Comments on: Fast Track To Government-Run Health Care

National Review Online: Obama's Plan Would Sow Seeds Of Destruction For Private Insurance

[presseyr]

"Private insurers, of course, also try to control costs, using whatever levers are at their disposal. They can%u2019t dictate fees for doctors and hospitals."

Uh hello, earth to Mr. Capretta. Who exactly do you think sets the rates for reimbursements, the tooth fairy? Doctors and hospitals are of course free to charge whatever they wish, but they will only be paid what the insurance company decides. Maybe you should try knowing what you are talking about. It is far better to remain silent and appear to be a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

[presseyr]

"Private insurers, of course, also try to control costs, using whatever levers are at their disposal. They can%u2019t dictate fees for doctors and hospitals."

Uh hello, earth to Mr. Capretta. Who exactly do you think sets the rates for reimbursements, the tooth fairy? Doctors and hospitals are of course free to charge whatever they wish, but they will only be paid what the insurance company decides. Maybe you should try knowing what you are talking about. It is far better to remain silent and appear to be a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

[bluestardad]

REPIGS MAKING MONEY OFF IRAQ!

By Aram Roston
Investigative producer
NBC News
updated 6:32 a.m. ET, Wed., May. 28, 2008


Aram Roston
Investigative producer


A little-noticed civil lawsuit in Florida is shining a light on an unusual but hugely profitable Pentagon contract to ship millions of gallons of aviation fuel to U.S. bases in Iraq through the kingdom of Jordan.

The deal involves a cast of influential characters, including the king of Jordan%u2019s brother-in-law, who is suing Harry Sargeant III, a top Florida-based fundraiser for Sen. John McCain''s presidential bid.

Sargeant is a Florida businessman and former Marine Corps pilot hailed by the McCain campaign as a "Trailblazer" for raising $100,000 or more in political donations. Through a company called International Oil Trading Co., or IOTC, Sargeant and a partner have a lucrative contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year to supply American military forces in Iraq with fuel, especially aviation fuel. The firm ships the fuel to Jordan and then trucks it across the border, where U.S. forces escort the convoys to air bases.

[bluestardad]

AMERICA NEEDS TO GET THE INSURANCE COMPANIES OUT OF HEALTH CARE!

AMERICA NEEDS HEALTH CARE

NOT HEALTH INSURANCE

THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY NEEDS TO CURE SOMETHING ANYTHING...AND QUIT MAKING MONEY ON TREATING ILLNESS!

[mcvet]

AT NO TIME during a fascist Government has the number of people covered with Health Care gone DOWN, always UP. We watch as ALL Nations in the G-7 provide health care for ALL their citizens AND they do it for HALF the cost of our system. Staying the course IS NOT an option here... keeping a FAILED system is no answer! SIEG HEIL BUSH!!




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Posted by MCVet at 07:06 AM : May 29, 2008
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That should be NOT covered by Health Care!!

[mcvet]

Posted by maxify55 at 09:14 PM : May 28, 2008

Oh now you are going to loose you member in good standing with your local Klan chapter! You failed to say SIEG HEIL!! Now folks you can continue to listen to these fascist who have for DECADES promised to "fix" this problem or you can find someone else to follow. The facts are there for anyone to see. AT NO TIME during a fascist Government has the number of people covered with Health Care gone DOWN, always UP. We watch as ALL Nations in the G-7 provide health care for ALL their citizens AND they do it for HALF the cost of our system. Staying the course IS NOT an option here... keeping a FAILED system is no answer! SIEG HEIL BUSH!!

[mcvet]

I say cap the rates doctors can charge...nationwide. Might that not lower everything? It seems to me the doctors are the major factor in costs of healthcare.


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Posted by horse3farm at 03:53 AM : May 29, 2008
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Yeah that''s going to help a lot... we have a SHORTAGE of them NOW!! LOL Someone has got to explain to me WHY we pay TWICE as much in this nation to provide Health Care for our citizens than ANYONE else and get far less. They don''t pay their doctors less or put caps on anything EXCEPT Insurance COMPANY''s! They took those people OUT OF THE LOOP. That''s the ONLY difference I can see.

[horse3farm]

I say cap the rates doctors can charge...nationwide. Might that not lower everything? It seems to me the doctors are the major factor in costs of healthcare.

[incog-nito]

ALL Western countries except the U.S. have "government-run" healthcare, and they''re doing quite well, thank you.

[babooph]

With the US bribe system of govt.,the lobbyists are set to force all to buy insurance from the crooked ins. co.s Bend over Americans your policy is coming!!