The Wrong Solution

You wouldn't solve homelessness by making everyone pay rent or face a fine. You don't solve health care problems by mandating everyone buy insurance and allowing the companies to raise rates by 25%

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[sisforshayla]

oh lee. are you actually against the individual mandate? i usually support you, but that is ridiculous if you are against that..this video makes it seem like you are.. there are subsidies to help people who can't afford it & those who literally can't afford it at all will be included in medicaid.. you have to have an individual mandate or the young & healthy won't buy insurance to help balance out the sicker people who will. of course there are flaws with parts, but shadowgunman is right.

[Stranahan]

I am totally against the individual mandate, just like candidate Obama was and for the reasons he stated during the campaign. It won't work and it's not a progressive solution.

[3112007T]

This video is outstanding and a "must see" and share!

[Yankhadenough]

This scam will kill the ill, if we don't kill the bill

[AramGiles]

Thanks for asking about the poll. Unfortunately, Youtube won't allow me to embed it here, but google NY Times Healthcare Poll. It will astound you.

Of course, it's often a matter of how the question is asked. Our corporate tool of a President now chooses to use words like "socialized medicine" when describing such a program, rather than single payer or Medicare for all. Unfortunately his self-serving nonsense has had a negative influence on the whole movement.

[sisforshayla]

we can always learn more, as can you.

[sisforshayla]

i know the senate is more conservative than the house, but i do believe you are missing a lot of exceptions in the bills. i like kaiser's detailed side-by-side comparisons that can be found at kff's org site. and what poll says 50% of repubs favor single-payer? that would be awesome, but i doubt the credibility of that number very much. i know many of our politicians are corrupted by money, but i would not call our system fascist. just as i wouldn't compare any of our politicians to hitler.

[Pablo4200]

Nanotyrnns, YOU are the problem with America. Willful ignorance is killing us. You actually can do some checking of your own. If you're waiting for someone to put every detail under your nose, you're going to have an awfully long wait.

Don't be lazy. Don't be stupid. Educate yourself.

Lee, excellent work. Kudos to you.

[AramGiles]

Should he he have to "back up the charge" that Congress is mandating health insurance in the first place? No! Why not? Because he's entitled to expect a modicum of education on the part of the viewer. If you had been paying ANY ATTENTION AT ALL to the issue, you would already heard the 25% figure at least a dozen times. If, however, you are entering into the discussion a complete ignoramus, as is apparently the case, then you can easily check the figure for yourself in about 30 seconds!!

[Nanotyrnns]

If you want to convince people that your point of view carries some weight, you don't just throw shit out there without any reference at all. Showing a picture of the page in the background isn't good enough. I have to read the whole bill to figure out what he's on about? He made the video. He's making the charge. He should back it up.