Parkinsona s patient gains national attention from health-care ...

Reader wrote:

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Based on some of the postings here, he didn't have to be saying much more than that he supports the current bill. I don't think that the folks taunting him are much interested in dialogue, which involves listening--without shouting. The folks against have organized around shouting down any opposition. It is sad to see the level of polarization because at base, when reform is broken down into componenet parts, there is really a good bit of common ground. The folks who believe that someone with Parkinsons is just looking for a hand-out (and the guy throwing money), are really deluded and, I hope, quite rare.
It is wasteful to continue on as we have--a disease or condition or demographic at a time deciding who warrants assistance, and who is just a free-loader. I have two children who have or are about to age out of our family plan. One has a condition that will warrant some public health care support--which is fortunate because it is very costly and this kid won't be ready for a job that provides insurance for quite some time, if ever. The other kid--far more normal, working through school, too old for the student exemption on my family coverage--could get hit by a truck tomorrow and ruin all of the family finances.
What we keep missing is the real money behind the resistance. It isn't hard-working folks who have done all that they can to take care of themselves and their families. It is an enormous insurance structure that makes money betting on the health of consumers--and protecting that profit by doing all that they can to eliminate the unhealthy folks who will cost them money.

HadEnough wrote:

<quoted text> Better watch what you say and wish for Mr. Dave. Statistics state that conservatives are much more benevolent than liberals when it comes to lending a hand to their fellow man. Your suggestion may leave you out in the cold with your hand out and no one to fill it.

NO ADDITIONAL TAXES wrote:

How do we know that the 2 guys that were attacking this poor guy weren't planted to cause this uproar? Nobody on the protest side claims to know them, so they didn't arrive with the large protester group.
I say they were planted by the Democrats to gain sympathy for the bill.

real change now wrote:

This was a terrible mistake and all must wish the man well, but revolutions have undesired consequences. That teleprompter-reading empty-suit Communist front man and his handlers are attempting a revolution, and it is increasingly likely that only revolutionary action will stop the transformation of the United States into red Bongo-bongo Land.

BuckeyeProud wrote:

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Ahhhhh, how typical......when you can't dispute a fact, you turn to insults. No, I moved her 20 yrs ago to attend OSU and stayed when offered a job where I interned. But please, keep throwing unsubstantiated insults....it just makes you look more ridiculous.

Parasite Government wrote:

I don't see the issue. If the guy is at a protest and confronts the opposition, things can happen.

totellthetruth wrote:

We would have never read anything about this guy if had been against the bill.
With his background and he ended up on Medicaid he must have made some bad choices in his life.

Johnny wrote:

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So where were you for 8 years of King George? Did Glenn Beck write that for you?

Kay wrote:

"I'd love to move to Texas - may do that before the entire federal government collapses into bankruptcy. This Obama bill on speeds up that inevitable event."
Please do, then we can give Texas back to Mexico. One sweet deal from my perspective!