Save Health Care In 4 Minutes

[AllTheGoodNamzWerTkn]

Why is one of your advertisers the Americans for Prosperity?

[williamjacobs]

Typo:

"That as my daughter"

I think you mean "That is my daughter:"

[MountAthos]

Americans are paying attention, they just don't want this reform. Here's the real poll data.

Zogby poll (July 16, 2009).

"An expanded role for government in health care is opposed by 48 percent of Americans, while 44 percent support it. Forty-six percent of respondents agreed that a public plan is needed to "keep insurance companies honest."

"The latest USA Today/Gallup poll finds more Americans disapproving (50%) than approving (44%) of the way Barack Obama is handling healthcare policy."

[Smartassawhip]

For information about the public option plan and ways to contact your representatives including phone numbers, email addresses and postal addresses... please visit my profile. It is very important that we let them know we want this public option health care plan. Thank you.

[ObamaSucksDicks]

why don't you go look for a job instead of making youtube videos demanding free stuff?

[frane9r9r]

You are mispronouncing the senators name.

it is really annoying.

[amongsttheeIwalk]

So this guy say's I don't have healthcare so we need healthcare reform. Then he states I have a cell phone hmm maybe lose your cell phone and buy health insurance. I have health insurance now and I have no complaints with the current system we have now. I actually fear what this government will do to our health care system.

[ryanshaunkelly]

single payer is NOT off the table

[Smartassawhip]

MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN---PRIVATE & PUBLIC---HEALTH CARE:

PRIVATE:

Places the INSURANCE COMPANY between YOU & YOUR DOCTOR. The Insurance Company DECIDES what treatment they'll authorize & pay for, or what claim they'll deny & cancel the policy.

PUBLIC:

Your DOCTOR is the one WHO DECIDES what treatment YOU require. NO profit involved. NO more red tape. NO begging with Insurance Co. for approval.

All SENATORS have a GOVERNMENT run PUBLIC PLAN !!

[ObamaSucksDicks]

correction-

PUBLIC: The GOVERNMENT decides who gets what treatment because this program will be too expensive to ever come up with the money. People will die on waiting lists for surgery because health care will be rationed out.

[Smartassawhip]

CHOICES: Americans will be able to CHOOSE BETWEEN their current PRIVATE insurance OR a High-Quality PUBLIC Government-run plan similar to Medicare. If you like your current plan KEEP IT. If you don't—or don't have any—you can get the PUBLIC Government-run plans that cover all Senators in Congress.

[Smartassawhip]

HIGH-QUALITY COVERAGE: With YOUR choice of doctors. Government-run plans have a track record of innovating to improve quality, because they're NOT just focused on short-term profits. And if you choose the PUBLIC plans, you'll still get to choose YOUR doctor and hospital.

[Smartassawhip]

WELL ALL SAVE A BUNCH OF MONEY: The PUBLIC health insurance options don't have to spend money on CEO bonuses, shareholder dividends, or excessive advertising, so it'll cost a lot less. Plus, the PRIVATE plans will have to lower their rates & provide better value to compete, so people who keep their current PRIVATE insurance will save, too.

[Smartassawhip]

IT WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY: A for-profit insurer can close, move out of state, or just kick you off their insurance rolls. The PUBLIC health insurance option will ALWAYS be available to provide you with the health security you need.

[Smartassawhip]

THE KEY PART OF OBAMAS HEALTH CARE: No longer will sick people, folks in rural communities, low-income Americans or with pre-existing conditions be forced to go without coverage. The PUBLIC health insurance plan will be available to EVERYONE. For those struggling to make ends meet, the premiums will be subsidized by the government.

[Ex0dus111]

that is ridiculus, ur Orwellian idea has no basis in fact, look at Canada or any EU country.

[LGLF1]

Ya Im a Canadian and I have great healthcare, If ANY politician EVER tryed to go to a fully private system here they would be laughed out of the country.

[505alicious]

So do people in Canada have private insurance and public options and are there any fines if you do not have insurance. Im just checking to see if we are comparing apples to apples. Also, if there is a private option is this done through co-ops? If so, how is that working for Canadians?

[LGLF1]

In Canada we have a single payer setup,funded mostly by income tax,but people who make over 25G a year pay a small primium of about $60 a month for a faimly of any size(in BC, It varys in areas).No its not an option,its mandated,evrybody pays in evrybody is covered no matter what happens,no questions asked by anybody, no denial no cuttoff ever for any reason past or present.This covers any medical procedure you can think of excluding, dental,optical,perscriptions.b­ut any doctor,hospital,surgery

[LGLF1]

Now for dental(covered till 16yr old) optical, perscriptions.its private.Thats where you can get extra insurance through most large companys(who also pay the $60 primium)No Co ops for government medical,no need, absoutly evrything is covered. EXAMPLE. you can be driving with no licence,drunk,with a 12 yr old hooker on your lap,crash,break evry bone,get fingers cut off, taken to er they find lung cancer from smokin crack,and half a dildo in your butt, and its all taken care of no matter what

[LGLF1]

Is our system perfect..NO But are any?Is it free? NO,but it feels like it.Some people have to wait for surgerys like hip or knee replacements,but that is because its on a priority basis, emergencys trump evrything.But we all are free to start buisnesses,change jobs ,quit jobs,retire,skydive,bungy jump,race cars,stab ourselves in the head what the hell ever.were all covered no matter what horrors are enflicted on you,with no BS fine print to f-us arround.NOW THATS FUKN FREEDOM BABY!!!!

[LGLF1]

Theres no such thing as Pre existing conditions, no trying to find ways to deny you,NO co pay,NOT an extra dollar out of your pocket for anything(well ambulance ride costs which is stupid)No body goes bankrupt, or has to sell anything,borrow money,make payments to a hospital. You NEVER see a bill or know what anything costs. Yes its working,always has, I dont care what you see or hear,We consider ourselves lucky,and find it a shame USA cant do something similar. But your VERY close

[Smartassawhip]

PUBLIC HEALTH PLAN:

ALL Americans are now paying in HIDDEN TAXES the cost for medical care for the "UNINSURED" who must use the Emergency Room.

With President Obama's Health Plan ALL AMERICANS will be covered. These HIDDEN TAXES will disappear.

WHY is a ... "PUBLIC GOVERNMENT PLAN" ... good enough for ALL REPUBLICAN SENATORS in Congress ... but NOT good enough for ALL AMERICANS who choose this option over a Private Plan??

AGAIN we see the blatant REPUBLICAN LIES & HYPOCRISY !!

[JoeFelice]

Nice. I'm putting this on my page.

[thebdonski]

Great video

[seth3481]

Good work Stranahan. I'm trying to do my part, you're obviously doing yours.

[onlyrey]

I hope Baucus' Plan HAS the Public Plan in it. The Co-Ops sound like a recipe for failure. The public plan would inject some good competition to the health insurance companies. Think about it, the insurance companies have a pretty sweet deal because they get the least risky population charging them a huge premium, while medicare and medicaid end up with the risky portion of the population. I DO NOT TRUST the health insurance companies. The public plan should put them on their toes.

[wildpeachatl737]

And we shouldn't trust them, as they have done their part to help break the backs of Americans by the astronomical costs and the 'legal' doping of America.

Why is it we don't hear aboout those wonderful free-market principles such as lower costs, better service and competition opportunities that we always hear from the business communities?

It's time to take the business out of healthcare, one undermines the other and the guaranteed losers are the public.

[Joe402]

"I hope Baucus' Plan HAS the Public Plan in it."

"...Baucus' Plan..."

"...Public Plan..."

lol