Comments on: House Democrats Unveil Health Care Plan

$1 Trillion Overhaul Proposed to Cover 97 Percent of Americans; Obama Pushes for Quick Action

[noloyalisti]

About 1/3 of the people surveyed think that any change to health care is SOCIALISM. OMG and LOL. Those people must think that big corporations who have ruined our country are good at health care. OMG.

I can never get anyone to say what is wrong with socialism anyway. They start blathering about Ho Chi Minh or the Soviet Union or other such nonsense.

Let's call it controlled capitalism or some such thing and get on with it. It is about time we reeled in the out of control big corporations who own and run our media and Congress, think they have human rights such as free speech, start invasions for oil and land and write our laws for their profit. When will we wake up?

[xlib]

Well, this is just my opinion but no one has been able to show me a country where socialism has done well for the people. Is it working in Cuba? According to sean penn and michael moore it is but, gosh, I tend to not believe them.
My point on the universal health care issue is this,it's rationing. I live close to the Canadian border and I see, and have taken care of, Canadians who come here for care. There is a waiting list for simple procedures such as CT scans & MRI's. So, it's rationing that I don't want.
Here's a thought, how about we all, the populace, the peons, have the same health care that your dems and the rest of the politicians have. That works for me.

[gnimelf1968]

Anytime a government REQUIRES people to do something that should be a personal choice and then fines them for not following orders, it's going too far. You want to mandate that if you have children under 18 that they need to be covered, fine, but once a person is of legal age they should be able to choose if they want coverage or not. If you choose not to have coverage, then you pay the bills yourself if you need medical assistance. Government is getting way to much into people's personal lives and they are making it impossible to want to work hard for a living. People who don't want to work get all of the benefits. I'm not saying that there aren't people who truly cannot work and need financial help, I just know far too many people who would just rather not work and expect a hand out. In this economy we have people at my place of employment that CHOOSE to take voluntary lay-offs and then complain that they don't have any money or don't get paid enough when contract time comes up, and then they throw fits when they have to work too many hours because it screws up their unemployment benefits? Who in their right mind would be choosing to be laid-off right now? These are the people who do not deserve unemployment, food stamps, etc. Why should I pay for these people to do nothing?

[thusspokezara]

Joe Legal should find another job.

[thusspokezara]

We need to make it illegal for doctors to charge fee for service. Otherwise, all the good doctors will refuse to accept the lower fees that will result from health care reform and patients will be forced to see the doctors who finished in the bottom third of their medical school. I don't want that.

[rocketjl]

Note to 'toobigtofail', check your math.......

Think it will be good to have everyone covered......

Truth is 'people will still die in ER waiting rooms'....and...

The people they will hire to run this program are the same kind who give us poor government service now.

Either way, Congress lacks the intelligence to employ effective safe guards.

[olyboy]

The idea of Congress making my healthcare decisions (and that's what this is folks) scares me. These people, regardless of party, are so self-absorbed that the last thing on their mind is my well-being. They will be able to rationalize why, because of my economic status, race or religion why I should or shouldn't get the operation I need. We have less and less control over our own lives -- exactly why our forefathers created this country in the first place....

[All_pols_need_2_go]

While I agree with your take on the health bill and the others no one read. I have to tell you that for many of us out here that vote listening to Repubs say fiscal responsibility after how much $ Bush spent is a bit comical. Unless of course your just playing that old "well he spent less that we didn't have than Obama has" line. Which while being true doesn't make Repubs the party of small government. And while you Repubs are out re-making yourselves think about letting up on the war on drugs propaganda BS and keeping your business out of my home. Perhaps if a few of you realized that if you just stop telling people how to live they all want to hang on to their money, your splitting your votes up because your to pig headed to give in to the FREEDOMS and smaller less intrusive government you say you want. So which is it? After voting Dem for 10 years then growing up and getting paid more I turned Repub for the next 10. Well now I know NEITHER party is worth a damn so where do I turn. Libertarian is looking just about right in many ways to me.

[skyk-2009]

Well jsd330 we've heard this garbage from you folks for 60 years about how much better Private Insurance is. Well HERE'S your chance to PROVE it. With a Public Plan available to all those who want it, I guess we will finally find out which is better. Being a Vet, I can tell you those who were Contracted to provide the Care are NOT as good and do NOT perform as well. LOL

[skyk-2009]

Oh come on! Do you people STILL think folks are buying into this childish banter? LOL The American People are so far ahead of you in the Fringe Right it's unbelievable. For THREE Decades we have listened to this trash and for THREE decades the problems have only gotten worse. Solution? Don't have any, just attack and slander those who ARE trying to do something. LOL EVEN a 6 year old can see through you freaks!! LOL

[Joe_NY_15]

QUICK, QUICK....implement the largest and most expensive program in the history of America.....HURRY, PASS IT, BEFORE ANYONE SEES WHAT'S IN THE BILL...HURRY.....YOU HAVE TWO WEEKS....AND...." NO READING THE BILL IS ALLOWED"

This is what you get with the Liberal Dictatorship.

Elect Republicans in 2010 for a new sense of fiscal responsibility, instead of constant wasteful taxing and spending

[All_pols_need_2_go]

While I agree with your take on the health bill and the others no one read. I have to tell you that for many of us out here that vote listening to Repubs say fiscal responsibility after how much $ Bush spent is a bit comical. Unless of course your just playing that old "well he spent less that we didn't have than Obama has" line. Which while being true doesn't make Repubs the party of small government. And while you Repubs are out re-making yourselves think about letting up on the war on drugs propaganda BS and keeping your business out of my home. Perhaps if a few of you realized that if you just stop telling people how to live they all want to hang on to their money, your splitting your votes up because your to pig headed to give in to the FREEDOMS and smaller less intrusive government you say you want. So which is it? After voting Dem for 10 years then growing up and getting paid more I turned Repub for the next 10. Well now I know NEITHER party is worth a damn so where do I turn. Libertarian is looking just about right in many ways to me.

[skyk-2009]

vietnamwar? You and those like you NEVER ONCE objected when the Incompetent Republican's were selling THEIR Lie to all of us. SAYING they were going to Balance the Budget and Cut Spending. The ONLY difference I can see is that the Democrats are willing to spend the money on AMERICANS instead of others.