1,400 turn out for health-care town hall

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John wrote:

No on cares about health care! It's a scare tactic of the lib dems to distract from the fact the Barrack Hussein Obama has never shown a birth certificate! Everyone talking about healthcare is a threat to America because they won't talk about this basic CONSTITUTIONAL issue! In times of crisis like these, at least Republicans know the facts, which are that illegal governments must be set aside in favor of carrying on the REPUBLIC!

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Shoreline_CT wrote:

Sounds like Kathy Lewton has a solid point on why we need a public OPTION (not a mandate). No insurance company will insure her. Republicans say they want health care reform but have failed to offer viable alternatives. McCain wanted to tax health care benefits and offer tax credits(which seemed to be to be too low) for everyone to buy insurance. I don't hear any Republican with a plan other than to protect the insurance companies from competition.

Communist Flouride wrote:

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this begs the question...how will socialized medicine benefit those with mental illness, like John?

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judgejay wrote:

<quoted text> I totally disagree with on a public plan. How about regulation that forces insurance companies to cover pre exsisting conditions. Stream line medical records and have tort reform. These all would lower costs and increase coverage. Why do you feel that a government plan is competion when it will alway have federal funds when it runs in the red. Private insurance won't have the same endless supply of taxpayer money. It's not competion this bill will cause but the elimination of private insurance completely in a short period of time. Then there will be NO Choices and no where else to turn to besides the federal government. This has less to do with the well being of our population and more to do with expanding government.THis bill also does not recognize at of the "48 million" uninsured that 14 to 20 million are living here illegally and will be able to get government health coverage.
Attempts to link coverage with legal status were excluded from the bill HR3200 because the liberals in the government want care for even non citizens to have health care.

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Shoreline_CT wrote:

Sounds like Kathy Lewton has a solid point on why we need a public OPTION (not a mandate). No insurance company will insure her. Republicans say they want health care reform but have failed to offer viable alternatives. McCain wanted to tax health care benefits and offer tax credits(which seemed to be to be too low) for everyone to buy insurance. I don't hear any Republican with a plan other than to protect the insurance companies from competition.

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pwilson wrote:

<quoted text>You are wrong. I am old enough to remember Republicans offering many health care alternative plans since the 1950's. During the last 60 years, Republicans never had a veto proof majority to pass a health care plan of their own, nor would they. Over the years, Democrats have refused to include any ideas from Republicans.
By the way, without the votes from Republicans, Johnson would never have had Medicare and Medicaid passed in 1965. During the signing of the bill, he made it a point to thank the Republicans for their help. With these Government health care plans in place, there is no need to create another big bloated government plan. Just reform, fund, and update the present system.

P HENRY wrote:

09/09/09 FLASH.. The white house announces that The president will announce tonight the same health plan that has been discussed all along. It will insure illegal aliens, allow abortions on taxpayerrs dime, etc. The white house spokesperson(linda douglas) states that people don't understand the bill or have been misinformed. Anotherwords, we are pretty stupid and all these town halls have been a waste of time. It's Obamaway or the highway,if you don't go along you are racist or stupid. Maybe time for the minutemen and achildren of liberty to be reborn.

P HENRY wrote:

09/09/09 FLASH.. The white house announces that The president will announce tonight the same health plan that has been discussed all along. It will insure illegal aliens, allow abortions on taxpayerrs dime, etc. The white house spokesperson(linda douglas) states that people don't understand the bill or have been misinformed. Anotherwords, we are pretty stupid and all these town halls have been a waste of time. It's Obamaway or the highway,if you don't go along you are racist or stupid. Maybe time for the minutemen and achildren of liberty to be reborn.