploeyrs to dump the plans forcing their employees onto the public plan.
The end result will be rising costs and out of control government deficits. All taxpayers will end up paying the bill, not just the over 250K crowd.

My previous post was evidently too persuasive… let’s see if I can water it down a bit so it doesn’t get censored out. In summary of my prior post, any plan which does not address the fundamental, root causes of our hospital overcrowding and skyrocketing medical costs does not deserve consideration. The “ObamaCare” plan does not address any of these: tort reform (incl. caps on medical malpractice suits which would significantly reduce the cost of insurance that needs to be held by doctors/hospitals), mandatory co-payments for all (which would cut down on frivolous visits and help free doctors up to focus on the most serious cases) and NO FREE CARE FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS. Yes the “Illegal Alien” issue is a political hot potato, but it needs to be addressed because it is bankrupting all of our social institutions (prisons, schools, hospitals). Either grant these people amnesty and get them on the tax-paying roles, or encourage them (by cutting off their “free lunch”) to return to thier home countries.

Did anyone tell the fool BOCare will cause his state to experience a massive increase in medicaid spending……oh yeah, California is flush with money, never mind.

It seems to me that support by the Governor of a bankrupt state would be further proof that Obama’s Healthcare Takeover is going to be a disaster. Every “plan” from the Dems has shown to INCREASE the cost of healthcare but why worry about the facts, they want to “help” poor people and get back at those evil rich people that create jobs and support charities!

The constant lying.
The staggering arrogance.
The dangerous narcissism.
The astounding incompetence.
Wow, sounds like you’re describing one of the Bush boys to me. Give me a break! Let the first buffoon Rep or Dem without these characteristics cast the first stone.
What by chance makes you feel the President is arrogant? Because he refuses to cower to your foolishness or criticism. Please! This country has withstood far worse than President Obama. (As if the Republicans really gave us a choice – Palin/and what’s POWs name?) Let the record show that being held hostage does not instill any leadership skills – the first thing you do is remove any idea of leadership.

To Kenneth – A reality check. Actually America has been the strongest militarily and financially in the world without government healthcare. Why aren’t we fixing the uninsured instead of messing up what is a great system for most of us. ONE OF THE BEST EXPLANATIONS OF WHY OBAMA WON THE ELECTION –
–From a teacher in the Nashville area
when it is all about the ‘Ice Cream.’
The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade this year…
The presidential election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest. I decided we would have anelection for a class president. We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote. To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members. We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have. We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot.
The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates were good kids. I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he got lots of parental support. I had never seen Olivia’s mother. The day arrived when they were to make their speeches. Jamie went first. He had specific ideas about how to make our class a better
place. He ended by promising to do his very best. Everyone applauded and he sat down.
Now is was Olivia’s turn to speak. Her speech was concise. She said, “If you will vote for me, I will give you ice cream.” She sat down. The class went wild. “Yes! Yes! We want ice cream.”
She surely would say more. She did not have to. A discussion followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice cream? She wasn’t sure. Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it. She didn’t know. The class really didn’t care. All they were thinking about was ice cream.
Jamie was forgotten. Olivia won by a landslide. Every time Barack Obama opened his mouth he offered ice cream and 52 percent of the people reacted like nine year olds. They want ice cream.

Yes, well that just means, as a GOP’er, that he believes the profits in health care, should survive reform.
Thus, Obama has accomplished nothing, as there will be no reductions in health care costs.
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Here’s one way to reduce health care costs. Why no do away with frivolous law suits Rick? That would mean doctors would have to pay far less premiums for malpractice insurance and therefore, health care costs go down.
Why? Because Obama and his fellow liberals are all lawyers. As a DEMOCRAT, Obama believes that big profits for lawyers should survive reform.

kenneth…yeah, right. And Pelosi/Reid/Obama’s only goals are to make our country great. It was the Republican Party that put an end to slavery; it was Republican votes that were needed to carry the major civil rights legislation of the 60s; the Republican Party that wants to educate our children NOT make the NEA membership rich; the Republican Party wanted to free an oppressed people (Iraq) from a brutal dictator; the Republican Party that wants to protect the most vulnerable (babies) in this country. What is it that your Party wants to do for the good of humanity?

Why not open the voting machines and let the American SHEEPLE decide if they want a public option or not. By self admission most of the Senate they could not interpert the bill as written. Yet every Repub. voted against it. Let SHEEPLE determine if America gets an option or not. our elected officials would have collective heart attacks when they are on the record voting against a public option and the voters in their states vote for it.
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To wheresmymoney:
I think it is very clear that The Governor is endorsing President Obama’s healthcare reform. I’m sure CA is going under, and he need all the help he can get. Remember, we must put the people first, not the party.

It is time for Schwarzenegger to get out of town. He already has ruined California.

Our political system is corrupted. Each of our Senators owes something to someone. Or they would not be where they are now. Same could be said about the house of Representatives.
GRASSLY, BOEHNER, CANTOR, ENZI, BAUCUS, LIEBERMAN, are all in the bag.
They are owned lock stock and barrel by the GIANT INSURANCE CEO’S. Sitting Senators that have collectively taken multiples of millions of dollars from the health care industry should not be allowed to vote on industry reform.
It’s a conflict of interest and they should be kept out of its progress. As all can see, our bought and paid for politiicians are doing nothing more than obstructing and saying no to a bill that should be passed. If we do not get a reform bill passed that includes a public option, America will eventually go broke. SHEEPLE if you pay 20% in taxes, and insurance costs rise up to 20% of your pay. You are effectively paying 40% of your hard earned money for health care. A very close dollar amount to those countrys where health care is free to everyone. SHEEPLE when a health insurance carrier buys a rod from a medical device maker, the cost to the hospital and DOCTOR PERFORMING procedures is unknown. They are told ehat they will pay and how much the doctor will be paid. Only the health insurance company knows what thye paid for the device. They’re the middle men. As middlemen they don’t make anything, they don’t deliver medical care, they have no function other than to make money. The money a health insurance company makes goes towards paying $24 million dollar CEO salaries. Paying gobs of money to upper level management. Making sure there are profits to meet Wall Street expectations. A full 40% of all health care premiums collected are used for administrative purposes. Insurance company CEO’S are maniacly driven to ensure their pay. Ensure the pay of other upper level ecutives and shareholders. In every case they will put profit before SHEEPLE’s good health and welfare.
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I hope, by bipartisanism he means both parties are going to be able freely agree and disagree with healthcare proposals rather than be forced into agreeing with President Obama’s plan whether they agree or not because they don’t want to be seen as mean old racist if they don’t agree. It just seems as though the liberals don’t seem to understand that a coming together does not mean that everyone has to agree with what a liberal says or that person is racist. It’s past time to grow beyond that place.

California was bankrupted by its preposterous proposition system, not the Governator.
This is what happens when you confront the GOP with an actual maverick… they slaughter it and have a barbeque.

come on! guys.. this is our land!
We are used to the notion that all changes cause problems; but if we can change that view and instead perceive change as a new way of doing good things, then these changes will be less traumatic,.. and what’s wrong with that.

Am I the only one who read the statement the governor issued? He agrees with specific goals of the reform not the reform itself. I hope that we can all agree that the listed goals in the statement should be part of any health care reform. To blindly oppose the statement because it agrees on some points as Obama is irrational. BTW I am moderate and against the current reform bills being circulated

All of these right wing nuts. If you don’t like the Public option don’t use it, if you like your doctor keep him, if you like your insurance company keep it, but as soon as we passes health care reform with a public option we will have to fight them to keep them off of it.

Endorsement of the Democrat Obama’s Health Care Effort, by yet another top Republican leader – of Schwarzenegger’s standing and stature – can be considered a really rare certification, as it necessitates to practically push away the Party’s policy and priority.

Rodney –”Still waiting for the Republican plan!”—
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I suggest you Google Republican Healthcare reform and read a little. Its not that hared to reserch. There are currently 7 of them and NONE of them will bankrupt this country and place the government in charge of our most personal decisions. Most will provide healthjcare for the 15% of Americans without it for a fraction of the cost of the Obama plan…
Reid and Pelosci will not even allow the authors of these bills to sit on the committees charged with marking up the bill that now sits in congress.. The real party of NO is the democrats who say no to anyone who does not agree with their ideas for healthcare reform.
If you don’t know what you are talkig about, stop talking…

Look at all of the companies that are movin out of California (kind of like Michigan), many coming to Texas. Texas passed malpractice reform 6 years ago and the # of doctors has been increasing ever since.

He needs to go back to the movies, He does not realize what he is doing. We don’t need government run health care.

GO big guy. Your support is welcome.

WONDERFUL THAT OUR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR
HAS JUMPED ON BOARD THE HEALTH*CARE TRAIN ~ HIS SPECIAL WIFE HAS TAUGHT HIM WELL…
~OUR U.S.CONGRESS AT LEAST DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE…THEY AFFORD POORER AMERICANS THE SAME EMERGENCY ONLY HEALTH*CARE THAT ILLEGAL ALIENS RECEIVE~
AMERICA~LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT~ 45,000 DEAD POOR AMERICANS LEAVE U.S. EVERY*YEAR DUE TO 3rd WORLD HEALTH CONDITIONS ??
** POLITICS IN AMERICA IS VERY SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN OUR MIDDLE~CLASS & WORKING POOR CITIZENS ARE ALL BEING FORCED 2 ALLOW BIG $$$ TO CONTROL THE PEOPLES HALLS OF THE U.S.CONGRESS..
~ SADLY, OUR VERY OWN AMERICAN HEALTH*CARE SATANIC VERSES HAS KEPT 45 MILLION POOR AMERICANS IN 3rd WORLD HEALTH CONDITIONS ~
DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY ~ THE WORLDS SELECT BILLIONAIRES AND THEIR FRONT CORPORATIONS WILL ALL GET ON BOARD THE NEW HEALTH~TRAIN OF $$$…**ADDING 45 MILLION MORE AMERICAN CITIZENS TO THE CURRENT GIVEN PROFIT MARGINS + WITH A FUTURE AMNESTY PROGRAM
(6 months) AFTER NEXT U.S.PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION = $$$$$$$$$………
WEALTH~CARE FOR ALL THE HEAVILY INVESTED INTERNATIONAL AND AMERICAN BILLIONAIRES IN THE CURRENT U.S.HEALTH FOR THE WEALTHY ONLY SYSTEM WILL NOT END ANYTIME SOON… IT WILL ONLY BE RE~ARRANGED TO MAKE SURE ALL THESE MEGA CAPITALISTS PROSPER IN JUST ANOTHER FASHION .
THE FINE ART OF DENYING 45 MILLION AMERICANS HEALTH~CARE IN OUR JUDEO~CHRISTIAN NATION IS NOT RACIST AT ALL… IT’S JUST OUR BEHIND THE SCENE WEALTHY ELITE CITIZENS USING THEIR TREMENDOUS WEALTH TO DIRECTLY INFLUENCE OUR U.S. CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES IN KEEPING ALL THE little poor folk down *
AMERICAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS ALL ACROSS THE USA HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO COUNT ON THEIR RELIGIOUS FLOCK TO CONTRIBUTE(TITHE)THEIR HARD EARNED MONIES TO THEIR MINISTRIES EVERY WEEK. THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ATTENDING RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN THE U.S. ARE MIDDLE~CLASS AND WORKING POOR CITIZENS WHO NOW DESPERATELY NEED THE HELP AND SUPPORT FROM THESE SAME U.S.RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN LOBBYING THE U.S.CONGRESS TO PROVIDE PROPER HEALTH~CARE FOR ALL POORER AMERICANS.
***THERE ARE CURRENTLY AN ESTIMASTED 45 MILLION MEN WOMAN AND CHILDREN WITHOUT HEALTH~CARE IN THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD????
SILENT AMERICAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS WHO ALL HAVE HEALTH~CARE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES IS MUCH MORE FRIGHTENING THEN THE POSSIBLE DENIAL OF A FUTURE HEALTH~CARE PLAN FOR ALL…
**45,OOO AMERICANS DIE EACH YEAR IN THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD DIRECTLY RELATED TO THEIR LACK OF PROPER HEALTH*CARE.

I think if we can get most of the Governors on board the White House can say it has bipartisan support — the governors know what they can support better than the senators who want to play games — they don’t have to balance budgets and are not responsible for state health care plans for employees.
Well there is New York, California — probably Maine now that they are suing Anthem — follow the 50 states and lets get the Public Option going!!!

Of course Arnold is going to endorse Obamacare! If he doesn’t, he’s sleeping on the couch…remember who he’s married to.

George is a transparent Democrat advocate. A little more subtle and more effective than those that rage on the right.

It just sounds like a California plan from the get-go!

Kenneth.. My problem with this bill concerns the way this administration is hiding it from us, and no one knows what’s in it before they vote. Same think happened with the worthless Stimulus bill which has produced few jobs, even though Mr Obama said if we didn’t pass the stimulus bill the job market would be in the tank. They passed it without reading it, and we lost even more jobs, even if Mr Biden thinks it is performing beautifully beyond his wildest dream.. And, the way they tried to sneak cap and trade through, which is a big waste of money at a time when we cannot afford it. BTW… Congress didn’t even write the stimulus bill. It was written by one or more of those political action groups that helped elect Mr. Obama. You can verify this information by googling it.

And stop calling him a Republican. He doesn’t know who he is. He run for a governor as a fiscal conservative, but behaving like a Lib, with his global warming crap. On the other hand it can be worse, for example if Californians elect that idiot Gavin Newsom.
God help us all!

With California broke and the IRS’s new role with health care it fits. I see it your broke,unemployed and cann’t buy the insurance, The Irs comes and takes your 5,000 dollar car to sell to get the 1,300 penality for not buying. Maybe get 3,500 for your car and give the profit to shore up the states budget. There is a lot of money to be made hear but we have to get it passed first.

We got a fake conservative who was supposed to stop the Democrats from taking us to the falls of economic disaster, but instead, he hopped into their boat and helped them row us over.

There is a major, potentially catastrophic, flawed premise in healthcare reform legislation. Guess the Gov has missed it too.
The flawed premise is that employers who meet a threshold payroll amount actually make enough money to pay for its employees’ insurance. The amount of a company’s payroll has no bearing on whether that company makes a profit. Thousand of businesses go belly up every year, thousands more break even, and thousands more make little profit. Mandating these companies on the cusp to pay a large percentage of its employees’ premiums will bankrupt companies by the thousands. Imagine how many jobs will be lost. Healthcare reform will be a job killer. After running the numbers, my company will go into the red by $150,000 per year—my employees will lose their jobs when I go bankrupt.
Bye bye California economy , and the rest of the US.