Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, the No. 2 Senate Republican, says if the Democratic health care overhaul is ultimately killed, its demise should not be blamed on the overheated talk of government "death panels" for the old and infirm.

While distancing the Republican establishment from the hype over the rather remote prospect of government-ordered euthanasia, Mr. Kyl said on Tuesday that public concerns about the health legislation go well beyond a minor provision concerning consultation on end-of-life issues.

"I really reject the notion that the American people oppose this because somebody on the Republican side has deliberately spread misinformation about the plan," he said on a conference call with the news media. "In this democracy, there is no way voters can be fooled to this extent."  NYT Sen Kyle [1]

Oh really Senator Kyle,you are drooling sir,a Freudian slip of the tongue is dripping from your chin, here take a napkin. Perhaps it is that premature victory grin over the death of the Democratic health reform whose eulogy you so prophetically preview. Your slip is showing and it is this, you are admitting in your glee that we ,the democracy, are  not stupid we are only fooled. Fooled like when you, the Republicans,  made the democracy think that an unregulated free market system with tax cuts for the rich would lead to prosperity, when in truth it has lead to near collapse of our economy and freeze dried the American middle class for the last eight years. Fooled when your Republican administration made the democracy think Saddam had WMD's and that invading Iraq was necessary to avoid the smoking mushroom cloud. Fooled when you said, "we do not torture, we do not spy upon the American people, we do not assassinate". Fooled again when you said you would stand with the new administration in a truly bipartisan effort, when your true intent was "NO NO NO and NO! Now you try to fool us about our own health situation.You admit that you know the democracy is not stupid but must be fooled to accept your foolish ideas. It is you and your party that are the fools, fools for money and power, holding on to ideas and attitudes long proven vain and foolish.

The plan simply costs too much and goes far beyond what is needed, Mr. Kyl said, given that most Americans are satisfied with their current health coverage.

This statement is another attempt to fool the democracy, "most Americans are satisfied with their current health plan" What health plan do you speak of Senator Kyle? There is no health plan, none, there is only the insurance companies plan. The Silver,Gold and Platinum plan. Do you speak of the insurance companies  plan to take all they can from us, force us to spend money out of pocket first and then fight us tooth and nail for return on our claims, yes that's the word, claims, listen, it is not a claim it is a fact testified to and signed by the health care provider that the insurance company  requested on forms upon forms upon forms that they required. That is no longer a claim it is an invoice. Is the plan you say we love the insurances plan to drop us like a hot potato when we really have serious expensive need? Because that is the only plan we have at the moment. The plan we want is the one you are trying to block and fool us out of.

Maybe Karen Ignagni, president of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)has fooled you? This leader of the insurance lobby has sent lawmakers a message:

Be careful what you change, because "77 percent of Americans are satisfied with their existing health insurance coverage." karen Ignagni Spins [2]

Here is the foolery, the same poll also states, 85 percent of respondents said the health care system needed to be fundamentally changed or completely rebuilt. How can 77 percent be satisfied and yet 85 percent say it needs to be fundamentally changed? How can these numbers add up.?

Lets look at the 2 questions involved, question 51 and question 43




The trick is that  this poll which has over 100 questions, asks questions about both health care and health insurance, neither of these two questions above asks anything about health insurance. Karen Ignagni, president of America's Health Insurance Plans uses question 51 of the poll to make her claims about health insurance and 77 percent satisfaction, however question 51 on the poll  is about "health care you receive" satisfaction, not about health insurance and any satisfaction  with it. She does this knowingly to fool you and the press
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I would consider health care to be exactly what it says, those who provide care for the health of the people of the democracy ,which in no way describes the private insurance companies.

Senator Kyle,  that fine President  of the Republican Party, Abraham  Lincoln had some advice for you, I quote  " It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."

Interesting Numbers:  New York Times Poll complete [3]

Ref:
[1] NYT-Sen Kyle
[2] Karen Ignagni Spis
[3] NYT Poll