The Institute of Medicine estimates that one-third of all medical care is pure waste, such as duplicate X-rays, repeat lab tests and procedures to fix mistakes.
"Most Americans don't understand how bad health care in the United States is," said Michael F. Cannon, head of health policy at the libertarian Cato Institute. "We need big reforms."
If you want an example of government run health care, just look at the VA system, look at the medicare mess.
Posted by jsd330 -----------------------
Typical republican't argument pointing out the symptoms of the health care debacle we've let the for-profit health care industry run for years, giving us the over-priced poorly-ranked current system, but never giving us any SOLUTIONS on fixing the huge problem. It's been the republican't obstructionists keeping us from any reform of our health care mess, and protecting the for-profit insurance companies that have increased health care costs by 130% in just the past 10 years, while denying coverage to those in need.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, regarding President Obama's leadership on the issue:
"Pres Obama you got nerve while u sightseeing in Paris to tell us 'time to deliver' on health care. We still on skedul/even workinWKEND," Grassley tweeted.
Iowa Senator Charles Grassley should be ashamed of himself.
As a Senator who has run on family values Senator Chuck Grassley should not begrudge a President who is working so hard for the people of this country some fun time with his family.
Did Senator Grassley miss all of the work our President did on the other parts of his trip? Does he honestly expect any of us to believe that President Obama is lazy?????
Maybe Grassley has been in the Senate too long. He has had his entire Senate career: since 1980 to fix the health care mess.
He should resign and make way for somebody else with the stamina to do the job to sit in his place.
If you want an example of government run health care, just look at the VA system, look at the medicare mess. You will be paying for your so called free Government healthcare in higher taxes. Nothing is free somebody is going to have to pay one way or another.
I heard the news conference in opposition from those Republican's Senators who sleep with insurance executives. The most striking aspect of their comments were to quote," We have not seen the plan yet." but, they are unanimous in their opposition. Can anyone believe those Republican Munchkins when they oppose a health plan they have not even seen? Is it it any wonder they are disliked by the vast majority of Americans?
Our elected officials, including the Republicans, are on a government health plan. If they do not like a government option , let them buy it in the free markets know as the health insurance corporation cartel. They work for us . Since when does the employee have a more comprehensive health plan than the employer. There is no divine right of elected American politicians to enjoy platinum health care at very little cost to themselves and family while hard working Americans forgo care because their employer had to drop their coverage to stay in business or they can not afford the ever increasing deductables.
Every American deserves the same coverage as the elected officials in DC do. May of them have received large donations from health care corporations and they don't want the gravy train to derail.
Single payer is the only way to acheive everybody in nobody out. This includes you elected officials.
Of course they oppose it -- there's no profit for them or their business cronies in any government plan. It's all about money. Health has nothing to do with it.
There's only one solution to our problems... vote the rest of the obstructionist republicans out of office.
Posted by wogerwabbit --------------------------
Actually, for them to continue to rail against any and all reform of the for-profit health care debacle, I can think of other things I'd like to do to these obstructionist republican'ts well past just voting them out of office! <big grin>
My business is being destroyed by health insurance costs. My premium just went up 13%... which I must admit is better than the 20% it went up each of the previous 3 years. Health Insurance companies are just useless, paper pushing middlemen. Get rid of them and our premiums would go down at last 30%.
Posted by wogerwabbit ----------------------------
Why exactly does the party of NO continue to fail to see the 130% increase in health care premiums just over the past 10 years?
It's not just the huge profits and huge CEO pay, benefits and golden parachutes as well as huge administrative costs, but the huge amount of MONEY that the health care industry is spending on lobbying against any reform or competition including all the congresscritters getting a nice piece of the pie to keep the status quo!
This is and has been totally disgusting for decades, and anyone that continues to support our high cost of very poor health care delivery is just a scuumbaag!
But the ONE thing he IS interested in is destroying US businesses...you can bet your bottom boots that's what motivating him so as to put insurance companies out of business. Posted by IThoughtItWasFunnyAgain at 8:46 AM : Jun 9, 2009
My business is being destroyed by health insurance costs. My premium just went up 13%... which I must admit is better than the 20% it went up each of the previous 3 years. Health Insurance companies are just useless, paper pushing middlemen. Get rid of them and our premiums would go down at last 30%.
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"Most Americans don't understand how bad health care in the United States is," said Michael F. Cannon, head of health policy at the libertarian Cato Institute. "We need big reforms."
Posted by jsd330
-----------------------
Typical republican't argument pointing out the symptoms of the health care debacle we've let the for-profit health care industry run for years, giving us the over-priced poorly-ranked current system, but never giving us any SOLUTIONS on fixing the huge problem. It's been the republican't obstructionists keeping us from any reform of our health care mess, and protecting the for-profit insurance companies that have increased health care costs by 130% in just the past 10 years, while denying coverage to those in need.
"Pres Obama you got nerve while u sightseeing in Paris to tell us 'time to deliver' on health care. We still on skedul/even workinWKEND," Grassley tweeted.
Iowa Senator Charles Grassley should be ashamed of himself.
As a Senator who has run on family values Senator Chuck Grassley should not begrudge a President who is working so hard for the people of this country some fun time with his family.
Did Senator Grassley miss all of the work our President did on the other parts of his trip? Does he honestly expect any of us to believe that President Obama is lazy?????
Maybe Grassley has been in the Senate too long. He has had his entire Senate career: since 1980 to fix the health care mess.
He should resign and make way for somebody else with the stamina to do the job to sit in his place.
Every American deserves the same coverage as the elected officials in DC do. May of them have received large donations from health care corporations and they don't want the gravy train to derail.
Single payer is the only way to acheive everybody in nobody out. This includes you elected officials.
Posted by wogerwabbit
--------------------------
Actually, for them to continue to rail against any and all reform of the for-profit health care debacle, I can think of other things I'd like to do to these obstructionist republican'ts well past just voting them out of office! <big grin>
Posted by wogerwabbit
----------------------------
Why exactly does the party of NO continue to fail to see the 130% increase in health care premiums just over the past 10 years?
It's not just the huge profits and huge CEO pay, benefits and golden parachutes as well as huge administrative costs, but the huge amount of MONEY that the health care industry is spending on lobbying against any reform or competition including all the congresscritters getting a nice piece of the pie to keep the status quo!
This is and has been totally disgusting for decades, and anyone that continues to support our high cost of very poor health care delivery is just a scuumbaag!
Posted by IThoughtItWasFunnyAgain at 8:46 AM : Jun 9, 2009
My business is being destroyed by health insurance costs. My premium just went up 13%... which I must admit is better than the 20% it went up each of the previous 3 years. Health Insurance companies are just useless, paper pushing middlemen. Get rid of them and our premiums would go down at last 30%.