Tag-Archive for ◊ Health Care ◊

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• Tuesday, March 06th, 2012 at 9:34 am

El maitro odioso de Limbaugh está siendo marginado, finalmente, después de que cayera la gota que hiciera que rebalsara el cántaro. Ya lleva años este maitro de estar arrojando veneno por medio de su programa radial. En estos último días se ensañó con una muchacha de derecho quien fue ante el congreso estadounidense para hablar sobre la importancia de la inclusión de medicina anticonceptiva en los planes de salud para los ciudadanos. Nombe, si el hombre este de Limbaugh la insultó; le dijo de lo peor.

Bueno, muchos de los patrocinadores del programa de Limbaugh han dejado de darle más patrocinio. Es inconcebible que gente como Limbaugh tenga todo un foro para repartir tanto odio y sembrar tanta ignorancia y estupidez a sus radioescuchas. Una cosa es tener espacio para la libre expresión y otra es que alguien tenga un megáfono para instar a la violencia; al odio, al racismo, al sexismo, etc.

Acá les va este segmento de Stephen Colbert dándole con todo y en su mero estilo este señor, qué digo señor, cizaña.

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• Wednesday, January 26th, 2011 at 8:58 pm

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• Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at 10:40 pm

Qué lindo el niño Marcelas. Por si querían saber más sobre el niño que aparece a lado del Presidente al firmar la ley de reforma de salud. Marcelas dice que le gustaría ser presidente un día. Qué chévere que hoy sí podemos decir que eso es una posibilidad porque antes que fuera elegido Barack Obama como presidente, los niños de color aspiraban llegar a ser presidentes como un cuento de hadas solamente.

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• Monday, March 22nd, 2010 at 10:26 pm

Jajajajajajaja!

via Darth Obama: The evil plot for health care reform that crushed Republicans and delivered insurance to all – Daily Kos TV (beta).

Alguien comentó que ahora hasta el Darth Vader podrá obtener seguro médico ¡sin importar su asma (condición médica preexistente)! :-)

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• Sunday, March 21st, 2010 at 11:07 pm

Declaraciones del Presidente Obama justo después del voto histórico en la Cámara Baja a favor de la reforma de salud.

Es evidente la emoción que despertó en el vice presidente Biden este momento en la historia del País. Biden era muy buen amigo de Ted Kennedy y ambos lucharon para reformar el sistema de salud. Uno vivió para ser partícipe, el otro ha de estar celebrando desde el lugar que le corresponde.

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• Sunday, March 21st, 2010 at 10:55 pm

Púchica, el Presidente Obama no duerme. ;-) Con este nuevo momento histórico que presenciamos, la idea de que el Presidente Obama pasará a la historia como uno de los mejores presidentes del país, se hace más factible. Con tanto que heredó: férrea oposición, con la economía del país por los suelos, con la imagen del país en el exterior en pésimas condiciones, con dos guerras, el ser el primer presidente de color, etc. y aún así lograr este cambio en el ámbito de salud a penas unos 14 meses de haber sido inaugurado… Hacía décadas que no habían podido hacer estos cambios. Ninguno de estos presidente lo lograron: Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter y Clinton.

Vaya, se tuvo que dar la oportunidad de tener a un Presidente afroamericano y una mujer como la líder de la Cámara Baja para que se lograra esta hazaña! ;-)

¡Muy bien Presidente Obama! No nos equivocamos al elegirlo.

Acá está el mensaje del Presidente:

Orlando –

For the first time in our nation’s history, Congress has passed comprehensive health care reform. America waited a hundred years and fought for decades to reach this moment. Tonight, thanks to you, we are finally here.

Consider the staggering scope of what you have just accomplished:

Because of you, every American will finally be guaranteed high quality, affordable health care coverage.

Every American will be covered under the toughest patient protections in history. Arbitrary premium hikes, insurance cancellations, and discrimination against pre-existing conditions will now be gone forever.

And we’ll finally start reducing the cost of care — creating millions of jobs, preventing families and businesses from plunging into bankruptcy, and removing over a trillion dollars of debt from the backs of our children.

But the victory that matters most tonight goes beyond the laws and far past the numbers.

It is the peace of mind enjoyed by every American, no longer one injury or illness away from catastrophe.

It is the workers and entrepreneurs who are now freed to pursue their slice of the American dream without fear of losing coverage or facing a crippling bill.

And it is the immeasurable joy of families in every part of this great nation, living happier, healthier lives together because they can finally receive the vital care they need.

This is what change looks like.

My gratitude tonight is profound. I am thankful for those in past generations whose heroic efforts brought this great goal within reach for our times. I am thankful for the members of Congress whose months of effort and brave votes made it possible to take this final step. But most of all, I am thankful for you.

This day is not the end of this journey. Much hard work remains, and we have a solemn responsibility to do it right. But we can face that work together with the confidence of those who have moved mountains.

Our journey began three years ago, driven by a shared belief that fundamental change is indeed still possible. We have worked hard together every day since to deliver on that belief.

We have shared moments of tremendous hope, and we’ve faced setbacks and doubt. We have all been forced to ask if our politics had simply become too polarized and too short-sighted to meet the pressing challenges of our time. This struggle became a test of whether the American people could still rally together when the cause was right — and actually create the change we believe in.

Tonight, thanks to your mighty efforts, the answer is indisputable: Yes we can.

Thank you,

President Barack Obama

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• Saturday, March 20th, 2010 at 12:26 am

32 millones es el número de estadounidenses quienes recibirían seguro médico con la nueva reforma de salud. Como diría Roque Dalton, eso son 32 millones de gritos que no le caben en la boca al mundo.

Over the course of our ‘Health Reform by the Numbers’ online series, we’ve highlighted many of the problems of our broken health care system to raise awareness about why we just can’t wait any longer for reform:

For the last number in the series – we wanted to showcase what you get from health insurance reform:

  • It expands health insurance coverage to 32 million Americans, guaranteeing that 95% of Americans will be covered.
  • It makes health insurance affordable for middle class and small businesses — including the largest middle class tax cuts for health care in history — reducing premiums and out-of-pocket costs.
  • It strengthens consumer protections and reins in insurance company abuses.
  • It gives millions of Americans the same types of private insurance choices that members of Congress will have — through a new competitive health insurance market that keeps costs down.
  • It holds insurance companies accountable to keep premiums down and prevent denials of care and coverage, including for pre-existing conditions.
  • It improves Medicare benefits with lower prescription drug costs for those in the ‘donut hole,’ better chronic care, free preventive care, and nearly a decade more of solvency for Medicare.
  • It reduces the deficit by more than $100 billion over next ten years, and by more than one trillion dollars over the following decade; reining waste, fraud and abuse; overpayments to insurance companies and by paying for quality over quantity of care.

As President Obama says, “we must act now” and put American families and small businesses, not health insurance companies, in control of their own health care. Help spread the word by sharing this blog post with your family, friends and online networks using the ‘Share/Bookmark’ feature below.

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• Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at 7:27 pm

Dos minutos bastan para recalcar el porqué necesitamos reformas al sistema de salud y de las aseguradoras. El otro día el Presidente fue a Ohio y la persona a quien habían invitado a ir al evento no pudo ir; fue su hermana en su lugar. El Presidente dijo que la lucha para reformar el sistema debía intensificar y que se lo debíamos a personas como la invitada quien no pudo asistir porque estaba en una cama de un hospital. En este discurso el presidente también se refirió a la experiencia de su propia madre.

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• Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 12:13 pm

Estamos ya en la recta final para hacer historia en el ámbito de salud en el país. Acá les va el mensaje ‘que envió’ el Presidente Obama.

Orlando –

I wanted to take a moment to thank you directly for the outstanding work you’ve been doing as part of Organizing for America’s Final March for Reform. I can tell you that your voice is heard in Washington every day. I see how your efforts are moving us toward victory.

But I also know that with just days remaining, the final vote is shaping up to be extremely close. Everything we’ve worked for is on the line, and your voice is needed now more than ever before.

Raise your voice today: We must all speak out together to finish the job.

In these final, crucial days, much more will be asked of us. Our resolve will be tested.

During moments like this, I believe it’s important to remember why we have worked so hard for so long. That’s why I spoke to the country Monday at a gathering in Ohio and said it plainly: I’m here for Natoma.

Natoma Canfield is like most of us: She works hard, and tries to do what’s right. Years ago, she had battled back from cancer, so she always maintained health insurance in case she ever really needed it again. But because of her medical history, the insurance company kept raising her deductible and her premiums.

Last year alone, Natoma paid over $10,000 in monthly premiums and co-pays, while her insurance company chipped in just $900. And then they hiked up her rates another 40%. She simply couldn’t afford it — she had to cancel her policy. That’s when she wrote to me. I read her letter, and shared her story with insurance company CEOs as another reason why the system has to change.

That was two weeks ago. Then, just last week, the unthinkable happened: Natoma collapsed, and was rushed to a hospital. It’s leukemia — the cancer has returned. Now she’s in the hospital, worried sick not just about her condition, but how she’ll financially survive.

So why am I still in this fight? Simple. I’m here for Natoma.

I’m here because of the countless others who have been denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions. I’m here for the small business owners forced to chose between health care and hiring. I’m here for the folks who are forced to watch helplessly as their premiums skyrocket with no reason or recourse.

And I’m here for my mother. She died of cancer, and in the last six months of her life, I saw her on the phone in her hospital room arguing with insurance companies instead of focusing on getting well and spending time with her family.

As I was finishing my remarks Monday, a woman in the crowd called out, “we need courage.” She’s right.

The politicians in Washington need courage to face down the powerful interests who have held back progress for far too long. And all of us who share this cause need courage to speak up with persistence and clarity in these final days.

I’ve always found that courage comes from remembering that we fight for something and someone beyond ourselves. It comes from our faith. And it comes from our commitment to those we love.

So please take a moment to remember those who inspire you — those who give you the strength to march on.

There’s very little time left, and still much to do. But I believe to my core in the power of Americans to change history when we put our mind to it. And if you’ll stay with us in these final days, I know we can do it again:

http://my.barackobama.com/speakout

Thank you for making it possible,

President Barack Obama

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• Monday, March 15th, 2010 at 9:33 pm

  • 1 — in every six dollars in the U.S. economy is spent on health care today. [Source]
  • If we do nothing, in 30 years, 1 out of every three dollars in our economy will be tied up in the health care system. [Source]

Yesterday, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute, non-partisan research organizations, released a report analyzing the cost of maintaining the status quo on health care. Here’s just a sample of what they believe we could be facing in the years ahead:

  • Families will face dramatically higher health care costs. Individual and family spending on premiums and out-of-pocket health care costs will increase significantly. Spending would jump 34 percent by 2015 and 79 percent by 2020.
  • Premiums will become increasingly expensive for employers and their workers. Premiums for both single and family policies would more than double by 2020, increasing from $4,800 to $10,300 for single policies, and from $12,100 to $25,600 for family policies.
  • Employers will see large increases in premium costs. Employer spending on premiums would increase from $430 billion in 2010 to $851 billion in 2020 — a 98 percent increase.
  • Many small and medium sized firms would quit offering health care coverage to workers. As premiums nearly double, employees in small firms would see offers of health insurance almost cut in half, dropping from 41 percent of firms offering insurance in 2010 to 23 percent in 2020. Medium-sized firms would also cut offers of health insurance, dropping from 90 percent in 2010 to 75 percent in 2020.

It’s clear: the cost of doing nothing is too high. The time is now to reform our broken health care system.

¡Pueden creer que uno de cada seis dólares que se gasta en la economía del país va para el cuidado médico! Con tanto pisto que se gasta es para que tuviéramos el sistema más cachimbón en el mundo. Seríamos la envidia de los otros países industrializados en vez de ser el hazme reír. Hay millones de personas quienes no tienen acceso a seguro médico y por ende a cuidado médico. Que esto sea así en el gran país del norte, en el país más rico del mundo es no solamente una pena sino una gran calamidad.

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