Bipartisan Health Care Summit Part 7

President Obama and members of Congress discuss health care reform.

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[rosalindasampley]

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[Lightboxes]

WOW! I made it! I watched all 7 parts...only took me four weeks!

[dmtau]

Obama & Tiger Wood . . .take out the paint on their faces. . . .100% Mongols skin.. ..nick hoangvingcali1 told me !

[maxbusinesscredit]

what kind of nonsense circular logic is that? Are you telling me that integrated health records requires insurance? Are you telling me that annual prescription reviews require insurance? I don't care about Obama, I don't care about republicans vs. democrats. What I care about is implementing reform that will actually work. Changing insurance, or requiring everybody to have insurance (which is NOT constitutional), is a band aide. The cost reductions from that are 1 time and short lived.

[lindseyjunebug]

the costs of care can only go down once there is a mandate for everyone to have care.. which most repulicans used to agree with but for some reason don't anymore, my guess is because obama adopted the idea and they don't want to agree with him on anything

[maxbusinesscredit]

g0dvollie you are missing the point completely. I've already shown you the insurance companies are making a net profit of 3.4% on average. You could throw the entire planet into a pool, and the most it could reduce costs is by the margin being made by the insurance companies; or are you saying that the 300 million people in the US who are insured isn't a large enough sample?

[maxbusinesscredit]

no it shouldn't be a right, because people will abuse the policies worse than they already do, and how does the cost of health care prove my logic doesn't work? In California, they passed a law forcing insurance companies to cover preexisting conditions, and rates went up over 30%. If insurance companies are forced to cover more costs, premiums have to rise.I don't see how your argument disproves anything I said.

[g0dvollie]

Getting rid of insurance isn't an option anymore, and premiums need to be lowered. A large pool does this. It helps offset the costs of the sickest, by insuring the healthiest also. Insurance companies are taking advantage of our country. Yes people will be required to buy health insurance, so they will pay more than they are currently, but that will offset those that need it the most. Everyone has a responsibility to our country AND our healthcare.

[g0dvollie]

Except that health insurance ISN'T a vehicle. It's a person's life we're talking about. Health insurance isn't a privilege it's a right. OR SHOULD BE. The fact that costs aren't going down for healthcare in the current system proves your logic doesn't work for health care. The cost of premiums is directly relative to the skyrocketing prices of healthcare. The reason for this is because we have a 3rd party paying the bill. Healthcare wouldn't be so expensive if individuals had to pay themselves.

[maxbusinesscredit]

getting everyone into a pool is a good way to get a staph infection, not to fix healh insurance. Insurance companies have every right to decline coverage to anyone. By doing so, they control costs to the rest of their customers. It's like Pemco auto insurance. They only insure drivers with flawless records, which keeps auto insurance premiums to a minimum. You can't complain about the cost of premiums and then turn around and ask for more coverage. More coverage isn't free.