OT: Hope for a Veto!

Fred · 2009-12-27T13:01:39+00:00

Instead of universal health coverage the US senates gives the US citizens a lump of coal!That was some Wing Ding Christmas present.Hopefully Oboma has what it takes to veto this travesty.Fred nothing changes, nothing 't back stitch to email, just stitchit.

Dec 27, 2009 25 Replies

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Cathy from KY in CA 16 years ago

This is my opinion....we will pay through the nose for nothing. 'Experts' are already saying that millions will see no changes other than much higher taxes....their insurance will remain the same. They say a good number of people will remain uninsured.

I think they should have started working on the problem a bit at a time till it was a workable system. Trying to redo the whole system at once is not working because a lot of people are mistrustful of the govmt to start with.

The Nebraska deal makes me angry!! Why should I pay for extras for a state other than my own to buy the vote from that state? To much backroom dealing in Washington!!

I'm still waiting for all that "transparancy" we were promised!!

IMHO

just me, Cathy from KY in CA

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Cathy from KY in CA 16 years ago

Think again, the version just passed.....it applies to CHILDREN with pre-existing. I heard that from 0bama on the news the day the bill passed Senate.

just me, Cathy from KY in CA

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Gillian Murray 16 years ago

I am with you on this one, Cathy!! There is so much weird stuff being decided behind closed doors with this administration. I guess it has always been done......................but it seems so much worse now, with all the "czars".

I am starting to believe that Pres Obama is just the "mouthpiece" for the presidency, and am wondering who is telling him what to say.

Nebraska and Louisiana came out very well in the Senate plan; it shows that anyone can be bought.

Gillian

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Dianne Lewandowski 16 years ago

Oh for heavens sake. This goes on in all politics. Period. It went on in spades during the Bush years. "Seems" doesn't make it so.

We need health care reform. You didn't want it so you screamed blue bloody murder. So we got this can of worms instead.

Dianne

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Susan Hartman 16 years ago

You've nailed it, Dianne. At one point I didn't know whether to support it at all, it's been so altered, but heads wiser than I have convinced me that it's better than nothing, and at least a starting point.

We've been through the wringer in the past month and a half with health care coverage availability, and I can tell you, there are SERIOUS flaws in the system. And why does the system expect the employer to pay for health care insurance, if we want to make people "personally" responsible? That makes no sense.

sue

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Dianne Lewandowski 16 years ago

Many of us could write volumes on their experiences with the health care system. It is absolutely broken except for those who don't use it, or their coverage is excellent and they pay little or nothing.

Between what we pay in premiums that the employer doesn't cover, and our medical bills, we are spending over $9,000 annually (or more in some years). In 2010 our deductible has doubled for prescriptions that are non-generic. A normal doctor visit for me is around $159. I only pay $40, but look at that number! Ridiculous that we have to have that much administration and overhead to cover the cost of my doctor reading labs and refilling scripts. Yes, I have plenty of time with the doctor, and yes s/he doesn't come cheap. But $159?

Our country simply cannot sustain this type of bleeding in our economy.

Dianne

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