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Ann Marie Blodgett

The power to fire people.

January 9th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Empowerment, Health Care, Healthcare, Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney is catching a lot of flack for a comment that he made.

I’ll go ahead and quote it here (courtesy of The Los Angeles Times:

While discussing his plans to improve health insurance coverage before members of the Nashua Chamber of Commerce this morning, Romney argued that health insurance companies have few incentives to offer better care because most Americans get healthcare from their employers and have little choice in their providers. Allowing individuals to choose their own insurance companies, he said, would give them the flexibility to fire them if they don’t perform.

“I like being able to fire people who provide services to me. You know, if someone doesn’t give me the good service I need, I want to say, you know, I’m going to go get someone else to provide that service to me,” Romney went on to say.

I have a little story to share in regards to the kind of “firing” that Mitt spoke about. Almost ten years ago I was living in Jacksonville Florida, and I was pregnant with my fourth and final child Austin. At the beginning of the pregnancy I was given a guarantee that I would be able to give birth at the hospital in which I gave birth to my third child Erin almost three years prior. Well, at around the seven month point in the pregnancy my obstetrician informed me that no, he had given up his privileges at that hospital and that I would need to deliver at the beach almost fifteen miles away from my home. I reminded him of his promise and he basically (with the aid of his nurse) told me that I was going to deliver at the beach and that was that. That plain and simple, right? Well, NO. After being demeaned after I informed him that I’d have to think about that, I FIRED him. Yes, at SEVEN months pregnant I fired my OB. After doing this, his nurse and him went on to tell me how big of a mistake I was making because people drove from a hundred miles away to see him as their OB. I replied with the as much confidence as I could and said, well, I’m not going to be one of them.

Was I scared at the idea of having to find a new OB at a point in my pregnancy in which I normally had major problems (as I had high risk pregnancies each time)? Yes, but I also knew that the last time I stood up to him and went with my gut instinct instead of his “orders” that I came away victorious that time too.

So, after a few days of asking friends that I had locally on a Yahoo discussion board about natural pregnancy and holistic pediatrics I found a midwife/OB team that were willing to take me on so late in the pregnancy, and you know what? It was the best delivery I’d had thusfar. I was able to go without drugs completely, it was a much more laid back experience. And for the first time in four pregnancies I went to TERM. Yes, just barely as I was thirty-seven weeks, but that was a milestone that I’ve cherished ever since.

I FIRED my doctor, because he was not meeting my needs as a patient. He wasn’t doing as I wanted. Is there anything wrong with that? I think NOT, nor was what Mitt said wrong either.

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John Cronin

Romney: Liberals given too much say in health care

August 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Barack Obama, Governor Romney, Healthcare, Mitt Romney

With new polling data out that shows that the majority of Americans self-identify as conservative in every state in the Union with the exceptions of Vermont, Hawaii and Massachusetts, you would think that Barack Obama would eventually get the message that he is trying to shove a square peg into a round hole with his insistence on passing a bill to socialize the health care delivery system.

That would be rational and sensible, so of course that path will be rejected in favor of the Democratic Party committing political suicide and using the “nuclear option” of passing the bill within the budget reconciliation process where they only need a simple majority of 51% versus the super majority of 60% needed to avoid a filibuster.

If they defy the manifest will of the American people by going this route they will think the Town Hall meetings in August 2009 were a day at the spa compared to what is waiting for them in November 2010!

~~John Cronin~~

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090820/D9A6J3CG2.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama is struggling to get a health care bill because he has been too deferential to the liberal wing of his party.

Interviewed from Boston Thursday on CBS’s “The Early Show,” Romney said he thinks the president must shoulder the blame for the gridlocked situation surrounding health care legislation. He said Obama gave too much influence to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others.

Romney said that “if the president wants to get something done, he needs to put aside the extreme liberal wing of his party.” Romney, who ran for the Republican presidential nod last year, said Medicare and Medicaid already account for virtually half of health care and there shouldn’t be any greater federal role.

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John Cronin

McCain Offers Market-Based Health Plan

April 30th, 2008 | 18 Comments | Posted in Health Care, Healthcare, John McCain, Mitt Romney

In my opinion, McCain’s stance on market based, portable, individual health insurance coverage shows the continuing influence of Gov. Romney on his campaign.

McCain has taken several pages from the Romney playbook. McCain is fortunate to have Romney’s past success in crafting market-based health insurance for Massachusetts available to help him formulate policies that will benefit all Americans.

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/
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By Michael D. Shear

Washington Post Staff Writer

Wednesday, April 30, 2008; Page A01

TAMPA, April 29 – Sen. John McCain on Tuesday rejected calls by his Democratic opponents for universal health coverage, instead offering a market-based solution with an approach similar to a proposal put forth by President Bush last year.
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McCain’s belief in the power of the free market to meet the nation’s health-care needs sets up a stark choice for voters this fall in terms of the care they could receive, the role the government would play and the importance they place on the issue

In a speech at a cancer research center here, McCain dismissed his rivals’ proposals for universal health care as riddled with “inefficiency, irrationality and uncontrolled costs.” He said the 47 million uninsured Americans will get coverage only when they are freed from the shackles of the current employer-dominated system.

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Mike Laub

Gov. Romney: Success In Healthcare

January 5th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in 2008 Election, Debate, Healthcare

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