Read the mail note below from Mike. We should all be pissed with the lying that's going on with this health care "Obama" bill. Stand up and have your voice heard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jim Lewis
You can't possibly be for this Health Care scheme of Obama's. For example, look at page 50 below-- unbelievable. I can see the brown hordes crossing the border now even more so. Read all the notations. They're facts-- straight from the bill. The bill Obama hasn't even read. This is nuts.
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July 23, 2009
Senator Bayh,
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As a practicing physician I have major concerns with the healthcare bill before Congress. I actually have read the bill and am shocked by the brazenness of the20government's proposed involvement in the patient physician relationship. The very idea that the government will dictate and ration patient care is dangerous and certainly not helpful in designing a healthcare system that works for all. Every physician I work with agrees that we need to fix our healthcare system, but the proposed bills currently making their way through congress will be a disaster if passed.
I ask you respectfully and as a patriotic American to look at the following troubling lines that I have read in the bill. You cannot possibly believe that these proposals are in the best interests of the country and our fellow citizens.
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Page 22 of the HC Bill: Mandates that the Govt will audit books of all employers that self insure!!
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Page 30 Sec 123 of HC bill - THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get.
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Page 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill: YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!!!
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Page 42 of HC Bill:The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC Benefits for you. You have no choice!
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Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise
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Page 58 HC Bill: Govt will have real-time access to individuals finances & a National ID Healthcard will be issued!
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Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Govt will have direct access to you ur banks accounts for elective funds transfer.
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Page 65 Sec 164: is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and=2 0their families in Unions & community organizations: (ACORN).
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Page 84 Sec 203 HC bill: Govt mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the Exchange.
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Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt will ration your Healthcare!
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Page 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill: Govt mandates linguistic appropriate services. Example - Translation: illegal aliens.
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Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18: The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for Govt HC plan.
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Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans. AARP members - your Health care WILL be rationed.
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Page 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill: Medicaid Eligible Individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No choice.
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Page 124 lines 24-25 HC: No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt Monopoly.
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Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill: Doctors/ American Medical Association - The Govt will tell YOU what you can make! (salary)
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Page 145 Line 15-17: An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into public option plan. NO CHOICE!
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Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for part time employees AND their families.
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Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k & above who does not provide public option pays 8% tax on all payroll.
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Page 150 Lines 9-13: Business's with payroll btw 251k & 401k who doesn't provide public option pays 2-6% tax on all payroll.
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Page 167 Lines 18-23: ANY individual who doesn't have acceptable HC according to Govt will be taxed 2.5% of income.
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Page 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill: Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay)
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> Page 195 HC Bill: Officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access to ALL Americans finances /personal records.
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Page 203 Line 14-15 HC: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax" Yes, it says that!
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Page 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill: Govt will reduce physician services for Medicaid Seniors, low income and poor are affected.
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Page 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill: Doctors, doesn't matter what specialty you have, you'll all be paid the same!
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Page 253 Line 10-18: Govt sets value of Doctor's time, proffession, judgment etc. Literally value of humans.
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Page 265 Sec 1131: Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries.
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Page 268 Sec 1141: Federal Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven wheelchairs.
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Page 272 SEC. 1145: TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS - Cancer patients - welcome to rationing!
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Page 280 Sec 1151: The Govt will penalize hospitals for whatever Govt deems preventable re-admissions.
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Page 298 Lines 9-11: Doctors, treat a patient during initial admission that results in a re-admission -Govt will penalize you.
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Page 317 L 13-20: PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells Doctors what/how much they can own!
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Page 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3: PROHIBITION20on expansion- Govt is mandating hospitals cannot expand.
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Page 321 2-13: Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input is required. Can u say ACORN?!!
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Page 335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339: Govt mandates establishment of outcome based measures. HC the way they want. Rationing.
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Page 341 Lines 3-9: Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Advance Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing people into Govt plan.
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Page 354 Sec 1177: Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs people! Unbelievable!
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Page 379 Sec 1191: Govt creates more bureaucracy - Tele-health Advisory Comittee. Can you say HC by phone?
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Page 425 Lines 4-12: Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of life patients.
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Page 425 Lines 17-19: Govt will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney. Mandatory!
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Page 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3: Govt provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death. (assisted suicide)
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age 427 Lines 15-24: Govt mandates program for orders for end of life. The Govt has a say in how your life ends.
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Page 429 Lines 1-9: An "advanced care planning consultant" will be used frequently as patients health deteriorates.
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Page 429 Lines 10-12: "advanced care consultation" may include an ORDER for end of life plans. AN ORDER from GOVT!
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Page 429 Lines 13-25: The govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.
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Page 430 Lines 11-15: The Govt w ill decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life!
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Page 469: Community Based Home Medical Services = Non profit organizations. Hello, ACORN Medical Services here!!?
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Page 472 Lines 14-17: PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORIGINATION. 1 monthly payment 2 a community-based organization. Like ACORN?
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Page 489 Sec 1308: The Govt will cover Marriage & Family therapy. Which means they will insert Govt into your marriage.
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Page 494-498: Govt will cover Mental Health Services including defining, creating, rationing those services.
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Senator, I guarantee that I personally will do everything possible to inform patients and my fellow physicians about the dangers of the proposed bills you and your colleagues are debating.
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Furthermore, If you vote for a bill that enforces socialized medicine on the country and destroys the doctor/patient relationship, I will do everything in my power to make sure you lose your job in the next election.
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Respectfully,
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Stephen E Fraser MD
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Bailouts
President Obama
Members of Congress
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500-0004
(202) 456-1414
Mr. President and Members of Congress:
Sirs:
I have gotten myself in pickle and looking for some help, let me explain my problem to you.
Several months ago I applied for and received a credit card with a sizeable limit and started to buy things I wanted, not necessarily needed but just wanted. Made a few loans to family and friends and took a couple of vacations and a few trips to a local casino. Before long I had maxed out this card and was making minimum payments but still wanted more stuff. I then applied for another card and it was approved. So now I was able to buy more stuff, and I did, before you know it I was in need of another card and then another. Now I can’t make the minimum payments on these cards and all my other commitments are behind, facing bankruptcy and foreclosure on my home.
I am in need of a stimulus /bailout package. I believe about 5 million should do it and I do have a plan of action in place.
First I plan to take my family (Wife, children, brothers and sisters, their families and cousins and their families, on both sides you know, in-laws, out-laws and such) an on an extravagant vacation somewhere in the South Pacific, big expensive resort, with all the fun in the sun things to do, all expenses paid by me of course. About 3o days of this would tire us all out and we would head home. (Air fare, first class, both ways also paid by me) When arriving back home after such a tiring and stressful trip I’ll need to rest up, just chill out and get myself ready to go back to work (if I still have a job) I had no vacation time available so did not receive any compensation while on vacation. Do you think they might give me a big bonus to help me out even though I wasn’t doing my job?
Sincerely
Joe Q Public
Anywhere USA
IN GOD WE TRUST
NOT SO MUCH IN YOU ANYMORE
Members of Congress
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500-0004
(202) 456-1414
Mr. President and Members of Congress:
Sirs:
I have gotten myself in pickle and looking for some help, let me explain my problem to you.
Several months ago I applied for and received a credit card with a sizeable limit and started to buy things I wanted, not necessarily needed but just wanted. Made a few loans to family and friends and took a couple of vacations and a few trips to a local casino. Before long I had maxed out this card and was making minimum payments but still wanted more stuff. I then applied for another card and it was approved. So now I was able to buy more stuff, and I did, before you know it I was in need of another card and then another. Now I can’t make the minimum payments on these cards and all my other commitments are behind, facing bankruptcy and foreclosure on my home.
I am in need of a stimulus /bailout package. I believe about 5 million should do it and I do have a plan of action in place.
First I plan to take my family (Wife, children, brothers and sisters, their families and cousins and their families, on both sides you know, in-laws, out-laws and such) an on an extravagant vacation somewhere in the South Pacific, big expensive resort, with all the fun in the sun things to do, all expenses paid by me of course. About 3o days of this would tire us all out and we would head home. (Air fare, first class, both ways also paid by me) When arriving back home after such a tiring and stressful trip I’ll need to rest up, just chill out and get myself ready to go back to work (if I still have a job) I had no vacation time available so did not receive any compensation while on vacation. Do you think they might give me a big bonus to help me out even though I wasn’t doing my job?
Sincerely
Joe Q Public
Anywhere USA
IN GOD WE TRUST
NOT SO MUCH IN YOU ANYMORE
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Foreclosures
U.S. plan to stem foreclosures runs into a dense labyrinth
THE NEW YORK TIMES LOS ANGELES
Somewhere on Earth, there must be a more difficult task than this: persuading American mortgage companies to lower payments for homeowners who can no longer afford their loans.
But as Karina Montenegro struggles to accomplish this feat for a troubled borrower, she strains to imagine a more futile pursuit. .
Montenegro, an intern at a local company that seeks loan modifications, dials Washington Mutual to check on the status of an application for a homeowner whose income has plummeted. She endures a Muzak-scored purgatory on hold. Syrupy-voiced customer service representatives chide her, for landing in the- wrong department. She learns that the documents her company sent in have simply vanished - for the third time since November.
"I don't know what happened," says a customer service officer. Who identifies himself as Chris? "I don't know if there was a glitch in the system, whether it was transferred from one call center to the other."
Think of the documents as being part of a pile massing inside the bank, Chris suggests. "This pile is not going to be moved forward at any point in time."
c. Montenegro and her colleagues suffer these sorts of excruciating exchanges all day long. It is a potent indication of the of difficulties afflicting the $75 billion taxpayer- financed program created by the Obama administration in an effort to avoid foreclosure for as many as 4 million distressed homeowners.
Under the plan, the government offers mortgage companies $1,000 for each loan they agree to modify, then another $1,000 at year for up to three years.
Hanging in the balance is more than the fate of individual home owners. The administration portrays its mortgage program as a crucial piece of its broader effort to restore vigor to the economy. If the effort fails, foreclosures will continue to surge and home prices will probably keep falling, sowing fresh losses in the financial system and threatening to crimp credit anew for businesses and households.
Yet in the four months since the Treasury Department announced the program, millions of new homeowners have slipped into delinquency and foreclosure. For now, progress is constrained by the limited capacities of mortgage servicing companies, said
Michael Barr, assistant Treasury secretary for financial institutions. He offered the first signs of the administration's impatience with the institutions that control home loans.
"They need to do a much better job on the basic management and operational side of their firms," Barr said. "What we've been pushing the servicers to do is improve their infrastructure to make sure their call centers are doing a better job. The level of training is not there yet."
The administration still does not know how many mortgages have been modified under the program. Barr estimated the number at "over 50, 000," explaining that precise figures must wait for a soon-to-be-completed tracking system.
By the end of August, the program should produce 20,000 loan modifications a week, Barr said.
Tom Kelly, a spokesman for JPMorgan Chase, which now owns Washington Mutual, affirmed the administration's criticism.
"We've done a lot," he said, noting that the bank has added 950 loan counselors since the beginning of the year, bringing the total to 3,500. "But we've got a lot more to do."
Two days in Los Angeles, where a loan modification company allowed a reporter to listen as its agents contacted mortgage servicers provided the firm not be named Starkly illustrated the problems.
The company charges homeowners $3,000, typically upfront, as it seeks to persuade lenders to rewrite loan documents so as to lower monthly payments. The company says it refunds the money when it fails to secure a modification.
For Montenegro, a college student at the University of Southern California, her summer job makes for fitting, symmetry... In
High school, she worked as a clerk at a Washington Mutual branch in Downey, Calif., which specialized in mortgages that invited customers to make such tiny payments that their balances increased.
Many homeowners did not understand the terms: Once they owed a lot more than their house was worth, their payments spiked. Now, that day has come, and Montenegro is working the other side. She calls WaMu, as the bank is known, trying to cut deals.
Among her clients is Vladimir Vishmid, who owes $490,000 on the mortgage for his three-bedroom home in Sherman Oaks, Calif. Vishmid's income as a self employed computer engineer has plummeted, making it hard for him to make his $2,542 monthly payments. He is current on his loan, he says, but behind on his car insurance and utilities.
Software on Montenegro's computer logs the details of the three applications her company has already submitted for Vishmid. Chris, the WaMu representative, is telling her to send in No.4.
"Personally, I'd submit a new file," Chris counsels. "I'm telling you honestly, anything over 30 days is a new submission for us."
For Montenegro, "honestly" is one of those words marinated in so much irony that her eyes roll. Two weeks earlier, she called the bank to check on the file and was told it was being reviewed. Now, it has disappeared.
"So, if I wouldn't have called, we wouldn't have known?" Montenegro scolds.
"It would have just sat in the queue and nothing would have happened," Chris says. "I wish I had a better explanation."
In the same office, Montenegro's colleague, Sean Milotta, has run into a problem on a loan billed by American Home Mortgage Servicing. Though the borrower appears eligible for the Obama administration plan, the company refuses to take an application because the loan is owned by an investor who is unwilling to absorb a loss.
In another office down the hall, Ramin Lavi, 27, has picked up the file of Alice Descovich, who is seeking to shave down the $708,000 she owes on a mortgage serviced by WaMu for her home in Alameda, Calif. As the interest rates reset higher, she can no longer afford the $4,400 monthly payments.
A note in the system shows that the bank confirmed receiving documents on April 29 – pay stubs, tax returns, a letter disclosing her hardship, bank statements. Since then, the company has been waiting for WaMu to review the file.
But when Lavi calls, a representative coolly discloses that the application has been rejected because one document, a proof of insurance form, is missing. He must start over.
"The file had been submitted properly, and you didn't put the pieces together," Lavi says, his body quivering with anger. "I'm not going to stand in line again for another six months."
He demands to speak to a supervisor, but the representative says no supervisor is free. He hangs up and redials, hoping to land in a different-call center eventually, he reaches Chase's executive offices, where Becky takes over the call.
"We're not taking cases now," she says calmly.
"Why was I transferred to you?" Lavi asks.
Becky does not know. He implores her to keep the file open while he faxes in the lone missing document.
"Impossible," she says, warning of "the sheer amount of papers coming in."
Another agent, Lee Wasser, props his feet on an adjacent desk chair as he waits on hold for more than 20 minutes to speak with GMAC Mortgage.
His clients, Dean and Nancy Piercy, owe $380,000 on the loan for their home in Shasta Lake, Calif. A logger, Piercy has lost work hours, making it hard for them to keep up with their $2,048 monthly payment - soon set to rise.
Wasser has already negotiated a solution: GMAC will accept only $270,000 in repayment, allowing the couple to get a fixed-rate mortgage from another bank.
But that suddenly is in disarray. The Piercys have been making .their payments, but GMAC has been putting their checks aside, holding the money as "loss .mitigation fees," until their application is completed. It has notified credit bureaus that their loan is more than 90 days delinquent, which has lowered their credit score, disqualifying them for the next mortgage.
Wasser reaches GMAC's loss mitigation department. He asks for the delinquency to be removed from their status-But that must be handled by a different department: customer service. He is transferred there, where Jessica picks up the call." “We are not going to amend," she says, after a strained back and forth. If Wasser wants it otherwise, he will have to talk to loss mitigation.
"I just talked to them five minutes ago," he tells Jessica. "No, you didn't." "Are you accusing me of lying?"
Wasser asks for Jessica's employee identification number, but the line goes dead. Jessica has apparently hung up...
Well it appears as though we haven’t given our LENDERS enough money, someone needs to call President Obama, (our Spender in Chief) and have him reach deeper into our pockets and give them some more. Like gluttons they have to eat (spend/hoard) until their pants buttons pop off and then the leftovers can be used to help home owners. I think this is part of the “spreading the wealth” that is to heal the economy. The spreading seems to be going one direction “UP”!
Once again I have to question the “Retention Bonuses”. Now this is so we can retain the “Best of the Best” to guide us.
If they are that damn good, why did this happen while they were at the helm steering the boat.
Steven Smith
Veteran/Patriot
GOD BLESS AMERICA, LAND THAT I LOVE
THE NEW YORK TIMES LOS ANGELES
Somewhere on Earth, there must be a more difficult task than this: persuading American mortgage companies to lower payments for homeowners who can no longer afford their loans.
But as Karina Montenegro struggles to accomplish this feat for a troubled borrower, she strains to imagine a more futile pursuit. .
Montenegro, an intern at a local company that seeks loan modifications, dials Washington Mutual to check on the status of an application for a homeowner whose income has plummeted. She endures a Muzak-scored purgatory on hold. Syrupy-voiced customer service representatives chide her, for landing in the- wrong department. She learns that the documents her company sent in have simply vanished - for the third time since November.
"I don't know what happened," says a customer service officer. Who identifies himself as Chris? "I don't know if there was a glitch in the system, whether it was transferred from one call center to the other."
Think of the documents as being part of a pile massing inside the bank, Chris suggests. "This pile is not going to be moved forward at any point in time."
c. Montenegro and her colleagues suffer these sorts of excruciating exchanges all day long. It is a potent indication of the of difficulties afflicting the $75 billion taxpayer- financed program created by the Obama administration in an effort to avoid foreclosure for as many as 4 million distressed homeowners.
Under the plan, the government offers mortgage companies $1,000 for each loan they agree to modify, then another $1,000 at year for up to three years.
Hanging in the balance is more than the fate of individual home owners. The administration portrays its mortgage program as a crucial piece of its broader effort to restore vigor to the economy. If the effort fails, foreclosures will continue to surge and home prices will probably keep falling, sowing fresh losses in the financial system and threatening to crimp credit anew for businesses and households.
Yet in the four months since the Treasury Department announced the program, millions of new homeowners have slipped into delinquency and foreclosure. For now, progress is constrained by the limited capacities of mortgage servicing companies, said
Michael Barr, assistant Treasury secretary for financial institutions. He offered the first signs of the administration's impatience with the institutions that control home loans.
"They need to do a much better job on the basic management and operational side of their firms," Barr said. "What we've been pushing the servicers to do is improve their infrastructure to make sure their call centers are doing a better job. The level of training is not there yet."
The administration still does not know how many mortgages have been modified under the program. Barr estimated the number at "over 50, 000," explaining that precise figures must wait for a soon-to-be-completed tracking system.
By the end of August, the program should produce 20,000 loan modifications a week, Barr said.
Tom Kelly, a spokesman for JPMorgan Chase, which now owns Washington Mutual, affirmed the administration's criticism.
"We've done a lot," he said, noting that the bank has added 950 loan counselors since the beginning of the year, bringing the total to 3,500. "But we've got a lot more to do."
Two days in Los Angeles, where a loan modification company allowed a reporter to listen as its agents contacted mortgage servicers provided the firm not be named Starkly illustrated the problems.
The company charges homeowners $3,000, typically upfront, as it seeks to persuade lenders to rewrite loan documents so as to lower monthly payments. The company says it refunds the money when it fails to secure a modification.
For Montenegro, a college student at the University of Southern California, her summer job makes for fitting, symmetry... In
High school, she worked as a clerk at a Washington Mutual branch in Downey, Calif., which specialized in mortgages that invited customers to make such tiny payments that their balances increased.
Many homeowners did not understand the terms: Once they owed a lot more than their house was worth, their payments spiked. Now, that day has come, and Montenegro is working the other side. She calls WaMu, as the bank is known, trying to cut deals.
Among her clients is Vladimir Vishmid, who owes $490,000 on the mortgage for his three-bedroom home in Sherman Oaks, Calif. Vishmid's income as a self employed computer engineer has plummeted, making it hard for him to make his $2,542 monthly payments. He is current on his loan, he says, but behind on his car insurance and utilities.
Software on Montenegro's computer logs the details of the three applications her company has already submitted for Vishmid. Chris, the WaMu representative, is telling her to send in No.4.
"Personally, I'd submit a new file," Chris counsels. "I'm telling you honestly, anything over 30 days is a new submission for us."
For Montenegro, "honestly" is one of those words marinated in so much irony that her eyes roll. Two weeks earlier, she called the bank to check on the file and was told it was being reviewed. Now, it has disappeared.
"So, if I wouldn't have called, we wouldn't have known?" Montenegro scolds.
"It would have just sat in the queue and nothing would have happened," Chris says. "I wish I had a better explanation."
In the same office, Montenegro's colleague, Sean Milotta, has run into a problem on a loan billed by American Home Mortgage Servicing. Though the borrower appears eligible for the Obama administration plan, the company refuses to take an application because the loan is owned by an investor who is unwilling to absorb a loss.
In another office down the hall, Ramin Lavi, 27, has picked up the file of Alice Descovich, who is seeking to shave down the $708,000 she owes on a mortgage serviced by WaMu for her home in Alameda, Calif. As the interest rates reset higher, she can no longer afford the $4,400 monthly payments.
A note in the system shows that the bank confirmed receiving documents on April 29 – pay stubs, tax returns, a letter disclosing her hardship, bank statements. Since then, the company has been waiting for WaMu to review the file.
But when Lavi calls, a representative coolly discloses that the application has been rejected because one document, a proof of insurance form, is missing. He must start over.
"The file had been submitted properly, and you didn't put the pieces together," Lavi says, his body quivering with anger. "I'm not going to stand in line again for another six months."
He demands to speak to a supervisor, but the representative says no supervisor is free. He hangs up and redials, hoping to land in a different-call center eventually, he reaches Chase's executive offices, where Becky takes over the call.
"We're not taking cases now," she says calmly.
"Why was I transferred to you?" Lavi asks.
Becky does not know. He implores her to keep the file open while he faxes in the lone missing document.
"Impossible," she says, warning of "the sheer amount of papers coming in."
Another agent, Lee Wasser, props his feet on an adjacent desk chair as he waits on hold for more than 20 minutes to speak with GMAC Mortgage.
His clients, Dean and Nancy Piercy, owe $380,000 on the loan for their home in Shasta Lake, Calif. A logger, Piercy has lost work hours, making it hard for them to keep up with their $2,048 monthly payment - soon set to rise.
Wasser has already negotiated a solution: GMAC will accept only $270,000 in repayment, allowing the couple to get a fixed-rate mortgage from another bank.
But that suddenly is in disarray. The Piercys have been making .their payments, but GMAC has been putting their checks aside, holding the money as "loss .mitigation fees," until their application is completed. It has notified credit bureaus that their loan is more than 90 days delinquent, which has lowered their credit score, disqualifying them for the next mortgage.
Wasser reaches GMAC's loss mitigation department. He asks for the delinquency to be removed from their status-But that must be handled by a different department: customer service. He is transferred there, where Jessica picks up the call." “We are not going to amend," she says, after a strained back and forth. If Wasser wants it otherwise, he will have to talk to loss mitigation.
"I just talked to them five minutes ago," he tells Jessica. "No, you didn't." "Are you accusing me of lying?"
Wasser asks for Jessica's employee identification number, but the line goes dead. Jessica has apparently hung up...
Well it appears as though we haven’t given our LENDERS enough money, someone needs to call President Obama, (our Spender in Chief) and have him reach deeper into our pockets and give them some more. Like gluttons they have to eat (spend/hoard) until their pants buttons pop off and then the leftovers can be used to help home owners. I think this is part of the “spreading the wealth” that is to heal the economy. The spreading seems to be going one direction “UP”!
Once again I have to question the “Retention Bonuses”. Now this is so we can retain the “Best of the Best” to guide us.
If they are that damn good, why did this happen while they were at the helm steering the boat.
Steven Smith
Veteran/Patriot
GOD BLESS AMERICA, LAND THAT I LOVE
Monday, June 29, 2009
Ileagle Aliens
Well, my opinion, amnesty for Illegals is an attempt by President Obama and the Democrats to permanently steal our country from us. Think of it, make them legal,give them rights, social security, (yours, they haven't put in a dime), welfare,food stamps, the VOTE, and where will their loyalties be, who will benefit? To me, that's the same as Iran fixing an election!! That would be buying votes, the same as Oprah did, prior to the election.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Socialism is not the way to go
National Headquarters
American Medical Association
515 N State Street
Chicago, Il. 60654
Sirs
I beg of you to consider this proposal of a patriotic American who believes that this is the best country to live in despite all our faults.
My suggestion is that the AMA get together with all other medical groups, such as: Hospital associations, insurance providers, Pharmaceutical Companies, and the rest in the business health care and providing benefits and assist the government in a plan to lower cost, and provide health care to all.
I believe this would be in your best interest. My thought is you will soon be working for the government and your profits will be reduced more than would than if you design an acceptable, reasonable, and cost effective plan that you, the government and the people of this great nation can live with
One idea would be to help small businesses to provide affordable benefits to their employees. Maybe a national association that would allow small busyness’s to then be a group as big companies are now.
I know that a lot of the expenses for the high cost of medications are for research. If we come up with a way to cut these cost and help lower the total cost to individuals then maybe we can lobby for grants and subsidies from the government to help with the cost of research. With the lower cost to individuals, and affordable health care for the masses I truly believe there will be more donations from the people and business’s to help these cost remain affordable to big business, small businesses, and the individual.
Just cutting the fat, and I’m sure you can find some throughout the industry; I believe we can keep the government out of the system and things will be better for all.
Please don’t start with cutting jobs, that’s something we don’t need. You may be though to make payroll cuts and agreements with union to help with the overall changes. If we can lower cost, maintain present levels of personnel, sell this plan to the government and the people, we may keep the government from taking over you business as they are in the auto industry. I pray that you give this proposal and at least discuss it within the industry and see if you can help save our country.
Steven Ray Smith
Wounded Veteran of a Foreign War
Patriotic citizen of this great country
Believer that we can help ourselves (act fast before President Obama becomes your boss)
P.S.
If you believe you are immune to the fallout from this administrations’ plan for the socializing of health care system then you are comparable to the fool that becomes his own lawyer !!!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
FORIEN AFFAIRS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Well I know everybody wants out of Iran and Afghanistan and nobody wants to start another war, but we have, what I perceive is a serious problem, an idiot in North Korea threatening our very being. We need to slap this, Kim Jong Il, upside the head, shove our finger in his face and tell him straight out, “SHUT YOUR FACE, BACK OFF WITH THE THREATS”.
I believe that as secretly as possible we should arm Japan with nuclear weapons and subs with nuclear rockets, this just to keep China in check, then we tell Kim Jong Il, stand down, get rid of your nuclear weapons, or we will take you out. Tell China, you had a chance to intervene and didn’t, so stay out of it now, sit back and watch.
Now the hardest part of all this is being able to do anything secretly. For the sake of a story, being first to report, without regards to our loyal and faithful service men and women, our liberal media advertise our every movement. Badgering Military leaders for info that they don’t need. Using leaked material to scoop their competitors. As far as I am concerned, anybody using information about our military operations, without consent from the military leaders that affected, are traitors and should be treated as such. This is the same as selling top-secret information to foreign countries and being branded a spy. Both are done purely for personal gain, with total indifference to any consequences of their actions!
Well I know everybody wants out of Iran and Afghanistan and nobody wants to start another war, but we have, what I perceive is a serious problem, an idiot in North Korea threatening our very being. We need to slap this, Kim Jong Il, upside the head, shove our finger in his face and tell him straight out, “SHUT YOUR FACE, BACK OFF WITH THE THREATS”.
I believe that as secretly as possible we should arm Japan with nuclear weapons and subs with nuclear rockets, this just to keep China in check, then we tell Kim Jong Il, stand down, get rid of your nuclear weapons, or we will take you out. Tell China, you had a chance to intervene and didn’t, so stay out of it now, sit back and watch.
Now the hardest part of all this is being able to do anything secretly. For the sake of a story, being first to report, without regards to our loyal and faithful service men and women, our liberal media advertise our every movement. Badgering Military leaders for info that they don’t need. Using leaked material to scoop their competitors. As far as I am concerned, anybody using information about our military operations, without consent from the military leaders that affected, are traitors and should be treated as such. This is the same as selling top-secret information to foreign countries and being branded a spy. Both are done purely for personal gain, with total indifference to any consequences of their actions!
Monday, June 22, 2009
HEALTH CARE
Let’s talk health care.
I do not think nationalizing health care is the way to go, my opinion, but I haven’t heard anything good coming out of the countries that have it now. I have heard people from Canada and England say nothing good about. I do have a good friend that said he works with someone from Australia that says they like what they have down under. I have heard Canadians say that they come across the border into the United States to get treatments they are not allowed in Canada and they speak about long lines, long time to get appointments, and once you get to a certain age you are no longer worth the trouble or expense to treat or medicate.
I still haven’t seen or heard anyone tell me that the nationalized / socialized health care will apply to one and all, rich, poor, “important”, “famous”, and all government officials and employees. Of course they have money to hire private health care people, ah, wait a minute, I forgot about sharing the wealth, duh, by the time all the rich and famous and the politicians share theirs with me,I should get a BIG raise, but after the increase in taxes my take home will probably be less.
I do not think nationalizing health care is the way to go, my opinion, but I haven’t heard anything good coming out of the countries that have it now. I have heard people from Canada and England say nothing good about. I do have a good friend that said he works with someone from Australia that says they like what they have down under. I have heard Canadians say that they come across the border into the United States to get treatments they are not allowed in Canada and they speak about long lines, long time to get appointments, and once you get to a certain age you are no longer worth the trouble or expense to treat or medicate.
I still haven’t seen or heard anyone tell me that the nationalized / socialized health care will apply to one and all, rich, poor, “important”, “famous”, and all government officials and employees. Of course they have money to hire private health care people, ah, wait a minute, I forgot about sharing the wealth, duh, by the time all the rich and famous and the politicians share theirs with me,I should get a BIG raise, but after the increase in taxes my take home will probably be less.
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