Comments on: What Is In This Healthcare Bill Anyway?

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:34:12 +0000

If my employer chooses to drop our current private plan because it is cheaper than private plan, wouldn’t I then be “forced to use the public option”?

By: regeya

regeya — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:47:39 +0000

I wouldn’t expect an insurance-money bubble to keep going for 30 years. What will be left of the healthcare industry when the bubble pops?

By: Cherry

Cherry — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:20:15 +0000

$400/person? $1200 for a family of 4? Not sure how anyone could afford that, if that is how this works? Sorry in advance for not understanding the Bill. It’s got a LOT of double-speak, and overall is a terrible plan for the US. if we were a country like England or Canada, then OK… but we are NOT like any other Country and that is what makes us the Best Country in the World!

I agree with you, Brandon. I oppose this bill for many other reasons than the overall cost. My BC/BS is cheaper than this!

By: Alex L.

Alex L. — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:52:00 +0000

Why on earth would people choose the private option? Tax paying citizens would already be paying 30% of the gov’t option. It’d be silly to spend more money on a private insurance company.

Even if you find the concept to be wrong and choose to stay with private insurance, eventually these companies will go out of business– the only option left would be the public “option”. It’s a blatant, unfair monopoly.

Can anyone supporting the fact that this is an “option” explain how on earth private companies could compete with tax-assisted gov’t healthcare?

By: JP

JP — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:16:11 +0000

I am over their 400% line and there is no way in hell I could afford 400$ a month…..

By: mdavidangst

mdavidangst — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:14:47 +0000

Stockholm syndrome = is a psychological response sometimes seen in abducted hostages, in which the hostage shows signs of loyalty to the hostage-taker, regardless of the danger or risk in which they have been placed.

These protesters, insisting they have the right to speak their minds (which are being fed lies by the many insurance special interest groups), are the very same people who, during protests of Bush, were claiming that the protesters were being un-american, and should be put in jail…
Say nothing of the fact that, during the Bush Regime, the laws of the people, regarding the right to protest, and “gather” were seriously infringed in an effort to squash dissent – in cities, and especially in Bush televised meetings…. And people are calling Obama a Nazi? people need to go to school and learn some history….

I’d be willing to bet that these SHEEP have had major complaints in the last decade with the healthcare run-around, and HMO’s and “primary providers” or referrals, and not being able to get one…… “pre-existing conditions” –
THis is why i brought up Stockholm Syndrome – because NOW they are sticking up for their abusers…..

By: Alex L.

Alex L. — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:26:51 +0000

You clearly didn’t read the post I replied. He detailed WHY it’s rising now. I also stated that, in the short term, Gov’t healthcare is better, because it prevents these temporary rises. Project that, however, and you get entirely different results.

By: Marcos

Marcos — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:49:53 +0000

I Need The Help Of All Health Care Reform Supporters

There are a few things about this health care reform debate I don’t understand, and I am hoping some Obama supporters can clear things up for me:

http://freedomedium.com/2009/08/i-need-the-help-of
-all-health-care-reform-supporters/

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:35:07 +0000

“Health insurance companies will compete with each other, continually lowering prices and keeping a check on the market”

Really? Because last time I checked, my insurance cost was rising.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:31:29 +0000

The only concern I have about the public option is that it will create an unfair advantage and then inevitably will become the “only” option. I agree that scenario is probably better that what we currently have, however I think instead that a little regulation could go a long way.
As long as the public option doesn’t foster an unfair situation, I say let’s give it a shot, because fair competition in the marketplace is only a good thing.