Sen. Dick Durbin talks about being without health insurance

[uruberrr]

I disagree with Mr. Durbin on this topic, but I have great admiration for him and the non-political stuff he does. He's one of the few democrats who gives his party a good name. He's probably my most favorite democrat

[Patriot751]

Always the sob story.Always playing the victim.Biggest ass wipe in history. This sack of garbage is a propagandist with no equal. Ass wipe dosent know that socialist medicine never works, it will cause so much misery and death panels and the gov. will decide who lives and dies.If this gov. run healthcare is so wonderful how come these hypocrites opt out and their union allies.He is a cheerleader for something he rejects for him and his family.Durbin is a total fraud,

[chad00023]

i challenge every person running for any usa government office to promise that he or she will never vote "for" any tax of any kind rate this

[DowJones16WB]

Dick Durbin is getting the best health and medical care that the taxpayers can provide.

[bmoecardinals]

Dick Durbin is a nasty liberal

[jdogh84]

TORT reform first. Then work on helping those without insurance. Durbin should have town hall meetings and discuss concerns. There are problems with the system we have but having the govenment run it is not the answer. He is afraid someone will yell at him. Maybe they should; I have written him many times and never gotten a response. It is frustrating. Ignoring the ones who voted for him won't help and will probably get him voted out next time.

Time to listen to the people Dick.

[dalecampbl5]

@jdogh84 as a diehard liberal to the extreme I agree there needs to be tort reform because in other nations where there is socialized medicine, there is hardly so much money wasted on defensive medicine....but in other cultures CEOs don't make 50 million / 4 years and that is just as atrocious. we need tort reform and a public option...or else no such thing...and gov't can run things much better than private corporations because private corporations = monopoly

[eugeherald]

I'm a cancer survivor, but I should say that I'm a "health insurance company" survivor because I defeat the cancer but I still fighting the economical cancer that is growing in my pockets. The system we have DOESN'T WORK!!!! The health of our kids is at risk with these companies, they don't care of prevention because diseases are their business. Healthcare is very expensive because we treat diseases (this is very expensive), we don't prevent them (less expensive and not profitable).

[hellotommy]

Today you go to the doctor, if you're diagnosed with a serious illness you discuss treatment with your doctor and you decide how to move forward. Under the Obama plan you stand in front of a Board that will tell YOU how to be treated. On this board will be bureaucrats like a labor union rep (SEIU thug) why would you want to give your life away? You are still free! Snap out of it.

[seriousnews2]

It is kind of amazing some "people" think health costs are like buying a car or any other commercial proposition (eg: all the insurance co-sponsored posts on Youtube by varying "people"). You can plan to buy a car or a house: it's your own responsibility and your money allocation--but you can't plan a medical affliction. Not the same. I simply note one anti-health plan person on Ytube had her two fave videos as a) a revolver shooting into a tank, and b) a clip of Milton F'man on "Greed". True!!

[Brandon26pdx]

Excellent.

Cuts right to the heart of the matter.

[djm9063]

Dick Durbin wouldn't know the truth if it F U C K E D him up the A S S!!!

[mahram]

You all can have your public option, as long as you're not stealing my money to pay for it.

[Cowboyboot1980]

The land of Iincoln sure has changed. This goon, Obama,Burris, Rham dead fish,Blago, Carol Mosley braun a.ka " Carol mostly fraud". Bobby "Black panther" Rush, Jessie jackson jr, Richard Daley, man... could I go on.

[fdub187]

Cowboot, you are a complete tool, the party of Lincoln has certainly changed for the worse. What in the hell does that incoherent, ignorant, racist rant have to do with this subject.

[clusterfacker]

Insurance co's are frauds. They have relinquished all rights to have the field to themselves. Even the Republicans acknowledged that health care needed to be fixed, during the elections in 2008. It is time to take the corruption out of this. The ripoff insurance co's deny people's claims because they had a "pre-existing condition" of something minor when they were 16. Haha.

[clusterfacker]

Yes, he mentions peace of mind: 76% of the public want the public option. That is what leads to a better country, when the health aspect is covered and you can then go forward and take care of the rest of your business.

[JohnRhysMusician]

Senator you know why Children's was kind to you? Because they are a private instituition, they are backed by private sector insurance agencies. Government-run single-payer health care will ruin the American health system. Try something called personal responsibility.

[clusterfacker]

$8,000 pa insurance costs is not personal responsibility hahaha

[shaithis45]

hey I want the same benefits our corrupt greedy govt. is getting. Since they have been taking money out of my check it is only fair that I get something in return. In fact just give me all the Marijuana I can smoke when my health starts to tank. Cheaper than racking up the hospital expenses. Marijuana for all people that can't afford the health care scam. Looking forward to the day when I die and leave behind those huge medical bills, but hope to die high and at home.

[wsoxman]

So I should help support a smoker, a couch potato, a high risk person? Insurance is betting that something will happen to you. The company is betting NOTHING will happen to you. They spend millions going over the odds of you having a need. Government STAY OUT of my business.

[shaithis45]

the solution is a very simple one: Legalize Marijuana in all 50 states and U.S. territories and ease the pain and suffering of those that can't afford the health insurance scam. I hope to be dead and gone anyway in the next 16 years and will be looking at not extending my life. No point if I wind up broke in the end. The system sucks and skilled labor just gets shit on. Remember there are plenty of service workers out that people rely upon. Destroy us and see what happens. Govt. sucks.

[wsoxman]

Durbin and Democrat just don't get it. A company providing health insurance is called a "Benifit" not a right. They just don't understand that it part of the expense of employing workers. The government should stay out of this issue. The government can't control 12million illegals crossing our borders, but they think they can manage your healthcare?

[wsoxman]

All these politicians beat up on the insurance company costs. The dopes don't question the run away costs of hospitals, doctors and in needed treatments?

The same goes for college costs. Durbin only wants to lower the stinking interest rate on a loan. He has never questioned how much a college charges for providing education for a talent that is not in demand.

[john51880]

If you think health care costs alot wait tell it is free!

[wskbsk]

And finally, I don't even fucking vote. One of my jobs I get payed under the table because I have to. And live in a dirt bag, criminal cess pool of a town and refuse to follow any of it's dumb laws or limits. I refuse to be told by someone else about what I'm *blindly* accepting from the government and be blamed as a "zombie" for your problems. I know just as well as anyone that a lot of governments and things today are a load of shit. But some people get off on that, and it's that simple.

[shaithis45]

I haven't voted since turning 18 and I'm starting to find the majority of voters are uninformed nowadays anyway and are stuck in two party system mode. Since when do we have to translate a ballot to any other language as one of the requirements of becoming a citizen is to speak English. I don't blame you in the least for working under the table either as that has to be done sometimes to survive. At one point in time I thought the U.S. govt was good, now I just see nothing but greed/corruption

[wskbsk]

Actually I'm in the process of moving to one of those countries right now. And I can tell you the very people that live there I have personally talked to and they ENJOY it, and encourage me to move there as they find it will be easier for my family. Forget conspiracies theories and what you'll accept down your throat from a video or crack pot, because I know the very REAL pain of this current system and being WITHOUT insurance. So please, take your newly found religion somewhere else than me.

[YawBStoopit01]

I have never heard any other Lib-Dem get butt-fucked on national radio as much as Trickie Dickie Durbin! Rush Limbaugh has his way with Dickie The Turbin Wearin' Durbin with absolute abandon!

[pfriverrat]

sick thing, durbin thinks he knows so much more than the voters. he dont do what is best for the people in my state, he don't even feel that he has to listen to us. then he goes out, insults our troops, taxes me on the fed level, even though he has to know this state, taxes me for everything but air. that is what is sick about durbin.

[JohnRhysMusician]

You are right about Durbin. He doesn't know how to serve us Illinoisans. We need good conservative senators again like Senator Fitzgerald.

[goateedoff]

Durbin needs to be tried for treason for calling our troops murderers during a war...that HE VOTED FOR! This guy flip flops like a kennedy or a clinton. I don't wish ill on the guy but I sure hope he gets to use his health insurance.

oh...and by the way...if you can afford a cell phone, you can afford health care! Don't tell me otherwise! I pay more for my cell phones than I do for my insurance. GET REAL...impeach this bum!!!!

[wskbsk]

We seriously need Universal health coverage now. See, a lot of people like to argue about how you should work for your insurance, that they selfishly don't want to help pay for national coverage for their fellow country men as well as themselves. Here's something a lot of people arn't seeing, and that people currently ARE employed, are trying NOT to be welfare scumbags, and they STILL can't afford or had to drop their insurance. "Socialized" is just a word, the cold war's over, get over it.

[951pete]

The cold war is over....because SOCIALISM DOESNT WORK ! DUH !

[wskbsk]

Well DUHH!! You don't have to tell me.

[wskbsk]

We're talking about people's health and well being, not the way an entire government or society works. Go back to Nam and step on some more land mines.

[951pete]

Thats how they trick you.. with 'compassion'. they get to your feelings... you put them in power...then they rule every aspect of your life. There are plenty of countries with free healthcare. ... I dare you to move to one of them and see how nice it is.

[cnairn]

Sweden's pretty nice I hear. I have never been, however.

[xyberfunk]

DURBIN IS A COMMUNIST and UNDERMINES our Constitution. Don't be misled by these liberal socialist - they are preying on your ignorance

[straightup1982]

I love this senetor! He truly know how it is, because he was once in the shoes of the unisured.

[cnairn]

I agree that the state of healthcare in our country is poor. However, I don't want the government to control it either. I enjoyed Durbin's story about the truck driver suing himself. It is quite a shame that the man had to work the system like that.

[fupasack2]

alright dickface. name one reason why universal healthcare is worse than what we have now. or even name why it wouldnt work. you make these statements without backing them up. and if you have not actually dealt with the healthcare systems and billing departments one on one, or if you have not gone through multiple surgereries, then dont even say a damn thing cause you have no idea what your talking about and no justifying statement.

[cnairn]

Really? What are you 10? Why can you not post anything with name calling and profanity? Univeral healthcare MIGHT work better than what we have now. I clearly stated that the situation is not good. "Pre-existing" conditions is what really pisses me off as I am sure you too. Historically, anything the government gets involved with gets rather botched. Not just our government, but, globally. Read up on economic history and you will see that is true.

[cnairn]

Furthermore, we live in the USA and the whole premise of our country is that we don't HAVE to do anything by government mandate. I realize that laws have been getting passed for way longer than our lives that are in direct opposition to that but that is the original concept and I like it. For instance, I have no problem on a personal level giving money to the poor. This should be up to me though and not something I am forced to do by my government.

[fupasack2]

HHAAAA!!!! my god dude, you are the biggest rambler in the universe. first off, you call me out on profanity!! what are you an obese dr. phil brainwashed housewife on her period, cause look at your very juvanile posts before this one plagued with PrRfAnItY! second...ONCE AGAIN, you ramble on not making any valid point about anything. here, do the world a favor, next time you are in the kitchen making ur fat husband dinner so he doesnt beat you, just go swallow a huge knife.

[nickkrio]

You are useless. Why is that? I am sure your parents hate you even more than everybody who reads your posts. You have not said anything illuminating in any of your posts at all. I am certain Dick Durbin would hate you too.

[fupasack2]

why the fuck would he hate me, if I AM AGREEING WITH HIM. god damn you are ignorant. yet another post amounting to nothing with only unjustifying pointless insults. Ya and my parents dont hate me just for your info, they are envious of me because i am doing 40 thousand dollars better than they did when they were my age. you are noob at life, DIE.

[nickkrio]

hey fupasack2, i apologize for the hateful language....I did not write those comments. I guess I need to change my password.

[acacacac4]

you do know that there was a draft instated for the revolutionary war, right?

[cnairn]

"all young men of suitable age to be drafted, except those with conscientious scruples against war."

--George Washington

Loyalists probably didn't abide either.

[thehognias]

nobody told dick durbin's dumb ass to get married and have a kid without health insurance. he should have bought it & if he couldn't afford it he should have waited to have a kid.

[senselocke]

And people have complete control over when they get pregnant, right? To earn medicaid, I have to earn $386 a month for a family of three. Private insurance would cost $550-800 a month.

THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN, and you're a fuckwit for implying it's our fault.

[thehognias]

People don't have complete control over when they get pregnant? What are you, a retard? There are things called condoms & birth control pills. there's also something called not putting a penis in your vagina. you're the type of idiot who blames everyone else for your own behavior. it's not my responisibility to take care of your kids. if you can't afford 500 a month, go get a better job or downsize your life. nobody says you have to have an SUV with chrome rims or a flat screen. douche.

[senselocke]

I drive a fucking 12 year old Neon, shop at the goodwill and pick up furniture from the curb. If I downsize my life anymore I'd have to lay it off.

And yes, I know what birth control is. My wife was on the pill both times she got pregnant. It's only 85% effective. And telling people to abstain from sex when married is ludicrous.

I work in the insurance field, took the training, understand the concepts. Private healthcare by its selective nature cannot cover everyone. It's a broken concept.

[john51880]

Yes people do have complete control over getting pregnant.

[fupasack2]

fuck health insurance. the ceos should be shot and we should have socialized medicine just like canada. its almost impossible to do though. cause these billion dollar health insurance companies know that if we get socialized medicine then they are without jobs. so that means anytime any politician stands up for it these CEOs come with there wallets and pay them to shut up. w shouldnt focus on health insurance ofr everyone, we should focus on completly ridding it of the country

[fupasack2]

and i mean it when i say these CEOs disserve to be shot, they are seriously murders and they know it. they know that they kill people to save there company 500,000$. they also know that they steal from dumb people who wont stand up and say, "hey you fucked up and overcharged me for this bill". These CEOs KNOW what they do. but they are so greedy that they dont give a shit. They should be tried for criminal acts against humanity, just like the Nazis got.

[senselocke]

That's the thing, a health insurance company can NOT chose NOT to pay. I had a doctor completely ignore my wife for half an hour before trying to give her a cervical cancer vaccine FOR WHOOPING COUGH. I tried to contest the $145 bill, but by federal law my insurance company COULD NOT REFUSE PAYMENT. Whatever a provider charges, WILL be paid. It's the system as much as the companies.

[demliars]

fuckapack, why don't you just take a gun and steal it? You lazy, covetess assholes want government to steal from your neighbors so you feel better about it.

[fupasack2]

the comapnies make the fucking system. they dont CARE about you like there fucking commercials say. they got in that business to make money off of suffering people and there really is no other way to look at it. taxes are not bad at ALL as long as they go back to the people, and where the people want them. thats why we have taxes in the first place, its not for the gov, its for us.

[cnairn]

Taxes don't go back to the people. A portion goes back to a portion of the people. It's for the gov't, not you or me.

[fupasack2]

your fucken stupid! when you ride on a nicely paved road its going to you, or when you call the police for assistance its going to you, or when you take your fatass kids to public school its going to you. how do you think all that gets payed for...TAXES RETARD! but when 2trillion of those dollars are being embezzeled by haliburton or thrown away at a worthless war its not going to you, which it COULD be with socialized medicine. THINK! ASS!

[cnairn]

1. If I were you I would refrain from calling people stupid and retarded until I could spell.

2. I don't have kids yet. If I did they would not be fat. I'm sure yours are and I am sure there is some correlation between that and the fact that you don't know anything about economics, politics, grammar or probably much else.

3. When did I say a the war was a good use of my tax dollars?

[cnairn]

4. I'm not surprised you use so much foul language. Evidently, when you were a fat-assed kid taking the not so well paved roads on the short bus you didn't attend classes much in your low quality school.

5.Now you think, ass, before being so caustic. Because, to this point the world would be a better place once you've choked on your father's blood and shit encrusted under-sized dick.

[fupasack2]

your a pussy. after two comments you reach no conclusion. all you do is make fun of mispelling on a youtube post. ouch man, how can i go on living. you are a clueless fuck

[cnairn]

Oh, you are right. I totally misunderstood.

[aviomaster]

--- luvofcountry --- God Bless YOU ... MANY many people , are in your shoes ,, I know at least 10 I can count ,.... 00 DENNIS KUCINICH 2008 ..... = President . --THESE other comments SEEM silly ./../ 400-500$ a month in 2007(They cover only basic check UPs) ,,,, LET all  of us pay 100$ a month will cover everybody ,,,,

[demliars]

avioneedsamaster, how the hell do you think your coverage will go down $400 a month by involving the federal government? You must be dumb as a rock.

This is why liberqls have a stranglehold on schools, to keep people ignorqant as hell.

[aviomaster]

Dennis kucinich  2008 =

[luvofcountry]

I've been paying down a credit card balance for 3 years due to a digestive disorder, and I HAD insurance. They simply claimed it was pre-existing, which it was not. Ever try going up against an insurance company who has unlimited legal resources?

Wake up, America.

[hihats]

if you think healthcare is expensive now wait till it's FREE!

[demliars]

"BLESSED WITH HEALTH INSURANCE"!! You freaking turd, it wouldn't be so expensive if your government job club didn't move in too help.  Everything government gets involved in gets worse and more expensive.

Communist bastard this guy.

[senselocke]

Your logic is faulty. Every developed nation that provides universal health care (that's everyone but us) spends substantially LESS than we do on it.

Health care is uninsurable: You can choose not to insure the worst drivers, and they can not drive, but you cannot CHOOSE not to be sick. Since there is no feasible way to insure everyone, making a profit off of denying the right people is vicious and evil.

[demliars]

They spend less becuase people do without or DIE! Or they come here. Healthcare is a commodity, just like everything else.

Quit talking aBOUT logic when your base level obviously starts with a socialist concept.

[senselocke]

You know, every other developed nation in the world has socialized health care, and they're not running at a multi-trillion dollar deficits. I agree that government spending is retarded, but most of that idiotic spending came from the current administration, whom I believe not to be republican at all.

Capitalism without check is bad, socialism without check is bad. Moderation in all things.

[MySeizures]

Dear Sir/Madam,

After working hard for over 25 years and built a decent life for my self and my family, because of and due to the last 10 years of persistent epileptic seizures, I lost my wife, my home, my job, my car and my driving license to become destitute homeless.

I've been told by Stanford University, I need brain surgery to cure my seizures but I don't have health insurance. Can you please help,

Thank you,

Regards,

Gerrie

[tomjeffersonrules]

I am one of many real estate agents and since we are *independent contractors* we have to self-insure. I have the money to get insurance, but I was turned down by Blue Cross because of pre-existing conditions.Low Thyroid levels and 2 small uterine fibroids. My doctors say on file that neither requires surgery and don't understand the rejection. What choices does someone like myself have?

[truthforamerica]

Yea, we are confident that the government would be very efficient in handling of health care. Like social security....you pay in all your life and if you die--all that money is gone! Spent by the government. If you were able to invest it yourself, you would be a multi-millionaire when you retire.

[indoctus41]

truth: So spend your cash lining the pockets of people like Edgar Kaiser, someone who isn't even potentially responsible to you. At least you can vote out politicians, and if we were smart, we would demand that gov'ts always act in our best interest.

[volantare]

Even if the government does not manage healthcare the most *efficiently*, any decrease is counteracted by many social gains for everyone (less crime, more rapid response to epidemics, immunisation, etc). There are more reasons to ensure your society has health cover than just a tingly "everyone is healthy" feeling in your stomach.

[elvisbelt]

What a communist. Durbin is fooling no one. He hates America and the lies that come out of his mouth never stop. Durbin know government healthcare will bankrupt this nation, but thats good news to him. American healthcare is the envey of the world.

[indoctus41]

elvisbelt: Your statements are right out of Fox News, a network that doesn't possess the collective brainpower to study the construction of tube socks.

Carry on.

[volantare]

Government-based medicare wouldn't bankrupt the country or the government. I welcome you to investigate the medical systems of many other nations, such as Australia, which is just as prosperous yet gurantees that everyone in society has a certain level of medical care. Private insurance still exists, but that is just to decrease any excess cost of getting the operation quickly (vs being in the queue).

[sbrownn7]

well dick, some of your speach is ok. if, you agree, that disbanding all healthcare insurance companies is the "just and right thing" to do, them i am on your side.

[pushcrash]

Sure Dick. Now explain to all the nice people how those who had to apply for Social Security actually lose THEIR health care coverage and have to file for bankruptcy after "pooling for years because YOU allowed it to go on. THREE YEARS OR MORE TO GET SSDI and MEDICARE. Tell, 'em, Dick!

[volantare]

Free market health insurance does not ensure that 100% of the population has cover; it ensures that profit is maximised. Fortunately many nations have realised this and have decided that making basic health a government cost is worth protecting everyone (and don't forget extra benefits, such as herd immunity, which would not exist otherwise).

[indoctus41]

volantare: One of the great successes of Western propaganda was to convincingly label everything that isn't unbridled Capitalism as Socialism/Communism. When you discover who gains from this sort of collective mind-set, then you will know who planted the seed.

[didgameta]

dick durbin doesn't have to worry about paying 250 bucks for a single person.

[alextheromanian]

what drugs is this guy on?

wouldnt it be great if everyone had health insurance ?

did he seriously ask that?

ill ask you something just as stupid...

wouldnt it be great if everyone had air to breathe?

duh

[cyberwhore01]

You must be an american. I am too. I want to ask you, have you ever travel outside the country and lived there for more than a year?

I have, one has to look at the speech from a socialism perspective to understand Durbin. By the way most countries around the world especially those in the European Union have switch to a socialism style of economy and government.

[Kenzofeis]

Why is'nt he elected president, or someone like him? I remember Clinton. Seemed he wanted to do stuff about such domestic issues, but then he was stomped down was'nt he. "I don't wanna pay for everybody else" you might say. What about stuff other people pay for you? What about solidarity, being a nation of less self centered people. This moment you save a few coins, next moment something happens to you and you have to pay it by yourself. Are you able? If not, what happens..

[Jeffseahawksfan]

Sure,Do it,We already pay for people who can't afford it,Warren Buffet say once compaines should look into a national health care system,Smart man.

[boffley]

it depends what you have for my cancer it was 1 month a hip replacement 2 yrs i,m not saying its perfect but we do not have the financial burden

[boffley]

it comes out of your wage ,i had breast cancer i had a breast off, chemo, radiotherapy it cost me nothing

[boffley]

i am so blessed to live in the united kingdom, if i or my children are ill one phonecall an appointment and we are seen by our family doctor and refered to our hospital we pay a small amount called national insurance

[madhobbit]

8 months later you actually get a time slot at the hospital to be seen, its not all great for UK hospitals.

[fetalbounce]

I'm all for it, but I don't want to pay for all the illegals or even a flood of legal immigrants.

America is broken.

[pdxjules]

Texas recently completed a major study and concluded that immigrants contribute far more to our economy than is used in services or tax supported systems.

(Nuff said about that subject, I hope!)

[charliebestmadrid]

Here in Spain everyone is protected by the National Health System. All pay for it, and there is no problem whith who uses it. And is a fact the immigrants was the main contributors the last 5 years. Think about it... is like telephone system... you dont call 24 hr. a day, but you have a line when you need it. The line ratio usually is 10% of total of subscribers. Today I pay for you, tomorrow you pay for your neighbour, and your neighbour for someone else... Is solidarity.

[indoctus41]

charlie: Your entry makes sense, but is quite a foreign idea to an American. They embrace unbridled Capitalism because of the sophisticated propaganda system that says, "If anyone attacks the elite's profits, they're a Communist". It's very hard to understand coming from Europe, but you would if you saw the continual media onslot bearing half-truths and distortions.

[cyberwhore01]

America's border control and nafta agreement is mess up. The Mexicans that cross the border are from poor rural families who lost their farm or are just part of the lower class society. Yeah I agee it is mess-up, my best friend is from mexico and she was back there considered upper-middle class, she got her visa and now in America she is living a working class living. It's too bad most of mexico's government is a oilgoply, ruled by a few; unlike the republic government we have here.

[bboispinna]

Oligarchy???