HHS Secretary Sebelius Takes Questions from BlogHer on Health Reform

[Maryanneoke]

Health Care reform... Lowering cost. Do you know they will cut cost by lowering the poverty level from 24,000 to 13,000. Yah they look good on paper but things are not going to get better that way. And if you are old and sick or mental and sick you can be turned down for treatment.

[floridagrandpa]

I am on board for health care reform. I am not on board to be force to pay for abortions. As a Mormon friend pointed out a government which can outlaw abortion can mandate them. Look at China which forces women to kill their children. That is why I want this matter left up to the individual in our country. But I do not want to be force to  participate in infanticide. Funding for abortion needs to not be state provided but left up to the individual.

[Dislekseyuh]

Would you be against it in the case of rape, or the mother's life at stake? If so, then you can go fuck yourself, then slit your throat.

[floridagrandpa]

Dislekseyuh:

You need to go to a reading class. Not only are you rude you cannot comprehend what you read.

[Dislekseyuh]

I like being an ass hole. Fuck the mormons.

[Dislekseyuh]

And I did see that "it should be left to the individual." That still doesn't mean you're for it. A retard redneck can still go "I hate them there faggot homosexuals, and they'll burn in Hell, but they can still sodomize each other if they want to."

[piyushsoniccc]

Obama is doing his best, hes better then the previous president

[100GeorgeSPatton]

@piyushsoniccc They spent so much money in bailouts and stimulus money they could have instead just say no one pay there taxes for a year. That would have helped the economy. And you. But he didnt he chose to help special interest. Doing his best at that. Even if they created 3 mil. jobs it would have been 210 thousand tax dollers for every job. So why not just give the money to people? Because they dont give a crap. Hes only doing his best to gain control.

[piyushsoniccc]

thanks is this bad for Doctors

[100GeorgeSPatton]

@piyushsoniccc its bad for everyone. That comment was a reply to your "doing his best" comment.

[groundhog2008]

Between what President Obama said about our healthcare bill and what Sebelious said, I am sold on the healthcare bill!! It would have been a even better bill, and with a public option if it were not for the republicans. No matter what state we live in, we all need to go the the polls and vote out each and every republican that we can, and not elect any new ones. All they want to do is work against the great good that our wonder President Obama is trying to do!!!!

[ajack50]

odumba had to search very hard to find this idiot and the rest of his commie czars.hey odumba I have a great idea,take your family and your communist czars and go back to kenya they love you there,we hate your marxist ass here

[pgunn01]

Hmm? As a marxist, I have to say you're pretty confused. Obama's never been one of us.

[ajack50]

you odumba folks were lied to and duped,you elected a fraud and he is taking this country to the cleaners,nothing is free!

[zonie1953]

I think they must have named the Swine flu after these two pigs. Another Obama failure

[zonie1953]

Grounhog why do you hate rich people. Why should they pay for your or my health care? And your figures on Obamas ratings are reaaly wrong. Where did you get those numbers Keith Ohlbermann or Rachel Maddow. I hope you stay on this site when you see how rotten this plan is. You know, the one your liar messiah put out, the one one that includes murdering unborn babies. Oh wait, Obama did say he didnt want to punish them with a baby

[groundhog2008]

A new poll just out, shows that Obama's approval rating has risen 7%. The consenses is that it will continue to go up more and more if healthcare reform is passed. Another polls shows that 62% of Americans now support the healthcare reform bill that is being passed. Now, insurance companies will no longer deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions!! This is great news for all of us!!

[ajack50]

you are an idiot they have fallen 7% and the congress is in the minus column moron

[memama2]

...this women and Obama spend each day = LYING BY OMMISION..........the dunce DIMS will "get it" ...when they open their new TAX BILLS.......at their mailboxes and go .......huuuhhh???

[memama2]

..........Listen to YouTube video:.....Michael Savage - Obama is a Naked Marxist - December 17 2009

[WinterHaven]

Hey elderly people-medicare is going to cover people 55 years old and older-if you think cuts are bad now, you just wait. They even SAID they will make medicare cuts. Those death panels are not so far fetched after all.

[groundhog2008]

Old people just need to just prepare to die. Pending money on old people is like spending money on an old car. Just patching it up is not gonna make it last much longer. Old people are non productive people. Healthcare should only be for the young, not old folks!! Healthcare provisions should be made to prepare them to just die!! Please, please, I do hope the bill will allow tax money to pay for abortions for any low income women who so desires it!!

[pgunn01]

Are you crazy? These are people who have put their time in for our prosperity, and you want them to hurry up and die? Do you have no old relatives? Do you not appreciate contribution to society?

[WinterHaven]

Elderly people should not have to pay for any of their health care. Now with this new "health care reform" MORE CUTS will happen - like I said get ready for the death panels.

[pgunn01]

You can say what you like, but your claims are not based on facts. Making stuff up is a lousy way to discuss something.

[WinterHaven]

I'm afraid I'm not making ANY of it up-the government will not interfere with inflated costs of private health insurance, and it will become MANDATORY to get health insurance or face fines. That's fact. And if you can't pay the fines you go to JAIL!

[genusrightwingus]

non sequitur is the word to describe this

persons argument. If you add references or links to support your argument thats different.

[WinterHaven]

In other words, death panels.

[WinterHaven]

This "health care reform" made the term "private" null and void. They no longer can screen which is done to keep costs down. I thought in private enterprise you have that right. This is going to bankrupt private insurance companies because people won't be able to afford it by taking EVERYBODY. And the US government will fine people for dropping their policy-up to making arrests. If this isn't Gestapo, I don't know what is.

[WinterHaven]

This health care reform is a nightmare. You all will FORCE private insurance to take EVERYBODY-morbidly obese, diabetics, chronic lung disease, heart diseases, autoimmune disorder, CANCER, AIDS, etc. This will DRIVE the cost of private insurance so high it will be unafforable. That's why these companies SCREEN. And it will be ILLEGAL to drop your policy because the US government will arrest you for doing that-yes, that was written in the bill. Some health care reform. More like the gestapo.

[prophallus]

@WinterHaven

One day you may have a disease that you listed. Health care will be on your side!

[WinterHaven]

No it won't. There will be so many cuts they will let me die.

[groundhog2008]

WinterHaven : Rich folks shuld be forced to fund this bill!!!! No matter what disease a person has, they should be treated, I dont care how sick they are. It is the duty of these rich folk should pay for it!!! Why, why, why, does WinterHaven hate Obama for the great good that our government leaders are trying to do?? We all need to be required to take care of the poor, no matter the cost!!!!

[WinterHaven]

Because I'm NOT rich and it is people like me who have to support these obese people, the cancer and AIDS patients, and those who abused their body all of their life deliberately and willfully with endless smoking, over eating, drinking. Private insurance premiums will triple at least and I can hardly afford it now and I'm in perfect health. on NO prescriptions. NOT FAIR!!!

[FromDimmuLand]

NorthCom say you are an enemy if you believe in the Bible !!

[marzutraII]

You want me to pay for you to kill babies?

[prophallus]

A 2 month old fetus is not a baby!

[genusrightwingus]

prophallus; You are another baby killer,

how many loving babies have you had murdered for your own selfish convenience? You may LIE to yourself, I do not accept your LIES! I am the proud father of 8 wonderfull children.

The real argument over infanticide is pointless, you must argue your case before GOD, and his judgement is FINAL.

[prophallus]

I hope you can provide for your 8 children and help them with their education and establishing their career. After all, they are the future.

[pgunn01]

We can CAPITALISE random WORDS too, but it DOESN'T make us look any SMARTER. Seems you also believe in fairy tales. I hope your children grow up smarter than you do.

[genusrightwingus]

To all the Obamacare Pimps and Hoe's;

for those about to vote, we salute you!

(with a middle finger extended and held high).

[NookulerFreedom]

Hi!

I'm Catherine Sebelius:

I have so much fucking BOTOX pumped into my face, I have blood coming out of my eyes!

Will Obamacare support this?

[WinterHaven]

You forgot to mention all of that hair dye!

[NookulerFreedom]

Even Keith Olbermann, Ariana Huffington, and Howard Dean are aginst this NAZI HEALTH CARE BILL.

watch?v=vEpOY1aYSWo

This is about impotent Obama claiming a win.

I assure you, you will be impeached. YOU WILL ALL BE DESTROYED.

[pianoattunement]

This Healthcarereform is the best thing has happend to you americans in recent history. I cant see you cheering.

[NookulerFreedom]

Catherine Sebelius:

An intellectually dysfunctional Nazi Cunt hooked on BOTOX.

FUCK YOU WHORE.

watch?v=ho-0SHFEgGo

[NookulerFreedom]

Hey Sebelius:

Is Obamas NAZI HEALTH CARE going to pay for your FUCKING BOTOX INJECTIONS?

YOU FUCKING CUNT.

"Obama Depopulation Policy Exposed! Red Alert!!!!!!"

watch?v=ho-0SHFEgGo

[Rudetube69]

fuck these ladies, and all the other ladies....

[seaplaneguy1]

Either the MARKET (we the people) will regulate by our choices, or Government (we the hateful elite) will regulate by fiat and fascism in behalf of friends of pols.

Deduction on individual only, not corps.

Medical savings accounts,

Insurance purchase across State / National lines. Chinese insurance policy? Why not?

Judges need malpractice insurance.

4 year term limit for ALL government employees.

10% max on government employment.

Look, YOUR OPINION about MY health IS NOT WANTED!

[underbird]

The Detroitification of your healthcare system at work.

[RichardE8ST]

If we had government backed insurance the republicans cry that is socialist.

If we have a private insurance the republicans cry that its fascists.

republicans are going to cry no matter what so why bother listening to them?

[prophallus]

YES!

[sweetelesue]

A government that FORCES its citizens to buy a product or service from private industry is, by definition, fascist.

[prophallus]

@sweetelesue

are you a fascist? you have the type of anger only common to fascists!

Government needs to protect its people, to provide access to services for all no matter how much money they have. Obama's plan will try to do this! No one in America has done it yet!

[sweetelesue]

Anyone else notice how the furnishings in this room would feed a poverty-level family of 5 for an entire year?

[angryislander56]

If a pacifist demanded no public funds be spent on the military, he would be dismissed as an idiot.

The same dismissal should be accorded the anti abortion attempt to isolate the poorest women. After all, a woman who can't afford an abortion can certainly afford a child.

[prophallus]

Its important that the right to choose is preserved!

[myownsummer85]

what a weak bunch of questions. how about why has Obama switched from a platform of being pro public option and oppossed to mandates and subsidies (Hilary Clinton and John McCain's proposals) to flipping the other way. How about asking about how health care company's will make it prohibitively expensive to get coverage if they don't want you. How about the relevance of the surge in the stock market for the health insurance industry to whether this bill is good for the people, or the industry

[f1nK3L90]

darwinism.

[soldieroffortune1974]

Great,abortion funds.Now a husband will be paying for a cheating wife's getting an abortion. Americans will be paying for abortions as a form of birth control.

Hell,don't get me wrong I believe in abortions. I agree some people don't need to procreate,but I like to choose who uses my money for what.

[prophallus]

No one is promoting abortions, but it is important that the right to choose is there in emergency situations!

[soldieroffortune1974]

I love the way they never answer a question without a 10 minute diatribe about nothing. They make you forget what the actual question was,then gloss over it. This is Insurance reform,not health care reform.

[makwingka1985hk]

she look like man , the right side one

[Mplay1983]

about these questions were answered. well, the thing is, I would have like a public option but it was going to subsidized by the gov't which is good. thing is, if it had to start from ground zero, the true question, how cheap would it have been?? the medicare expansion would have been more impactful. the current exchange is good.

[CMLovejoy]

Why does the government need to consume the health care industry?

Its bad, but you have a flat tire, you don't replace the car.

[Taospark]

That was never anyone's idea. The main goal was to create an insurance option which could cover the 50+ million people that the market refused to cover.

[Drumvain]

Another biliderberg scumbag, this woman is A high level witch of the NWO. She is nothing more than A control freak eugenicist.

[CMLovejoy]

So why didn't they just do the easy thing?

Just expand Medicaid to pick up those 50 million.

Of course they wouldn't do that because it would have cost the insurance company's billions. Obama can't do that because he represents corporate America.

[Taospark]

They can't do that. Medicaid is only for those under a certain income and raising it would never have even passed among the Democrats.

Obama is the one who pushed the public option in the first place and the insurance companies supported it since they get money as subcontracted HMOs. It's the pharmaceuticals that opposed it because they lose out when the HMOs push generics.

[jpayne68177]

the health care bill sucks. Free market system health care is pathetic. The politicians should be ashamed of themselves. Health care is a social thing, not a profit thing. Make the motivation profit, the people lose. United States continues to lag behind in the modern world.

[memama2]

@jpayne68177 = if Health Care "is a social thing, not a profit thing"......then go live in CRAP CARE CANADA!....my Canadian aunties life is RUINED! totally ruined from entering their ER and receiving nothing but a BED for her Death/Migraine! They began treatment when they found her in a COMA!......you see dunce DIM "jpa" in America WE TREAT EMERGENCIES like EMERGENCIES with a second hand on a Watch! In Commie Commrade CRAP CARE (Obama wants for us) they TREAT with a CALENDAR! = yer an idiot!!!!!

[jpayne68177]

Such arrogance and bad spelling. Canada's system isn't perfect, but ours is worse. In Canada everyone has health care, over here around 50 million are not covered. Countless people have died from curable diseases simply because they could not afford to live. When the free market system is responsible for the health care of people, they will do everything they can to deny coverage and minimize care, in the name of profit. The United States is not as perfect as your mommy and daddy told you.

[goptwothemax]

Ok? So no one will need to pay... that cant pay... so the ones that can pay for them hmmmmmm. Might as will go back in time & tell the Fathers not to brake away beacuse we are going back to TAX TAX TAX. not IMPROVE HELP IMPROVE.

[gatewayapartments]

Lowbottomranch you really must try not to curse when you write on here, how is it rape. In fact if it was then the event of rape could cost a victim much debt to gain treatment, at least under this act they are protected. You need to choose your words much better.

"Well Done" Obama!!!

[gatewayapartments]

"Well Done" This bill is for the people and does not need to be reformed. People need to listen to what the President says. He has made his case very clear. With many family members living in America it effects our family should any of them fall ill with a long term illness. I am so pleased with this reform and lest hope that the special interests groups start to listen to the people.

[RichardE8ST]

If the republicans hate it it must be good.

[USoSilly2Me]

Too fucking funny......even the left hates this Corrupt Bill.

[BabybooR33]

actually the 'bad' overwhelmingly over weighs the 'good' in the bill... 1 step forward 3 steps backwards...

[2xtream]

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