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This is all being approached from the wrong end…
Instead of proposing to give Americans the kind of health care our Congress has, it would be far better to see to it the Congress has the same care as their constituents.
Congress has come to think of themselves as CEOs (due to their longtime bipartisan, cozy relationship with big business).
If Congress were faced with trying to get coverage on a pre-existing illness, paying a huge deductible to keep premiums affordable or continuously shopping for a company who will cover their prescription
Posted by whattheheck on May 15, 2009 at 6:50 AM
I voted for Obama last November but I knew if REAL change was to be made the people would have to get involved and demand it! Whether it was immigration reform, healthcare reform, labor law reform, punishing Bush & Cheyney, we the people would have to get into the trenches and fight for this!
I am disappointed with Obama’s flip flop on healthcare. I detest Max Baucus’ refusal to even consider single payer. ( He is one of the biggest recipients of healthcare insurance bribes oops, I mean campaign donations!
The fact that 18,000 to 22,000 Americans die annually due to the corporate greed of our healthcare insurance companies is more than reason enough to demand change! We must turn on the heat and shame the Congress, the White House and all other obstructionists before the world! We did it in the 60’s and we can do it again now!
Posted by Chicano Wobbly on Jun 5, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Barack Obama and the Democrats have killed single-payer unless a very powerful movement can be developed to overcome opposition from Obama’s Wall Street backers.
Too much has been made by single-payer advocates of “private delivery of health care” when single-payer universal health care should be seen as a step towards a real public health care system (socialized health care).
Our country is embroiled in controversy and debate over health care reform. Focus on the purpose of health care has been lost.
Health care has two purposes:
1. Keep people healthy.
2. Get people well when sick.
Our public officials squander our limited and scarce resources—- during a period of a crumbling economy—- financing wars in three countries; subsidizing the Israeli military machine; and spending trillions of dollars financing 800 U.S. military bases on foreign soil dotting the globe; and then they tell us there is no money for health care. Instead, we should be building 800 public health care centers stretching out across the United States providing a public health care system which includes:
Posted by alanmaki on Jun 6, 2009 at 4:42 AM
Thanks for such a great article here. Despite the fact that this one is quite old it was still useful for me. I can’t understand those people who are against health care reform. I think it will bring us many advantages. First of all there will be more cheaper medications available. Moreover we will be able to get more professional and efficient health care service. There are many unprofessional doctors working in our hospitals now. Some of them don’t even have their cna certification exam passed. It is a real craziness. Let’s hope that this reform will change everything. Thanks for the great post here one more time and keep publishing such nice ones in the nearest future too.
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This is all being approached from the wrong end…
Instead of proposing to give Americans the kind of health care our Congress has, it would be far better to see to it the Congress has the same care as their constituents.
Congress has come to think of themselves as CEOs (due to their longtime bipartisan, cozy relationship with big business).
If Congress were faced with trying to get coverage on a pre-existing illness, paying a huge deductible to keep premiums affordable or continuously shopping for a company who will cover their prescription
I voted for Obama last November but I knew if REAL change was to be made the people would have to get involved and demand it! Whether it was immigration reform, healthcare reform, labor law reform, punishing Bush & Cheyney, we the people would have to get into the trenches and fight for this!
I am disappointed with Obama’s flip flop on healthcare. I detest Max Baucus’ refusal to even consider single payer. ( He is one of the biggest recipients of healthcare insurance bribes oops, I mean campaign donations!
The fact that 18,000 to 22,000 Americans die annually due to the corporate greed of our healthcare insurance companies is more than reason enough to demand change! We must turn on the heat and shame the Congress, the White House and all other obstructionists before the world! We did it in the 60’s and we can do it again now!
Barack Obama and the Democrats have killed single-payer unless a very powerful movement can be developed to overcome opposition from Obama’s Wall Street backers.
Too much has been made by single-payer advocates of “private delivery of health care” when single-payer universal health care should be seen as a step towards a real public health care system (socialized health care).
Our country is embroiled in controversy and debate over health care reform. Focus on the purpose of health care has been lost.
Health care has two purposes:
1. Keep people healthy.
2. Get people well when sick.
Our public officials squander our limited and scarce resources—- during a period of a crumbling economy—- financing wars in three countries; subsidizing the Israeli military machine; and spending trillions of dollars financing 800 U.S. military bases on foreign soil dotting the globe; and then they tell us there is no money for health care. Instead, we should be building 800 public health care centers stretching out across the United States providing a public health care system which includes:
Thanks for such a great article here. Despite the fact that this one is quite old it was still useful for me. I can’t understand those people who are against health care reform. I think it will bring us many advantages. First of all there will be more cheaper medications available. Moreover we will be able to get more professional and efficient health care service. There are many unprofessional doctors working in our hospitals now. Some of them don’t even have their cna certification exam passed. It is a real craziness. Let’s hope that this reform will change everything. Thanks for the great post here one more time and keep publishing such nice ones in the nearest future too.
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