Health Care Debate - Edwardsville, IL

At least the democrats are doing something, republicans have their heads up their you know

too much cost with hope of minimal results

I have health insurance and I pay high premiums. I have a sister not to mention a daughter that does not have health insurance and the approach and care they get is un-American. I feel that any healthcare plan is better than no healthcare plan for people in need.

So, I guess you would rather see people dieing of diseases that can be cured. People turned away at hospitals because they have no health insurance. People not going to the hospital that may be contagious because of fear of embarassment when asked for an insurance card and they have to say they have none. We need to take care of the home front regardless of the price because it will save lives. Everybody is going to pay a price regardless.

For those of you who have health care? Try NOT having it! Why would you not vote for this issue? It's no fun if you don't have it. Do something right for once people- vote for it.

obama reigns in the insurance industry for their abuse to patients

rick wrote:

obama reigns in the insurance industry for their abuse to patients

Amen!

The problem is that health insurance is too expensive.... one of the main reasons is malpractice rates. To fix health care start with tort reform. The Democrats wouldn't do that... that solution would affect too many lawyers...

Taxed to death wrote:

The problem is that health insurance is too expensive.... one of the main reasons is malpractice rates. To fix health care start with tort reform. The Democrats wouldn't do that... that solution would affect too many lawyers...

love americur! shouldnt u be at work pain for my healthcare!this lady is funny and spot on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch ...

veritas wrote:

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love americur! shouldnt u be at work pain for my healthcare!this lady is funny and spot on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch ...

Veritas all your links are full of sh-t. Come visit me at Hard Rock hotel in Biloxi Mississippi. I'll buy you a watermelon martini.

SS, Medicare, and Medicaid are bankrupting the country. Another gubment program will do nothing but damage.

Enough gubment already!!!

veritas wrote:

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love americur! shouldnt u be at work pain for my healthcare!this lady is funny and spot on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch ...

We now understand your opposition to the bill. You don't want to purchase coverage, you want to stay at home and eat all day off of your food stamps and continue to get rounder.

Taxed to death wrote:

The problem is that health insurance is too expensive.... one of the main reasons is malpractice rates. To fix health care start with tort reform. The Democrats wouldn't do that... that solution would affect too many lawyers...

The problem with tort reform starts with insurance companies keeping profits. The trickle doesn't trickle. The insurance company wins not the people.Tort Reform not working:

RICHARD WEEKLEY’S Oct 20 Commentary piece,“Tort reform helps Texas health care,” is a strange selection to print. Imposing Texas-style, one-size-fits-all caps on awards to the most seriously injured patients would not help improve health care. To the contrary, the truth about the Texas experiment reveals that significant restrictions on patients’ rights lead only to increased cost, increased danger, and poor health care.

Texas is widely considered to have some of the most restrictive civil-justice laws in the country, enacted in 2003. An arbitrary cap of $250,000 (without exception) on non-economic damages, immunity for admittedly negligent acts in “emergency” care, and onerous procedural requirements for even the most qualified and credentialed expert witnesses are viewed by the insurance industry as a model. Six years after these reforms, however, it is clear that the experiment has failed, and that the promises of “tort reform” are and always have been a sham.

Here are the facts about health care in Texas:

Health care in Texas ranks among the overall worst in the nation, according to a recent article in the Dallas Morning News and a study by the Commonwealth Fund.

Texas was ranked last in access to health care statewide, and in a measure of how minorities and low-income patients fared in the state’s medical system.

Texas was given grades of D-plus in Access to Emergency Care, Quality and Patient Safety, and Public Health and Injury Protection by the American College of Emergency Physicians in its 2006 report card.