I am personally very confused about the healthcare issue. Who exactly are these people that are uninsured? From what I can gather approximately 45 million people are without healthcare in our country. Of that 45 million, 20 million are here illegally. When did the word "illegal" stop meaning "forbidden by law"? Apparently, people who are here illegally have all the rights, privileges and benefits as those who are here legally. I'm not happy about this and I don't want to pay for their healthcare. If we subtract 20 million form 45 million we are left with 25 million uninsured people. Studies I've read suggest that 10 million people don't have insurance by choice. Usually this group is young and healthy and don't see the need to spend their salary on healthcare. Spending hard earned money on health insurance is far less exciting than a trip to the Bahamas. If we subtract 10 million uninsured from 25 million we are left with 15 million people who are without health insurance, a far smaller number than the original 45 million estimate.
Do we really need to destroy our current healthcare system in order to provide 15 million people with healthcare? Despite all its flaws we still have the best healthcare system in the world. Does it need tweaking? Yes, it does, but it doesn't need to be destroyed.
Despite President Obama's assurances that we will be able to keep our current plan if we are happy with it, I am not convinced that he is telling the truth. I believe that slowly, but surely the government will be running the show and personal choice will be a thing of the past. We all need to pay attention to the current debate because literally our lives may depend upon it.
...POP... If I have the right to choose to eat a healthy breakfast, I should also have the right to choose a doctor that I trust and a plan that is right for me.
Slowly, but surely, we are becoming the United Socialist States of America, the USSA. Sounds almost like USSR. We will have, in the near future, poor health care no matter what the Obamunists say, the government will be building our cars (can you say East German Trabant?), they will be running our banks..they will be running everything. Boys and girls, it is time to speak up. If you are fed up, tell your elected officials that enough is enough, that they are not elected for life. Get rid of the Obamunists before it is too late.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more. It is time to speak up, because in the blink of an eye(if Obama gets his way) the world as we know it will be changed forever.
ReplyDeleteIt's just one more thing that "they" need to be in charge of. I agree, very scary. I can't even think what it will be like when my kids are older.
ReplyDeleteIf things continue on this path, your kids, my kids and my grandchildren will be living in a world that is a far cry from a democracy. Who could ever imagine that one man could change America's history in a matter of months. The last person I can think of who changed a nation's course was Hitler.
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