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Obama’s Healthcare Plan’s Support Shrinks as its Price Grows

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What gives Obama & Congress the right to make our healt care choices for us. It isn't good enough for them, but great for us
little peons. Why should we have to settle for less?
Our drs. don't have the choice to treat us now, as they should
& someone else should not have the right to tell us that we can or cannot have the treatments needed.
More considerations needs to be given to getting jobs back to
the USA & getting people back to work. More people could afford to buy health insurance.

Linda Nickell of KY 7:37PM September 08, 2009

God himself gave us freedom of choice which from as far as I am able to discern is more than our president is willing to do. I am certain that The Lord knows what is best for me, yet He allows me to make my own choices. I am not nearly as confident that the presidebt knows which way to turn. I am so tired of this foolishness about the government solving our problems. The government is our problem. Who among you believes that if you are in financial distress,that the best thing to do is go out and spend ever more money that you are borrowing. In the private sector, printing useless money is counterfeiting. What is the proper name for it when it is authorized by the president. As far back as I can recall, it was called inflation and was a poor move. We need to stop where we are and demand that the elected officials that we voted into office be accountable for this spending spree that they are on. From the word of God, it was up to the people of faith to provide for those who could not provide for themselves. I have never read a word in the Bible that says that the government should do that. We have a responsiblity to God to stand for what is right. I only owe the federal government taxes and money that they keep borrowing in my name and I for one, want it stopped.

Linda Hunt of AL 9:13AM August 26, 2009

I just had an idea. What if all the liberal democrats were allowed govern themselves how ever they want in their own part of the country. Then the the rest of us were left to run our part of the country how we wanted. I would be curious to see how that would size up. Only problem is i suppose that would become two nations at that point. Some states did it, why could we not do it on a national level. I find it totally unacceptable to live in a country with communist or socialist ideology. God Bless America, or what is left of it. By the way how many trillion dollars is this going to cost us, our children, their children? How many generations? What exactly is a trillion dollars anyway? Private Health Insurance works just fine. There only needs to be fine tuning and more regulation. To entirely replace it with government insurance is outrageous. We have the best Health Care in the world. What justification is there for an all out government take over? This is not about refining our Healthcare at all. This is a power grab by those with socialist and communist ideology. This is truly a fight between good and evil. God Bless

Art of FL 10:04AM July 26, 2009

This means for totalitarianism for the white, rich health care system investors. Why can't President Obama help pass "compulsory" justice to help those who have the least (home, food, shelter) get it? You all are disgusting for trying to pass this over on the American people.

A concerned citizen of LA 8:04PM July 22, 2009

Any plan that Congress can exempt itself from should get a big fat NO vote. It's the only way any change can guarantee the bill is actually read by our representatives before it's foisted on the rest of us.

Jill of CA 6:58PM July 22, 2009

AMERICA’S NATIONAL HEALTHCARE EMERGENCY!
It’s official. America and the World are now in a GLOBAL PANDEMIC. A World EPIDEMIC with potential catastrophic consequences for ALL of the American people. The first PANDEMIC in 41 years. And WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES will have to face this PANDEMIC with the 37th worst quality of healthcare in the developed World.
STAND READY AMERICA TO SEIZE CONTROL OF YOUR NATIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
We spend over twice as much of our GDP on healthcare as any other country in the World. And Individual American spend about ten times as much out of pocket on healthcare as any other people in the World. All because of GREED! And the PRIVATE FOR PROFIT healthcare system in America.
And while all this is going on, some members of congress seem mostly concern about how to protect the corporate PROFITS! of our GREED DRIVEN, PRIVATE FOR PROFIT NATIONAL DISGRACE. A PRIVATE FOR PROFIT DISGRACE that is in fact, totally valueless to the public health. And a detriment to national security, public safety, and the public health.
Progressive democrats the Tri-Caucus and others should stand firm in their demand for a robust government-run public option for all Americans, with all of the minimum requirements progressive democrats demanded. If congress can not pass a robust public option with at least 51 votes and all robust minimum requirements, congress should immediately move to scrap healthcare reform and request that President Obama declare a state of NATIONAL HEALTHCARE EMERGENCY! Seizing and replacing all PRIVATE FOR PROFIT health insurance plans with the immediate implementation of National Healthcare for all Americans under the provisions of HR676 (A Single-payer National Healthcare Plan For All).
Coverage can begin immediately through our current medicare system. With immediate expansion through recruitment of displaced workers from the canceled private sector insurance industry. Funding can also begin immediately by substitution of payroll deductions for private insurance plans with payroll deductions for the national healthcare plan. This is what the vast majority of the American people want. And this is what all objective experts unanimously agree would be the best, and most cost effective for the American people and our economy.
In Mexico on average people who received medical care for A-H1N1 (Swine Flu) with in 3 days survived. People who did not receive medical care until 7 days or more died. This has been the same results in the US. But 50 million Americans don’t even have any healthcare coverage. And at least 200 million of you with insurance could not get in to see your private insurance plans doctors in 2 or 3 days, even if your life depended on it. WHICH IT DOES!
If President Obama has to declare a NATIONAL STATE OF EMERGENCY to rescue the American people from our healthcare crisis, he will need all the sustained support you can give him. STICK WITH HIM! He’s doing a brilliant job.
THIS IS THE BIG ONE!
THE BATTLE OF GOOD Vs EVIL!
Join the fight.
Contact congress and your representatives NOW! AND SPREAD THE WORD!
God Bless You
Jacksmith – WORKING CLASS
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-welsh/americans-lives-vs-insura_b_241703.html)

jacksmith of TX 7:18PM July 21, 2009

Ask your Congressmen to approve HR 615 which will require all Congressmen and their families to be on Obamacare.
This will be the true test if they will put their money where their partisan mouths are!

Ken of WI 6:10PM July 21, 2009

Why are the numbers bloated?
Because Kodak Obama keeps trying to expand government and safeguard his political majority. He sure is trying to be a rock star!
How many of the people without insurance have made that decision for themselves? I knew people at work who opted out!
How many of the uninsured are ILLEGAL immigrants? Think California for starters.
How many of the uninsured have been caused by the 2.6 million who lost jobs since Obama took over Jan.20 and that were supposed to have their jobs saved because he ramrodded the Stimulus Bill through and it was supposed to be immediately successful? Ha, ha.
What has the government ran successfully? Noughing is about right. Most of Congress are lawyers who are trained to quibble and screw things up. They sure don't act like they are employed by the citizens in their districts.
We all need to be thinking about term limits.

Ken of WI 6:06PM July 21, 2009

If this 'new' health care plan is soooo very wonderful....do you suppose that the members of Congress and their families will be on it? Do you think that if one of Nancy Pelosi's grandchildren needs an operation that they would be put on the waiting list with the rest of us? I seriously doubt it. If it's not good enough for them, why is it good enough for us?

Patty of TX 3:23PM July 21, 2009

No where in our constitution are we told we have a right to health care. Get off your butt and pay for it. It is not my responsibility to pay or help pay for your health care. Nor is it your responsibility to pay for mine. It is not the goverments job to provide health care for anyone. Now the deadbeat illegal immigrants get it and the mothers who act like they don't know where babies come from get it. We should end this as well

walan of NC 3:14PM July 21, 2009