Pelosi: Prison Time For Not Buying Health Insurance is “Very Fair”
Remember kiddies, if ObamaCare passes and you don’t buy health insurance you’re going to prison. I keep forgetting that you think health care will be free!
House speaker Nancy Pelosi (who I think has a touch of Alzheimer’s) confirmed this legislation again today during a press conference.
Shomari Stone, KOMO reporter: “Do you think it’s fair to send people to jail for not buying health insurance?”
Pelosi: … I think the legislation is very fair in this respect.
Pelosi also mumbled something about people getting sick and sending the bill to the taxpayer. Does that happen now?
Pelosi made it clear that even though it’s unconstitutional to force Americans to buy anything, the Obama administration is going to try and do it anyway. Only the illegal immigrants, elderly and chronically unemployed (homeless) are exempt from this rule.
The feds better start building new prisons!
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To answer your earlier question (in another post) Bird, I worked as a home health nurse for 6 years. I wasn’t referring to billing when I said as a RN I had to deal with government red tape. I was talking about getting Medicare to approve a basic treatment or medicine for my elderly patients.
She didn’t answer the ? and that is why I hate politics. It’s a bunch of bs. BTW, SHOMARI STONE used to work for a local news station in Miami. I wondered what happened to him. Anyway, this is all very scary but envitable. We shall all be consumed by the beast aka new world order very soon. It’s very real folks.
Sandra, folks complain about you but you back up a lot of what you say. Thanks for the diverse blog
Umm many people are chronically unemployed right now, have you checked the jobless claims in your state Sandra? If you don’t buy health insurance (which is supposed to be more affordable now under this bill) you first will face fines, I doubt they will throw anyone in jail over this.
Affordable health care is a great thing. If health care costs weren’t so prohibitive now, more people would get all the preventive healthcare they need & not wait until it’s something major and get rushed to an emergency room.
also with all the modifications (Republicans alone had input, I believe they passed 27 amendments on that round alone) so this plan as it is, is hardly Obama Care…
@ KaraZ:
“Affordable” and government don’t go together. Government-run healthcare will not be affordable. If they get rid of the insurance companies it will be hell trying to get anything approved through the government.
missmiami Says:
Sandra, folks complain about you but you back up a lot of what you say. Thanks for the diverse blog
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Thanks! I’m just trying to open people’s eyes so that when the sht hits the fan they can’t say they didn’t know what was coming.
I support our President on a lot of things but I admit I really haven’t been focused on healthcare as much because I have healthcare. I know it’s wrong but I’m being real. Glory to God that I am able to afford it now. But who know’s what the future holds. It’s unfair and UNAMERICAN to make anyone pay fines and/or go to jail for NOT HAVING HEALTHCARE INSURANCE. I’M HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS ONE.
****POURS HER CUP OF KOOLAID IN THE DRAIN****
This bill is a bunch of bull!!! Sorry to say that I’ll probably be going to jail or getting my income tax taken for the first time in my life. I can’t afford to add a single bill to my finances at this point, this means cell phone, cable.. nothing!!! So I’ll be sitting in jail eating up more tax payer money.
LOL @ 7. U AND ME CAN BE CELL BUDDIES
CUZ I DON’T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT BILLS RIGHT NOW. REAL TALK
Sandra Rose Says:
@ KaraZ:
“Affordable” and government don’t go together. Government-run healthcare will not be affordable. If they get rid of the insurance companies it will be hell trying to get anything approved through the government.
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Sandra, where in this legislation do you see that insurance companies will no longer be allowed to operate? Please point me to it, because I’ve never seen that… was that an amendment slipped in by the Republicans?
I don’t mind you not liking the current administration or writing negative posts about their work, but you can’t just make up stuff. Anyways I hope people aren’t just reading your blog & taking the things your write as gospel truth. Hopefully they have the initiative to look up the information and educate themselves.
Sandra, it’s obvious that the footage was edited and they inserted a completely different voice and question. Remember, most of these questions and previewed by whitehouse staff hours before a press conference, which is why we hardly ever hear the truth. Have you ever in your however manys years of watching live news, heard that guy’s voice? Listen closely. Who’s drinkin now? Peace and blessings!
…whitehouse staff *and congressional staff as well*
Jamil, i thought so as well… The echo didn’t sound like they were in the same room.
Thank U KaraZ,
Although I do need to look more into this, We all know politics is shady it didnt start with Obama
missmiami Says:
Sandra, folks complain about you but you back up a lot of what you say. Thanks for the diverse blog
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The bill was 1990 pages that no one read and they eeked it through on a Saturday night. It’s my prayer that the senate kills this crap and/or makes drastic changes as predicted.
jamil2008 Says:
Sandra, it’s obvious that the footage was edited and they inserted a completely different voice and question.
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The footage was not edited. That live on televison. The voice belongs to a real reporter named Shomari Stone on KOMO. You can go to KOMO’s site and see the same footage. Wow. SMH.
KaraZ Says:
Sandra, where in this legislation do you see that insurance companies will no longer be allowed to operate? Please point me to it, because I’ve never seen that… was that an amendment slipped in by the Republicans?
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The information is available on the Internet for you to read. Private industry can not compete with the government and you know it. Just the fact that they sneaked that bill through in the dead of night on a Saturday tells you what kind of people we’re dealing with. This is nothing more than an attempt to takeover health care and once that happens they will put insurance companies out of business so we have no choice but to use their plan.
If you really want to know what’s going to happen to healthcare if that bill is signed into law, PLEASE READ
@ KaraZ:
From the Cleveland Piain Dealer newspaper (since I know you’re not going to click the link):
The president said he didn’t approve of individual mandates or penalties for ignoring them. He said he was going to drag the big pharmaceutical companies to the table and drive hard bargains on Americans’ behalf.
Then he made a deal with the pharmaceutical companies and went to bat for a House bill that will drive overall costs up, drive premiums up, put the government in charge of deciding whose insurance is acceptable, put the government in charge of who gets treated for what and by whom and destroy not only the private insurance market but also the very concept of insurance. Oh, and not everyone gets covered.
Read More…
LovelyLady Says:
Although I do need to look more into this, We all know politics is shady it didnt start with Obama
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Yes, but he’s the one who claimed he was going to do things differently. Yet all we see is the same old politics as usual. God help us these next 3 years!
What?! I admit I did not look into this furthur because I currently have insurance but this sounds crazy.
A loyal reader just emailed this to me:
“It’s sad to me that all these people thought that right after he got elected that change would come, well were one year in and change hasn’t come. In fact I would say its gotten worst. I tell people all the time “I’m not saying this because I want something for free or need help, I’m good” I’m saying this for people who are struggling everyday, And this president promised them he had there back, and so far nothing. People like my mom who believed what he was saying about making life better for her. I’m a man and I would never sit around and wait on another man to take care of me, my daddy would roll over twice if I did. I’m a natural leader, it’s just in me! I will probably never reach as many people as your blog does but I’m going to try and open more eyes to this, thanks for opening mines!”
Sandra excuse you, I click & read, especially when I can use the info to shut your biased self down, so go on somewhere else with that, I’m not the one.
I’ve known about this for awhile now but I can’t convince my hard headed hubby what the plan is about. He thinks it’s not going to affect us because we have private Insurance. Even if this may not affect us what about his retired parents or our kids/grandkids. This will affect all of us. I am tried of our goverment trying to be slick. Saturday when I found out this bill had passed and later learned all the amendments they slipped through the cracks I was appauled. What happened to those important words while our President was running for office “Affordable Health Care?
I agree with you on this issue, Sandra!
I this passes we can all say goodbye to elective medical procedures and we better watch ourselves bc if we are 20lbs overweight or have a pre-existing condition that could have been avoided if you taken better care of yourself (diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure), then your screwed bc you will be the first one to get denied services.
Sandra u kllin em they don’t understand the road they are about to go up… I see this plan as basically givin those on welfare a chance to get some kinda healthcare but errybody else gets raped… this whole system is set up to take anybody who goes out and legally earns money the right way, str8 to tha cleaners!
WAIT until the BLACKWATER/Xe GOONS start patrollin ur hoods, strapped to the teeth wth army guns and see how much you like this CHANGE!!!!
Anna Says:
I’ve known about this for awhile now but I can’t convince my hard headed hubby what the plan is about. He thinks it’s not going to affect us because we have private Insurance.
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It IS going to affect you if you have private insurance. The government will take over healthcare and become a monopoly that will drive the private insurance companies out of business so the gov. can make all the money. That’s what this is all about. The Dems want all the control. Then they will treat you the same way they treat Medicare/Medicaid patients. They will deny basic treatment because it’s too costly. Your standard of care will go from good to poor. Your teeth will be rotten just like the British because the dentists will go out of business if there are no insurance companies to pay them. Dentists are not included in ObamaCare.
@ Hermosa:
you can take excellent care of yourself and still be diagnosed with Diabetes and heart disease. I’ve treated very fit athletes who are diagnosed with those diseases. The healthiest people on the planet can still get Diabetes and have heart attacks. Most of these diseases are hereditary (runs in your family). But you’re right, you WILL be penalized by the government if you are diagnosed with those diseases. Even though it runs in your family, the government will say you could have prevented it. They are already setting us up for that excuse to deny us benefits. If the government can’t run Medicare for the elderly how will they run Medicare for 300 million people?
dj_dceezy Says:
I see this plan as basically givin those on welfare a chance to get some kinda healthcare but errybody else gets raped…
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Exactly! People who work hard for a living all their lives and make a decent wage will be raped! Eventually, we will all go broke right along with the economy which will be destroyed. But that’s exactly what Obama and George Soros wants to happen. Please Google the name GEORGE SOROS. Remember that when the New World Order comes, America will no longer be the most powerful nation in the world. Then we are all in trouble. You think there are no jobs now? Just wait.
I don’t agree with that policy either, I don’t think people should be forced to buy anything in a free country. Also whats annoys the crap out of me when people keep saying “Not on my tax dollar”. You don’t own that tax dollar, they spend that money however they want, regardless how you feel about it, once it out of your check, paid or garnished. It belongs to the government. So stop saying that.
There are other options then mandating the insurance for one regulate insurance companies, just like they do Georgia Power or any other monopolized company. Also if they would just revamp the welfare system. How many of us know people on welfare get food stamps, only to sell them for 50%, or if you are on welfare you shouldn’t be allowed to have any kids. People say that you can’t tell people what they need to do, Well I think they can when they want FREE Sh!t.
So there are a bunch of alternatives then to force people to buy insurance. Health care in Europe is not free, they pay more taxes over there plus they complain that their wait times are anywhere from 4 weeks – 6 months. WTF? Japan has a good healthcare system but it would never work in the US because of the type of people we are. Alot of things wouldn’t work for us because of our culture, so we can’t look at other countries.
I like what Obama stood for in his campaign, but that doesn’t mean I will agree with everything he does and I think that is a problem with us black people we will take anything Obama says as gold because he is black. He is good point of views and he has bad ones. That is a bad one. Of course the lawmakers ain’t worrying about it because they already get the best healthcare there is!
oohhhhhhhh kinda like it’s the law to have car insurance? ok i get it. dont necessarily agree with it, but i get it.
insurance companies will love it cuz business is about to skyrocket.
pointhimout Says:
oohhhhhhhh kinda like it’s the law to have car insurance?
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You are required to buy car insurance if you have a car. BIG difference! You can’t be forced to buy car insurance if you don’t have a car. Car insurance is to protect others or their property if you hit them with your vehicle which is considered a dangerous weapon in the hands of the wrong people. Being forced to buy health insurance is unconstitutional and it will never pass.
pointhimout Says:
insurance companies will love it cuz business is about to skyrocket.
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No they won’t. The insurance you will be forced to buy will be government-run insurance. The private insurers will be run out of business by the government who will take over health care and charge whatever they want since they have no competition from the private sector.
Sandra YOU ARE RIGHT……..as far as the gov and medicare
I see it EVERYDAY!! People come in for a procedure such as an MRI or CT(for a very serious reason most of the time) and get denied because it’s not deemed medically fit for that pt! I am scared for us!
@ Cinnamon Kisses:
We are in trouble! Pelosi and Obama love to put the blame on the private insurance companies. But when it comes to private insurance vs. Medicare, we have more denials for services by Medicare than by private insurance. It’s disgusting the way they treat the elderly. And now we will be subject to the same kind of shabby treatment.
Just the other day an elderly man came in and needed a C.T
his provider ordered it and he has medicare well there is a protocol that medicare has where the procedure has to be coded and based on what is put in IF it does not pass then medicare DOES NOT PAY FOR IT! That procedure alone was 4 grand! The patient has to sign a waiver stating that they WILL be responsible for the bill! UMMMMMMMMMMMM HELLLLLO the last time I checked Alot of elderly people are on fixed income’s and CANNOT afford a 4 thousand dollar procedure out of pocket!! He did not end up having the procedure in fear of getting that bill! He was there to see if has cancer! SMH…….that is serious enough to me to need that procedure! GOV + Healthcare = DISASTER
@ Cinnamon Kisses:
Obama and the Dems have no clue what health care is all about yet they want to run it. Obama says a CT scan is wasteful as are all the other tests we order to monitor patient’s response to certain medications. Some of these blood tests must be ordered several times a day to monitor certain drug levels in a patient’s blood stream. But as far as Obama is concerned, the tests are all wasteful. Good luck with ObamaCare! I’m a nurse so I can take care of myself and mine.
Sandra……That’s what scary….It could mean life and death on some occasions! If a basic Radiology procedure such as X-ray or Ultrasound cannot detect these things and Medicare does not want to pay for high priced procedures then what??? Just let people die? Lawd help us!
Sandra Rose Says:
dj_dceezy Says:
I see this plan as basically givin those on welfare a chance to get some kinda healthcare but errybody else gets raped…
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Exactly! People who work hard for a living all their lives and make a decent wage will be raped! Eventually, we will all go broke right along with the economy which will be destroyed. But that’s exactly what Obama and George Soros wants to happen. Please Google the name GEORGE SOROS. Remember that when the New World Order comes, America will no longer be the most powerful nation in the world. Then we are all in trouble. You think there are no jobs now? Just wait.
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I have to disagree w/ this one. People on welfare (generally) have healthcare (it’s a package deal (in Cali). I should know….not ’cause I’m a recipient. I work for such an agency.
obama needs to just drop the health care issue and move on to the war. he’ll never be able to please everybody.
let’s just stick with private industry raping us, denying coverage, and charging excess premiums due to the fat, smoking, and sick people in our group plans.
america will never accept universal healthcare because we believe blacks and latinos will cripple the system with sickness and babies and we don’t want blacks and latinos getting a free ride. we’d rather die first. and also all the black and latino abortions they would have!
obama, you’re wasting your time bro. move on to bringing our boys back from the war.
@dblaq “or if you are on welfare you shouldn’t be allowed to have any kids.”
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This has been effect in Cali since 1997 as apart of Clinton’s welfare reform. If you’ve been receiving cash (food stamps & medical don’t count) for 10 mths and have another child, the new child won’t receive cash…HOWEVER there are SEVERAL loop holes to get around this rule….but if you (the average recipient) don’t read, you’d never know it.
I cant believe what i am reading here. It is obvious that Sandra Rose is a conservative republican and most of the ****s that are posting comments are obviously politically immature, and lack any real understanding of what they are even talking about with regards to health care. ****s get a little money and forget what it was like growing up getting sick and not having money to even buy the ****ing medicine cause you spent it paying for the visit. But maybe Sandra Rose doesn’t have to worry about that so she doesn’t give a ****.
Capitalism is still the same capitalism that said it was alright to own your great, great grandfather! Remember that sandra rose! Or maybe your great-grandfather was one of them ****s that stayed warm in the house with his master…Sandra Rose is a sellout. ****s get a little money and forget where they come from. Socialism is what ****s really need and are too caught up in thinking that they can somehow get rich. Your degrees will only let you get so far in master’s house. Cant none of you ****s with all them fancy degrees come to work and call no damn shots
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This site is supposed to be about entertainment not politics. If this bitch wanted to make a difference she shoulda made the blog about politics. but what she really wanted to do was make money making black people look bad.
im a little late on this topic, but i am very pissed about my new insurance rates where i work, mind you,i work in a hospital and i am single…with that being said for my High Plan it will cost me $79.00 per pay compared to last year same plan 54.00 the medical part of my health insurance went up by $21.81 everything else pretty much stayed the same,,so im wondering whats to be said about that?