As a Republican do you believe a Democratic administration would deny health care to Republicans?
GOP hints Dems would deny Republicans health care
From Associated Press
August 28, 2009 1:42 PM EDT
WASHINGTON – The Republican national party has mailed a fundraising appeal suggesting Democrats might use an overhaul of the health care system to deny medical treatment to Republicans.
A questionnaire accompanying the appeal says the government could check voting registration records, "prompting fears that GOP voters might be discriminated against for medical treatment in a Democrat-imposed health care rationing system."
It asks, "Does this possibility concern you?"
Katie Wright, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, said the question was "inartfully worded."
But she said people should worry because government officials would have access to personal financial and medical data.
"The RNC doesn’t try to scare people," said Wright. "We’re just trying to get the facts out on health care. And that’s what we do every day."
Jon Vogel, executive director of the Democratic House campaign organization, called the GOP letter "shameless fear-mongering."
In a fundraising e-mail of his own seeking to raise $100,000 by Aug. 31, Vogel wrote the Republican accusation was "just a preview of the falsehoods, fabrications and outright lies Republicans will be pushing when Congress returns in September."
The allegation is the latest instance in which some critics of the health care effort have made inflammatory unfounded claims – such as conservatives who claimed the legislation would create "death panels" that they said could lead to euthanizing elderly people.
The suggestion that Republicans might not receive care is included in a "Future of American Health Care Survey" containing 13 questions, most of which are critical of the Democratic health care effort. The technique, referred to as a "push poll," is used often in political campaigns by both parties and is designed to spread negative information, not to sample public opinion.
Another question asks, "Do you believe it is justified to ration health care regardless of whether an individual has contributed to the cost of the treatment?"
The survey is accompanied by a two-page letter signed by Michael Steele, chairman of the national Republican party. The letter accuses Democrats of "moving swiftly to bring European-style socialized medicine here," but makes no mention of the possibility that Republicans might be denied coverage.
Wright did not immediately respond when asked who had crafted the wording of the survey questions, and which GOP officials had signed off on it.
The questionnaire was first reported by The Washington Independent, a progressive-leaning nonprofit news and politics Web site based in Washington.
No I do not but however it is an intriguing idea not without merit.Its obvious appeal would be that self-professed sturdy REAL AMERICANS
could put into practice values of self-reliance which they so cherish.Unless these exponents of LIBERTY have not noticed medical care is already rationed by INSURANCE COMPANIES whose only allegiance is to profit realized by denying health care and treatment.
there would have to be a pretty serious kool aid addiction before anyone could believe that to be true.
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Sounds about right, from the left.
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NO WHERE in your post does it read that Republicans believe Dems would deny them healthcare because theyre Republicans. Nowhere, and I’ve read it twice.
Did you even read your own post???
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If were on the list , or if we are over 55 or so… the older people are the ones liberals want to send too a earlier grave.
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Have you ever been asked on a medical form what political party you belong to? I think not.
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2 of the 3 voices in my head
WHATT?!?!!
why would they do that?!
i mean arent democrates more of like health care for everyone??!
annnd i think just that there is a steriotype that republicans are rich..
ummmmm yeaah nooot alll.
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I dont want or need their healthcare
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I certainly believe they could.
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I hope you are getting paid to write such long rants.
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Like the RNC spokeswoman said, it was a stupid question. But will there be rationing of care? Of course. Will you go to prison if you don’t pay into the system? Of course.
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Any more I don’t believe anything Republicans say, and very little of what Democrats say.
When McC said that Palin had sold the ex gov’s jet on E-bay, and for a profit, when in fact it was sold by a broker, and for a loss, I rather tuned out anything any Republican said… all scare tactics.
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You’re a fucken retard if u would ever believe that. That’s all i have to say.
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I can’t say whether or not they would I’m not psychic but I tell you what if they do I’m buying a gun because that would put me over the edge.
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Deny health care? Take it a step further. Can you imagine going into the operating room for ‘life-saving’ surgery by a ‘government trained physician’ (Yes- they will have them!) and Obama is President? Any Republican’s can kiss their rumps good-bye!
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The dems wouldn’t deny health care to anyone – even though I would vote to revoke the health care rights of repubs.
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May 18, 2009
GOP Losses Span Nearly All Demographic Groups
Only frequent churchgoers show no decline in support since 2001
by Jeffrey M. Jones
PRINCETON, NJ — The decline in Republican Party affiliation among Americans in recent years is well documented, but a Gallup analysis now shows that this movement away from the GOP has occurred among nearly every major demographic subgroup. Since the first year of George W. Bush’s presidency in 2001, the Republican Party has maintained its support only among frequent churchgoers, with conservatives and senior citizens showing minimal decline.
I guess this means Obama was right about clinging to Bibles, Guns and the Republican Party.
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http://www.gallup.com/poll/118528/gop-losses-span-nearly-demographic-groups.aspx
Do you honestly believe that just because we have a Democratic administration, they’re going to DENY health care to Republicans under the new health care plan? I’m sorry, but I find that nothing short of ridiculous. Are they going to deprive minority party members too? What about those who are not registered to vote, or are under the age of 18, with no party affiliation? Are they gonna get health care? Or is the administration just going to attack registered Republican voters. That whole claim is preposterous.
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Y’all will eat up just about anything they put in front of you…won’t you.
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If we’re lucky, they’ll deny us their healthcare. Why would I want to go see the same doctor as Otis "the crackhead"?
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Another Rep lie to scare people these people should be held accountable for spreading these lies
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It’s what you call FEARMONGERING.
Typical Republican scare tactics. Anybody with average IQ should have figured that out by now.
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They would never do that. But they just might label republican voters as "right wing extremists" and segregate them from the population on suspicion of planning terrorist acts against the government. And I’m willing to bet the healthcare in those concentration camps would not be very good. But rationing healthcare due to political affiliation would be wrong. But they may require that you be a dues paying member of a state approved labor union to qualify for healthcare. And of course no non-union workers will be permitted to work in Obama’s America. We are living in dangerous times.
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lol, I love the way the one chick speaking for the republican party called it "inartfully worded"
In other words the question should have been worded in a way that would give them an argument that they meant to imply something other than the obvious.
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No I do not but however it is an intriguing idea not without merit.Its obvious appeal would be that self-professed sturdy REAL AMERICANS
could put into practice values of self-reliance which they so cherish.Unless these exponents of LIBERTY have not noticed medical care is already rationed by INSURANCE COMPANIES whose only allegiance is to profit realized by denying health care and treatment.
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