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- I went from Blue Cross Blue Shield provided for salary workers to Medicare recently and found that premiums across the board went down ($25 to see a my specialist rather than $40) and, barring reaching the "gap" in Medicare Part D my medicine premiums went down (from a $100 deductible to $35 on the one I take the most). Assuming some of the other gaps are filled in Medicare (like providing dental and fixing Part D) I'd have no problem on seeing an expanded Medicare (if not by name then in spirit) as a part of a nationalized system.
Medicare was a part of Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" which along with Roosevelt's "New Deal" and Kennedy's "New Frontier" formed the backbone of mid-20th Century's social reforms. It was popular enough that even the ever-vilified Nixon expanded on the programs and it wasn't until Reagan, Bush Sr. & Jr. and yes even Clinton that the programs were dismantled. - Reply to this comment
- "prepare for a second revolution"? I'd love you to try to say that in a forum that wasn't anonymous (which this truly isn't since IP addresses are logged as a matter of normal IT policy). That kind of language is called treason...
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- Some say that our government has already proven with Medicare that it can run a healthcare system. People who make these statements are most likely neither Medicare patients nor providers.
Medicare once did work, but that was years ago. Medicare now is worse than private insurance in denying payments, losing or not answering its mail, losing information in their database, and arbitrarily changing policy; ask any provider. I agree with Obama's statement that the question is not big vs. small government. It is rather whether government works. While I am a strong supporter of universal healthcare, my experience as a Medicare provider has not convinced me that the government is up to the task. Let's fix the programs we have before adding new ones. - Reply to this comment
- I gotta say something! I'm a moderate conservative at heart, but don't pigeon-hole me, being progressive is certainly not a bad thing. Iran is a conservative country, Turkey, Spain, the list goes on and on. This Country has to have people from Conervatives to Liberals to keep moving. Change is not always good, but it's not always bad either. I am more than willing to pay higher taxes (I'm also a realist) if it means this country will prosper. The most important political agenda in my 50+ years of life is at at right now--Healthcare Reform, We needed it 40 years ago, but we are desperate for it NOW! This "moderate/conservative" will side with any "liberal" idealist anytime to get that done.
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- Why should you pay ? so SkyK can get his free ride off your dime and have his trips to the doctor paid for by who ??......YOU
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- QUICK - RUSH - GET the bill through and passed before anyone reads it !!!!
That's what you get for irresponsibly electing a totally unqualfied community organizer and a democrat dictatorship.....massive spending bill after spending bill rammed down our throats with no checks and no balances in government.
QUICK, RUSH IT THROUGH BEFORE SOMEONE FINDS OUT WHAT'S IN THIS JUNK-BILL - Reply to this comment
- The last reform point I saw was that illegal immigrants would NOT be covered under the new plan. Of all the 21 to 35 yr olds I have talked to that do not have coverage--their reason is cost--they are just getting started in adulthood and cannot afford insurance--not beacuase the don't want it!
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- And the obstructionists (you know who you are) want to delay "to think some more about this problem before rushing in" keep on delaying this reform. How many people right now who can't afford or purchase healthcare are developing health issues as we speak (and they delay) and will eventually die from those issue because 40 years of reform study is not enough!? C'mon you obstructionist @#$$#@$$'s why don't you just come out and say that you don't want reform?
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- Now since WE THE PEOPLE Elected this fine YOUNG Leader and since WE the PEOPLE voted specifically for what he's INSISTING Congress deliever, maybe you should look for someplace else to rip off people!? We are in the situation we are in because of ONE thing... BLIND STINKING GREED! We are there because ONE PARTY has favored BLIND STINKING GREED to the point that we are nearly bankrupt. Now really do you want to keep up with the Greed Argument, taken what your kind has gotten in compensation over the last 8 years compared to someone say like me? Maybe it's time to find a rock and hope for the best. When you have failed as badly as the Republican's have thats your best option.
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- I for one am glad to finally see a President tackling some tough issues that have been stagnant for years. When private insurers get by with average 15% premium increases each year--how much insurance do you think your grandkids will be able to afford if we don't do something NOW? It will be interesting to see Obama"s healthcare reform work and work well--what do you suppose will happen to the Republican Party (Grand Obstructionist Pr%$#@) in that case?
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