Friday, August 14, 2009

3 PM:::Town Hall Meeting from Montana ON Now- Liveblogged in the Comment thread...On CNN and MSNBC ( not fox)

8 comments:

enigma4ever said...

3PM they keep having technical difficulties, very odd, MSNBC and CNN are both having trouble- first there was trouble while Max Baucus was talking and then a Cancer survivor was also fuzzed out- really strange..

Okay MSNBC has it- really sad story of woman that needed care..telling her story-horrible..

enigma4ever said...

3:11PM

President Obama is talking, the first woman named Katie was speaking about how her insurance comp dropped her when she got sick.

Obama is starting to speak about thousands of people that are living katie's nightmare ( he is sounding strong and very forceful) and is clearly saying the companies should not be controlling care. He is speaking it....this is the Obama that I remember from the trail...

he is thanking max..( interesting the crowd did not clap for max)...

He is reminding people that what they are doing to improve the financial situation is improving to help the economy and it is working, and that it is coloring the healthcare debate.

enigma4ever said...

Okay.so he told his mom's story..good..

Now he is talking about how the 46 Million Uninsured will have access to affordable accessible care..hmmm, we did not hear Public Option...

Now he is talking about a new market and a tax credit...

Still Nothing about Public Option...shit..

enigma4ever said...

AMA and ANA on board....

"agreement with pharm companies"

( hmm ?)

and ARRP does support reform...

Now he is talking about the battle that is going on...

enigma4ever said...

next question was on Medicare...welldone - reassured that their care will not be affected ( which is what they are worried about)

Now a mom asks about Medicaid ( told her story about her son with autism and dm)....he was kind to her...

Now talking about the Disease care system that we have- we need a wellcare system...

enigma4ever said...

Question from NRA dude, are you going to raise our taxes to pay for this ?

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he is explaining how over 10 years it can be done, explaining how subsidies should be reapportioned.

enigma4ever said...

Now he is talking about Public Option phew...good

enigma4ever said...

Now he is answering a question about Small Business Owners and how this will help them,....good..

Now there is a question from a person who works with Insurance Companies, and he is asking about why Obama is now talking more about Insurance Companies than Healthcare Reform ?

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" that we need to work with the existing practices- ie we are working with Aetna about Pre-Existing Conditions.

Insurance companies are willing to work with Reform ( really _ I am not sure)

So he is explaining that it means they will have to change their practices....

( I think he lost some of the audience on this I see glazed looks...)

Phew is is asking for one more question...

Some Lady is asking ???
Now she is reading her State Constitution ( hmmm this could go either way...) Where is she going with this...??

okay..that was not really a question...strange...

that was it...