Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-16

  • Some sort of healthcare rally at Grady today. Amnesty and Healcare Now on the scene. – Photo: http://bkite.com/0aCXN #
  • #winMBP @taptaptap is giving away a $5999 ColorWare STEALTH MacBook Pro to celebrate launching Convert for iPhone! http://taptaptap.com/+NH5 #
  • Just arrived at David Scott's town hall in Jonesburo. #healthcarenow #
  • Waiting for the town hall to start. Having informed convos with moderate conservatives. #healthcare #moveon – Photo: http://bkite.com/0aMqB #
  • David Scott starting town hall with prayer for civility. #healthcare #moveon – Photo: http://bkite.com/0aMsN #
  • David Scott laying out the issues and deb #
  • David Scott debunking Death Panel lies. #healthcare #moveon #
  • Some audience members seem skeptical that costs won't be controlled under the status quo. – Photo: http://bkite.com/0aMtF #
  • First question. Doctors feelings? Why are we proposing new programs instead of fixing current system? #
  • David Scott replying with reforms like closing gap in Medicare drug coverage. Addressing cost concerns. Drug cost controlls. #
  • 2nd q. Why do this now? Scott says it will cost more later. #
  • 3rd q. How do you controll profit motives? Public option. PreExisting conditions. Subsidised premiums. #
  • 4th q. Cost of drugs in retirement. Public option in middle income areas. #
  • 5th q. How will this help currently insured. Costs down. Not being dropped by insurance. #
  • David Scott. Public option only for uninsured. #healthcare #moveon #
  • Will drug choices be forced under public option? Scott says no and he fought the insurance companies before. #
  • Preexisting conditions? Story if cancer not covered because unreported wart. #healthcare #moveon #
  • Cuts in Medicare Advantage? Improvements in base Medicare coverage. Bring costs down. #healthcare #moveon #
  • What about current non-profit insurance? Kaiser has good ideas. David Scott building bridges in party and across isle. #healthcare #moveon #
  • David Scott: If this plan is good enough for you, it should be good enough for Congress. #healthcare #moveon #
  • Tea Baggers make debut. #
  • Am I the only one that smells fraud in these flyers? – Photo: http://bkite.com/0aMFl #
  • At a healthcare forum at Emory. Founder of A for Autism just spoke. #healthcare #moveon – Photo: http://bkite.com/0aN6O #
  • Introducing the panel. First Dr. Timothy Ryan. Representing libertarian view. #healthcare #moveon – Photo: http://bkite.com/0aN7i #
  • Dr. Ryan takes no third party payments and passes savings from overhead to patients. Current system not a free market. #healthcare #moveon #
  • Yollanda Hallas Hispanic Health Coalition of Ga and AARP. At least half a million Hispanics. #healthcare #moveon #
  • Kenneth Mitchell here representing AARP. Wants to fix what's wrong and keep what's right. Choice. Guarenteeed coverage. #healthcare #moveon #
  • AARP concerned about the complexity of programs keeping people from getting help. #
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