Central Planning

Ill Will
The Obama administration on Friday will complete a generation-long effort to require insurers to cover care for mental health and addiction just like physical illnesses when it issues long-awaited regulations defining parity in benefits and treatment.

The rules, which will apply to almost all forms of insurance, will have far-reaching consequences for many Americans. In the White House, the regulations are also seen as critical to President Obama’s program for curbing gun violence by addressing an issue on which there is bipartisan agreement: Making treatment more available to those with mental illness could reduce killings, including mass murders. (NYT, 11/8/2013)

So Obama and fellow Liberals have decided that the cause of mass shootings is now lack of insurance coverage for mental illness. Apparently Holmes, Loughner and Lanza could not get their insurance companies to pay for treatment. 

Here's another thought. Perhaps all should have been involuntarily confined at the first sign of problems (there were plenty of "first" signs) and forcibly medicated. Unfortunately, Liberals would never go for that, hence society is at risk. 


Bow Down
President Obama bowed Thursday night to mounting criticism that he had misled the American people about the health care law, apologizing to people who were forced off their health insurance plans by the Affordable Care Act despite “assurances from me.” (NYT, 11/7/2013)

The President Apologizes for 'Misleading' the American People! 

If you thought this stunning news would be the lead story in the New York Times you would be wrong. It comes after a story on new Obama administration regulations on how insurers cover mental illness, after a story on Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential run, and after a story on how Mormons are really OK with gays. 


Rich and Beautiful
Mr. Katzenberg, who joined Mr. Geffen and Steven Spielberg in arranging a $1.3 million fund-raiser for Mr. Obama at Mr. Geffen’s Beverly Hills estate in February 2007, also said he planned to throw his weight behind Mrs. Clinton the next time around.

“If Secretary Clinton makes the decision to run, I expect she’ll have near-unanimous support here,” Mr. Katzenberg wrote in an email. “Hillary represents our best chance to win in 2016, build upon the successes of the Obama administration, and keep the country moving in the right direction.”

The shift reflects enthusiasm about Mrs. Clinton’s prospects for winning the election, but it also highlights the less rose-colored view of Mr. Obama now held by some of his most loyal supporters. “The Hollywood community really came together in the last election and raised an awful lot of money and supported him,” said Felix Schein, a Los Angeles-based political strategist. “I wouldn’t say that’s gone, but the mood is sour.” (NYT, 11/7/2013)

Obama is a lame duck. The Democrat party has moved on.

Also, just a reminder to fellow bloggers - make that Liberal bloggers - that Spielberg, Katzenberg and Geffen are the Democrat party's Koch brothers. You have your billionaires, we have our billionaires.