Health Reform Drags Obama's Poll Ratings Down

There are many issues with the HC system, however, it was the government that created the problem in the first place with Medicare and State Medicaid. The real problem is with the Providers who've been cost-shifting because of the low rates paid by the government. The Providers tack those lost revenues onto the private insurance sector. This has NOTHING to do with insurance companies. It's the Providers and the government that drive the rising costs of HC and so it forces the private insurance to raise premiums to compensate. Insurance companies do not make that much (2-3% margin) as this crooked WH administration and the Democrats would have you believe. They are lying and using insurance as a scape goat to gain popular support from the nation and they are flat out wrong, but most bought into it hook, line and sinker. While *some* insurance companies may be guilty of recinding coverage or denying coverage due to pre-existing conditions, well think about this: Insurance companies have obligations to their members to ensure that they can cover their claims when they get treatment. If insurance companies just took anyone for any reason then what happens when all these very sick people with cancers, tumors, heart conditions, etc, just come onboard to the plan? Well, they're going to cost hundreds of millions to the company that potentially deprives the millions of other people for just those small handful of people. It would be reckless and irresponsible for them to just take anybody in when they know they're going to potentially bankrupt the company or impact everyone else's care/benefits. Just like the WH and congress are being reckless and irresponsible now in jeopardizing nearly 300 million people's coverage/lives for what- 10-20 million? That doesn't make sense and nor does this current HC legislation that is going to drive HC costs/premiums even higher and ultimately bankrupt this country. And it's funny how they say that it's wrong to charge sicker people more in premiums... Think about it like this: You go to get auto insurance and you have multiple accidents, tickets and a DUI... Do you somehow think that you're going to get the same rate as the perfect driver of 25 years that has never had a ticket, accident or DUI? It's all about RISK. Life insurance/actuarials work exactly the same: You smoke, you're overweight, you have high blood pressure and diabetes and you're 50 years old so do you think that you're going to pay the same as a perfectly healthy non-smoker age 25? Health Care is NOT a right. It is a privilege for those that work for it. It should be made affordable to all, however, that will never happen with any government meddling because they created the mess in the first place and will only make it worse. At any rate, first drive down the COST of HC and then look at larger legislation to help the uninsured; otherwise, you'll be dumping tens of million into a broke system that will go over budget in the first year.

SS of IL 9:50AM January 15, 2010