Atlanta's own Dr. Drew Westen reminds us that if we want to win the health care battle, we better be properly armed. With words, that is.
"Universal health care." "The uninsured." "Public option." These are the buzzwords you often hear from Democrats and proponents of President Obama's plan for health-care reform. But if they want to see that plan enacted, they'd do well to excise those phrases from their vocabulary.
Don't say he didn't warn us!
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Here is my congressman on the "issue" I mean ..who I take all my money from.
Rep. Tom "Dr." Price
http://www.opensecrets.org/...-isnt-right-doctortur.html
You know, GM, Ford, Christler, or whatever is left of the domestic auto industry (as well as any other American company with a large workforce) could be more competitive if they didn't have leeches, AKA health insurance companies, sucking the lifeblood out of them.
That's questionable BEZERKO, there would likely be higher taxes (replacing the insurance companies) and the reason we aren't as competitive is poor management that can't comprehend trends in buyer preferences, inefficiency switching output and lower wages and fewer regulations in the rest of the world.
"That's questionable BEZERKO, there would likely be higher taxes (replacing the insurance companies) and the reason we aren't as competitive is poor management that can't comprehend trends in buyer preferences, inefficiency switching output and lower wages and fewer regulations in the rest of the world."
Considering Medicare is literally 5-6 times more cost-efficient than the best HMO's, as long as Congress didn't give in and make a really crappy public plan and made something like Medicare, they'd definitely save costs.
Have you guys seen the polling on this? The overwhelming majority of people are with us. It's not about convincing the people it's about convincing the politicians that they'll lose their jobs if they vote against it.
Tom Price, I served on his "youth advisory council" several years ago, he's out for himself and the people who donate money to his campaign and not anyone else that's his problem.
When your house is on fire, the fire department comes by and puts it out. They don't check for insurance cards, co-pays, etc. They just put out the fire. If someone breaks into your home or threatens you in some way, the police department is supposed to be there to protect you. I don't understand what the difference is between those type of immediate threats and a threat to your health. It's not right for someone who's worked and built a life for themselves, bought a house, put some money away, whatever, to have to give it all up because they get sick. It's happening all over the place and happens all the time. I don't see how it could get worse than it is now, but I guess it could. If someone in my family gets sick, especially after business hours, and needs medical attention, no matter how minor or major it turns out to be, it usually costs us 300 to 600 dollars, and that's just our portion. Our health insurance is about as good as anyone who works for a living and has private insurance through their employeer. Even with eye and dental insurance, the costs for those types of care are beyond our means. The whole private system is corrupt and should be eliminated, if it takes higher taxes to pay for it, so be it.
They already kicked single payer off the table, despite the fact in 2003 that Obama said he was a proponent of it and that we had to "take back the House, Senate, and White House" before we pursued it. Money talks and shit walks.
IRE - Higher corporate income taxes wouldn't make much difference to Detroit automakers who aren't posting profits.
Their management made a lot of mistakes, but they are saddled with such a heavy burden from a legacy of retiree pension and healthcare obligations (even for people who haven't worked for them for decades) that even if they'd been more innovative with their products over the past twenty years, they'd still be behind.