Comments on: Discount Health Care In A Tough Economy

By: Gold Detector :

Gold Detector : — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 02:47:59 +0000

health plans should be given priority because it is very important .

By: teknoguy2002

teknoguy2002 — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 07:34:32 +0000

@dland95 (Sorry only needed like 40 more letters)

But for the most part, the uninsured aren’t that way by choice. And even then, they’ve been paying taxes just like everyone else.

By: teknoguy2002

teknoguy2002 — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:20:09 +0000

@dland95 Charities are all well and good, but they jsut don’t end up helping everyone who needs it. Not by a long shot.

Let’s say I get laid off this week. I’ve been paying taxes all my life, paid into SS, and even have health insurance. After I lose my job, I no longer have my health insurance. If I get sick, I can’t afford to pay for it because I just lost not only my job, but my insurance as well.

I see where you’re coming from, and I do agree, some people just shouldn’t be helped.

By: 816cameron

816cameron — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:30:40 +0000

“everyone NOW has access to healthcare”, the emergency room; is like saying, if everyone has a gun, we don’t need government intervention and force a dept of military on us.

By: dland95

dland95 — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:43:26 +0000

@teknoguy2002 I do see your point about people who can’t afford it. I don’t see a reason why other people should pay for it when the uninsured can’t. That’s what charities are for.

By: dland95

dland95 — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:18:55 +0000

The thing is, people that are uninsured generally didn’t apply themselves. They never tried to make something of their lives and as a result didn’t make enough money to pay for insurance in case something happened to them. When something does happen, they come whining saying how they have never had a chance. They have always have had a chance and never took it. So now the productive, tax paying members of society have to pay for someone not feeling like applying themselves.

By: teknoguy2002

teknoguy2002 — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:31:53 +0000

She has valid concerns, as do all the people opposing the bill. But the long and short of it is, Rep. Grayson had a very good point. If you get hit by a bus, and you don’t have insurance, you have to pay all the medical expenses. If you have a job it’s not a problem, but you could lose it as a result of the accident. Then even with a payment plan, you can’t afford to pay. The hospital system then ends up footing the bill. People need to be responsible for themselves, not leave it to chance.

By: teknoguy2002

teknoguy2002 — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:44:43 +0000

@dland95 Some people just can’t afford Health Insurance. Some people who CAN afford the insurance don’t get it, because even if they had it they can’t afford the copay. It’s not about who applies themselves, except in the case of extreme laziness, but I think that is actually rare.

Some people don’t get health insurance just because they don’t want to. Fine by me, but if something happens, there should be some guarantee to the healthcare system they go to for care that they will get paid.

By: Ou812 The Hate U Created pt7

Ou812 The Hate U Created pt7 — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:07:29 +0000

I have to admit I have noticed trends, even global trends lately. I equated that with globalization and interdependency among nations. Our own laws (Glass Steagall Act Repeal) led to much of what has happened globally to the world's economies. Imagine guaranteeing your losses in Las Vegas. Its equivalent to what happened with the Gramm Leach Bliley and related finance bills made in the late 90's. Forcing business to make very bad business decisions and then forcing them to make even more bad business decisions to regain enough capital to remain in business. It was going to inevitably tank and a lot of people were warning about it years before it happened. I still can't decide if the bankers and wall street were evil or just trapped by government in a cycle that couldn't end any other way.

Then European countries over extending themselves with entitlements that they had to have known would be unsustainable had they bothered to use a calculator. I'm no genius and I can even see what is going to happen here with our entitlements, both old and new. I'm in my 60's. My medicare will be worse than no health insurance at all. I'll have to wait months to see a doctor if I can even find one that still takes Medicare patients. My Social Security will likely be cut and my pension has already been taken over by the government. Likely to be cut as well.

I see a global trend that isn't unlike the years before WW II. Financial collapses and then this and that nation falling under some dictatorial monsters who promise to take care of the people. Then war. Either that or the UN who some say has been getting ready for that moment for years will finally get the global governance that has already been plotted, planned, and all but implemented in its final "glory". The intellectuals of the world have caused what is happening. The intellectual manipulators who are far removed from the common man but they have it all figured out as they continue on their road leading to the misery of mankind. I hate the way they call people "human" like a species of mammals. "People" is so much more elevated. Can you imagine "We the humans" rather than "We the people"?

By: Yak Rider

Yak Rider — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:54:32 +0000

Was he reading the teleprompter?

If so, there is your problem. Those are likely NOT his own words, but the words of a speech writer. At least there were no misspellings.

If not, he might just hold the record for the longest run-on sentence in political history.