Pr. Obama - $.62 Trillion Deficit Reduction with Health Care passage

Pres. Obama Backs Health Care Compromise
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Earlier, Pres. Obama backed pushing the health care bill forward, saying we are on the cusp of making health care reform a reality. This follows the announcement of Sen. Ben Nelsons (D-NE) support, which will likely give the 60th vote needed for passage. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that, over 10 years, the revised bill will cost $871 billion while cutting the budget deficit by $132.
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[madamezora7]

Looks like a decent beginning after all. We can't expect it to solve all our problems at once- our government doesn't work that way at present- but this gives us a good starting point. I remain cautiously hopeful.

[StartLoving2]

Hey friend Madam... The "government?" WE sheeple are the government, and we've been spectating and armchair quarterbacking for 40 years now. "The killing will continue till we brothers and sisters take the field." Start Loving

[madamezora7]

Hey StartLoving- I keep hearing this, but in practise, it is not the case. WE the sheeple are NOT the government- not by a long shot! A bunch of bloated, self-interested millionaires are in control of every aspect of our government, and it's long overdue that we wake up to this reality. We have very little control or authority over anything, that's just how it is at this moment.

Could we change it? Possibly, but that's a different conversation.

[StartLoving2]

Hey Madam. No, being Sheeple is exactly the case. We are the government and we've gone missing for 50 years. OF COURSE the wolves happily fill the vacuum! We are absentee owners getting our just deserts.

[seamoremonster]

Yes. it's disappointing in many ways, but it looks like it's going to cross the line. Now it's time to not only make it a reality but to work and campaign consistently to improve it. We are on the cusp of joining the rest of the civilized world.

[StartLoving2]

Yes friend. "The killing will continue until we brothers and sisters take the field." Start Loving

[StartLoving2]

edwinmcq, I'll leave your comment here, talking about bullet in a video of our President, so that the Secret Service has time to find it, and you.

[kurtismaximus9]

right to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness does not even imply that health insurance is a RIGHT.

right to life? you mean like NOT killing unborn babies...Now THAT would hold more water than your argument here.

Taking of innocent life vs. health insurance being some sort of right, just because you are born.

Insane

[kurtismaximus9]

Really? you are joking right? These establishments are the exact argument I would use against government healthcare.

The post office loses money hand over fist. Just going there, you realize they can pretty much care less at what pace things are done, they get paid regardless and it is impossible to fire them. DMV sucks, VA is ok..but you never hear that it is very good. Medicaid? BROKE- constant fraud happens here too.

So where is your proof that big brother can run things efficiently?

[kurtismaximus9]

NO a person is NOT entitled to health insurance in the Constitution... Have you READ the Constitution? You can get free med care at county hospitals and every hospital has to treat you, regardless of insurance, if you are critically injured.

This is HEALTH INSURANCE not health care.. No one is entitled to this by government. It is up to an individual what kind of health insurance, how much and if any is wanted.

If you are Bill Gates and can afford any treatment, why force health care on him?

[madamezora7]

Are you saying we SHOULDN'T be entitled to healthcare to protect our very life? "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

LIFE is a protected and sacred trust in this nation, stop being such a toad. While the DOI is not the Constitution, it IS a founding document.

[madamezora7]

The government already runs healthcare more efficiently than the private sector- where have you been? They run Medicare, Medicaid, the VA- not to mention the fucking post office! Let's see Fed Ex deliver a letter for fifty cents!

[kurtismaximus9]

drywater. "get subsidies" from whom?

Just the government?

The gov has NO money and is in debt and underwater more under this Pres than anytime in history.

4 times the fed budget Bush had

4 TIMES!

and now this? more big government?

And do you actually believe the lie he tells about it costing less? CBO my ass, when you give out "free" more people line up for the handout than you ever predicted. Happens every time.

Work harder, get your own health insurance and stop relying on government!

[kurtismaximus9]

Hey jackball. NOTHING is free. Somebody is paying for it.. what you think government will just pay for it? Government has no money until they TAKE money from you..taxes.

Medicare is for those who are very poor and elderly that cannot afford insurance.. THAT is their "free" healthcare. States have their own forms of this too.

Wa went deep in debt because of their "free" healthcare.

Hawaii had to limit theirs because of debt.

Same thing in Tennessee with Tenn care. bankrupting the state