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Originally Posted by chelsea24
Bucco, Bucco, Bucco...
I like the bill because............................
It covers 30 million more Americans.
Insurance Companies cannot discriminate for pre-existing conditions.
Health Care cannot be denied to babies born with birth defects as having
a pre-existing condition.
Children can stay on their parents insurance until age 26.
Insurance Companies cannot cut off people because they've reached a certain cap and still need much medical care.
People won't go bankrupt or sell their homes for to pay Medical Bills.
Medicare donut-holes will be closed.
I see this bill as a start. Is it perfect? No! I'm all for the Public Option, which I believe will come.
I see this bill as a foundation for better things ahead.
I see that after 75 years of trying, we have finally taken a step forward.
And I wouldn't count on The Supreme Court or any repelling of this bill. Don't forget you're dealing with a guy that was a Professor of Constitutional Law.
But, really, the bottom line is that million Americans will be getting Health Care. It's not that complicated.  |
I decided to respond to this post since you didnt attack anyone's religion, beliefs or get real personal.
IF the situation were as simple as you present it, who wouldnt back what you are saying but you touch only the surface.
These are a few of the things that a group called Physicans for a National Health Program, a supporter of this KIND of legislature...not THIS legislature...had to say...
"Instead of eliminating the root of the problem - the profit-driven, private health insurance industry - this costly new legislation will enrich and further entrench these firms. The bill would require millions of Americans to buy private insurers' defective products, and turn over to them vast amounts of public money."
"•About 23 million people will remain uninsured nine years out"
"•Millions of middle-income people will be pressured to buy commercial health insurance policies costing up to 9.5 percent of their income but covering an average of only 70 percent of their medical expenses, potentially leaving them vulnerable to financial ruin if they become seriously ill. Many will find such policies too expensive to afford or, if they do buy them, too expensive to use because of the high co-pays and deductibles"
And for all you Villagers who have been told that those who oppose this bill are just trying to scare you...they say this...
"•The bill will drain about $40 billion from Medicare payments to safety-net hospitals, threatening the care of the tens of millions who will remain uninsured."
"•The much-vaunted insurance regulations - e.g. ending denials on the basis of pre-existing conditions - are riddled with loopholes, thanks to the central role that insurers played in crafting the legislation. Older people can be charged up to three times more than their younger counterparts, and large companies with a predominantly female workforce can be charged higher gender-based rates at least until 2017.
http://www.pnhp.org/news/2010/march/...lion-uninsured
This bill is one thing.... A POLITICAL MOVE.....it is going to singlehandly bankrupt the country.
Do you recall during the campaign the then candidate Obama actually RIDICULING candidate Hillary Clinton when she talked about mandated insurance. He said then..you cant do that...guess what his bill does ?
Listen, everyone wants a better system of health care, but when you cannnot even get the support of your entire party...when you have to, with NO ADDING SPIN, payoffs to people to get their vote...when you need to lie....when what you are doing is NOT WANTED by the majority of the american people...then you are not fulfilling your oath of office.
This is simply said, a POLITICAL boondoogle...when you are expecting a FUTURE congress to make sure the tax increases come in.....when you say that unions dont have to pay the "cadillac tax" simply because they belong to a union...when you count on cuts in Medicaire as possible funding and ask the CBO to work with "estimates".....well, while your presentation is very idealistic...the realism is we have a MAJOR PROBLEM on our hands now and this President is hell bent on "fixing" immigration" next !