This is what the vast majority that voted for President Obama wants; a single payer health care system that is sustainable for the foreseeable future.
Why can't we have our REPRESENTATIVES carry out our wishes, and not the wishes of "Big-Business?"
Remember, big-business caused the problem; they no interest in solving that which has made them RICH!
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End private health insurance's dominance. They're just robber barons. I don't have coverage. I can't get coverage because of some poorly defined "too risky" excuse based on my genetics. Its BS. If I want to work for a big company I can get coverage, but I don't want to work that way. I have my own business and can't buy comparable coverage.
For-profit insurance deserves to be legislated out of existence. I've lived abroad and would like to see something like what I had in France.
Profit motive and the health and well-being of Americans is a no-brainer. Making a profit is the legitimate business of the private insurance industry. We get that part, the part we don't get is how that equals providing optimal health care for those that pay the premiums. I didn't just fall off the "turnip truck", the only way to fix this dysfunctional system is to remove the profit motive and allow these greedy businessmen to find another way to turn handsome profits. I believe that we should not have to play "russian roulette" when it comes to our health and/or quality of life. It is time to have some honest dialogue about what is best for all Americans, not just those wealthy enough to afford maintaining a quality existence.
I have long wondered how Congress was able to pass Medicare for the elderly. Logic tells me that the insurance industry was delighted to drop this demographic from their rolls, they are after all, more apt to suffer from diseases of aging and a longer life. AARP will fight with the private insurers, not for the welfare of their demographic but because they offer supplemental insurance that is a "cash cow" for them.
The American taxpayer is already funding health coverage and some of those taxpayers can't even afford health insurance for themselves (like me).
Listen all you dialog.gov people, this idea of a national health care system is like a big wheel of cheese that has been pushed uphill for a long long time. In case you haven't noticed, the cheese is reaching the top of the hill. We all know what happens when a 70lb wheel of cheese starts to roll down a hill. Well, the support for a single payer system IS that 70lb wheel of cheese. You in the Administration are either going to catch that wheel of cheese or get crushed by it. This is not a threat, just a political fact of life. Eventually, the public will want to know why you did not support the idea in the first place (after all, SOMEONE in the administration you said they did back in day).
If the Administration is serious about keeping it's promises to the American people about returning government back to the people then enacting a single payer national health cate system is a good place to start. You know it will help Americans. You know it will help businesses. You know it will stimulate the economy. You know it will create jobs. What in God's green earth are you waiting for???
I don't see a who;e lot of chit chat here from folks saying, "please Mr. President, don't take away my expensive, useless private insurance that gives me a hard time every time I submit a claim." I am starting to lose faith in your ability to hear the very people to whom you are asking questions.
Patients' Choice Act:
http://www.house.gov/ryan/PCA/index.htm
Robber Barons run free in our country once again. Where is Teddy and Franklin?
June 24 is a good day to call your Senators regarding this issue. There are a number of pseudo Democrats that need to be reminded that if they wear the label, they need to vote with their brethren. While you are at it, call Max Baucus' office and tell his staff that a majority of Americans, even greater than the majority that voted Obama into office and leaving out the diehard Republicans, want a universal single payer public option health plan either to compete or ideally to replace the Insurance Industry.
Tomorrow June 24, is a national call in day. John Conyer's has an excellent bill that seems to have good support in the House. The Senate version closest to Conyer's bill is not being considered. That legislation was put forth by Bernie Sanders (S 703). Bernie is an independent in the true sense of the word. Max Baucus received more money from the Insurance Industry than any other Democrat in the Senate. Baucus chaired the Senate Finance Committee that only allowed Insurance Industry executives to testify regarding the need for reform. The Senate bill being considered and the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) estimate of expected cost of that bill ONLY utilized figures that LEFT OUT the single payer, public option. This is why we have Democratic Senators and ex officials such as Tom Daschle making press announcements of "we can't afford the bill that will be voted on by the Senate". Call those Senators and tell them to get a budget estimate that takes into account information from single payer or don't bother to vote. The bill that they will be considering stands little chance of surviving the minority party and the wholly owned by the Insurance Industry Democrats that are concerned about the TARP and stimulus packages that have already put us trillions in debt. Of course those same legislators didn't worry about putting two wars on the credit card or bother to place any conditions on the TARP bailout money (Bush term) or the "too big to fail" banks and AIG under Obama. Only the auto companies and union employees working for them got close scrutiny. The bottom line gets down to this: Government has done very little to help the common citizens that are drowning in debt, losing their homes, their health and cannot find work. A universal, single payer public healthcare plan would provide jobs, keep workers and their families healthy and save citizens and government a great deal of money. American citizens have not aked for a hand out, they want and desperately need a hand up. Government needs to respond to that need.
call call call and than call some more. taregt your calls to house members to co sponsor HR676 and every democratic senator to co sponsor S703. the kennedy bill is not good enough. sorry teddy. if you had the kind of coverage you are suggesting the american people get in the name of reform, you might not be here still walking the face of the earth. your plan, in all due respects, is a travesty.
on july 30 in washington DC there is going to be a single payer rally. if you can get there, get there. details can be found on the health care NOW website. remeber health care NOW supports Single payer. health care for america now supports the public option.
single payer is the only system of health care administration that will be affordable, universal, and sustainable. demand you human right to health care!!!!!