The Day in 100 Seconds: Health Care Bingo

The Day in 100 Seconds for July 20, 2009

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[fernandizo]

that all sounds great..but your wrong..the private sector is screwing the public on coverage..if you get lung cancer chances are the huge premiums your paying wont cover it..and you loos your care once they find you have cancer they (the insurance) drops you like a rock..you can't possibly think that the system right now is good for anybody..except the hmo's and insurance co. republicans are playing games with this issue..personally I DON'T want my president to fail..if he fails we fail..

[ToManyPhones]

1:34

Oh my god. Michael Steel is the dumbest Republican at the moment, he makes Sarah Palin look like Einstein.

[charbroiledmonk1033]

@ToManyPhones yeh but he turned out to be a success in the end right? ;)

[wbtaylor1]

That so called FREE education cost on average $6300 per student. That's about half of what private education cost and look how much waste and abuse is in the public school system. It is broken.

If caring for the poor were left up to churches and other organization it too would be much more effective. Right now with food stamps it is estimated that less then 3.6% of the money is used properly. The other 96.4% is government waste, fraud, and administrative costs. Socialism is not the answer!

[PhillyWargamer]

Wow really, if you take away free school in this country I guarantee that the illiteracy rate will go up by at least 30%. Have you seen how much it costs to go to private school lately? I'm not saying public school is better quality but it is a necessity. If you take away food stamps how will you feed the poor? Send them to soup lines? Private sector is not the right option. They will ALWAYS forsake the common good for profit.

[wbtaylor1]

You are using the slippery slope argument to defend another bloated government program. I don't think we should have food stamps or government funded education.

The free market will keep the costs down if government gets out of the way. The private sector does a much better job of taking care of the poor, the handicapped, and the elderly. Look at the programs that are run by churches vs those run by government. Private sector will ALWAYS out perform government.

[PhillyWargamer]

Think about what we need to survive:

Food

Shelter

Medicine

to a certain extent, knowledge.

Every one of things has an alternative if you can't afford it. Food stamps, Homeless shelters, community college/public schools. The only one their isn't a alt for is Healthcare. It is hypocrisy to deny people a public form of healthcare with out taking away grandma's food stamps or pulling little Jimmy outta school. Trust the corporations you say, when corps are in power price can only go up

[wbtaylor1]

I never said corps. are not interested in making money. On the contrary. Profit is the motivator to advance medicine. If you take the profit out of the picture we loose the best health care system in the world.

I trust the private sector. I do not trust the government. Look at the latest money grab by Obama. 1.2 Trillion that was supposed to go to create jobs and instead went to pay off political bribes to the UAW, Acorn, and other organizations that got Obama elected. Trust Government??

[PhillyWargamer]

I'm not blind, The govt isn't the answer to everything. But 80% of the uninsured of America work. 2 million of those who bankrupt each year have medical costs involved. A cheaper option to private care would be the best option for them. If you don't think so what is your solution?

When did corporations start not wanting to make money?

I'm not against the free market. I'm just saying that we shouldn't give power to the private sector when people's lives are at stake

[wbtaylor1]

Besides. You are a little boy. You know nothing about the world. You are to young to realize that there really are evil and wicked people in the world. This is not a video game kid, this is real life. The people in Washington are corrupt and after your money, not the so called "evil companies". That's what Barry wants you to think but he and his Chicago thug buddies are after your money and your children's.

[wbtaylor1]

That's why our government pays $112 for a hammer and $1234 for a toilet. Government is not the solution, it's the problem.

A government that can give you everything you want can take everything you have.

Profit made this country great. If you take incentives out the medical profession, you get Cuba where most people die waiting for an MRI. In England breast cancer is a death sentence. 1/3 will die under the UK social program. Here the survival reate is over 80%. The list goes on an on.

[PhillyWargamer]

Think about it rationally, the private sector is built for profit. So it is in the best interest of the corporations and the pharmaceutical companies to try to give as little coverage per dollar as possible. In most other countries with either an option similar to the public option or a non-profit insurance company system, an MRI costs $25. Think about that.