Comments on: Voters To Get Obama Health Care Mandate Question

By: Eddie

Eddie — Mon, 09 May 2011 00:58:14 +0000

huh,

Are you that stupid? I mean, really?

By: Eddie

Eddie — Mon, 09 May 2011 00:56:14 +0000

Jane,

Forced health care is WRONG?

But forcing PRIVATE companies to take on as customers people with pre-exsiting conditions isn’t? Why? Aren’t the people who own private companies entitled to the same protection from overreaching government as you and I? In fact aren’t those people in fact you and I? the populations at large? What next, government forcing car insurance companies to cover people with no insurance AFTER they get into an accident? Same with allowing “kids” to stay on their parents insurance. Give me a break! When I was 26 I have two kids a house and my own business! I was no kid and I took a care of myself and didn’t need mommy and daddy to pay my medical bills.

By: grey lady

grey lady — Sat, 07 May 2011 00:44:52 +0000

Everyone needs access to health care. Emergency room visits are expensive. If you have access to an Urgent care center, and don’t have insurance, then you must pay almost $100 up front. If you can’t pay, they send you to the ER. I sat in an Urgent Care Center in Pensacola for five hours one afternoon, with a family member who had insurance, and watched 1 out every four patients turned away because they didn’t have insurance or $96. Even though they had some insurance with the school board, my neighbors have lost their house and declared bankruptcy because of medical bills associated with a newborn. No they didn’t live a lavish lifestyle, drove 15 year old vehicles, she teaches and he works two jobs.
Opposition to the Health care bill was based on, at best, half truths. Rick Scott fought it because he had a vested interest in a major hospital chain that had been fined 2 BILLION dollars for Medicare and Medicaid fraud. He pushed for drug testing for welfare because his wife now controls a chain of outpatient clinics that just happen to do drug testing. Surprise.
The Republicans want to do away with Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid, and anything that will inhibit big business from controlling every aspect of our lives and society.
If you are 55 an under, their plan would give you a voucher that would probably pay 15% of your health insurance costs at 65. Remember when Bush wanted to privatize Social Security and the stock market tanked? Health care would be much worse with their plans.

By: dad

dad — Thu, 05 May 2011 21:33:13 +0000

Jane, The republicans recently voted to do away with medicare as we know it. They want to switch anyone younger than 55 to a plan where they get an insentive to buy private insurance. I guess they think private insurance is going to line up to cover old sick people.
I doubt this will pass at least not yet. But this is what they want.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 05 May 2011 14:10:31 +0000

This is the beginning of removing Medicare for seniors…many won’t be able to afford it soon!

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 05 May 2011 14:09:47 +0000

This measure has already increased costs to patients, caused problems and increased doctors costs. Forced health care is WRONG! Obamacare only has a few good parts…removing pre-existing conditions, allowing kids to stay on their parents insurance, etc. But it will raise the cost of insurance to a point where people can’t pay the premiums anyway and will just pay the fine. You are removing my freedom and subjecting me to extreme costs and poverty!

By: huh

huh — Thu, 05 May 2011 07:36:31 +0000

““I say keep your hands off my freedom,” said Rep. Scott Plakon, a Longwood Republican who sponsored the measure.”

Good to know that i can stop paying car insurance , Thanks Rep Scott Plakon