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  Organizing for American Massachusetts (OFA-MA) formally Massachusetts for Obama is asking everyone to supporter Congresswoman Niki Tsongas  
   
 

Congress on Your Corner with Congresswoman Niki Tsongas
  Time: Saturday, August 8

from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

 
     
  Location: Congress on Your Corner with

Congresswoman Niki Tsongas

 
 
Chelmsford Town Hall

50 Billerica Road

Chelmsford, MA

 
  Please sign up here: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpfzzt  
     
 
  If you cannot attend please call or email Congresswoman Tsongas to tell her you support health care reform.

  
   
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  2. Organizing for American Massachusetts (OFA-MA) formally Massachusetts for Obama is asking everyone to supporter Congresswoman Niki Tsongas

  3. In spite of Nancy Pelosi seeing George Lincoln Rockwell and Swastikas at town hall meetings and the White House Bund using Gestapo tactics asking Americans to INFORM on their neighbors—-this healthcare debacle is DOA. As a matter of fact—-this entire presidency is heading for the rocks. Americans aren’t becoming angry—they are becoming incensed. Now we are Nazis?  Nice job folks!

    • Over the years, ya see this type of name calling on both sides.

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      p>However, this recent activity by the GOP has elicited comparison to….(dramatic dun,dun, da)

      The LaRouchites

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      p>That one will be hard to brush off, yo.

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      • The LaRouchites think they’re Democrats and try to crash a lot of Democratic events.  They’ve managed to make me suspicious of anyone overly praising FDR whom I very much admire myself.  They’ve even occasionally managed to get resolutions through state convention when delegates don’t realize who is behind them.  I can say pretty confidently though that they are not terribly welcome in the Democratic Party, but they’re not very good at taking the hint.

    • I’ve seen references to as high as 76% supporting this or something similar in polls.

      • Gallup Poll: 63 Percent Say Obama’s Plan Will Woarsen Or Not Change Medical Care For Them Personally, 26 Percent Say Plan Will Improve It. (Frank Newport, “Benefits of Healthcare Reform a Tough Sell for Americans,” Gallup, 7/29/09)

        National Public Radio Poll: 47 Percent Oppose Obama’s Plan, 42 Percent Support It. “When asked about the plan now moving through Congress, a plurality of 47 percent was opposed and 42 percent said they were in favor, based on what they had heard about the plan so far.” (Mara Liasson, “NPR Poll Finds Tough Sledding For Obama,” NPR, 7/29/09)

        Similar Results From Pew Research Center: 44 Percent Oppose Obama’s Plan, 38 Percent Support It. “By a 44% to 38% margin, more Americans generally oppose than favor the health care proposals now before Congress. Opposition rises to 56% among people who say they have heard a lot about legislation to overhaul the health care system.” (“Obama’s Rating Slide Across The Board,” Pew Research Center, 7/30/09)

        New York Times/CBS News Poll: 66 Percent Fear Losing Their Insurance. “The poll found 66 percent of respondents were concerned that they might eventually lose their insurance if the government did not create a new health care system, and 80 percent said they were concerned that the percentage of Americans without health care would continue to rise if Congress did not act.” (Adam Nagourney and Megan Thee-Brenan, “New Poll Finds Growing Unease On Health Plan,” The New York Times, 7/29/09)

           * 77 Percent Say Costs Will Increase. “But in another finding, 77 percent said they were concerned that the cost of health care would go up if the government did create such a system.” (Adam Nagourney and Megan Thee-Brenan, “New Poll Finds Growing Unease On Health Plan,” The New York Times, 7/29/09)

        Time Poll: 56 Percent Fear Losing Freedom To Choose Their Own Doctor, Plan Under Government-Run Health Care. “By significant margins, survey respondents said they believe the final health-reform legislation is likely to raise health-care costs in the long run (62%), make everything about health care more complicated (65%) and offer less freedom to choose doctors and coverage (56%).” (Michael Scherer, “TIME Health-Care Poll: Americans Back Reform But Worr y About Details,” Time, 7/29/09)

        Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll: 42 Percent Say Obama’s Plan Is “Bad Idea,” 36 Percent Say It’s “Good Idea.” “In mid-June, respondents were evenly divided when asked whether they thought Mr. Obama’s health plan was a good or bad idea. In the new poll, conducted July 24-27, 42% called it a bad idea while 36% said it was a good idea.” (Laura Meckler, “Support Slips For Health Plan,” The Wall Street Journal, 7/ 30/09)

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        p>Now I’ll just sit here and wait for Ryan to call me a liar again in a post on his blog. Then take down.

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        • would include the following:

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          p>from the gallup poll:

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          p>Would a new health care law improve medical care in the US?
          44% – yes
          14% – no change
          34% – worsen

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          p>You personally?
          26% – improve
          29% – no change
          34% – worsen

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          p>See also the question ‘Would a new health care law expand, change, or reduce access?’

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          p>From the NPR link,

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          p>”Poll respondents liked a Democratic statement on solving health care problems better than a Republican statement (51 percent to 42 percent). However, when asked about the plan now moving through Congress, a plurality of 47 percent was opposed and 42 percent said they were in favor,..”

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          p>[No information is included as to why the disconnect between the two questions.]

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          p>The Pew link indicates wider support for policy specifics than the broad yes-no question about the proposals:

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          p>Require companies to sell policies without regard to pre-existing conditions?

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          p>79% – favor
          15% – oppose
          6% – don’t know

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          p>Require all Americans to buy insurance, w subsidies for those who cannot afford it?

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          p>65% – favor
          29% – oppose
          6% – don’t know

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          p>A govt health insurance plan to compete w private plans?

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          p>52% – favor
          37% – oppose
          10% – don’t know

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          • I surmise that people do favor these proposals, but either believe a lot of the misinformation about Obama’s plan or believe that the President is not handling it well politically.  I for one an sensing major deja vu of the Clinton plan of 1993-1994.  Due to the attacks on the plan, opponents eventually got public opinion polls to say they opposed the Clinton plan.  However when various proposals were offered to respondents without names of sponsors attached, the Clinton plan consistently won hands down.

        • I originally had rated this a 5 for contributing to the discussion with substantive information, then I clicked the linked polls and realized you were very selective in your interpretation.  In the Gallup poll, for example, pluralities believe that the plan will improve quality of care and expand coverage nationwide.

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          p>I also find it disingenuous to lump “no change” with “worsen”; that’s like counting an abstention as a negative.  When it comes to how people view their own situation, I’m glad to see the number of people who believe there will be no change.  This means they can live with the Obama plan since they apparently trust him when he says that if you’re happy with you’re current plan you get to keep it.  The higher poll figures I cited earlier may have been in response to a generic question about the need for reform with more nuanced views and less impressive numbers coming in when we deal with specifics.  

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          p>The question about Obama’s “handling” of the health care issue could cut both ways.  For example, I’m not terribly enthusiastic about how he’s handled the issue either, but that’s because I come down on the side of wishing he move further faster toward single payer and seems to willing to compromise.  My own lack of enthusiasm should definitely NOT be construed as opposition to reform and I still think his plan is better than status quo.

  4. I don’t care if she officially co-sponsors, but I would love for Congresswoman Tsongas to vote for HR676 when it comes up.

  5. Let me rephrase my sig line (from Hillary)…

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    I’m sick and tired of people Democrats who say that if you debate and disagree with this administration, Healthcare Reform Bill, somehow you’re not patriotic. We need to stand up and say we’re Americans, and we have the right to debate and disagree with any administration, Healthcare Reform Bill

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