What country are we living in?  Note also how the discussion has shifted from health care reform to health INSURANCE reform.  The Obama poll testers probably think that the public uproar is about the government “caring” for you (shudder).  But those same polls probably find most people annoyed at insurance companies, drug companies and anyone who makes a “profit.”  Thus the shift to find hot buttons to push on everyday Americans.    She is so out of touch with the American people it is frightening.

 Full Op-Ed at USA Today

However, it is now evident that an ugly campaign is underway not merely to misrepresent the health insurance reform legislation, but to disrupt public meetings and prevent members of Congress and constituents from conducting a civil dialogue. These tactics have included hanging in effigy one Democratic member of Congress in Maryland and protesters holding a sign displaying a tombstone with the name of another congressman in Texas, where protesters also shouted “Just say no!” drowning out those who wanted to hold a substantive discussion.

Let the facts be heard

These disruptions are occurring because opponents are afraid not just of differing views — but of the facts themselves. Drowning out opposing views is simply un-American. Drowning out the facts is how we failed at this task for decades.

Now that she has blasts dissenters, she lines up the pile of FREE Stuff she will give you.  What sane person would dare to turn down her largesse? 

• Free Electronic Medical Records, A “PUBLIC” (i.e. government run) Option
• Free Health outcomes research (so they can figure out who to deny care to? See The Health Care Chart that Will Scare YOU to DEATH)
• Free checkups and test – can’t you wait for that free whole body MRI every year? 
• More Free Drugs for Seniors by eliminating the deductible called the “notorious doughnut hole” that was created to ensure people had some skin in the game for their drug costs.  Congress created that hole because they insisted that Seniors have first dollar coverage for their drugs rather than a typical deductible and then coverage scheme that nearly all other insurance programs have.

Reform will mean affordable coverage for all Americans. Our plan’s cost-lowering measures include a public health insurance option to bring competitive pressure to bear on rapidly consolidating private insurers, research on health outcomes to better inform the decisions of patients and doctors, and electronic medical records to help doctors save money by working together. For seniors, the plan closes the notorious Medicare Part D “doughnut hole” that denies drug coverage to those with between $2,700 and $6,100 per year in prescriptions.

Reform will also mean higher-quality care by promoting preventive care so health problems can be addressed before they become crises. This, too, will save money. We’ll be a much healthier country if all patients can receive regular checkups and tests, such as mammograms and diabetes exams, without paying a dime out-of-pocket.

Read the whole disgusting piece at USATODAY – then cancel your subscription to that rag and insist on the Wall Street Journal at your next hotel stay