How about this.... How did everyone who has healthcare get?..... They worked for it! So all you who are waiting around for some superman to give you free healthcare here's a plan.... EARN IT!!!! and don't make the people who have earned it pay for all of you.
@sming01 Every other industrialized nation in the world except for the US has public health insurance & gov't mandated price controls on private ins. Some of these also have govt-run hospitals & pharma production. We pay, on average, over 2x per capita the amount that these countries pay for medical insurance, & about 50 million of us have no insurance whatsoever. Read the Wiki article on "Monospony" to understand the economic reason why public ins costs SO MUCH LESS than private ins.
888captainplanet: no no no 2-5 profit?? It's more like 34% !! If you pay a $6000 premium per year, only $4000 goes into the claims pot. $2000 of it goes toward "the company" and its shareholders. They are an unnecessary middleman skimming the till. There is NO argument to justify their role in the entirety of healthcare. **They are between you and your doctor** - isn't that phrase what the cons have been howling in their attack ads against Obama? Huh? that is how things are NOW (???)
Just because Barney Frank says it will means nothing. If I really thought Obama's plan would bring Single-Payer I'd support it.
kevinwaynesongs 2 months ago
@ICommentCuzImBored So be a real hero and next time your house is on fire, deny the Fire Dept from coming. You don't wan entitlements! ;-)
kevinwaynesongs 2 months ago
How about this.... How did everyone who has healthcare get?..... They worked for it! So all you who are waiting around for some superman to give you free healthcare here's a plan.... EARN IT!!!! and don't make the people who have earned it pay for all of you.
ICommentCuzImBored 6 months ago
@sming01 Every other industrialized nation in the world except for the US has public health insurance & gov't mandated price controls on private ins. Some of these also have govt-run hospitals & pharma production. We pay, on average, over 2x per capita the amount that these countries pay for medical insurance, & about 50 million of us have no insurance whatsoever. Read the Wiki article on "Monospony" to understand the economic reason why public ins costs SO MUCH LESS than private ins.
musicalidea 7 months ago
barney frank amazes me how a criminal like this guy can be in power.
hijackednation 1 year ago
Please vote for Sean Bielat!
john51880 1 year ago
Earl Sholley for U.S. Congress District 4,
Massachusetts... You gotta believe.
leycyp 1 year ago
It's Bush's fault!
rkoliver1 2 years ago
888captainplanet: no no no 2-5 profit?? It's more like 34% !! If you pay a $6000 premium per year, only $4000 goes into the claims pot. $2000 of it goes toward "the company" and its shareholders. They are an unnecessary middleman skimming the till. There is NO argument to justify their role in the entirety of healthcare. **They are between you and your doctor** - isn't that phrase what the cons have been howling in their attack ads against Obama? Huh? that is how things are NOW (???)
rightsideofhistory 2 years ago
That's what we have now. It doesn't work, hence the whole health care debate thing.
dougmanjones 2 years ago