Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Vietnam Veteran hung flag upside down over "Obamacare"

The Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act was legal and the government could impose fines for people able to buy health insurance but refused to do it. This law says everyone has to be covered or pay a fine. Poor people with no means to pay for insurance will be covered much like Medicaid covered some. Adult children under 26 are able to be on their parents plans. No one will be turned down for coverage because they were already sick (preexisting) or cut off because they got sick.

These things happened and sent families into crisis after crisis over health insurance issues that were unfair. While some healthy people today decide to not buy insurance, they never stop to think who will pay for them if they end up with a very expensive illness, like cancer, in the future. Our healthcare is not broken but paying for it has been making people "sick" trying to figure out how to take care of themselves.

This whole debate has been hyped to death so much so that a Vietnam Veteran decided to hang his American Flag upside down over this issue but not for the other ruling the Supreme Court came out with the same day saying it was ok for someone to lie about being a war hero. They said Stolen Valor was unconstitutional and lying was covered under freedom of speech.

Looks like politicians have been practicing that right to perfection.

Local veteran explains why he hung flag upside down
GRAYSON COUNTY, TX -- Hundreds of people across the nation were outraged when the supreme court upheld President Barack Obama's health care law. One Sherman man showed his disapproval with a controversial action that met with disapproval of it's own. Jul 9, 2012
Reporter: Kristen Shanahan

GRAYSON COUNTY, TX -- Hundreds of people across the nation were outraged when the supreme court upheld President Barack Obama's health care law. One Sherman man showed his disapproval with a controversial action that met with disapproval of it's own.

A Veteran of the Armed Services, Tim Deater, says he was so upset when he saw a flag flying upside down he wrote a letter to the editor of a local newspaper. Bill Cowan says he did hang up the flag with the union down for more than a week and he wants people to know why.

Bill Cowan, a Vietnam Veteran, says he hung the American Flag upside down June 28th when the high court upheld President Obama's health care overhaul. A law that affects the way americans receive and pay for their personal medical care.
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We have a Rottweiler/Hound and he will go into contortions just to bite his own tail. He walks sideways just to keep it in his mouth. For some reason he doesn't seem to understand it is attached to him. A lot of people in this country are doing the same thing because instead of hearing truth about things that really do effect their lives, they are lied into forgetting about common sense.

Medicare, Medicaid and the VA are "socialized" medical coverage programs. They are all paid for by taxpayers. In the case of the VA, it was also paid for by the men and women after they served this country putting their lives on the line and getting wounded for it, or at least were willing to do it but cannot afford private insurance and have no other way to take care of their health.

Has anyone stopped to think about them? Ever wonder what all the layoffs did to the veterans who would normally go to a civilian doctor? Ever wonder if disabled veterans would have to wait so long to see a doctor if non-disabled veterans were able to go someplace else?

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