Comments for Health Care

Comment on Why is the right protesting to keep a health care system that sucks? by mamanook

mamanook — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:33:01 +0000

I would venture to guess that most of the geniuses “spontaneously” disrupting Town Hall meetings, screaming about the dangers of “socialized medicine” are already receiving unemployment benefits, Welfare, Food Stamps and Medicare. Just goes to show how the United States had been dumbed down over the last 20 years. Gotta hand it to these idiots in one regard, though- they’re missing all their favorite reality shows by being paid protesters, and that’s got to be really screwing up their lives. mamanook

Comment on Can anyone name one idea republicans have presented to reduce the growing costs of health-care? by Curtis 1911

Curtis 1911 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:32:49 +0000

Sure,,,,Tort reform,

Allowing out of state competition among insurance companies.

Health Savings Accounts.

Catastrophic Health Insurance.

It is the democrat politicians they have fought tooth and nail to stop any kind of true health care reform or tort reform. They will not even let these proposals out of committee.

Medical Malpractice insurance required for doctors has raised costs by over 50%

Because the democrat party gets big money from the trial lawyers. Curtis 1911

Comment on Is a nonprofit solution to health care a viable option? by minah

minah — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:32:24 +0000

the pharma corps do no care about cures they care about keeping people on expensive treament plans minah

Comment on Why are so many conservatives STILL opposed to free health care? by Drop Dead Gorgeous

Drop Dead Gorgeous — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:36:21 +0000

Very good question. The reason they are opposed is that the democrats would get credit for the good change it would bring. They don’t care about us, they care that the democrats don’t succeed. They are also getting paid by the insurance companies to protest this. Drop Dead Gorgeous

Comment on Why is patriotic to protest health care reform, but was unpatriotic to protest the Iraq war? by STEVE R

STEVE R — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:12:08 +0000

The US constitution! Congress is charged with delegating War. No where is The Federal Government charged to delegate Health Care! Take your common Sense from your pocket and exercise it once in a while? STEVE R

Comment on Why Do You Think America Should Have Universal Health Care Coverage? by Bobbi

Bobbi — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:04:19 +0000

NO, too costly due to the bureaucracy of government. That leads me to say to reduce health care costs, return health care to the free market. Get government OUT of regulating health care plans. That way we can buy a ‘Chevy’ plan, instead of a ‘Cadillac’ plan. Government plans will be available to those who have congenital/child related medical needs that bar them from getting insurance as an adult. Tax credits should be available to purchase insurance. Currently law prevents myself from contributing to the Health Savings Account at work because I do not buy the junky plan from my employer, another regulation that drives up health care costs for my home. Bobbi

Comment on health care? by Voice of Liberty

Voice of Liberty — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:04:00 +0000

You are forgetting that NOTHING is free. Doctors will still need paid, medical facilities still need funds, and the program itself will cost billions to start, employ its administrators and to continue running. All of this will be funded by tax dollars.

Also look at the mess social security is in. What about wlefare? What makes anyone think that through the hundreds of programs the government struggles to manage, that a system of “National healthcare” will work like it is intended to. Remember, when politics start to gum things up (ie. lack of funding, government shutdowns, etc.) the result will be more serious than someone not getting food stamps for a week- we are now dealing with people’s health and lives.

I personally believe that this is an unfair practice.

#1 The government, through this agency will essentially control your healthcare. This means that you will have to apply to the government for the healthcare that you need. Then if you need a procedure or treatment, you will have to get that approved as well. What other countries that have socialized healthcare have experienced is that the all-knowing, all-seeing government takes this one step further and actually places you in a wait status for the procedure based on the severity of your condition compared to other peoples’. So, lets say you are diagnosed with cancer, but the doctor does not feel that treatment for it is needed yet. Buddy the second I find out I have cancer, I’m doing eveything I can to get cured. Under National Healthcare however, you do not have that right. You have to wait in line as funding is allocate first to people with more severe cases than you. People say that then you can opt to pick up private health insurance, but in reality NO insurance company will provide coverage to ANYONE who has cancer as a pre-existing condition, so then you are at the mercy of politicians and the system.

#2 Under National Healthcare, you do not have the right to refuse treatment either. If you are prescribed a medication that is cheap, but make you go bald for example, and a similar, more expensive drug exists that does not make you go bald, the system is likely to provide you with only the cheapest medication. If you refuse it, then you are dropped from the National Healthcare plan because you would be considered a risk. Then, just like above, you are stuck with NOTHING as no insurance company will then pick you up with that pre-existing condition unless you are willing to pay HUGE premiums. When I bring this up, people suggest, “just get the medication anyway and take it home and pour it down the drain and then see a private doctor just to get the perscription.” Ok, so now our tax money is going to pay for medicine that people are just going to literally flush down the toilet? And then they will pay to have a private doctor write a prescription? Doesn’t this defeat the purpose?

#3 Why should I, if I am willing to pay for insurance to avoid all that I have described above, have to have my taxes raised for others to have free, government-controlled healthcare that I will not benefit from??? Do you even realize how much your taxes will rise to be able to implement this??? Voice of Liberty

Comment on Is there a continuous health care program from tri-care, that i can use after i discharge from the military? by jeeper_peeper321

jeeper_peeper321 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:42:39 +0000

The only way to continue them, are if you enlist in the national guard or reserves and pay for TriCare yourself.

It cost around $250 per month for a single, not sure about for a family. jeeper_peeper321

Comment on Why are so many conservatives opposed to free health care? by Anthony M

Anthony M — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:22:06 +0000

How do you think we should pay for “free” health care? Should we print more money? Should we borrow more money? Inflation isn’t high enough yet, I think we can make it worse if we just spend more money that we don’t have. Anthony M

Comment on What is the Republican alternative to fixing health care anyways? by shyone

shyone — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:08:26 +0000

They don’t. they think the present system is just great despite the fact that Americans spend 6.5% more of their GDP on healthcare and have the 36th ranked system in the world. That’s worse than a lot of second world countries. Despite spending $800,000,000,000 dollars more than if they only spent 10% of their GDP like all of the other first world nations, Americans don’t live as long as any of the citizens of the other first world nations. If people tell you you get what you pay for then ask them why Americans aren’t living longer than everyone else considering they pay substantially more than everyone else…. shyone