Comments on: AARP Ad: Opponents of ObamaCare Oppose “Health Care Reform” http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/09/03/aarp-ad-opponents-of-obamacare-oppose-%e2%80%9chealth-care-reform%e2%80%9d/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Norm http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/09/03/aarp-ad-opponents-of-obamacare-oppose-%e2%80%9chealth-care-reform%e2%80%9d/#comment-69232 Norm Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:29:03 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6723#comment-69232 John,

That’s right if you give healthcare to everyone you will destroy the price signal that says we need more doctors.

]]> By: tarran http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/09/03/aarp-ad-opponents-of-obamacare-oppose-%e2%80%9chealth-care-reform%e2%80%9d/#comment-69225 tarran Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:57:39 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6723#comment-69225 John,

I am going to let you in on a little secret:

The government cannot provide medical care to all who need it.

Anyone who tells yout otherwise is either deluded or willfully lying to you.

]]> By: John Meyer http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/09/03/aarp-ad-opponents-of-obamacare-oppose-%e2%80%9chealth-care-reform%e2%80%9d/#comment-69224 John Meyer Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:31:52 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6723#comment-69224 I truly enjoyed your logic. If we gave healthcare to everyone that needed it YOU might not be able to get care. You have identified the fact that there are people who need health care but we should not provide it because it MIGHT affect you.
By the way please change the picture in the “your new doctor clip” to be that of the United Health Care CEO who just left with a 300 million retirement package. You can call it “your current doctor”.

]]> By: Quincy http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/09/03/aarp-ad-opponents-of-obamacare-oppose-%e2%80%9chealth-care-reform%e2%80%9d/#comment-69189 Quincy Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:19:31 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6723#comment-69189 Our current hyper-regulated market system for health care is broken. The plans put forth by Democrats would enforce the worst of the status quo while sweeping away the few redeeming qualities it has. They call this “reform” when it is the precise opposite.

]]> By: mw http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/09/03/aarp-ad-opponents-of-obamacare-oppose-%e2%80%9chealth-care-reform%e2%80%9d/#comment-69183 mw Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:47:51 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6723#comment-69183 I saw this ad half a dozen times before I could figure out what the hell is was supposed to mean. The visuals are so distracting that you don’t hear the voice over, unless you close your eyes and force yourself to listen to it.

Everything you say about the disingenuous mis-characterizations in this ad is true, but there is no reason to worry about the message in this ad. It is so general, so opaque, with such disjointed clashing audio and visuals, that few will have the patience to even bother to try and understand it, and absolutely no one will be swayed by it. It is a stunning example of incredibly bad advertising and a waste of money.

The people who should be furious with the AARP, is anyone who paid membership fees to the organization, regardless of which side of health care reform fence they are on. This ad is just flushing enormous amounts of their dues down the toilet to no effect whatsoever.

]]> By: TerryP http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/09/03/aarp-ad-opponents-of-obamacare-oppose-%e2%80%9chealth-care-reform%e2%80%9d/#comment-69178 TerryP Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:53:04 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6723#comment-69178 I think that AARP is right that special interests are obstacles to a quality healthcare system, but you can put the AARP at the top of that special interest list. They have gotten in the way of many reforms that would have reduced costs, limited gov’t, and put the individual more in charge of their own life.

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