Reaction: Obama on healthcare

President Obama says the US government will go bankrupt if Congress fails to pass healthcare reform. What is your reaction to this news?
Do you think Obamas statement will prompt Congress to act more quickly on this issue?
Do you approve of the Presidents work on healthcare reform?

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News & Politics

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• obama
• healthcare
• reform
• congress
• democrats
• republicans

[AnthonyGF]

I definitely think that in America we should all be able to be taken care of, and I also think that the insurance companies have been fuking people for a long time and that should stop! But I don't really understand all of this and I am skeptical of Obama and most of the politicians. I'm torn plus I'm not really knowledgable to all this stuff going on. I'm on the fence but I don't trust him.

[moonphibes]

So the progressive democrats in all their glory negotiated a health bill behind closed doors all the while cutting deals with the special interest groups. And the bill does nothing to bring down the cost of health care but expands the federal government on a massive scale.

Cuts billions from Medicare and raises close to a trillion dollars in new taxes. They're doing this while Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are all going broke. And the country is trillions in debt

Thank you liberals!

[dahiya1]

I Dont buy it Mr.President , your using the same scare tactic to pass the stimilus bill , and i dont understand how a mandated Insurance will ever reduce cost??

[geofiles]

President Obama and his administration said if Health Care Reform is not passed, Medicare and Medicaid will blow a hole through our budget. This means, Obama and our government cant even properly administer Medicare and Medicaid, not to mention the entire federal budget. How can we expect them to be able to run National Health Care?

[geofiles]

The current Health Care Bill being considered by Congress contains nearly 2,400 pages, creates 111 new agencies, and countless panels and committees.

It doesn't conform to any other successful working models of Health Care used by other Nations.

It will begin with an immediate increase in taxes, but it will not begin to provide services for over 3 years from now.

Seriously, who in their right mind would think such a bureaucracy will work, alone save more lives and money?

[TheDemonPazuzu]

That's a scare tactic just as Bush warned if we don't invade Iraq consequences will return inn the form of a mushroom cloud. Welcome Obama, the same boss as the old boss.

[abarzilai664]

Is that the best you can Mr. president, the One must be getting desperate.

[bs2137]

we are already bankrupt and yet we continue to run up more debt