tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post7538067424787360997..comments2023-10-10T06:51:06.526-04:00Comments on Ryan's Take: Don't Give Up on Health CareRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04523572927796479670noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-28934201831738396982009-08-25T09:34:03.114-04:002009-08-25T09:34:03.114-04:00Well, for starters, if health insurance companies ...Well, for starters, if health insurance companies were as heavily regulated as the airline industry, maybe we wouldn't need a public option. But the fact is the health insurance lobby is so powerful it will never, ever have such strong regulations ensuring the American people don't get screwed. The Baucus plan has actually seen some discussion of making key regulations more lax -- such as reducing the figure in which health insurance companies have to pay out when patients require treatment. You could now be forced to pay up to a third of your total costs, even after the thousands you spend on premiums, if the industry gets its way. That could easily rack up to tens of thousands of dollars... almost making that insurance a moot point if you get sick, a fact which would bankrupt many people in America if they get the audacity to be ill. <br /><br />Ultimately, health care is a key service this country requires. The insurance industry has made that service impossible to get for tens of millions of Americans, while bankrupting millions more when they do get sick... even if they have insurance. It needs to be a right and we need to make health care work for America -- something that probably can't happen without a public option. In that way, it's very, very different than almost anything else in the private sector. <br /><br />Lastly, need I remind you that the biggest (and most popular) insurance method in this country is single payer -- Medicare. Seems our country already 'gets it,' we just need to realize that not only old people deserve quality insurance, where they can pick their doctors and have access regardless of what they can afford to pay.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523572927796479670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-63379024776980393302009-08-24T05:03:18.724-04:002009-08-24T05:03:18.724-04:00Then why don't we have "public" airl...Then why don't we have "public" airlines to drive down the cost of travel, farms to drive down the cost of food etc. They will only be options, but they will keep the marketplace honest right? The Soviet Union didn't work out to good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-65603753075754613382009-08-20T21:03:33.925-04:002009-08-20T21:03:33.925-04:00Here's one: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/...Here's one: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/20/770032/-More-than-3-in-4-support-the-public-option<br /><br />more than 75% say having a public option as another choice is either "extremely important" or "quite important."<br /><br />The 43% poll was a faulty poll because the polling company switched language around. Now that they're back, it's up beyond 75% -- same polling firm. <br /><br />The bottom line: People do like choices. The public option would just be one choice, among many. It's a choice, though, that would help drive the costs of private insurance down.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523572927796479670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-30141889521418526172009-08-19T13:19:59.614-04:002009-08-19T13:19:59.614-04:00And what's with the racial preferences being g...And what's with the racial preferences being given to minority medical students, it is in the bill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-15300904080626129432009-08-19T05:05:06.871-04:002009-08-19T05:05:06.871-04:00On MSNBC today 43% support a public option.On MSNBC today 43% support a public option.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-90625151405662454852009-08-19T04:59:28.216-04:002009-08-19T04:59:28.216-04:00Where'd you get the 76% number? You throw that...Where'd you get the 76% number? You throw that out there like that's an incontrovertable fact. We all know polls can give numbers you want based on the wording of the question, other questions in the poll etc. Sure if you asked" Do you want public health care that doesn't cost you any more in your taxes and leaves private health care alone?" I saw poll numbers that said 57% of the people in this country were happy with their plan, only 42% in Canada. What does that mean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-9876171548350055502009-08-18T19:31:23.474-04:002009-08-18T19:31:23.474-04:00Healthcare reform is meaningless without the publi...Healthcare reform is meaningless without the public option and if we had any sense, the brownshirts wouldn't follow the teabaggers.<br /><br />The panic from the industry is pretty interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-65472027296146781302009-08-18T14:50:17.700-04:002009-08-18T14:50:17.700-04:0076% of America supports a public option.
Meanwhi...76% of America supports a public option. <br /><br />Meanwhile, the teabaggers bring guns to town halls. <br /><br />Is that will or might? School yard bullies only win for so long...Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523572927796479670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-78595124698622309762009-08-18T04:57:22.469-04:002009-08-18T04:57:22.469-04:00Maybe they realize it's not the will of the pe...Maybe they realize it's not the will of the people, and isn't that what the whole thing should be about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com