The White House says Obama "misspoke" about endorcement from AARP

Obama in his town hall meeting on Tuesday in Portsmouth, New Hampshire said that doctors are not doing enough for preemptive care. He says that doctors are doing procedures that they don't necessarily need to do, such as cutting peoples feet off when they have diabetes. Why are doctors doing these extra procedures? Well according to Obama it's because they can make a lot of money.



Obama says that if a "family care physician" works with there patient - for such things as diet and exercise and having a healthy lifestyle the doctor only gets paid a little. However if they want to make some real money - they let the patient do what he wants and then cut his foot off. You know it's funny because I haven't heard of any doctors who are doing that. And you know I'm no doctor, but to tell you the truth if i was a doctor I would be furious with Obama right now. I mean he is actually suggesting that doctors are so greedy that they just chop peoples feet off for no reason other than to make money! Oh but don't worry after Obama was done going after the doctors he reassured everyone that he was in fact not going after the doctors; hmmmm i wonder how he figures that one?

Obama has also gone after doctors in the past saying that they are ripping kids tonsils out for no reason.



Besides the anger that doctors must be feeling towards Obama if you really look at what Obama is proposing, it doesn't add up. Let me elaborate. When you or your child gets a sore throat who do you go to to have him looked at? Well i would go to my local pediatrician. Now let me ask you another question. Who takes your tonsils out? Well I'll let you in on a little secret....it's not your pediatrician. So technically your pediatrician has no incentive to send you to a specialist, unless he feels you really need one, because the pediatrician is not making any more money even if the specialist takes your tonsils out. Another problem with Obama's "doctor theory" is the fact that he thinks doctors are making a lot more money off of doing amputations. Apparently, according to a doctor who was on rush today, to do an amputation does not cost 30 - $40,000 it only costs about a thousand or two. I'll tell you whoever is whispering these facts in Obama's ear must have it in for him. Either that or I think it's time for a new teleprompter!

But wait there's more!!!

Obama even said "Another myth that we’ve been hearing about is this notion that somehow we’re going to be cutting your Medicare benefits. We are not. AARP would not be endorsing a bill if it was undermining Medicare, okay?". huh? Last time I checked AARP hadn't made up their minds whether to endorse the bill because they knew many of their members were concerned that there would be benefit cuts for senors if the bill passed. And also to use the words of Arlen Specter "wait a minuet, wait a minuet". So now Obama is saying that there will be NO medicare benefit cuts? Well take a look at this and then tell me whether Obama is lying:



Well it turns out according to Idiot Press Secretary, AKA Robert Gibbs, Obama may have misspoke:Gibbs said "AARP has said they are certainly supportive and have been for years on comprehensive health reform," "I don't think the president meant to imply anything untoward. I think he discussed the notion that AARP is supportive of legislation -- or, I'm sorry, an agreement that would -- that would fund filling the doughnut hole for seniors as part of Medicare Part D, as well as additional savings for comprehensive health care reform."

So what does AARP have to say about Obama's remarks?
AARP's chief operating officer Tom Nelson quickly fired back, saying, "indications that we have endorsed any of the major health care reform bills currently under consideration in Congress are inaccurate."



So whether Obama "misspoke" or not it is clear that AARP has repeatedly said that they have not endorsed the current health care bill. However the real question is if AARP is not endorsing the bill and they are not behind Obama then why are cozying up to SEIU?