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   believecommonsense said, 2 months ago

   except those who can’t get healthcare because can’t get insurance and those that have been subjected to the big insurance industry’s steamroller in the past

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   HOWGOZIT said, 2 months ago

   Help those that help themselves!

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   spicecakes69 said, 2 months ago

   Howgozit - try reading a newspaper and find out what the issues are …. people with jobs and plenty of money can not get insurance because of pre-existing conditions such as cancer, diabetes, asthma, even acne …

   Give it a rest and try this one … judge not, lest you be judged.

   http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/

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   Tigger said, 2 months ago

   Yes, everyone is against this shame bill

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   cdward said, 2 months ago

   charlie, if you truly believe the current system needs reform, what do you propose? That the private sector police itself?

   However, there are those who DO think we don’t need to do anything. Some have said so in this forum. Probably because they have theirs and don’t care about anyone else. Remember, “the least of these” are the concern of everyone who dares to call his or herself a person of faith.

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   believecommonsense said, 2 months ago

   charlie, the private sector has already shown it will not police itself. Rather, it finds new ways not to pay claims that are even more unconscionable. I watched the Sen. hearing when they apologized for rescinding the claim of the woman with aggressive breast cancer because she seen a dermatologist for acne. They apologized but every single one said they would not stop the recision policy because it was legal.

   I wonder if people realize that the number of working people covered by employer-sponsored health insurance. is shrinking as more employers stop doing it because of cost. For the first time, that percentage of covered employees has shrunk, from 64 to 61 percent since 2001.

   The trend is going down, not up

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   HOWGOZIT said, 2 months ago

   Spicey–get real!

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   johnking said, 2 months ago

   cdward, what is this “person of faith” line of yours? You must have forgotten that libs are all gung ho for separation of church & state. Except, that is, when it’s their so-called religious beliefs they think the state should promote with tax money. A lot of that hypocrisy was on display at Ted’s funeral.

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   HUMPHRIES said, 2 months ago

   johnking, still pulling what you personally believe out of your @ss and trying to post it as fact ?

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    cdward said, 2 months ago

    charlie, I agree about advertising for drug companies and lawyers (and have said so in a previous post).
    
    However, we will have to disagree about health care. It seems to me that the private sector has done a poor job for too many people, and that too many are forced into bankruptcy because of medical bills.
    Seeing that the government is in part tasked with the public welfare (I know people will debate what that means), it makes sense that the government make provision in some form for the health of the public. It is in the interest of the public for as many people to receive as good care as possible.
    
    There is no fear of death here – I’ve sat with too many people as they died to fear it, and I trust in life eternal – but I cannot divorce my faith from my motivations. It is in my faith’s value system to relieve suffering where possible.

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    cdward said, 2 months ago

    charlie, the government makes those decisions every day. How is it that we can tolerate all sorts of things that we pay for but do not believe in? I pay a heII of a lot of my tax money for wars I believe are immoral and bad for our country. Any idea how much we pay in taxes to fund the military? A far higher percentage than any other country in the world. I have and continue to say that I don’t want my tax dollars used for that wickedness. I do not believe we shouldn’t have an effective military – for defense. But when we spend so much more that anyone else, our priorities are wrong.
    Good care is being able to go to the doctor without fear that you will go broke from it. Or - as some of my parishioners know first hand - not being able to go to the doctor at all. It is not true that all they have to do is go to the emergency room – and even if it were, that’s a horribly expensive and inefficient system that costs you and me more. Good care is knowing with reasonable confidence that when I break my leg, I’ll get treated. It’s being assured that I won’t lose coverage because I have a long-term illness. It’s knowing that I will have coverage even though I’ve had a “pre-existing condition” for years.
    
    As long as insurance companies are for profit, they won’t be for us.

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    deadheadzan said, 2 months ago

    Why not have health care reform that brings us up to par with what Europe and Great Britain have had forever? This “creeping Socialism crap” has kept Americans from universal health care for the past 60 years. How dumb can Americans be?

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    deadheadzan said, 2 months ago

    Because you are a citizen of the USA and we have a moral and social obligation to take care of our people.