Obama: The Mayo Clinic is a beacon on health care; Mayo Clinic: ObamaCare stinks
posted at 5:15 pm on July 20, 2009 by Allahpundit
Even dumber than the time he claimed Caterpillar had promised to re-hire workers if the stimulus passed, only to have the CEO tell reporters about five minutes later that the stimulus wouldn’t work fast enough to let them re-hire workers.
And the Mayo shall lead us:
Although there are some positive provisions in the current House Tri-Committee bill – including insurance for all and payment reform demonstration projects – the proposed legislation misses the opportunity to help create higher-quality, more affordable health care for patients. In fact, it will do the opposite.
In general, the proposals under discussion are not patient focused or results oriented. Lawmakers have failed to use a fundamental lever – a change in Medicare payment policy – to help drive necessary improvements in American health care. Unless legislators create payment systems that pay for good patient results at reasonable costs, the promise of transformation in American health care will wither. The real losers will be the citizens of the United States.
See MKH’s post at the Standard for a few of The One’s greatest Mayo-praising hits. Presumably the problems with the House bill could be solved via negotiations if the Democrats were interested first and foremost in producing a good bill. Which, of course, they’re not. Exit question: Is the sturm und drang starting to affect Obama’s concentration? Behold your Freudian slip/Kinsleyan gaffe of the day.
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Funniest headline–evah! lol
RepubChica on July 20, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Dear God, I surely hope so.
Let’s take the gilding off those clay feet, and speedily.
Bob's Kid on July 20, 2009 at 5:18 PM
I thought only Biden told the truth. Color me shocked.
lorien1973 on July 20, 2009 at 5:18 PM
This is getting better and better. I’m almost enjoying the desperation coming from the administration, forgetting that they’re still about to cram this bill down our throats.
BadgerHawk on July 20, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Now I have to learn Austrian too? Geesh.
lorien1973 on July 20, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Obama said this gaffe today:
“The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system.”
Again, the truth comes out.
WashJeff on July 20, 2009 at 5:19 PM
“Bring greater inefficiencies.”
The only true thing that dope has ever said.
Bishop on July 20, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Awesome.
Fallen Sparrow on July 20, 2009 at 5:19 PM
I can’t watch him say ANYTHING; He produces such a visceral hatred in me, that I can’t even listen and appreciate it when I know he’s lying.
anniekc on July 20, 2009 at 5:19 PM
ObamaCare is toast–hold the Mayo.
Steve Z on July 20, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Onobo is talkin’ out his arse.
CynicalOptimist on July 20, 2009 at 5:20 PM
And boy..I mean man, Ogabe is looking tired.
Bishop on July 20, 2009 at 5:20 PM
The wife and I thought 2 things whilst listening to Bambi stumble: “Does the Mayo Clinic agree?” and “Nice inefficiencies comment you tool”
Thank you for validating our hearing Allah.
Odie1941 on July 20, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Independents who voted for hope and change: ARE YOU LISTENING???
Khun Joe on July 20, 2009 at 5:21 PM
OUCH!!!!!!!!
ICBM on July 20, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Is that something like a wellness-prevention program?
Does preventing wellness make people sick?
Steve Z on July 20, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Well , as he’s the expert on inefficiencies i believe him.
the_nile on July 20, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Finally admitting it, eh?
LiquidH2O on July 20, 2009 at 5:22 PM
I still want to know how someone without healthcare, due to income and/or employers are now going to be insured, considering the penalty for not having insurance and a penalty to employers goes to the government.
Perhaps that little gem should take wind in “certain corners”
Odie1941 on July 20, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Anyone else missing the trolls like I am lately? They must have better things to do than hang out here and tell us how wrong we are about all this health care and deficit nonsense.
BadgerHawk on July 20, 2009 at 5:22 PM
…or fiscally conservative Democrat?
WashJeff on July 20, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Word to comedians , noting to see here.
the_nile on July 20, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Wear. Him. Down.
BardMan on July 20, 2009 at 5:24 PM
incompetent in chief.
moonbatkiller on July 20, 2009 at 5:24 PM
It’s only a gaffe is it’s unintentional…hello?
catmman on July 20, 2009 at 5:25 PM
She’s lovely,but she stinks!
-Pepe’ LePew (Sarc).
canopfor on July 20, 2009 at 5:25 PM
You don’t put mayo on toast with arugala and Kobe beef sandwiches. But us commoners aren’t supposed to know that.
Yoop on July 20, 2009 at 5:26 PM
Ironic: The “sponsor message” preceding the video is one of those sob-story ads by the DNC. It’s time for inefficient healthcare reform, apparently.
KS Rex on July 20, 2009 at 5:27 PM
I prefer the Miracle Whip Clinic, myself.
HornetSting on July 20, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Not a Freudian slip. It’s a Marxian slip.
I wonder if TOTUS will be thrown under the bus.
txag92 on July 20, 2009 at 5:27 PM
no, they are all busy fighting over themselves trying to climb inside barack obama’s a-hole still after all of this and are busy shoving popcorn down their cakes holes watching harry potter YET AGAIN ride a f-cking broomstick. and also, tonight is when all the bachelors speak on the bachlorette. i’m gay, so of course i knew that.
Ghoul aid on July 20, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Now THAT is an obamateurism.
Phoenician on July 20, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Birth certificate.
scorpio9 on July 20, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Now that even the CBO is turning on Ogabe, the trolls know there will soon be precious little to defend.
After Ogabe gets his azz handed to him, they will be back telling everyone how awesome it is that he rolled with the punches, reacted well, changed his POV, adjusted his outlook, etc.
Bishop on July 20, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Mayo and Waffles don’t mix.
FontanaConservative on July 20, 2009 at 5:29 PM
From MKH’s Blog at Weekly Standard …..
huminah huminah huminah, I can’t think right now, where’s my talking points, overload, overload, overload.
Thanks MKH … and Jake.
fogw on July 20, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Might not be a bad idea.
Austrian is spoken in 17 out of the 57 states.
Also helpful for analyzing the profits-to-earnings ratios on the Austrian stock exchange.
guntotinglibertarian on July 20, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! we don’t talk about that. the others will hear you.
Ghoul aid on July 20, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Obama ,they can see your inefficiency from Russia.
the_nile on July 20, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Reforms we seek,will bring greater competition.
-Hopey/Changey
This one is priceless,the Left is killing off the
competition!!
canopfor on July 20, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Now that even the CBO is turning on Ogabe, the trolls know there will soon be precious little to defend.
Bishop on July 20, 2009 at 5:28 PM
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Well technically the CBO is non-partisan and just gives the facts, though I’m at a loss for how progressives haven’t managed to infiltrate it to a heavy degree over the years.
BadgerHawk on July 20, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Step 1: Take away choices.
Step 2: ????
Step 3: More competition.
lorien1973 on July 20, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Speaking of Russia -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1C_NWMRs8Q
guntotinglibertarian on July 20, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Yep. In fact it might be a waste of time to wait till Sunday to vote for the Obamateurism of the Week. It will be tough to beat this one, unless he channels Biden.
Yoop on July 20, 2009 at 5:32 PM
“Our proposal will bring…greater inefficiencies to the American health care system.” Hmmmm. Obama’s going for that super-secret, tell ‘em the truth approach to see if it works? Well, I’m sold. Bring on the inefficiencies. And, um, the incompetencies, too. Let’s get some more of those. Oh, and could you throw in something to totally undermine quality? That would be kind of a sweet trifecta.
Rational Thought on July 20, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Step 1: Take away choices.
Step 2: ????
Step 3: More competition.
lorien1973 on July 20, 2009 at 5:31 PM
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Step 2 is unicorns. It’s always the unicorns.
BadgerHawk on July 20, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Yeah, that astonishes me. You’d think after 3 years of Pelosi and Reid, the CBO would be sending out rosy forecasts on unicorn stationery.
guntotinglibertarian on July 20, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Looks like TOTUS is going subversive on Barry Lightworker. Could it be that it’s watching the poll numbers and getting scared?
Watch for more “slips” that expose the truth in future speeches.
Cicero43 on July 20, 2009 at 5:33 PM
ObamaCare is going down like a Nazi blimp.
Chuck Schick on July 20, 2009 at 5:33 PM
guntotinglibertarian on July 20, 2009 at 5:33 PM
If anyone knows how the CBO stays non-partisan I’d love to know. I doubt they have some ‘no one who’s ever been a registered member of a party or donated to one allowed’ rule, though it’s not a bad idea.
BadgerHawk on July 20, 2009 at 5:35 PM
The adults might be in charge but it seems they are the ones with the post-a-notes stuck over every light switch.
Limerick on July 20, 2009 at 5:35 PM
$23,700,000,000,000.00
This has got to be a nightmare. I’ll wake up soon and Fred Thompson will be president.
Cicero43 on July 20, 2009 at 5:35 PM
That’s a burn right there!!!
FontanaConservative on July 20, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Is he a pathological liar or just an idiot?
pedestrian on July 20, 2009 at 5:36 PM
The scariest thing about government run healthcare is its politicization.
http://sparks.brushfireoffreedom.org/post/2009/07/20/The-Greatest-Danger.aspx
TCJ on July 20, 2009 at 5:36 PM
The answer to that is easy. The job description requires anyone working for the CBO to understand the difference between a plus sign and a negative sign.
Yoop on July 20, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Mitt Care > Hillary Care> Hussein Care
lavell12 on July 20, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Obama: The Mayo Clinic is a beacon on health care.
Mayo Clinic: ObamaCare stinks.
Obama: Send a threatening letter to the Governor of, er, Mayo.
Patrick S on July 20, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Is he a pathological liar or just an idiot?
pedestrian on July 20, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Both
txag92 on July 20, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Looks like TOTUS failed POTUS!
redfoxbluestate on July 20, 2009 at 5:38 PM
That clip is misleading. If you look at the full video from that incident, Obama shakes hands with the people at the far end of the room, by the flags, as the Russian President introduces them. Then they work down the line hallway / line of people, and the people here are those that came with Obama who he is introducing to the Russian President. He just has an oddball way of motioning to people with his hand–similar to the incident in Saudi Arabia where he motioned to Axelrod, looking like he was trying to shake his hand, and Axelrod ignored him.
Enoxo on July 20, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Obamacare: Heavy on the bullshit and always shovel-ready.
it’s going to bury us.
ted c on July 20, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Those are not mutually exclusive conditions, so I would say “both”.
rplat on July 20, 2009 at 5:42 PM
When they are supposed fart skittles it makes things harder for Joe Biden.
How can he tell the masses that the unicorns are not going to fart skittles? What will Henrietta Hughes and Peggy pay mah mo-gage do if skittles don’t land in their mouths as they sing praises to the sky that is Obama?
Killin the dreams of minions. Killin the dreams.
/bummer
Key West Reader on July 20, 2009 at 5:43 PM
It will not pass.
Key West Reader on July 20, 2009 at 5:44 PM
from william krystal today…the essential truth of obamacare:
For in reality the government isn’t going simply to reward “good” and penalize “bad” admissions. It’s going to prevent insurance companies from paying for “unnecessary” admissions and procedures, if those companies want to participate in the government system. In other words, government bureaucrats are going to deem entire categories of treatment inefficient for all or certain categories of patients, and put those treatments out of bounds for doctors and hospitals.
DrW on July 20, 2009 at 5:44 PM
I work at Mayo and love it!
deidre on July 20, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Waiting for the first shake-up in the Obama administration.
Who will be the first to go?
It will probably happen after Labor Day.
albill on July 20, 2009 at 5:45 PM
I bet you a beer it does pass, and I hope I lose.
Daggett on July 20, 2009 at 5:46 PM
It is only Monday and the heat is on, he is going to be in full meltdown soon.
thomasaur on July 20, 2009 at 5:46 PM
“Hold the Mayo” has a new interpretation courtesy of Obama
SmallGovtGuy on July 20, 2009 at 5:47 PM
The Presidouche has issued a correction:
“Did I say inefficiencies? How silly, I meant Chaliphate.”
Western_Civ on July 20, 2009 at 5:47 PM
He is a pathological lying idiot.
thomasaur on July 20, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Quote of the day.
Patrick Ishmael on July 20, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Is Obama on dope, or a dope?
JiangxiDad on July 20, 2009 at 5:53 PM
He’s a dope on dope.
thomasaur on July 20, 2009 at 5:55 PM
let’s make tuesday & wednesday hot phone days for Congress. one of the idjits in congress will get word to the Won that they’ve gotten alot of “NO” & “Hell NO” phone calls. I guess Chuckie Schumer will be the guy who can get an audience with the Won whenever he wants. maybe we should target him?
call ‘em. call ‘em. call ‘em.
kelley in virginia on July 20, 2009 at 5:57 PM
I wish my Republican Congressmen and Senators would send me their positions on the issues once in a while. All I get from them are stupid donation requests during the election cycle and not a damn word in between.
That goes for you Inhofe, Coburn, DeMint, and a few more of you jerkoffs.
southsideironworks on July 20, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Is someone out there cataloging all of this for use in future campaign commercials?
Inefficiencies from The Inefficient One.
Priceless!
redwhiteblue on July 20, 2009 at 6:05 PM
LMAO. O’Bozo…
Jaibones on July 20, 2009 at 6:05 PM
OT
BOMBSHELL! Supreme Court now has Obama Citizenship
Oh oh!
http://community2.myfoxdc.com/_BOMBSHELL-Supreme-Court-now-has-Obama-Citizenship/blog/425151/70048.html?b
Note the part: To qualify, for the scholarship, a student must claim foreign citizenship. This document would seem to provide the smoking gun that many of Obama’s detractors have been seeking.
Along with the evidence that he was first born in Kenya and there is no record of him ever applying for US citizenship, this is looking pretty grim.
Bulldogger on July 20, 2009 at 6:09 PM
The Hindenberg was not a blimp, it was a rigid dirigible airship. AKA a “Zeppelin”. But Obama is a gasbag, so you were very close.
drunyan8315 on July 20, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Oloco
madeis a FreudianSlipDoucheCynicalOptimist on July 20, 2009 at 6:18 PM
If this monster is passed – how long will it take congress to find a way to loot the program and leave their infamous calling cards? Social Security started out voluntary, then mandatory. It also was held in a trust fund, now it’s a holding account for wish lists and looted on a regular basis. If the feds payed back to SS what is owed, it would be funded until the second coming. This proposed revamp of America’s healthcare is more like a ponzi scheme and SS is it’s poster child.
‘Bambi has said he’d absolutely do away with the Medicare Advantage Programs. This could be the very item that would allow participants the access to not only medical, but dental, some vision, and physical fitness. I went through hoops a couple of years ago to find a plan for my MIL. Most of them pay for a gym membership (you must show up a couple of times a month), $300 a year for dental maintenance, and an eye exam with a new set of glasses every couple of years, plus pays for additional monies to physicians/hospitals for medical procedures. Why they couldn’t offer this as a supplement to Medicaid is beyond me. I’m certainly no expert on this, but the revamp they’re offering is going to destroy our medical community as we know it.
24K lady on July 20, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Biden starting to rub off on the ONE…..
SDarchitect on July 20, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Why will it do those things????
Because he says so.
rockhead on July 20, 2009 at 6:30 PM
It’s too much to hope for, but it’d be great if Wednesday’s press conference turns into a free-for-all. Obama is horrible under pressure. Whenever he gets put on the spot, he reminds me of Pfc. Lowden Downey in A Few Good Men when he gets caught in a lie: “Well, you see, there was this blow out. Hal? Hal?” Except in Obama’s case all he has is his teleprompter, but no Axelrod and no Emanuel. Obama won’t even have Lance Cpl. Harold Dawson to snap him out of his stupor.
Oh well, on Wednesday, I’m expecting sob stories, lob pitches, and cotton candy for all, but I can dream.
BuckeyeSam on July 20, 2009 at 6:31 PM
You lying sack of sh!t. You have to be a US CITIZEN to be eligible for the Fulbright.
http://us.fulbrightonline.org/overview.html
Apologetic California on July 20, 2009 at 6:33 PM
The day will come when only 30% of the electorate will claim to have voted for this
mansham.
phineas on July 20, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Yup. Part of the new health care reform will be to conduct pelvic exams like they do in the Middle East–the doctor can only examine the reflection in the mirror.
Special K on July 20, 2009 at 6:39 PM
I think you are wrong about that, and owe someone an appology.
Here is the description of Fulbright Grants availability:
“These grants are available for U.S. citizens with a bachelor’s degree to study in other countries, and for citizens of other countries to do graduate study in the U.S. Grants for faculty and professionals, as well as grants for U.S. institutions wishing to host scholars from other countries, are administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars.”
Yoop on July 20, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Regarding the Fulbright Grant, check this link, especially the Administration and Funding section.
You might also want to check out the list of Notable Alumni. Sure a lot of non-US citizens on that list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulbright_Program
Yoop on July 20, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Still trying to find any reference (other than blogs) to the story about “Soetoro” and his transcripts. I hope it’s true, but would like to see some corroboration.
Buford Gooch on July 20, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Once the ineffectual and inefficient POS potus is down, everyone is to START KICKING & KEEP KICKING!! No mercy – by God, no mercy – he is a freaking loon.
Ris4victory on July 20, 2009 at 6:52 PM
He’ll say anything the TOTUS tells him to.
ronsfi on July 20, 2009 at 6:53 PM
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