Health Care Debate - Arlington, TX
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Do you support President Obama's health care proposals?
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Why should a small portion, maybe 17%, of individuals who have no insurance effect the 80% of our population.
A lot of the uninsured are young adults. The government does not need to control us with healthcare. If you have worked and have company insurance, the Health bill will take this away. No Matter what OBAMA say's. HE id a LIAR!!!! |
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We need universal healthcare. I don't have insurance so everyone elses insurance pays for the non payers. Healthcare organizations cannot sustain having to write off these numbers anymore. With the numbers increasing with those who switch from managed care to medicare-which pays less-they can't pay their bills. But there are not enough doctors to see the increase without increased wait times and rationing of care. So what do we do? Increase doctors, recruit. Open up more minute clinics. The bad side, cost will not decrease untill we increase workforce. But we must do something!
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What about the proprtion of companies that don't offer health insurance like mine?
This system CANNOT sustain this way. Jeez do some research and then form an opinion |
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You are absolutely right. I think everyone should have insurance. My daughter doesn't have insurance for the same reasons as yours. What I don't like is Obama's arrogance in thinking he wants control over everything!! I read everything I can about this new Health Care. I have saved the bill on my computer. If we can spend trillions of taxpayers dollars on Corporate America, then everyone out there should have quality insurance. He could take care of that this minute. It could also be taken from all the illegals in this country on our welfare system. There are a whole lot of options Obama could take. He hasn't even considered any of them. Obama should go after the Insurance companies and the manufactures of of medicine. They have kept raising prices on a regular basis. I apologize for my statment, it sounds very cold and I am not. If this bill goes through as is, my healthcare is dramatically reduced. In a couple of years I will be on Medicare. This bill is taking away 500 MILLON dollars away from Medicare. Were old so to bad. Medicare is in trouble already. Do you really want this to happen? Medical expenses are so high now for Seniors. It could put millions of people on welfare. If you have grandparents who have paid into the system all their life. Would you want to take benefits away from them???? There are many choices to take care of you and my daughter, but Obama wants all or none. With this bill my insurance will go up a lot. Then I can't afford insurance. He needs to listen to the people of this nation, we are old but not stupid. One way or another it will work out. |
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You're an idiot. There are no "deathpanels" in the bill that this propoganda originated from it called for end of life planning. This is NOT deathpanels. If you so choose you could say that doctors do everything possible to keep you alive. This is not a death panel. It is saving unnecessary painful decision making at the downfall of human life. And saving money. I coordinate a guardianship program and work for an attorney and I'm getting my masters in healthcare administration and this section of the bill only helps tough decisions and saves money. If the people that I do guardianships for would've done POAs, it would save tax payers thousands of dollars. |
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First of all, I understand where you are coming from. I'm not a big fan of the bills currently circulating, but the fact of the matter is, the current system is not sustainable. Hospital margins are dropping and will soon be in the negative. I do NOT support a bill that includes Tort reform. This does not reduce malpractice insurance premiums and only takes away the rights of citizens. I agree that we need to go after the insurance companies. 3 cents of every dollar spent on healthcare goes directly to insurance profit. I think it is ubsurd to say Obama wants control over everything. Healthcare reform has been tried by the last several presidents and we are finally at a point to where Americans are fed up. The real problem is the lack of supple of physicians and nurses. An increase in the demand of healthcare will not reduce the price of healthcare. We also live in America, you should expect by now to pay more for everything. I do not support decreasing medicare/medicaid payments. For one, they do not even cover the cost of care. This is why a public option is not an option. Hospitals could not afford this type of compensation. Medicare pays about 24 cents on the dollar and medicaid pays about 19 cents on the dollar while managed care (insurance) pays about 44 cents on the dollar. This is why we need insurance. Insurance covers uncompensated care and the deficit of payment from government options. I don't have the answers, but I think we need insurance reform more than anything. I have never supported bail-outs. I'm a freemarket kind of girl and believe in success and failure depending on market demand. On illegals, emergency departments are required by law to care for whomever walks through the door no matter their ability to pay. This puts a drain on everyone, especially the insured. So, considering this, what are the best options? Also, healthcare systems only collect payment from about 4% of the uninsured. I'm not certain of the options that Obama has not considered, as you have referred to. There are currently 5 bills floating around congress. 3 in the house and 2 in the senate. If these pass their respective commitees, thay will go to a reconcilliation board to create one bill which will then be debated in each part of congress and then voted upon (with debating and voting in between). I will not even qualify if parts of the Baucus bill passes. I make too much to get subsides and therefore will be charged the $750 mandate. So, how does this help me exactly? |
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Well, you seem to be somewhat intelligent about the current healthcare system. Why do you not have insurance? Because you are unemployed, perhaps? If so, I am sorry, but I am just not a sucker for that plea at this time. I also am unemployed, and I am having to suffer through COBRA. After that, I guess Medicare. I am trying to sustain myself as long as I can, though. I agree with you that something must be done. However, what that "something" might be is a big problem for me. These bad times are hitting all of us in the middle-upper to lower income levels. I know I am hurting, but I have not given up yet. I am still fighting. |
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No I am employed. I work for a small law firm and the County- coordinating the guardianship program. America's economy depends on small business. This constitutes most employers and employees, yet my employer does not offer healthcare. I am also single so I cannot rely on my spouse. I just use the school's clinic when I am in need of care (I'm getting my masters). Luckily I am young and my need is smaller than some. I am sorry for your situation, it is hard. I don't know what the solution is or will be. People do need to educate themselves more about how healthcare functions as a business, its current needs, and the ideas going around Congress. I'm still fighting too. |
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I wanna be on the panel so I can decide who gets to live.....he he he..lol |
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I wanna serve my country and volunteer to be on a death panel....i'll get to say yeah or nay on if an old fart gets to keep on living....(after all if it's on the Internet it's TRUE...hehehe lol
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It gives the government too much power. We wouldn't want King Obama to rule our country. He can't even make a decision on Afganistan.
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Great, great response. Why don't we go after the insurance companies? Go to source of the problem rather than jumping into reform without taking time to do it right. It's not that I don't believe in it. Senator Clinton was supposed to address it when she was First Lady, and that was long ago. I have been for change since then. Obama has not been in office long enough to change this country so dramatically on numerous things. Obama wanting control over everything, is just my opinion. That is the great thing about this country, we can agree to disagree. I like the facts you have stated are great, thanks for the information. This reform has gotten way way out of hand. It is too political. But I agree something has to give. |
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Well, I agree with you. This is definitely one decision we need to take the time to analyze. We don't need to make a brash decision that could do more harm than good. And this whole reform thing is out of hand. It seems more and more that people draw their party lines and won't waiver, no matter what is best. I think going after the insurance companies is the best idea to start, but I don't know if it will happen. They contribute millions to politicians yearly to push their agendas. So dirty! It is like Texans with Tort reform. We jumped into and at first it was pretty great. We had an influx of doctors and their malpractice premiums went down. But now were are we? First, it is a constitutional amendment, which is very hard to change. Second, Texas citizens have less rights (I will come back to this), malpractice premiums are rising deceipt the reform even more so than states without reform (30 states have some sort of non economic damages cap), and the reform does not reduce so called frivolous lawsuits. It costs an attorney $50,000-100,000 to bring a case to suit (i.e. filing fees, required expert witnesses-which in itself takes away frivolous lawsuits because you must having a practicing physician testify against the defendent for breach of duty of reasonable care). In Texas the non-economic cap is $250,000. There is no cap on economic damages- This is past and future lost wages and past and future medical expenses. You must get an expert to calculate all this and is in the damages awarded. So, if your baby dies in a hospital, due to negligence, you probably wouldn't find an attorney to represent you. The baby had no job and medical expenses are few, leaving you with only non-economic damages less suit fees and 1/3 contingent attorney's fees. So, financially speaking, this is not a suitable case. This also goes for housewives and the ederly- which rape and torture is included. It's really scary what we get talked into and the lack of knowledge involved. |
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Government does not need to be in the health care system. The present administration can make a decision about anything but tearing this country apart.
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government should not run our health care system
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For those who think the government should not be involved in health care reform, they are ALREADY involved. The government is involved, in one way or another, with EVERYTHING in this country.
Lobbyists, the wealthy with agendas, etc. have their hands in the cookie jars all over and they influence policies and legislation, every big business/corporation is tied in some fashion, to the government. The American government is our enemy not our friend. They are not working in the best interest of everyday, working people. They are for big business, 100%, and in America, money talks. And the poster "Anonymous" is correct - it's disgusting how few rights citizens have in terms of seeking justice when they have been wronged. The bad guys seem to be shrouded in all kinds of protection, THEY have support, THEY have creeps crawling out of the woodwork to defend THEM, but the real victims, innocent, hard-working folks have NO support, no one willing to step in and defend them against crooked physicians or businesses. It's shameful. |
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I really wish I knew what the hell I was talking about!
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