Of course Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the Super-Libs planned on Obamacare to eventually be a government run healthcare industry.Funny that they want the government out of a woman’s womb, yet want the government to control every other part of our bodies.Individual freedoms are soon to be a thing of the past unless the Nanny Statists are stopped.
Wow, what a lot of ignorance there is on health care, and it’s been the law for two years. (1) Congress is not exempt from Obamacare. A Republican senator added an amendment that says that — unlike any other employer — congress had to use the exchanges instead of keeping their current private insurance. That’s not an exemption, and it was not Obama’s idea. (2) Every single-payer system anywhere in the world is substantially cheaper than what we pay now, and has better outcomes for the population at large.
Speaking of lying: if you like the insurance plan you have you can keep it. Insurance costs will go down by $2500 per year. If you like your doctor you can keep him (or her). Thirty million uninsured will now have coverage.
Do the Bush numbers include the off the books wars? The Bush tax cuts, costs of war & the biggest economic downturn since 1929 are what caused the deficit.
Yep, folks are so tired of Republicans that they control 30 states. Look at history. Not many times in the last 50 years has the same party been in the White House more than 8 years. A lot fewer times has the Presidents party done well in off year elections.
I’d say the bigger news is that the national debt has been static to the decimal point for the last 3 months (http://cnsnews.com/news/article/treasury-ran-98-billion-deficit-july-debt-stayed-exactly-16699396000000). It must be the same math skills that gave s 57 states.
“They would not authorize the heart surgery he needed because he was too old. This is what you want for our country?”
It’s the system we already have. A friend lost her husband to commercial health care policies, because he was ‘too old’ to qualify even to be listed for a kidney transplant.
Death panels are deeply entrenched in our ‘health care’ system, and more egregious because they do profit from their abandonmnent of those they don’t care to treat because of the expense.
I don’t believe the ACA will make any changes to that, no. But we DO need to get rid of thoses death panels, and single payer has a better chance of giving us that.
If your concern is that our recent administrations have shown a decided talent for interpreting the laws and regulations in favour of industry profits, not people, it’s one I share. However, it’s a certainty that for-profit insurers will NOT give us functionally affordable health care. Their commitment is to the quarterly bottom line, and their stockholders, not to their policy holder..
“So Bush’s Tax Cuts didn’t diminish receipts, they increased them.”Someone needs a reality check. 2007 was a bubble year. When adjusted for inflation & GDP, the decline is obvious.Even so, if the deficit is such a huge concern, why the opposition to going back to the Clinton tax rates? The uptick in revenue is no surprise to folks who live in the real world. The economy as a whole is improving. If not for the Bush tax cuts, revenue would be much higher & the deficit would be less.
Don Winchester Premium Member over 10 years ago
Passed it to see what’s in it…and the guy looks terrified!!! (As we all should be)
ConserveGov over 10 years ago
Of course Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the Super-Libs planned on Obamacare to eventually be a government run healthcare industry.Funny that they want the government out of a woman’s womb, yet want the government to control every other part of our bodies.Individual freedoms are soon to be a thing of the past unless the Nanny Statists are stopped.
SpicyNacho Premium Member over 10 years ago
Reid is the biggest obstructionist in Congress.
Dave Ferro over 10 years ago
Wow, the Communists are awake this morning!
ARodney over 10 years ago
Wow, what a lot of ignorance there is on health care, and it’s been the law for two years. (1) Congress is not exempt from Obamacare. A Republican senator added an amendment that says that — unlike any other employer — congress had to use the exchanges instead of keeping their current private insurance. That’s not an exemption, and it was not Obama’s idea. (2) Every single-payer system anywhere in the world is substantially cheaper than what we pay now, and has better outcomes for the population at large.
mbraun over 10 years ago
@Nantucket- no there is no profit in finding a CURE. There is tons of money in TREATMENTS!
Mneedle over 10 years ago
Speaking of lying: if you like the insurance plan you have you can keep it. Insurance costs will go down by $2500 per year. If you like your doctor you can keep him (or her). Thirty million uninsured will now have coverage.
Uncle Joe Premium Member over 10 years ago
We’re on the path to Single Payer? We can only hope…
Uncle Joe Premium Member over 10 years ago
Do the Bush numbers include the off the books wars? The Bush tax cuts, costs of war & the biggest economic downturn since 1929 are what caused the deficit.
rixtex over 10 years ago
Yep, folks are so tired of Republicans that they control 30 states. Look at history. Not many times in the last 50 years has the same party been in the White House more than 8 years. A lot fewer times has the Presidents party done well in off year elections.
CasualBrowser over 10 years ago
" When it comes to quality of care, the US leads."-Any proof of that?
Snarky over 10 years ago
I’d say the bigger news is that the national debt has been static to the decimal point for the last 3 months (http://cnsnews.com/news/article/treasury-ran-98-billion-deficit-july-debt-stayed-exactly-16699396000000). It must be the same math skills that gave s 57 states.
Justice22 over 10 years ago
Let’s GO! Singlepayer like every other industrialized nation and a lot who are not.
Hawthorne over 10 years ago
@coraryan
“They would not authorize the heart surgery he needed because he was too old. This is what you want for our country?”
It’s the system we already have. A friend lost her husband to commercial health care policies, because he was ‘too old’ to qualify even to be listed for a kidney transplant.
Death panels are deeply entrenched in our ‘health care’ system, and more egregious because they do profit from their abandonmnent of those they don’t care to treat because of the expense.
I don’t believe the ACA will make any changes to that, no. But we DO need to get rid of thoses death panels, and single payer has a better chance of giving us that.
If your concern is that our recent administrations have shown a decided talent for interpreting the laws and regulations in favour of industry profits, not people, it’s one I share. However, it’s a certainty that for-profit insurers will NOT give us functionally affordable health care. Their commitment is to the quarterly bottom line, and their stockholders, not to their policy holder..
Uncle Joe Premium Member over 10 years ago
“So Bush’s Tax Cuts didn’t diminish receipts, they increased them.”Someone needs a reality check. 2007 was a bubble year. When adjusted for inflation & GDP, the decline is obvious.Even so, if the deficit is such a huge concern, why the opposition to going back to the Clinton tax rates? The uptick in revenue is no surprise to folks who live in the real world. The economy as a whole is improving. If not for the Bush tax cuts, revenue would be much higher & the deficit would be less.