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  • Actually under ObamaCare some of the citizens tax money would go towards Community Health Centers, temporary high-risk pools, and federal insurance plans. Thus some of our tax money would be used in these areas to fund the tools and resources for an abortion. Forcing taxpayers to subsidize abortion is evil and tyrannical.

  • I believe he used poor judgment by debunking the myths. By doing so, he is acknowledging they exist and giving them positive reinforcement.

  • Ron Paul 2012!!!

  • Im not for reform or against it. But to be honest I wouldn't implement it. If I were in charge I wouldn't implement anything for anyone. I would keep the government out of everything possible including road maintenance, police, and so on... And I would just tell all those car companies that asked for bailouts: "sorry but the government has to stay out of private business." And just watch them fail. Then when the people begin to complain I would just tell them that they brought this on themselves

  • @roblox84 It's a good thing you're flaccidly commenting on YouTube videos instead of being in charge, then.

  • @cjc813 Yeah it what just a smart ass comment. But honestly, if the government didn't step in people would then complain that the government doesn't regulate enough, lol.

  • how can the current "millions" of Americans that cannot afford healthcare now pay for the public option on top of paying for the new government bureaucracy to run this business. Very FEW people now this, but the government already sets the costs of healthcare today..and people will wounder why nothing changes with the public option.

  • 3:30 How about giving us free peopel the right ot continue to be free and have the choice on having coverage or not!!! making people criminals because they do not want insurance?? Some people have religous rights to not have it! Some people like to be grown up enough to CHOOSE if they want coverage!!!!!! dictator!!!

  • Once again Mr. Obama makes appeals to solidarity, in an attempt to shame his critics into silence. He does not say WHY health care costs are increasing - and don't you need to know that before attempting a solution? Trurth is, higher costs are the RESULT of increasing gov't interference in the health care free market for the past 40 years. And the solution is MORE of this?

  • google Doe's Account, its insane.

  • Barak's Health Care Proposal, Can it help America's denizens. .? American views need to be spoken! Visit my tube profile page and learn how.

  • Thank you President Obama!! I appreciate any help you give in our healthcare. I would like help on co-pays..If that can be addressed too. Thanks again Mr.President!!

  • Mr. President. If we don't have health insurance. Are we forced to get it?

  • The sky is falling the sky is falling.

    All you Chicken Littles out there, give this a chance.

    Universal Healthcare is fantastic.

    The reason why this is even a debate, is because there is serious money behind not having Universal healthcare happen. They want the business of being sick to remain a business.

    Good luck O.

  • "Americans are grappling with health insurance premiums that are growing three times the rate of wages"

    Well then good thing we dropped government limitations on premium increases at the last moment before the bill passed =\

    At least there's a percent set for how much pharma has to spend out of premiums on actual care, but considering the big wins Pharma and the mega-Hospitals had on this bill, insura'll probably still raise premiums and the excess money will just funnel into their pockets.

  • if it was only one person paying for health care or a small group ok but EVERYONE IS PAYING wats the problem? dam some people r just plain greedy and ignorant as fhck, we only have one planet and one life to live if u can help someone just do it its just paper, wow its funny how paper changes people over time i agree some will abuse it because there r human and humans r ignorant and stupid bit dont punish all for one bad apple god plz

  • i love free health care, thank God i am canadian.

  • He's a very smart guy, as one would expect from a harvard law professor. However he is a total politician.

  • @mortician54 how about buying your own insurance. get off your ass and start earning some money to pay for your own insurance!

  • It is sad that so many believe the fallacies that Obama has debunked here.

    Isn't it obvious to everyone that the insurance companies don't want health insurance reform and so they are throwing money at anyone who will speak out against reform?

    The fact that they have spent millions of dollars for tv ads proves one thing. If they don't want this reform, it will a good thing for their customers if it passes.

  • FREE health care...??

    What planet you be from??

    Our free HC costs family mom dad & child $17,000/year with blummercare chump...

    Anyway we know if you were really from outside USA you would have better things to do than blabberin on this site right?

    If you really are, then get a life man...you just got lost between the hundred or so paid $2/hr EX--bloggers advocating fo blomacare by cut & paste & squirmin when they get called out...

  • 17 k a year only to be ripped off at the last moment when you finally get cancer or something else nasty....somewhere else in canada ZeWitchKid pay 2k a year,get treated, never worry about coverage, sure hospitals are overpopulated from time to time, at least i get treated before i die.....for 8 and a half less the price :D

  • In Canada we have free health care for all, whats the problem why are you all so scared of free health care.

  • @dpgsoldier we know you have free health care you pussy. shut the hell up and let us handle our own situations.

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  • @kgceltics5 Little internet thug , just shows how dumb some

    people are, dumbass like you get

    brainwashed by FOX and dont know what

    you talk about. Probly dont know were Canada is ...

  • Yeah, man i get a lot o dat crap ..yeah i be gibben you som money if i wasnt in da system widout any money fo myself ....you got no money so you say you gibb it up like how???you got no money man...pathetic..i jes be lookin for some chumps to pay fo me..no simpithy votes man...jus da money man...gibb it up man...Hey man if i won a million i wud gibb you a thousand man...what a chump ...

  • Hey chumps ,

    the elephan in the room is me making you chumps pay fo me an my byotches wid all dem babies they be poppin out..wid all dem drug an million dollar a year issues...you cant lift that elephant.....but i hopin you try soze i can git some good scrips on your dime man...you know what i mean ..man...

  • i have no problem paying for someones health care assuming i can afford it and they can't

  • not that he'll ever read this but Oboma has turned me around, i am an Oboma suporterand in favor of his national health care systom... and i proudly Voted for Bush twice. and almost voted for McCain

  • Hey Chump,

    I can tell you that you be goin broke payin for me & my alcohol infested family wid all da alcohol rehab & million dollar babies my byotches be poppin out & all..Never mind all the scrips those doctors YOU BE PAYING FOR FOR ME will be writing scrips for our entertainment & trippin fancy on YO DIME...chump...BTW my friend says he thinks his associates will be sellin all those scrips on tthe street pill by pill like money man...The bill is for chumps....written by chumps...chump

  • I am suprised how many people actually believe that the US healthcare system doesn't need reform.

  • That's right--Get rid of INSURANCE Altogether ...

    ......It's better than paying $16,000/year every year for s struggling family of four like the HC bill has devised..

    We in my town are not planning to contribute if it means we will have to exit the country..till the 5 year repeal process kicks in..

    The HC BiLL is illegal.....

  • kill the bill

  • Silence this fool

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  • i agree

  • I am a millionaire and let me tell you a million bucks is simply your greencard to the American Middle Class. Everyone else is working class, working poor, or poor. Beyond middle class you have Rich=great sports stars, actors, Very Rich= $Billion, Super Rich= lets all move to the UAE...Insurance should be outlawed. Just pay cash! Whatever it costs..just pay! Inscrewrance is a racket. Paying 3X world rate for health Aint that S**T ? Insurance? Farts are more substantial buy beans instead.

  • in short, i want to say, i just want to take more money from white america, and give it to black america. who else is going to take care of shaliqua's nine kids from 9 different daddy's?

  • Who is John Galt?

  • @xiola6969 Are you serious? What a stupid comment.

  • Obama said that the feds werent going to go after medical marijuana anymore. I have to admit that is the first thing he did right since he has taken office. Now if he would only tell the American people how the government falsified most of the earlier studies on marijuana to scare the public from using it. Marijuana was what built this country, George Washington made the first laws legalizing it. It can save the country with the tax dollars it gererates.

  • It is plain to see that the President's plan to create a pathway for illegals to become citizens mean amnesty. See Barry Artiste Op/Ed on Obama's Plan "S-9 Amnesty Bill".where....

    1. Illegal aliens given legal status just 24 hours after filing... even though background check will not have been completed in nearly all cases

    2. Aliens will pay no back taxes

    3. US/Mexico border fence reduced from 800 miles to 200 miles

    Etc... Etc... Etc...

  • Joe's right Obama lied. Dems want illegals to receive health benefits & block GOP limits. Why? Because, when they pass blanket amnesty they expect to add another 10 million to their roles

    Obama's own words. "First of all, I'd like to create a situation where we're dealing with illegal immigration, so that we don't have illegal immigrants. And we've got legal residents or citizens who are eligible for the plan. And I want a comprehensive immigration plan that creates a pathway to achieve that."

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  • Now if I told you someone is an asshole and you can't believe anything they say. What would be your first reaction? You would go hear the asshole; would you not? Especially if I kept slamming them day after day; you would have to go see what it is all about. How many people do you think the president just pushed over to fox news by slamming them? I bet their viewership jumps up quite a bit now and I haven't even looked into it. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what would happen.

  • Why does Obama slam Fox News? He wants everyone to watch it. He wants everyone to get mad and up rise so he can declare martial law which would end the United States of America by collapsing the economy. But don't worry because if we don't up rise there is a plan B. They will get their martial law and in the end either terrorist or the US citizens will get the blame for it when it was congress that did it. When this happens congress and their families are the ones to look at for retribution.

  • obama wants the dollar to tank and then the libs will have more control of the sheeple,you just keep believing that change is coming,it is but you aren't going to like it when the unemployment hits 25% and your cost of living skyrockets beyond what you can afford. The elderly better start finding somewhere besides America,where your benefits are going away,but you will have third world healthcare and socialism,its coming and the middle class and poor will pay. Good luck with hope & change,morons

  • People need to do some research on the dollar crashing. How do you think the people will react when this happens? There will be riots when everyone loses their savings and retirements. I am sure they won't take it easy. The dollar will crash most likely this year, because all the other nations will stop using it. They are already calling for it including chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke. Youtube this title and watch it. New World Order - Part IV - The Mark of the Beast

  • People need to research the Rex 84 memo where they set up FEMA to run state and federal government if a national crisis broke out. It also calls for the round up of 21 million African Americans to be sent to military bases set up as prisons because they were seen as the biggest threat to government. Ask Obama to make sure they change that fast because a national crisis is about to happen with the dollar collapsing.

  • dollar collapsing?uhh if u watch the news or read a newspaper about wall st instead of spoutin false stuff then u would know the dollar hasnt been fallin an is repriving stop listenin to conserves an right wings telling ppls that america is gonna be destroyed cause yestarday d.o.w was down by 1 point wake up!

  • I don't watch the news. They lie to make Obama look good. There is no way the dollar can survive and if you watch this video you can see Ben Bernanke tell you this when he says he would say yes to getting out of the dollar. (New World Order - Part IV - The Mark of the Beast) Ben Bernanke is the chairman of the Federal Reserve the one who makes our money. The dollar is doomed and this is part of the plan. I am a registered democrat. LMAO you're the one who needs to wake, up I am awake.

  • All I know is government can't be trusted in anything they do. There has been far too much corruption in government that we should seriously start thinking about putting internet in every home free, and then the retired people can be government. Hell it would give them something to do. Just a thought. I trust that the retired people would do the right thing and would know what America needs. Everyone in government now should be jailed for their roles in destroying America.

  • I cannot believe in 9 months this marxist has tripple the deficit has left our brave soldiers in afghanistan out to dry while he thinks about whether he is going to send more troops. The only thing this idiot should be concerned with is our safety,jobs and the economy instead he was more concerned with the olympics and how he can repay his debt to mayor daley and the unions. impeach him and bring him up on treason. You idiot voters wanted change well its coming and America is done

  • You do not know a thing about Marx. Educate yourself on him with neutral information, a history book or wikipedia ect. To understand what you will see there you first need to read up on communism.

    I would also suggest you check out socialism.

    You will discover than communism doesn't exist in the world anymore.

    You will see that not even Europe is left enough to be called socialism.

    Finally, try to place Obama in European politics and you will see he is center-right.

    Obama a Marxist...hahaha!

  • The list below is of those who accepted payouts to go against the public option:

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  • Max Baucus: 1,991,965 dollars

    Blanche Lincoln: 1,104,186 dollars

    Kent Conrad: 951,328 dollars

    Bill Nelson: 608,559 dollars

    Tom Carper: 572,307 dollars

  • 1:20 "Some are saying coverage of abortion will also be mandated under reform. Also, false." His words in this video directly contradict what he, as a presidential candidate, promised the Planned Parenthood abortion rights lobby. (YouTube: "Obana promises abortion in public plan".) This is just one example of how Obama is telling the public untruths so he can push his "political" agenda under the guise of his health care "reform" proposal.

  • I've been on gov run health care in this country, my case has been riddled with doctors offices misdiagnosing, unnecessary surgery that worsened the symptoms, misbilling causing blocked follow-ups, uninformative medical records, ill advise, prolonged sickness (almost 2 years), red tape, letters of appeal, blocked access to recommended medications, and 3 to 4 month waiting lists. It would be better to take a bullet to the foot then have government run health care, in my opinion.

  • 398850

    Your account is phony and you're a liar.

  • My account isn't phony, I just don't know how to change my sign-on name. I can't find the option. I've had same email address for at least 12 yrs. I don't lie either. Unison insurance is independent but also used by PA with government restrictions that don't apply to regular subscribers. It's been awful trying to get paperwork straightened out and it didn't help matters when the majority of pcp proved worthless. Believe what you will, guess it doesn't matter anyway.

  • The asshole himself (Obama) came to my home town a few days ago. Troy NY. Why he would come here to speak with a community college when they are so worried about the atmosphere and all. With video conferencing, why do they keep taking these elaborate trips killing the ozone causing global warming? Oh yea it's all of us doing it and not them. CONGRESS YOU WILL ALL BE VOTED OUT 2010.

  • To scare closet fascists like U out of the wood work no doubt.

  • To anyone that still don't believe look up New World Order - Part I - Rivers of belief: This is a 5 part video that will convince you what is coming. If youre not going to watch it I am sorry youre so dumb and in need of someone to take care of you. I myself take care of myself. By the way I am poor and would rather the rich fuck me over than my government. Remember rich people are in charge of what is passed. Do you think they will pass something that will hurt them? Get real.

  • NwO huckters are fascists in drag--going after the Powerful in hopes to be that themselves--keep dreaming.

  • New World Order - Part IV - The Mark of the Beast: This is the video you need to watch if you don't believe what they are about to lay on your ass. The chairman for the Federal Reserve saying he will say yes to get out of the dollar at next weeks g20 summit. Gordon brown and the president of France telling you how it will be. I suppose the people saying it themselves in video is also propaganda? You people have been asleep far too long. Time to wake the fuck up. Everyone else is.

  • The public option is now off the table. Because of the screaming by paid thugs and the bribes to Democratic Congressmen from insurance companies (Max Baucus, four millions dollars), the White House has withdrawn it. When Baucus' bill gets passed, not only will you not have an option to avoid private insurance, you will be forced to buy private insurance (it will be automatically deducted from your paycheck) putting billions more into insurance cos. pockets. It's all there in Baucus' bill.

  • No I think insurance companies are going to get a big bang out of this. Think about it a lot of people are going to find out the hard way socialism was the wrong idea and end up getting private insurance. Once people see the long waits that will result out of this mess and the poor service that you will receive , not to mention doctors that will protest against the act asking for more money. Insurance is suppose to be for "in case of" not that you already have it.

  • Umm.. hate to break it to you, genius, but nothing anyone is proposing amounts to "socialism" (as if you even know what that word means). It would be socialism if the U.S. government were to take over the hospitals, the clinics, etc. It's not socialistic to create a new insurance plan to compete with private ones that could and should be a lot cheaper. And the whole "long waits" idea is a myth. "Those businesses that make that much will more then likely close up shop" .. false.

  • Socialism does not work and although I can keep my own insurance it doesn't stop government from sticking their hands in my pocket for this socialism health care reform. So now I pay for my own insurance to take care of my family plus someone else? Whats right about that? I live in the land of the free last I checked. I don't want any socialism that eventually leads to communism.

  • youll be taxed only if you make over a quarter mill a year

  • No no everyone will be taxed for it. They will need the money to fund this socialism thing. There are not that many people that make $250,000 to cover the nation. Those businesses that make that much will more then likely close up shop resulting in more unemployment because of the tax increase. I guess we will never learn from our history and what socialism has done abroad to other countries.

  • I was a reporter. One of the first things you learn is the FCC rules the airwaves. Remember when they got rid of Dan Rather from CNN for falsely reporting on Bush. If someone is spreading lies on airwaves it is called slander. Why hasn't Obamas team sued fox news if it is all lies? FCC would pull their license and they would never broadcast again. They have made many famous people leave the radio and news for violating their rules. Just ask Howard Sterns. Look up the FCC. See what they do.

  • Fucking thick american. why fucking have government if it does not look after it speople. expect the sons of the poor to die for causes of america but will not cure the sons of the poor when the are ill

  • I know you want to dehumanize people and make them think they need to fight fairly. Is that how we got this land from the Indians? Hell no we used biological weapons. Look at the first revolution, we didn't line up in fields like the British did and we won being terrorist. Look at WWII now, had we not dropped the nuke do you think we would have won? We would have lost that war without weapons of mass destruction. Who is the real terrorist? We all are including you. Name calling won't work sir.

  • We could have the Government go on telling Businesses how to run their business, States how to run their states and Citizens how to live their own lives like you and your T.E.A. party friends advocate, or we could just have the Government provide a Tax Payer Funded Non profit Alternative Option to a Private Market that doesn't meet their needs.

    Go ahead, sniper; defend our freedoms all the way into the socialist totalitarian nation state youre actualy pushing for.

  • First off Tea party advocates want government out of our lives and yours. Had you been paying attention this is what the government is trying to do and we are fighting it to the end. Ever hear Live free or die. That is me. I am sorry you dont understand what is going on. Please watch the Obama Deception and you will see their plans. It will all make sense to you and you will wake up. The sooner people catch on the better off we will be. Obama is a Muslim and not black.

  • sorry, finding out that the wealthy, influential and connected have wealth influence and connections has never struck me as a great revelation. On the other hand I can't wait to see the shock on your face when you wake up to the TEA party deception. You guys have already argued Congress Toward Individual Mandates rather than Individual Choice. Keep on Pushin

  • no, i will not watch your propaganda "obama deception" video.  how about an "insurance company deception" video? id watch that any day.

  • The government wants to run health care but not put laws in place to stop the insurance companies from doing the shit they do. Get real you are a retard and that is all there is too it. The government allows these corporations to do the shit they do so you beg for socialism. Once they get their socialism, well look at history it never ends well. Find one instance where it ended well. Live free or die is the only way in America. I can't help it your dependant on the government.

  • You have the balls to say we have no ideas when we have great ideas but our government is out of control and no longer listens to the people. Remember I was a democrat now I'm a Patriot. Your administration calls patriots terrorist. Yes every American is a terrorist and has always fought unfairly against all opponents since the beginning so what is your point. If they fight again it will be the same way. Hit and run tactics. Fighting in the rain when air support is minimal and technology sucks.

  • My wife wants to buy insurance across state lines and tort reform so people who get unneeded surgeries can't sue for ridiculous amounts. Take the beuracrocy out of it. Stop pharmaceutical companies from giving doctors kickbacks for having a patient take their meds. Stop the pharmaceutical co. from charging over 1000% more than the drug cost to make. Like I said you won't listen because you listen to communist pukes who want control of everything. Add this with mine and you have reform.

  • Obama I have a way to do Health Care Reform. First pass legislation that tells the HMO's they can't pick and choose their clients. Then add into it they can't for any reason drop someone because they have become too expensive to them. Then kick all the illegal Mexicans out of the country and make a law saying hospitals only have to treat American citizens. Force employers to insure their employees. Oh yea this don't fit in with your plans of the North American Union. You only listen to commies.

  • 1921. Recession Depression happens due to the inflation to pay for our involvement in ww1. We cut the budget in-half, didn't spend like crazy. That Depression lasted 1 year. Now comes along Hoover and FDR, who both DO the opposite, spend like crazy to somehow get out of the problem. And that lasted 10 years. '

    I think we have the idea now, that we should definitely Spend spend spend now to get out of a problem caused by spending and spending. That's it. Cure the problem with the problem.

  • good idea I'm glad to see it, hummm who would be fighting this insurance companies and pharmaseutical companies

  • Why not eliminate the banks requiring us to have fire insurance, because houses rarely burn down....and I should not have to pay for insurance on my car as I have never had a wreck in 50 years. Boy, would I save money if I didn't have to buy house and car insurance!!!!!

  • Three years ago I contracted Menningococcus. I spent two weeks in ICU at 35 years old. With a $65,000.00 medical bill. Doctors refused to treat me because I didn't have coverage or money to pay. Obviously I couldn't work in ICU! Now, since I've had a catostrophic illness that left me with nerve damage in my feet, I can't get health coverage. we do need reform. My own doctor sat for 20 minutes belly aching because he doesn't want healthcare reform!!

  • Your Doctor will get paid either way with insurance or without. The ones that has that problem is the insurance companies. This reform won't hurt the medical field.

  • That was my point to him too. He gets paid because we have to pay cash at the time of the visit. He stated that healthcare is not a moral issue and that healthcare is not a right. He feels healthcare is available to everyone, whether or not they can pay for it. He's also against HMO's.

  • Cant wait to hear his speech tonight! I love questioning authority and finding out what is true and what is false. you all should do the same.

  • tort reform, interstate commerce! done deal! yet no talk of this is being allowed in the bills! WHY?

  • Now: About The Netherlands.

    I'm a former American (still a citizen, but living abroad) living in Holland (the creators of venture capitalism). If only more people knew about the system here: Mandatory coverage through private insurers who cannot refuse coverage. Massive participation ensures low premiums/ high value. Tax credits (instantly redeemed) for those below a certain income level. Come on, America... WAKE UP!!!

  • cpoticha,

    What is the income tax rate there? What percentage of your income goes to taxes? That is where you are paying more than if you had an HMO or PPO plan in the U.S. today. You pay one way or the other. If it is through the govt management of it, then you pay for the extensive waste and corruption and maybe 20 cents on the dollar allocated for healthcare actually go toward your medical expenses.

  • My net income tax here is really only around 35% of my gross and I get good value for it. My premiums are under 100 EUR / month. If that's waste and corruption, I'm a satisfied customer.

    It shouldn't be so hard for the US to design a system that works. There's no shortage of models. Nearly every other industrialized nation has some kind of system. The Dutch system, is a great model, and unoffensive to American ideology. For some reason, the US thinks it has to reinvent the wheel. And badly.

  • Middle class families get about 50% of their income taken in income taxes, then they are stuck with sales taxes, property taxes, along with various fees and tax levies on utilities.

    The problem with our healthcare insurance is that the government has regulated and limited the competition by causing it to be primarily available through employers and prohibiting competition across state lines. That has driven premiums up. Employers have lowered deductibles and maximum payouts- higher premiums

  • @ psalmtree: That's some pretty weird economics. Those poor, poor, over-regulated insurance companies! Forced to raise premiums by the big bad government! The Dutch system is affordable, usually co-paid by the employer, highly regulated, and highly competitive. I can think of 8 or 9 health insurance providers off the top of my head. How exactly does regulation force raised premiums? Americans are using ideology, posing as economic theory (or vice versa), and ignoring empirical evidence.

  • Clearly you don't have a grasp of the economics of risk management. No one forced anyone to raise premiums, it is supply and demand, and the increased risks that are covered, that set prices. By decreasing competition, prices can be raised without much consequence in the market along with the willingness to cover excessive risks. Opening up free markets would lower prices by discouraging these choices by both sellers and buyers. More people would be able to afford it, and better manage risk.

  • making US health care that all americans can afford is a little bit harder than any one of europes socialized plans for a few huge reasons. the us is bigger than all of europe. and 3 of the most wealthy companies in the world(each one controling more buying power than ANY nationon earth) are the ones controling the curent health care systom. but many states do have some type of universal health care systom and most of them are bankrupt

  • Just a couple clarifications:

    The Dutch health care system isn't "socialized", if by that you mean single-payer like the UK's National Health. This is a common misconception in this debate. Second, the population of European Union is at least double that of the US. (Though the Netherlands is tiny in comparison, the economics of large-scale participation should be the same.)

    The control of the system by powerful corporate interests is, indeed, probably the biggest elephant in the room.

  • You are right. I have friends that lived in the Netherlands and now live in the US. They had excellent health care and people were never "forced to die" and they weren't ruled by commies. The people that don't need coverage are the loudest opponents.

  • OK, so the healthcare reform is gonna cost at-least a trillion.

    Thats only 650 billion in interest a year on the one trillion. OK, so we have to borrow the money from China. China is are friend? And if that deal go south from fears of world inflation we can always print more money. I mean its only a trillion dollars. We need to surrender are individuality and some of are freedoms and liberties for the sake of our leaders wishes on how to fix things. Just look at the success in California. :)

  • @casan20007,

    How will the AFL-CIO members benefit under single payer?

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  • The irony is that the Americans who will benefit the most from a competitive health care coverage are the same ones who are dancing to the beat of "hate Obama" financed by those who now monopolize health care.

    Lies are said on Fox Television then word for word repeated on town hall meetings.

    One of those people are soon going to be denied coverage and told that you had a pre-existing condition, then they can go hang themselves.

  • Every so often I like to crawl out of my igloo and see what's making the runs on this thing called the 'Internetz,' and as a Canada I can't believe the US -- our neighbours that get all the cool TV shows first -- don't have universal health care. Ours isn't perfect but it gets the job done.

  • What are you saying, RelicRoks? Who are the fools whose killers would be famous? Who do want killed? Is this what you're saying, that someone should kill someone? Don't beat around the bush, say it and own it, or think before you speak.

  • i don't like this president, come to think of it, i don't like any I've seen in my life time. however it is down right wrong, evil and stupid to threaten any human life. RelicRoks you pinhead! i hope the secret service gets you!

  • Also, his cheeks kind of puff in and out like a fish... no offense.

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  • If anything, he is creating competition between private and public heath care. I think we all should educate ourselves by reading the reform before we vote. Persuasion from any individual will not change the words written on the plan itself. I believe we all should become more involved in the facts then the hype.

  • seaplaneguy1,

    I agree with you. Let me explain why he doesn't understand the basics. He believes Keynsian Economics and he was raised under the ideas of Marxist political and economic ideas. His church was even a Black Liberation Theology church that holds to Marxist ideals. His Green Jobs Czar (Special Advisor) is an avowed communist and even last March stated that we are in a 3rd wave of environmentalism where white people are poisoning blacks and illegal immigrants intentionally.

  • Wonder if those who gave you the thumbs down feel any different now.

    IF this government control goes through..no smoking,no weight gains,no drinking and WE WILL DRUG TEST YOU.

    Wonder what else they will require to be on thier "program".

  • If they don't get it yet, by the time they do, it may be too late. With the revelation that the Czars are given unprecedented power to make policy without direct Congressional oversight, and are not vetted at all, we should be given pause. Is the executive branch trying to sneak in more power than it is intended to have? With legislation like the sweeping Healthcare reform and "Stimulus package", we have no idea what powers have been granted beyond the Constitutional intentions in the rush.

  • Clearly you haven't paid a moment of attention to the entire debate. He's not "putting a gun to your head"; he's offering to regulate insurance companies which have gone far, far too long without regulation. He's been having public debates; problem is they've been hijacked by the tinfoil hatters and black helicopter crowd. Stop spewing rhetoric for a few moments and actually get familiar with the issue.

  • i dont support it just because idk if people that dont pay taxes are elligible for it and i dont want a 22 year old perfectly healthy worker that lives of welfare and public healthcare and basicly acts like a parasite. of course there are exceptions for disibilities and such but unless only hard working taxpayers, of course with exceptions, are elligible im against this completely. no reason for healthy people to just ride a free boat and drain this country like a parasite

  • President Barack Obama say Yes we Will

    always Support National Policy

    We are The People : We Support President Obama He works hard for Us Support Health and Insurance Reform

  • Michelle Obama joined the Illinois State Bar Association in 1989. Since 1993, Michelle has been on "Court Ordered Inactive Status" and remains prohibited from the practice of law. Why?

  • tmartin3, ..."are people who have never been out of the country? " Actually, I grew up as an army brat, most of my childhood in Europe. What I learned is that Americans are filthy rich, we expect a lot for a little, even our poor are as good as middle class there. Do we want to become like Europe? It might be good for our character, but it will destroy our tradition of freedom and liberty as a country. It is those who want their system that are clueless.

  • "It is those who want their system that are clueless. "

    No, I think not. We have the lowest life expectancy and highest infant mortality of any nindustrialize country. Statistically most Americans want reform of some sort and are not happy with the current system while most of the people in other industrialized coutries are satisfied with theirs. There is NO MOVEMENT in any industrialized country to adopt OUR system at ANY level

  • I agree the government has created a medical monoploy called the AMA. Then complains when the monopoly drives up prices. The change people want is lower prices, but the government has driven up prices. Drugs are teh same story, it takes millions of dollares and nearly 20 years to bring a new drug to the market because of teh government. This drives up costs and leads to more deaths

  • Well, it looks like we can agree that refom is necessary. So where are the Republicans in this debate? Surely some of them could contribute raise the kinds of issues that you are raising and put them in a bill.

  • tmartin3, not sure where you get the data that brought you to that conclusion about our life expectancy and infant mortality. Even then we need to ask why, not assume it is the lack of government control of health care. We are without question the country with the wealthiest lifestyle and the greatest freedoms. You would trade freedom and liberty for a government guarantee of health care? If so, that strays from the values and principles of our U.S. Constitution.

  • That statistic comes directly from the WHO.

    Trading freedom for health care is a FALSE CHOICE and it is maddening. There is difference between government regulation and government control. Not all universal care systems are socialized. Look at the Swiss or the Japanese any other number that regulate insurance

  • tmartin3, did the WHO say why these statistics exists?

    Anytime the government provides a social program, it comes with strings attached. This should go without saying. Everytime you hand over a responsibility to the government, it gives them more power to say what you can and cannot do. Trading freedom for a government controlled health care system is a choice you are making. Obama is shooting for a single payer system, he has said it before, he is simply trying to get there incrementally.

  • "comes with strings attached."

    the same goes for the private sector!

    Freedom, also means freedom from want...freedom from bankrupcies. Get sick or get in an accident and pay 100,000 in medical expense for a week in the hospital

    Look, we could go back to the days of anarchy and NO government. to follow your line of reasoning, that would mean total freedom. But we know this is false b/c people exploit, injure and dominate each other....like the current health care "system"

  • tmartin3, "strings attached" - true about the private sector. It is true anytime the more powerful help the less powerful. The difference is when it is the government, you have no choice.

    Freedom is NOT "freedom from want", it is the freedom to do what is right and take responsibility for yourself and your family, and your community. To make your own choices. Perhaps this is at the core of the disagreement. Has our country taken our freedom for granted?

  • Freem from want was an important feature of John Locke and Thomas Jefferson

  • Yes, they did..lack of access to health care

  • tmartin3, if the WHO said that, then what research data do they have to back that up, or is it just their opinion. Is it possible that it has anything to do with lifestyle? What about poor financial planning?  what about the lack of generosity of their friends and family? What about plain irresponsible living? How many of the uninsured where uninsured by choice (the young feel invincible and often don't see the need for it)?

  • Well, I can tell you that the WHO is sort of the goto agency for world health data. They have no axe to grind which is why they are the go to agency. As to your other questions I do not know but i will check and so can you for that matter.

  • one last point for tonight. I think your equation the more government, the less freedom surely does not work. The government broke up monopolies to allow for greater competition, more obviously, it was individuals who kept slaves, not governments. It was the power of the government that ended slavery and fought to secure equal rights in schools, jobs etc.

  • I'm 22 and uninsured.... and it is not because I feel invincible... I understand exactly how easily shit can hit the fan. But, I'm self-employed, and each time I try to find coverage for myself it is a nightmare. Nobody will give me straight answers about coverage, and to get anything near what my friends with employers get, I would have to pay as much as I pay for rent each month... I can't afford that right now while I'm starting my business and paying student loans out the ass.

  • anandashabmhala,

    do a google search on HSA insurance. Look into the Health Savings Account and high deductible insurance plans and how they work. You will find very affordable insurance. And you will be able to save money pre-tax.

  • Hey There,

    I was self-employed for many years in the US, and finally when I felt a little flush I bought a health insurance plan. What I call "if I get hit by a bus insurance" meaning: High deductable ($2500), but low premiums (around $100/month). I was young, and never had any health issues I never saw a doctor while I was insured. But at least it was the bare minimum. Now I live in Holland manditory private insurance, check it out and pay about the same for amazing coverage.

  • look mate, you seem like an intelligent guy and this is a pretty good discussion. So do me a favor and watch the Frontline special, "Sick around the world." and see what you think. Approach it with an open mind and I promise to respect your opinion....Deal?

    have a good evening

  • Heck the government even regualtes toilets and shower heads. These guys are just out of control

  • Folks..go to FRONTLINE and download "sick around the world." It is an excellent view of different health care system's around the world..

  • Let us see health care, the financial industry, the post office and airports are either heavily regulated or government owned. All are in bad shape, and the cure for Obama is more government control.

    It is like you wake up from a bad drunk and decide to drink some more as a cure. Lets try sobering up instead.

  • Let's see Bear Stearns, Lehman,GM, Chrysler, Aig WERE all privately run until they drove themselves into the ground...Who did they run to when they went belly up? The federal government.

    The military is also government run...Wanna privatize it? Didn't think so. How 'bout social security? Imagine what would have happened had THAT been privatized

  • God yes privative social security. I will only get 10 cents back for every dollar that was stolen from me.

    Yes companies do and should go under. But no one is forced to buy bad cars. We are being forced to take bad government services.

    We don't want and don't need

  • if we had privatized social security, so many people would have been wiped out by this recession resulting in more home foreclosurers an even worse housing market, more bankrupcies and a deeper recession with a longer recovery

  • Wrong again. If I had put my money in a passbook I would have been better off than Social security. take the time to do the math, I have

    Even Berrnie madoff was not such a thief as teh federal government. the difference is people had a choise with Bernnie. If I am self emplyeds and do not pay ny social security I go to jail and if I resist then well Federal agents will come and if still resist then what happens. at least berrnie didn't come at us with agun

  • No, you just changed the argument which I believe was one of privatization, investing it in the stock market. You changed it to individual passbook accounts

  • The S & P was at 53 in 1975 it is at 1000 now. I graduate from high school in 1975. I could be retired now if teh government had not forced be into Social security

  • The S&P is an index. You could do as you say ONLY if you were consistenly hitting 1000%.

    I thought you said you didn't pay into SS? Or did I read that wrong?

  • I was told when I was started work in high school that social security would let pay me back at full benefits when I was 65. BUT THEY LIED and up the age to 67.

  • Obama is EXACTLY what the US needs.

  • THANK YOU! There have been so many lies about Obama on youtube. It's nice to see there are still smart people on youtube.

  • Presidential Approval Index: -11

  • Just writing off subject...We were trying to refinance our house thur Wells Forgo it has taken them 3 months and we still have not been done contacted. We just were contacted by them for an appriasal. Now we have been on hold for three months. So now we are going with another company. So the helps from the government did not help us. But we believe that you are doing your best. We believe in what you are doing. We praying for you!

  • Americans should consider eating healthy food. Avoid Hardees, Tacobell, Subway, Long John Silver, etc for 6 months and see all the fat melt. Eat veggies and never ever worry about health care. How hard is that to understand? Eat carrots to better your eyes thus less car accidents!!!