Fight Back - 7 Families Stand up to the Health Insurance Lobby

[wdcsucks1]

you can see that this is no grass roots organization...

[houstonrockets616]

I am currently in medical school, and i find the public option to be bad thing overall for American citizens.

[wiferachel]

Government slaves from cradle to grave.

[dejavueQ]

I will not buy insurance from these sons bitches who made this great country unworthy to living in.

Healthcare WAS, IS and SHOULD be a HUMAN RIGHT and NOT a business to profit these undeserving fuckers!

[wiferachel]

The obamunist administration are medical profiteers without a heart.

[unelmitchell]

not true all of the republicans r brought & just half of the democrats the ones that calls themself the blue dog democrats they r just as worse as the republicans. i am a indenpendent & i know who the true unamericans are, those that working with the evil insurance companies & aganist the american people. they have a website that u can check to see how much the people in congress & sentors or taking. 100% of the republicans are brought & just half of the democrats, the "Blue dogs" sellouts !!!

[disturbed341]

These are people that are tired of being ripped off by the insurance companies why do conservatives like being ripped off you people like it up the butt from what I can see

[unelmitchell]

i agree with you more then 100% about those conservatives. they are so blinded from the truth. they can't even see that fox , beck ,limbaugh and the whole party is brought by these big companies. that is how all of them made there money.just from being puppets for the big companies. and these conservatives don't check this out for themselve. well if they did check it out they will just blame others for it and not seeing the truth for just that the truth. keep up the good work disturbed341.

[66broncos]

Lets have word war 3 cut...down on the pop>>> then we dont need the gov in are bizz

[DillonX]

If we really want to get overall costs down, we should go with Universal Health Care as other industrial nations have.

[demonpreyer]

If the overall cost of health care goes down then the quality of health care goes down. You can't have both.

[superc]

Tell that to Japan who has the best health care in the world which only spends HALF of the US status quo in ratio and proprtion.

[demonpreyer]

Is government run health care going to raise your taxes? FACT: Yes.

Is grhc going to create more jobs? FACT: No.

Is grhc going to make you more healthy? FACT: No.

Is grhc going to create health care rationing? FACT: Yes.

Is grhc going to create doctor and nurse shortages? FACT: Yes.

Is grhc going to be the same "Top Notch" health care that congress gets? FACT: No.

Is grhc going to save more lives? FACT: No.

Is grhc going to cost more than what you're paying the insurance companies? FACT: Yes.

[superc]

Thank you so much for this Youtube clip. More than 60% of Americans have a heart. Let us fight for a public option and then a universal health care in the next 4 years.

We can do it everybody! Denmark is the happiest country in the world, one reason is because they have free health care AT THE POINT OF DELIVERY! :D

superc, CPhT.

[VisionQuest2012]

Why are insurance companies not allowed to compete with each other across state lines? Would competition between insurance companies competing for your dollars actually lower prices?

[jeffmagic32]

take a look at their matching tshirts. These are union hacks and professional protestors straight from SIEU and ACORN. What a joke.

[daisymom4]

hmmm hundreds show up and they report it......thousands show up and they call them a mob.....no double standard here!

[1911arthur]

I love my government operated health care and wouldn't trade it for a million bucks!

I used to have Blue Cross and all they did was jack my rates and deny some of my claims.

Has never happened with my government run health care.

We need Free Choice, NOW.

Prosecute private insurance CEO's for fraud and crimes against humanity as they cause, DEATH.

[wReCktangle]

Should not be a "state opt out" it should be an employer opt out.

[DillonX]

We must have THE PUBLIC OPTION.

Now if states want to opt out...I have no objection to that option.

[whatnowgop]

If you let those states that are controlled by Republicans to opt out that won't do any good for the people that can't afford insurance in their states. That will also mean less people joining the system in order to make it cheaper by spreading costs.

[wdcsucks1]

are all of these people for government run health care? reform yes but government run...HELL NO!!!

[whatnowgop]

LMFAO, So you think private insurance companies are going to reform themselves?

[jeffmagic32]

just like the government is going to save billions of dollars cutting waste and abuse, lol.

[whatnowgop]

You know that is not true. Eight years of Bush and 12 years of Republican control of Congress taught us better.

[jeffmagic32]

Here's what not true - the government will cut waste and fraud, and will reduce the cost of healthcare.

[superc]

Oh for those people against "government run health care" please tell that to the thousands of soldiers enjoying a NOW GREAT VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM = GOVERNMENT RUN.

Thanks to Michael Moore exposing the corruption and whether you like him or not, his film MADE EVERYBODY TALKING.

[demonpreyer]

We are not going to get the same health care system that the soldiers have and we are not going to get the same health care that congress gets. If obama-care passes we will get a watered down, overloaded health care system. My taxes will go through the roof to pay for this trash, but lazy ass liberals like you that don't work, always looking for a handout and don't pay taxes will get a free ride. You liberal ding-heads are ignorant and disgusting beyond repair, and Un-American to boot!

[superc]

Name calling has begun, expect that to a typical NeoCon.

:)

I wonder where you were when George Bush ran the BIGGEST UNLIMITED MOST NON CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT SPENDING that NEVER WENT to the US but to building other nations.

It's only limited government for your convenience.

We've had enough. But you'll just keep on doing your ad hominems so

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[unelmitchell]

demonpreyers you are half right about the watered down healthcare but it won't be just obama's fault it would be 100% fault of the republicans and the blue dog conservatives & Joe Lieberman that have sold there souls to the big insurance companies. both blue dog democrats & republicans are selling out the american people. they are the true unpatroitic Nazis. that are selling out the american people.

[unelmitchell]

we have one of the worse VA system in the world. just like the usa healthcare system. its all about greed. and the conservatives can't even see that they would perfer war over people's lifes. if we get rid of this war we can have more then enought for healthcare. but this country can't afford to have anymore republicans

or conservative on both sides running this country. we have seen what the out come was the last 8 years. i am a indenpendent & i hope that i never see that never again !!!

[jeffmagic32]

exactly. The government has a proven track record of waste and abuse. The notion they can reform anything is laughable.

[actualizeU]

Well if government doesn't work, perhaps we should get rid of medicare, social security and the military. We can just privatize everything! Why not let Morgan Chase and Goldman just take charge and maybe we can run this nation at a profit. We will have official corporate fiefdoms.

45,000 people die every year because they are uninsured. This system is broken! Human life, is more important than profits, unless all you care about it stock prices.

[jeffmagic32]

Certain things, like the military and the courts, are necessary evils. Corporate profits work great bringing you food and clothing and housing. And healthcare, if the government would get out of the way.

[actualizeU]

The government has been out of the way. That is how we have arrived at the status quo. Health Insurance companies have even been exempt from anti trust laws.

So how do we fix it? The Republican answer is let them die quickly, they cut into the profit margin.

Is human life worth less than profit?

[jeffmagic32]

The government is smack dab in the middle of the way. Here in CA, I have 3 health insurance options, and all 3 include prenatal care and a host of other things I am biologically incapable of ever needing. Contrary to the propaganda coming from the white house, health insurance companies are less profitable than the average company in America.

[actualizeU]

The federal government doesn't set up policies, does it? Don't we all pay for coverage we don't use. Thank God I don't need chemotherapy, but I"m happy it's covered for the people who do. That's really the theory behind insurance, spreading the risk over a large pool. We really are interdependent. We need roads, schools and healthcare so our society can flourish. Caring for the sick is a basic moral teaching,

[jeffmagic32]

The policies I speak of are heavily influenced by politicians at the state level. In my state, the biggest insurance companies have teamed up with special interest groups to make sure I have to pay for things I do not need, such as prenatal care. Women who intend to get pregnant should get policies that cover prenatal care.  For everyone else, its a giant waste of money and yet another limitation on our freedom to buy what we want to suit our own particular needs.

[actualizeU]

It sounds like the insurance companies have a monopoly and politicians in their pockets. A lack of choice is one of the biggest problems that must be overcome. In Va Well Point and Aetna control 85% of the market. My rates have doubled in five years, and I'm healthy. I can't afford that kind of increase. BTW, I did read the article on insurance profits. it focused on 2008 data, to get the low percentages. Profits were down for everyone that year.

[EndTheFedRes]

This completely unnecessary level of corporatism dramatically increases costs and worsens care. Healthcare is no longer simply between doctors and patients, it is now about medical corporations, insurance companies, regulations, tort law and mountains of paperwork.

[EndTheFedRes]

The US has long been considered the worlds gold standard for healthcare. However, in the 60s Medicare and Medicaid were introduced, which effectively eliminated any private market for affordable healthcare for the elderly or the indigent. Then, in the 70s, collusion between the medical establishment, drug companies and politicians created the whole HMO / managed care system in an effort to move us further toward a universal care system.

[EndTheFedRes]

Government intervention broke healthcare. Now they claim even more will fix it.

Healthcare was running great up until the 1960's with very little to no government intervention.

The problems of healthcare today are the legacy of government intervention in the healthcare market, not failures of the market.

[mlmcashbiz]

I am a canadian and i get free health care i think it is crazy that the great country of usa does not give the same to their people.

Keep fighting all dont give up

[superc]

mlmcashbiz : Thank you so much Mr. Canadian. Some of us do have a heart. BTW I too am into MLM :D

[actualizeU]

thanks.. Please excuse the guys on here.. they get all excited watching Fox and have to come here and hate on everyone because the gubment is out the get them. They don't realize they are just pawns.

[antonscottgoustin]

If we let the K Street lobbyists and Max Baucus call the shots on health care reform--the US will continue to slide further downhill. Congress--please listen to THE PEOPLE, and not Max Baucus and K Street!

[antonscottgoustin]

The lobbyists on K Street are not working in America's interests. They are not working even for their own CLIENTS' (insurance companies) interests. The medical insurance lobbyists are doing the same thing the lobbyists for GM and Chrysler did in the 1990s on fuel mileage standards for automobiles. In the 1990s the K Street lobbyists won--and GM and Chrysler lost sight of the world auto market. THEY WENT BANKRUPT, bringing the US economy into collapse in September 2008!

[KeeperOfTheWord]

Yeppers! We're lookin' at criminal enterprise for sure! Can we say, "fraud?"