The 1,990 page health care proposal, unveiled by Nancy Pelosi, demonstrates the contempt she, and other Democrat leaders have for a huge block of Americans. While the vast majority of Americans believe some form of health care reform is needed, depending on the poll, 40% to 54% oppose the current proposals. In 2008, 132,588,514 citizens voted. At the low end of 40% that translates into 53,035,405 Americans are opposed. I expect that supporters will dispute the polls or accept the low end and proclaim majority rules. In any case, how can such a large group be totally ignored? These are the same people that claim the rights of a single individual must be protected, but over 50 million can be ignored.
Tea Party protests were ignored and reviled. The Republican party leadership was barred from entry as The Senate and House Democrats crafted their bills. Is this what "Hope and Change" was all about ? Is this the "Transformation of America", promised by Obama ? Please don't bother to point out that Republicans were also bad guys, I know that. What the country must deal with is the here and now. Don't you think the health care problem can be fixed without destroying the entire system ? Surely if politics can be overcome, reasonable people can find a solution.
Ten Commandments for Congress to consider, -
1) Insurance companies shall not deny coverage for pre-existing conditions.
2) Congress shall establish a cap on malpractice awards..
3) Health care clinics shall be provided for the poor.
4) Claims shall be paid promptly
5) Paperwork shall be reduced to a one page standardized form
6) Neither Government nor insurance companies shall come between a doctor and patient.
7) Fraudulent claims shall be prosecuted as a Federal crime.
8) The training of additional health care providers shall be a priority of the VA or other Federal facilities.
9) Federally trained providers shall be obliged to serve in areas of high need for a period equal to 150% of the time it took to train them.
10) The only government option would be for the purchase of catastrophic coverage.
I have as much health care experience as Obama, Pelosi or Reid. Probably more, as I have lived longer and had more illness. The ten items, I have listed are not cheap, but they most likely are less expensive than what congress is proposing. I don't believe it would take 1,990 pages, that no one can read, to fix the problem.
Have at me Kool Aid drinkers,
Joel
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Redumblican Teabaggers...the party of NO. Get a grip, halthcare reform is desperately needed. Insurance companies have been fleecing it's customers for years..have you looked at you policy increases this year? Mine went up a whopping 45%!!!! Stop the madness, support healthcare reform and the public option.
ReplyDeleteThank you Joel for some common sense ideas! We the people, need to take back our country from the elite in Washington before they distroy it.
ReplyDeleteYou are going to find most, if not all your points in the healthcare bill. The public option is going to be barebones, keep you alive and out of bankrupcy insurance. Not really anything anyone would want to choose, unless you have no other options.
ReplyDelete10:48 AM, Ask yourself why the bill was writen by Democrats behind closed doors. Why was it not debated on C-span for all to see? Then if the Republicans were the party of No, it would be exposed to all the world.
ReplyDeleteWhat we have is the Democrats treating the public like growing mushrooms. Keep them in the dark and throw them a little shit.
Teabaggers ? why do liberals always call conservatives nasty names of sex acts they perform on each other ?
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ReplyDeleteIn your little world is 2.3% too much profit for a company to make.
11:28 AM, I hope you are right. They could have a Tom Clancy novel hidden in all those pages. I can not picture tort reform, prompt payment or limiting public option to catostrophic insurance being included.
ReplyDeleteI know 2,000 clinics now exist and a prior bill provided $3 billion for more. I have not seen anything that would indicate a plan to provide more health care workers. There is allways the possibility that government will accidently do something good.
11:28 AM, FYI- Section 2531 cuts off funds to states that pass tort reform. This bill is even worse than the previous proposals. They raised medicare cuts to $500 billion and failed to include the $248 Billion they pledged to doctors to hide the cost. Karl Marx would be proud of Obama, Pelosi and Reid.
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