Without all the complexity we as a nation need national healthcare. Many jobs dont provide adequate coverage or none at all. Thousands of people are crossing the border and walking into our hospitals. Many are disabled such as ourselves and coverage is complicated and unclear . Many times the type of care you receive depends on the type of coverage you have. All this is unacceptable. The bottom line is the people that have good insurance dont care about the people that have none. The people with none deserve national healthcare as a human right. People dont want to let a dog suffer so why let humans go without? Ron c7
rom: Greg <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] medical bill To: [email protected] Date: Friday, May 4, 2012, 3:17 PM I think medical bills of millions who can’t afford them hurts the economy more than lifting the tax cuts on the richest 1%, Cuts that were supposed to be short term, not forever, anyway. Rates now are almost at 100 year lows. Lifting the “sort term cuts” their taxes would still be close to all time lows. Families should not loose homes because a child is sick. Insurance companies should not be able to drop you after you get sick. If there is no National Insurance, and companies wont cover those with pre-existing things, do we just let them suffer? Or we can just put them on “The Hunger Games”. Insurance companies are making record profits, they can afford to drop the pre-existing thing I think. But, I think the Obama thing is just too messy, confusing. That’s why I think we should just have National Medicare. All other major countries can do it, I think we should be able to figure something out. If the Left/Right could just be civil. I think at this point both sides don’t pick sides of issues because they believe in it, They just pick what ever opposes the other guys. As far as unconstitutional. It is a phrase the Right often uses. The Constitution is a fluid document, meant to change with the times. The Founders were smart enough to know thing change. Yet I think the Right has asked for more changes than the left has. Greg As much as I would like to have more accessibility to healthcare, the more I look at the financial implications of his plan, the more I feel like as a whole it will be more detrimental to the country than helpful. Forcing insurance companies to take people with pre-existing conditions, fines for companies and individuals who don't get coverage. Private insurance premiums will most certainly be raised for those that have it. How can expanding coverage to over 30 million new people possibly lower costs? 27 billion of new taxes on drug companies, 20 billion on medical device makers. Those costs will just pass through to us in my opinion. Total of 18 new taxes estimating 503 billion in revenue. New taxes may bring revenue but they will also (also my opinion) slow economic growth which we desperately need right now. I listened to the oral arguments on the Supreme Court website and it seemed the justices were pretty skeptical of the constitutionality of it. Cheers, I think we need just a national Medicare, with extra insurance for those who want, need, or who can afford more. Those who are so against it say they don’t was the government making decisions. But that means they would prefer an insurance company who is for profit, who gets bonuses for denying medical procedures, and who can cancel you after you get sick/injured. I still have not heard 1 good reason not to have national health care. This Obama thing is too confusing. Greg ----------- It's enough to make even a quad kick ass and throw fists. But I am not surprised. The slightest medical problem results in bills for things and from people you never even heard of. To say that the whole thing is an immoral, unethical racket is an understatement. A lifetime of savings can be wiped out in one week. A simple hello from the doctor can cost $300. Your experience is all too common. I don't have a clue if Obama's plan will be better, but I certainly hope so.
