Obama administration issues hundreds of health care exemption waivers to friends
(NaturalNews) If Obama care is everything the administration claims it to be, then why are government officials secretly handing out exemption waivers to friends and insiders? AWashington Timesreport explains that since the health care bill was passed last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued at 733 exemptions-and-counting to friends of the White House in order to shelter them from the massive insurance rate hikes that the rest of America will get stuck paying, that is if the bill is not overturned or declared unconstitutional.
(NaturalNews) If Obama care is everything the administration claims it to be, then why are government officials secretly handing out exemption waivers to friends and insiders? AWashington Timesreport explains that since the health care bill was passed last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued at 733 exemptions-and-counting to friends of the White House in order to shelter them from the massive insurance rate hikes that the rest of America will get stuck paying, that is if the bill is not overturned or declared unconstitutional.
It began with 111 waivers, which gradually rose to 222, and that has now topped 733. Recipients include various cities and states, businesses, and unions, including the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). SIEU, of course, contributed $27 million to the Obama campaign back in 2008, so perhaps the union's waiver was a friendly "thank you" gift.
According to the report, more than 500 of the 733 waivers were quietly issued back in December, but were not revealed until after the recent State of the Union address. In fact, the reality of such waivers has been largely hush-hush from the administration of supposed "transparency" all along, probably due to the fact that they expose the health care scam for what it truly is.
One of the cornerstones of the health care bill is Section 2711 of the Public Health Service Act, which outlines an increase in the annual cap of insurance benefits. On the surface, this sounds like a good thing, and it is something that the Obama administration has been hailing. But what is overlooked is the fact that someone will have to foot the bill for this increase which, based on the administration's actions, equals everyone who is not a "friend" of the White House.
Several U.S. states are now in the process of declaring the whole of Obama care void, including Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, and Maine. And U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson declared Monday that the bill is unconstitutional, making him the second federal judge to have ruled against its validity.
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Summary
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued at 733 exemptions-and-counting to friends of the White House in order to shelter them from the massive insurance rate hikes that the rest of America will get stuck paying, that is if the bill is not overturned or declared unconstitutional. There are 500 of the 733 waivers were quietly issued back in December, but were not revealed until after the recent State of the Union address and the reality of such waivers has been largely hush-hush from the administration of supposed "transparency" all along, probably due to the fact that they expose the health care scam for what it truly is. One of the cornerstones of the health care bill outlines an increase in the annual cap of insurance benefits.
However, this news sounds like a good thing but someone will have to foot the bill for this increase.
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Reported speech
Getting Patient Details
Administrative Staff: Hello, how can I help you?
Patient: I've got an appointment with Dr. Adams.
Administrative Staff: Are you Ms Moyers?
Patient: Yes, I am. I have an appointment at ten.
Administrative Staff: We just need to fill in some information for our files. Could you fill out these forms?
Patient: Certainly ... (comes back after filling out the forms) What's this form for?
Administrative Staff: It's just a privacy form informing you of our policies.
Patient: Is that really necessary?
Administrative Staff: I'm afraid it is. Could you also sign that form?
Patient: OK, there you go. Here's my insurance provider's card.
Administrative Staff: Thank you. OK, that'll be $20.
Patient: Why do I have to pay $20?
Administrative Staff: It's the deductible for office visits required by your health care provider.
Patient: ... but I'm insured aren't I?
Administrative Staff: Yes, of course. Your health care provider asks for deductibles on office visits.
Patient: Every time I turn around I've got some additional fee to pay. I don't know why I pay for insurance!
Administrative Staff: I know it's frustrating. We also have a lot of paperwork. Every provider has different forms and requirements!
Patient: This can't continue on like this!
Administrative Staff: I agree with that!
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Converting to indirect speech
Administrative staff said that hello and he asked that how could he help Patient. Then, Patient replied that she had got an appointment with Dr. Adams. Administrative staff asked that if she were Ms Moyers and Patient said that yes she was and she had an appointment at ten. Next, Administrative staff said that they just need to fill in some information for their files and he asked that if she could fill out these forms. Patient replied that certainly and she asked that what was this form for. Administrative staff replied that it was just a privacy form informing you of our policies and Patient asked that if it was really necessary. Administrative staff said that he was afraid it was and he asked that if she could also sign this form and Patient replied that OK there he go and here was his insurance provider’s card. Administrative staff said that thank you and this would be $20. Patients asked that why did she had to pay $20, so Administrative staff replied that it was the deducible for office visit required by her health care provider. Patient said that but she was insured wasn’t she and Administrative staff replied that yes of course and her health care provider ask for deductibles on office visits. Patients said that every time she turns around she had got some additional fee to pay and she didn’t know why she pays for insurance. Administrative staff said that he know it was frustrating and they also had a lot of paperwork and every providers had different forms and requirements. Finally, Patient said that this couldn’t continue on like this and Administrative staff said that he agree with this.
Administrative Staff: Hello, how can I help you?
Patient: I've got an appointment with Dr. Adams.
Administrative Staff: Are you Ms Moyers?
Patient: Yes, I am. I have an appointment at ten.
Administrative Staff: We just need to fill in some information for our files. Could you fill out these forms?
Patient: Certainly ... (comes back after filling out the forms) What's this form for?
Administrative Staff: It's just a privacy form informing you of our policies.
Patient: Is that really necessary?
Administrative Staff: I'm afraid it is. Could you also sign that form?
Patient: OK, there you go. Here's my insurance provider's card.
Administrative Staff: Thank you. OK, that'll be $20.
Patient: Why do I have to pay $20?
Administrative Staff: It's the deductible for office visits required by your health care provider.
Patient: ... but I'm insured aren't I?
Administrative Staff: Yes, of course. Your health care provider asks for deductibles on office visits.
Patient: Every time I turn around I've got some additional fee to pay. I don't know why I pay for insurance!
Administrative Staff: I know it's frustrating. We also have a lot of paperwork. Every provider has different forms and requirements!
Patient: This can't continue on like this!
Administrative Staff: I agree with that!
Reference: http://esl.about.com/od/intermediatereading/a/d_mpatientd.htm
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Converting to indirect speech
Administrative staff said that hello and he asked that how could he help Patient. Then, Patient replied that she had got an appointment with Dr. Adams. Administrative staff asked that if she were Ms Moyers and Patient said that yes she was and she had an appointment at ten. Next, Administrative staff said that they just need to fill in some information for their files and he asked that if she could fill out these forms. Patient replied that certainly and she asked that what was this form for. Administrative staff replied that it was just a privacy form informing you of our policies and Patient asked that if it was really necessary. Administrative staff said that he was afraid it was and he asked that if she could also sign this form and Patient replied that OK there he go and here was his insurance provider’s card. Administrative staff said that thank you and this would be $20. Patients asked that why did she had to pay $20, so Administrative staff replied that it was the deducible for office visit required by her health care provider. Patient said that but she was insured wasn’t she and Administrative staff replied that yes of course and her health care provider ask for deductibles on office visits. Patients said that every time she turns around she had got some additional fee to pay and she didn’t know why she pays for insurance. Administrative staff said that he know it was frustrating and they also had a lot of paperwork and every providers had different forms and requirements. Finally, Patient said that this couldn’t continue on like this and Administrative staff said that he agree with this.
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I. Introduction
• Thesis statement : Cosmetic surgery continues to become new trends in Thailand.
II. Body Paragraph 1
• Opening Sentence : We lived in a culture where people are valued because of their looks and if someone doesn’t like what they look like, there are numerous options for them to change their appearance.
• Detail 1 : It’s growing trends of cosmetic surgery in Thailand.
• Detail 2 : Teenagers in Thailand like to copy trends in foreign country.
III. Body Paragraph 2
• Transition / Opening Sentence: Society today has brain washed not only today's women, but also the men to believe that in order for a person to look beautiful they must look like the images seen on television, in movies and on the cover of magazines.
• Detail 1 : These images portray grotesquely thin women and muscular men
with the infamous six-pack.
• Detail 2 : These images are plastered all over billboards, television show and commercials
and magazine advertisements.
IV. Body Paragraph 3
• Transition / Opening Sentence: Furthermore, busy lifestyles of many people keep most of exercising daily in order to receive the fit and trim bodies to look beautiful.
• Detail 1 : This then leads many to resort to cosmetic surgery.
• Detail 2 : All these visions of beauty seen everywhere in a person's everyday life, a person feels compelled to look just like those images.
V. Conclusion
• Reconfirmed Thesis : Cosmetic surgeries have continued to grow in Thailand and many people should most be concerned with the security.
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Comment
With so few people affected by rare diseases, how does a group of less than 90 patients across Canada make their voices heardon a life-and-death issue such as access to treatment? Barry Katsof, President of the Canadian Association of PNH Patients, says his group is turning to social media to ask others to take a stand with them in the fight for their lives.
"Today, patients living with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria (PNH) and their loved ones will mark Rare Disease Day in Canada by turning up the volume on an issue that is threatening our lives - our immediate need for publicly-funded access to treatment with Soliris," says Katsof. "We had the government's attention for a while, but they have stopped listening. Through this campaign, we hope to rallywide support for access to Soliris, the first and only treatment proven effective in treating our ultra-rare and life-threatening disease."
In January, 2011, Lucas Maciesza's front-page battle with PNH spurred a change in a government policy which granted him only temporary access to Soliris, a treatment he requires for the rest of his life. This impromptu move by the Ontario government came at the eleventh hour for Maciesza who, after being pulled back from the brink of death by hospital funding for his life-saving infusions of Soliris, found himself again not knowing where funding for his treatment would come from.
"No one should have to beg for their life in that situation," says Lucas, 26, in a new video released today on YouTube by the Canadian Association of PNH Patients. "I barely had any energy to beg for my life in that situation."
While Lucas' Soliris treatments will likely be covered for a maximum of six months through this policy change, without a long-term solution he will again be without funding after this period. Other PNH patients in Ontario who could benefit from the treatment now are concerned they will have to suffer a catastrophic health event, or even face death, to qualify for only short-term coverage.
"I have to wait until I'm in danger of losing an organ, a limb or my life before the province will help me," says Hilary Handley, a PNH patient and mother of three fromToronto who also shares her story in the YouTube video. "It is like a death sentence - I can die tomorrow from a blood clot. Luck of the draw, I guess."
Katsof stresses that the government's work is far from done with respect to accessibility to this life-saving treatment for PNH. "On Rare Disease Day, we strongly urge government to make an expeditious and permanent decision to fund Soliris and save PNH patients and their families from the nightmare Lucas has been living, and that Hilary continues to face," says Katsof.
The Canadian Association of PNH Patients has established a presence on social media platforms including YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, and supporters are urged to join the online conversation. By visiting pnhca.org, Canadians canlend their voice to the fight by contacting their provincial health ministers and premiersto tell them to fund Soliris for PNH.
"We are calling on all Canadians to take a stand on this issue, and ask their provincial government to provide the care that PNH patients clinically require and ethically deserve," says Katsof. "It is high time that Canada follows the lead of most other developed nations that already fund Soliris, and make the right choice for our patients - the choice for life."
Comments
In my opinion, I think everyone should have to beg for their life in life-saving treatment because it is important to have it and someone has a reason that is they can’t wait for this situation and some case has a dangerous situation. In order that, the government's work is far from done with respect to accessibility to this life-saving treatment and the government should have a responsibility more than before. However, people should take stand on this situation and ask their government to prepare this case for people so that they will develop their country to good society.
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Cosmetic surgery Outline
I. Introduction
• Thesis statement : Cosmetic surgery continues to become new trends in Thailand.
II. Body Paragraph 1
• Opening Sentence : We lived in a culture where people are valued because of their looks and if someone doesn’t like what they look like, there are numerous options for them to change their appearance.
• Detail 1 : It’s growing trends of cosmetic surgery in Thailand.
• Detail 2 : Teenagers in Thailand like to copy trends in foreign country.
III. Body Paragraph 2
• Transition / Opening Sentence: Society today has brain washed not only today's women, but also the men to believe that in order for a person to look beautiful they must look like the images seen on television, in movies and on the cover of magazines.
• Detail 1 : These images portray grotesquely thin women and muscular men
with the infamous six-pack.
• Detail 2 : These images are plastered all over billboards, television show and commercials
and magazine advertisements.
IV. Body Paragraph 3
• Transition / Opening Sentence: Furthermore, busy lifestyles of many people keep most of exercising daily in order to receive the fit and trim bodies to look beautiful.
• Detail 1 : This then leads many to resort to cosmetic surgery.
• Detail 2 : All these visions of beauty seen everywhere in a person's everyday life, a person feels compelled to look just like those images.
V. Conclusion
• Reconfirmed Thesis : Cosmetic surgeries have continued to grow in Thailand and many people should most be concerned with the security.
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Cosmetic surgery
We lived in a culture where people are valued because of their looks and if someone doesn’t like what they look like, there are numerous options for them to change their appearance. One of these options is the ever growing trend of cosmetic surgery especially it’s growing trends of cosmetic surgery in Thailand because teenagers in Thailand like to copy trends in foreign country such as Korea.
Society today has brain washed not only today's women, but also the men to believe that in order for a person to look beautiful they must look like the images seen on television, in movies and on the cover of magazines. One reason is these images portray grotesquely thin women and muscular men with the infamous six-pack and these images are plastered all over billboards, television show and commercials and magazine advertisements.
Moreover, busy lifestyles of many people keep most of exercising daily in order to receive the fit and trim bodies to look beautiful and this then leads many to resort to plastic surgery with all these visions of beauty seen everywhere in a person's everyday life, a person feels compelled to look just like those images.
However, plastic surgeries have continued to grow in Thailand and many people should most be concerned with the security, which could end up being their lives.
We lived in a culture where people are valued because of their looks and if someone doesn’t like what they look like, there are numerous options for them to change their appearance. One of these options is the ever growing trend of cosmetic surgery especially it’s growing trends of cosmetic surgery in Thailand because teenagers in Thailand like to copy trends in foreign country such as Korea.
Society today has brain washed not only today's women, but also the men to believe that in order for a person to look beautiful they must look like the images seen on television, in movies and on the cover of magazines. One reason is these images portray grotesquely thin women and muscular men with the infamous six-pack and these images are plastered all over billboards, television show and commercials and magazine advertisements.
Moreover, busy lifestyles of many people keep most of exercising daily in order to receive the fit and trim bodies to look beautiful and this then leads many to resort to plastic surgery with all these visions of beauty seen everywhere in a person's everyday life, a person feels compelled to look just like those images.
However, plastic surgeries have continued to grow in Thailand and many people should most be concerned with the security, which could end up being their lives.
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