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Government Bureaucrat or Insurance Profiteer?

By Tony K. - Jul 21st, 2009 at 10:43 pm EDT

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Government Bureaucrat or Insurance Profiteer? I find myself both perplexed and laughing at the latest GOP commercials on health care in my area. The big push shows a bureaucrat between a doctor and patient denying coverage. Without much being run for ads against it in Texas, it isn't surprising that the push in Texas seems to support opposing it. Yet, one has to wonder where the commercial or discussion is about that insurance company between a doctor and their patient.

No matter which way the health care debate goes, there is going to be someone between you and your doctor. That is inevitable in 99% of all cases. To illustrate, my brother-in-law has had a mass found in his brain. The doctors think it may have spread there from somewhere else and the insurance company balked at a spinal MRI, and are still disagreeing with its necessity after the fact even though it showed a mass in his spine. The doctors think that may have spread from elsewhere, but the insurance company is balking at doing an MRI on the rest of the body to find out the full story because it is expensive. My brother-in-law's doctor's need for the tests to get a full picture of what is going on appears to be secondary to the insurance company's profits.

It serves to illustrate the key point, someone is always between the doctor and the patient. The question really should be do you want a private person who is only responsible to their boss who is only responsible to a board seeking dividend payouts that come from profit margins; or should it be a person who is responsible to the people you vote for every 2, 4, and 6 years?

Given the difference in health care treatment that my father gets on his federal government health care in contrast to what my brother-in-law's private insurance company, I am both strongly in favor of the federal bureaucrat and his federal rules, and grateful that my health has been good enough to not have to test the system personally.

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National Day of Service - Healthcare in Collin County

By Cindi in Prosper - Jun 21st, 2009 at 1:22 pm EDT

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Saturday, June 27th with a focus on Healthcare and giving back to your community. OCC and volunteers from Collin County will be holding a Health Fair, with clinicians, social services, nutritional and informative handouts for services in the Collin Community for our needy, for them to obtain basic healthcare check ups, provide immunization guidelines, and allow them to sign up for federal programs that they are eligible for based on income such as WIC and CHIPS.

To sign up or find out more information, please go to:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpc4fd

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Collin County Inaguration Gala

By Cindi in Prosper - Jan 5th, 2009 at 7:57 pm EST

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An Inaugural Gala to celebrate the incredible victory of President-elect Obama will be held on January 20 from 7-11 pm at the Plano Center off Spring Creek parkway; over 150 RSVP's so far and they are still coming in. Live Music with Memphis Soul Live, Dancing, Food, Cash Bar, along with live TV Coverage of Inaugural Events and more.

Come celebrate this historic moment.

Please go to www.obamacollincounty.com to learn more and to RSVP.

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9 days and counting

By Cindi in Prosper - Oct 26th, 2008 at 9:35 pm EDT

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THIS IS IT. We are 9 days out from the day we have been waiting for. #1 every single dayPush early vote. Every time you talk to someone on the phone, send an e-mail, have a conversation. Send an e-mail to everyone you know reminding them, and tell them to pass it on, and on and on and on.LocallyIf you have free time, be a greeter or a poll watcher. The early vote locations need help in both areas at all locations. Help with these important functions and volunteer. Training is still be provided for both; e-mail gotv@tdwcc.org for information on training. They also still need help for the 4th. No experience necessary, just a willing and enthusiastic spiritNationallyCall swing states. This is vitally important and the Obama campaign needs our help. You can easily learn how to call voters on MYBO; the neighbor to neighbor tool is easy to use and has detailed instructions and is crucial in this last week. Some states do ALL their voting on the 4th; there is still time to make a vital impact in this campaign.http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/makecallsThe change we have been waiting for is right around the corner; it's up to us to continue this last week and follow through to the end. Isn't change worth it?

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Yard signs

By Cindi in Prosper - Oct 23rd, 2008 at 9:31 am EDT

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I have yard signs and would love to hand them out; please come participate in the mega canvas this Saturday and help get out the vote, and get visibilty for your yard at the same time!

LOCATION: Wal-Mart US 380 (University Dr) & Custer Road in McKinney (meet us on the South Side of the Wal-Mart parking lot near the L strip mall)

RSVP: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/canvass/gsh97f

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LAST CANVAS - All hands on deck!

By Cindi in Prosper - Oct 22nd, 2008 at 10:21 am EDT

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This is the last major canvas effort and we need all hands on deck. The more people that come out, the more doors we can hit. There are still people out there that are uninformed about the early vote time and locations; we have this Saturday to push all that info out and get them to the polls for the last week of early vote.

Please join us in what will prove to be a great final canvas effort for Senator Obama and the down ballot candidates; it is such a small effort with such a huge payoff! It's our time!

http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gsh97f

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The time is now; 2 weekends left to get out the vote

By Cindi in Prosper - Oct 15th, 2008 at 9:32 am EDT

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Senator Obama needs us.

We have 2 weekends left to help get the vote out, and the time is now.

Not next month, but now.

We had an exceptional push for Voter Registration here in Collin County, over 23,000, yes thousand voters were registered between March and the beginning of September.

Now we need to get them to the polls.

The most effective way to reinforce this is by canvassing and talking to voters. If you aren't comfortable with that, you can be part of the first shift of dropping literature at Democratic doors. The doorknockers include pertinent information on the down ballot candidates and early vote locations and times; we are putting all the important information right in the hands of the voters.

Two weekends which will effect the next 4 years of our lives. Collin County needs all of us to step up and help.

12 hours of your time to change the next 4 years of your life.

Don't you want change?

http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gsh953

http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gsh97f

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Quote from Barack

By swimmer - Jul 9th, 2008 at 9:28 pm EDT

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"Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military."
Barack Obama

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Lift Up Your Voice and Vote

By Amy - Jun 1st, 2008 at 1:26 pm EDT

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Please enjoy our Denton City Councilwoman Charlye Heggins singing Lift Up Your Voice and Vote.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHr3SdALrAs

Lift Up Your Voice and Vote Charlye Heggins sings an inspiring song to the tune of Lift Every Voice and Sing that encourages all to vote.

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More Obama-Clinton on NAFTA

By ! 1 Robert Braggs III - Feb 26th, 2008 at 9:15 pm EST

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http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/25/701304.aspx

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