Comments on: Universal Health Care (Give Me the “Change-Maker”)

By: Healthcare Assistance

Healthcare Assistance — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:15:07 +0000

Great websites viewpoints.

By: CK

CK — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:36:36 +0000

Yes you as a citizen of Oregon have that right.
You as a citizen of the USA do NOT have that right.
A citizen of California had the right to medical marijuana. As a citizen of the USA he does not have that right.
When it comes to centralized power, there are only situations where the power has not yet been applied.

By: justsomeone

justsomeone — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:08:14 +0000

bjobotts, We’re kinda in agreement, except you think some things are “free”. There’s no free lunch, no free education & sure as hell no free health care. Someone is paying for all of it. Alot of indivudals own insurance stock, alot of pension plans invested in it as well…42% of people in this country pay no federal tax & the 58% that pay all the taxes don’t want to pay more & other than the top tier (the 5%ers) can’t afford to pay much more. This is really complicated stuff & in that sense I am not without some sympathy for HRC’s last ditch plan, but I still don’t like it & I won’t support it.

By: bjobotts

bjobotts — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:58:41 +0000

What happened to the NOT FOR PROFIT single payer plan. Why do you keep inviting the profiteers into our health care system. they will always find ways to deny treatment etc in order to increase profits. Medicare and Medicaid is already a proven system and could include the entire country without all the profiteering. Why are you so afraid to take them on and kick them out. Helathcare is a right not a privilege. People should not be allowed to profiteer from our health care.
Also education used to be free before Reagan. Stop trying to make it more affordable and make it free for those who want it. Get rid of the money party…they are destroying our country. When will you start listening?

By: bama_barrron

bama_barrron — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:40:11 +0000

your comment:

And don’t think that having a right to your own life means that you are allowed to choose to end your own life at a time and in a manner of your own choosing.

does not recognize that as an oregonian i have the right to choose death with dignity. i mean, really, isnt there always an exception to every hard and fast declaration?

By: justsomeone

justsomeone — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:34:06 +0000

CK, T & A is not P.C. & I know nada ’bout tats

By: CK

CK — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:06:28 +0000

Do they cover tattoos also? Or do they just cover politically correct body mods?

By: justsomeone

justsomeone — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:00:16 +0000

Check out Argentina’s health care system, they even think tummy tucks & nose jobs are rights

By: justsomeone

justsomeone — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:35:17 +0000

EXCUSE me, see I’m a social liberal/fiscal conservative not a “progressive”. I want Universal Health Care NOT Universal Health Insurance.

By: justsomeone

justsomeone — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:30:36 +0000

Insurance Companies only want to make money, in order to do that they have to manage risk, why do you want the for profits in the ratio? Blue Cross Blue Shield usta be non profit & covered damn near everything & then some clown figured out how to get rich. Take the profit out of the ratio. The hell with Big Pharma, the AMA & the rest of them if health care is a right. Do you expect to make a profit from the public schools? k-12 is a right.

By: CK

CK — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:23:01 +0000

Will Hillary’s plan allow me to remain voluntarily without health insurance that I neither need nor want? Will Hillary’s plan require me to garnish my wages if I don’t choose to choose any insurance?
Will there be the requisite uniformed government enforcers with big guns brought to bear if I choose to be health uninsured, as they are now brought to bear if I choose not to have auto insurance or a driver’s license?
By not having health insurance from companies based in florida or Louisiana or any other state I have avoided being screwed over, since I did not get screwed over by them I should instead be forced to be screwed over by health insurance companies based in New York or Ct or Illinois instead?
As an individual, and as a citizen, I need to save money, live a productive life to support my family, make choices for myself about my health, and not interfere with the way other folks make choices. My real priority is not someone else’s health nor is their priority my health. I am certain however that those who wish to hold others accountable have at least one hand holding a gun and the other holding shackles.

By: justsomeone

justsomeone — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:19:37 +0000

Hillary’s plan IS Mitt Romney’s plan. A quick look at Massachusetts’ plan shows the clinks in the system

By: justsomeone

justsomeone — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:14:28 +0000

Hillary’s War on the Uninsured doesn’t cut it. (a) the vast majority of very low income single Moms & kids are already on medicaid, as are all indigents (b) self employed affluent people who don’t already have insurance will NOT be able to “game” the system, they’ll just bite the bullet & pay cash, they’re not about to surrender their credit ratings (c) mandating that low income folks purchase insurance will only result in them buying high deductable policies, with numerous disclaimers i.e. “house insurance” as Obama lables it. Universal health care is single payer/not for profit, labeling anything short of that “Universal” is the old Republican trick like calling pollution trading credits “Blue Skies”

By: norrismorris

norrismorris — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:06:26 +0000

Obama’s plan is geared for his “base”. Elites who can afford insurance, and too bad for the rest.

By: norrismorris

norrismorris — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:03:09 +0000

What a convoluted bunch of detached reasons that have no relation to obtaining lower cost affordable health insurance that is totally within possibilities.

We are compelled to buy Car Insurance. We are compelled to have driver’s licenses and many other kinds of mandatory licenses. We would only benefit by a healthcare plan that offers coverage to those who wnat it, and Hillary’s program allows anyone to keep the Insurance they have if they wish to.

Can you imagine a physician without Insurance?

There is nothing undemocratic about enforcing laws and mandates that protect the public for the greater good.

The insuarance companies in Louisianna and Florida screwed over the public. We spend billions a day on a war without end that has no future for America. Government is not a for profit business. It was constructed by the founders to protect and serve the people.

The comlpicated write offs and offshore tax corruption breaks coupled with billion dollar overcharges and claims refusals on all insurance and reinsurance companies is well known.

We need to spend money on real priorities such as healthcare, and we need to hold everyone accoun table for the rising costs that escalate unnecessarily. Accountability has not applied to the obscene profits of the Insurance Industry, or to standards sorely needed to enforce that valid claims payments be made.