GOP Chair on Obama Health Plan

GOP Chairman Michael Steele tells Harry Smith government can't compete against the private insurance industry, Medicare doesn't work and the GOP has alternatives to Obama's health care plan.

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[memyself2k]

Give us a healthcare plan that we Americans can live with and provide some fucking jobs!!!

Steele needs to shut his fucking ass up! What solutions does he have?

[adamolson7]

the problem is that it is not substanable. just like social security is not substainable. Gov't can't run a business correctly. look at the post office versus FedEx. Everything a government does should be a business decision for the future for its people. There are to be no emotions in business. and to your comment, no one would save tax money. you would either spend more when the program operates at a deficit or you would spend the same but no one is getting a "savings"

[senyah5]

Yeah we should'nt spend any tax dollars on healthcare, well just have to remind the families of the 400 who die each day from lack of healthcare just how much money they are saving. "Your loved ones are Dead, but you saved a bundle in Taxes!"

[senyah5]

How does Obama expect private health insurers to compete with a public option? For example Aetna paid their CEO Ronald A. Williams $40.2 Million in total compensation. The public option does not have a CEO to pay $40 million dollars to, the only way Aetna can compete would be to cut their CEO's salary, the poor guy only makes $3 million a month, how can he support his family on less than 40 million dollars a year?

[adamolson7]

Sandier S, Polton D, Paris V,

Thompson S. France. In: Dixon A,

Mossialos E, eds. Health Care Systems in

Eight Countries: Trends and Challenges.

London, England: London School of

Economics and Political Science; 2002:

3045.

The problem is that Assurance Maladie has been in the red since 1989. This year the annual shortfall is expected to reach €9.4 billion ($13.5 billion), and €15 billion in 2010, or roughly 10% of its budget. this will happen to USA in the future,like social security.

[ChurchillTea]

I happen to think you probably have good info..., but can you tell me where you got those stats? Thanks

[Artist1974CH]

Adamolson7, I totally disagree with both of your comments.

[jsimas2]

Apparently a lot more than you.. but that is probably the result of a normal education where you study foreign policies... and countries!!!! You did not receive that education (probably because it's a LUXURY) and the result: you're a dumb redneck...

[adamolson7]

plus do you need another 20% of your paycheck going to the govt? i know i would foreclose if that happened...there are other costs too....bottom line is healthcare needs reform but the govt has a horrible track record of bureaucracy and is not good at cutting costs etc...and we can't just keep printing money (see inflation) I guess I am a classic American who fears a large government but I think that is what makes this such a great place. we won't lay down when Hitler comes into our town.

[adamolson7]

Quiet you dumbass european....what would you know about canada? what is sad is that you think you represent a population...